American League standings

[September 18, 2008]  (AP)   

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 87 57 .604 --

Boston 85 60 .586 2 1/2

Toronto 78 67 .538 9 1/2

New York 77 69 .527 11

Baltimore 64 80 .444 23

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 81 64 .559 --

Minnesota 80 66 .548 1 1/2

Cleveland 71 73 .493 9 1/2

Detroit 70 76 .479 11 1/2

Kansas City 62 83 .428 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Los Angeles 88 57 .607 --

Texas 71 75 .486 17 1/2

Oakland 67 78 .462 21

Seattle 57 87 .396 30 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

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(All times EDT)

Thursday's games

Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2, 10 innings

Cleveland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

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

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

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

Friday's games

Toronto (Purcey 3-5) at Boston (Wakefield 8-10), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Garza 11-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Ponson 8-5), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Meche 11-10) at Cleveland (Lee 21-2), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Baker 8-4) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 8-9), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 10-15) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 10-8), 8:11 p.m.

Texas (Harrison 7-3) at Oakland (Smith 7-14), 10:05 p.m.

Seattle (Rowland-Smith 4-2) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 15-7), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's games

Toronto at Boston, 12:35 p.m., 1st game

Toronto at Boston, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 3:55 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

[Associated Press]

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