American League standings

[September 12, 2008]  (AP)   

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 87 57 .604 --

Boston 85 60 .586 2 1/2

Toronto 79 67 .541 9

New York 77 69 .527 11

Baltimore 65 80 .448 22 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 81 65 .555 -

Minnesota 80 66 .548 1

Cleveland 71 74 .490 9 1/2

Detroit 70 76 .479 11

Kansas City 62 83 .428 18 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Los Angeles 89 57 .610 --

Texas 72 75 .490 17 1/2

Oakland 67 79 .459 22

Seattle 57 88 .393 31 1/2

x-clinched division

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Wednesday's games

Oakland 5, Detroit 2

L.A. Angels 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

Seattle 8, Texas 7

Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2, 14 innings

Cleveland 7, Baltimore 1

Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1

Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto 5

Thursday's games

Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2, 10 innings

Baltimore 6, Cleveland 3

Toronto 6, Chicago White Sox 4

Texas 6, Oakland 1

L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 4

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(All times EDT)

Friday's games

Toronto at Boston, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's games

Toronto (Burnett 17-10) at Boston (Byrd 11-11), 12:35 p.m., 1st game

Toronto (Litsch 11-8) at Boston (Colon 4-2), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Tampa Bay (Shields 12-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 17-8), 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Greinke 10-10) at Cleveland (Carmona 8-6), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Kansas City (Tejeda 1-2) at Cleveland (Bullington 0-0), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Detroit (Rogers 9-13) at Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 11-13), 3:55 p.m.

Texas (McCarthy 1-1) at Oakland (Outman 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Perkins 12-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 10-11), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Feierabend 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Garland 13-8), 9:05 p.m.

[Associated Press]

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