| East Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| y-Tampa Bay 96 63 .604 -- |
| y-Boston 94 65 .591 2 |
| New York 87 72 .547 9 |
| Toronto 84 75 .528 12 |
| Baltimore 67 91 .424 28 1/2 |
| Central Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| Minnesota 87 72 .547 -- |
| Chicago 86 72 .544 1/2 |
| Cleveland 79 80 .497 8 |
| Kansas City 73 86 .459 14 |
| Detroit 72 86 .456 14 1/2 |
| West Division |
| W L Pct GB |
| x-Los Angeles 99 60 .623 -- |
| Texas 77 82 .484 22 |
| Oakland 75 83 .475 23 1/2 |
| Seattle 58 101 .365 41 |
| x-clinched division |
| y-clinched playoff spot |
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Wednesday's games |
| Texas 14, Oakland 4 |
| Boston 5, Cleveland 4 |
| Kansas City 10, Detroit 4 |
| Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 6 |
| N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 2, 10 innings |
| Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 2 |
| L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 5 |
| Thursday's games |
| Detroit 7, Tampa Bay 5 |
| Boston 6, Cleveland 1 |
| Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 |
| Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 6, 10 innings |
| L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 4 |
| ___ (All times EDT) |
| Friday's games |
| N.Y. Yankees (Aceves 1-0) at Boston (Matsuzaka 18-2), 7:05 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 13-8) at Detroit (Verlander 10-17), 7:05 p.m. |
| Toronto (Richmond 0-3) at Baltimore (Waters 3-4), 7:05 p.m. |
| Kansas City (K.Davies 8-7) at Minnesota (Liriano 6-3), 8:10 p.m. |
| Cleveland (Lewis 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 11-8), 8:11 p.m. |
| Texas (Padilla 13-8) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 12-4), 10:05 p.m. |
| Oakland (Gallagher 2-2) at Seattle (Morrow 2-4), 10:10 p.m. |
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| Saturday's games |
| N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 3:55 p.m. |
| Kansas City at Minnesota, 3:55 p.m. |
| Oakland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. |
| Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. |
| Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. |
| Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. |
| Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. |
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