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Posted on: Monday, March 24, 2008

MLB exhibitions

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Advertiser Staff

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L PCT

Tampa Bay 15 5 .750.

Los Angeles 17 7 .708.

Oakland 15 7 .682.

Texas 14 9 .609.

New York 12 8 .600.

Kansas City 13 11 .542.

Minnesota 13 11 .542.

Cleveland 11 12 .478.

Detroit 11 12 .478.

Seattle 9 14 .391.

Toronto 9 14 .391.

Boston 7 11 .389.

Baltimore 8 13 .381.

Chicago 9 15 .375.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L PCT

Florida 17 8 .680.

Milwaukee 16 9 .640.

New York 16 9 .640.

St. Louis 13 10 .565.

Atlanta 13 11 .542.

Colorado 11 10 .524.

San Diego 11 11 .500.

Cincinnati 12 14 .461.

Houston 12 14 .461.

Philadelphia 11 13 .458.

Chicago 11 14 .440.

Washington 10 15 .400.

Pittsburgh 9 15 .375.

Arizona 9 16 .360.

Los Angeles 9 16 .360.

San Francisco 8 17 .320.

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

TODAY'S GAMES, HAWAI'I TIMES

N.Y. Mets vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 a.m.

San Francisco vs. Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.

San Diego vs. Los Angeles Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.

Colorado vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 10:05 a.m.

Texas vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

At Kissimmee, Fla.

HOUSTON 000 002 000—2 6 0

ATLANTA 300 000 10X—4 7 0

Williams, Hernandez (7), Paronto (8) and Towles; Hampton, Resop (7), Ring (8), Acosta (8) and McCann. W—Hampton. L—Williams. Sv—Acosta. HRs—Houston, Pence, Lee. Atlanta, McCann.

At Jupiter, Fla.

WASHINGTON 001 100 000—2 6 1

FLORIDA 000 400 00X—4 4 2

Redding, King (4), Cordero (6), Brito (7) and Flores; VandenHurk, Lindstrom (5), Miller (6), Gardner (7), Tankersley (8), Kensing (9). W—VandenHurk. L—Redding. Sv—Kensing.

At Lakeland, Fla.

CLEVELAND 000 201 000 0—3 5 1

DETROIT 200 010 000 0—3 9 0

Carmona, Borowski (7), Betancourt (8), Lewis (9), Perez (10) and Haad; Bazardo, Byrdak (4), Grilli (5), Bautista (6), TJones (7), Fien (8), Johnson (9) and Sardinha. HR—Cleveland, Hafner. Detroit, Sheffield.

At Tucson, Ariz.

LOS ANGELES (N) 020 000 000—2 9 0

COLORADO 101 033 00X—8 14 0

Billingsley, Falkenborg (5), Loaiza (6) and Bennett; Wells, Buchholz (5), Speier (7), Bowie (8), Newman (9) and Torrealba. W—Buchholz. L—Billingsley.

At Tempe, Ariz.

SEATTLE 000 002 000—2 10 0

LOS ANGELES (A) 103 003 01X—8 16 0

Baek, Dickey (4), Lowe (7), Green (8) and Johjima, Kinkade; Moseley, MGonzalez (6) and Mathis, Wilson. W—Moseley. L—Baek. Sv—MGonzalez. HR—Seattle, Wilkerson. Los Angeles, Matthews, Rivera. At Dunedin, Fla.

PHILADELPHIA 100 225 050—15 16 0

TORONTO 000 023 200— 7 15 0

Hamels, Condrey (6), Gordon (8), Knotts (9); Burnett, League (6), Parrish (8), Camp (9) and Camp. W—Hamels. L—Burnett. HR—Philadelphia, Utley, Donald, Helms. Toronto, Scutaro.

At Bradenton, Fla.

NEW YORK (A) 000 000 000—0 2 0

PITTSBURGH 010 302 11X—8 16 1

Karstens, Strickland (4), Phillips (4), Veras (6), Ramirez (7), Ohlendorf (8) and Moeller, Brown; Maholm, Wright (7), Burnett (8), Kim (9) and Paulino, Doumit. W—Maholm. L—Karstens.

At Sarasota, Fla.

TAMPA BAY 510 000 121—10 16 0

CINCINNATI 000 101 700— 9 12 0

Garza, Munter (6), Percival (7), AlReyes (8), Morlan (9) and Navarro, Riggans; Cueto, Brower (1), Bray (4), Mercker (6), Burton (7), Affeldt (8), James (9) and Valentin, Hanigan. W—AlReyes. L—James. Sv—Morlan. HR—Tampa Bay, Pena, Gomes. Cincinnati, APhillips, Valentin.

At Fort Myers, Fla.

BALTIMORE 000 000 010—1 4 3

MINNESOTA 100 020 00X—3 5 1

DCabrera, Sarfate (5), Albers (6), Aquino (8) and Quiroz, Pierce; Liriano, Humber (5), Nathan (7), Rincon (8), Neshek (9) and Mauer, Whiteside. W—Liriano. L—DCabrera. Sv—Neshek.

At Port St. Lucie, Fla.

ST. LOUIS 302 102 006—14 21 0

NEW YORK (N) 010 020 001— 4 9 3

Wellemeyer, McClellan (5), KJimenez (8), Franklin (9) and YMolina, MJohnson; OHernandez, Kunz (4), Pelfrey (5), Nall (9) and Casanova, GMolina. W—Wellemeyer. L—OHernandez. HR—St. Louis, Ankiel, Rasmus.

At Tucson, Ariz.

KANSAS CITY 012 200 100—6 10 0

CHICAGO (A) 100 010 210—5 9 0

Greinke, Tsao (7), Nunez (8), Musser (9) and Tupman, Espino; Danks, Wassermann (5), Thornton (7), Linebrink (8), Masset (9) and Pierzynski, Phillips. W—Greinke. L—Danks. Sv—Musser. HR—Kansas City, Shealy. Chicago, Quentin, Anderson.

At Surprise, Ari.

SAN FRANCISCO 000 002 000—2 12 0

TEXAS 020 000 21X—5 11 1

Lincecum, Threets (7), Hennessey (8) and Holm; Mendoza, Francisco (6), Littleton (7), Rupe (9), W—Littleton. L—Threets. Sv—Rupe. HR—Texas, Broussard, Byrd.

At Peoria, Ariz.

CHICAGO (N) 600 100 000—7 12 0

SAN DIEGO 300 000 000—3 7 1

Marquis, Pignatiello (5), Wood (6), Lahey (7), Walrond (8), Howry (9) and Blanco; Maddux, Ledezma (5), Hoffman (7), EGonzalez (8) and Bard. W—Marquis. L—Maddux. HR—San Diego, AGonzalez.

AT PHOENIX

ARIZONA 011 010 100—4 9 2

MILWAUKEE 100 100 30X—5 10 4

Davis, Peguero (5), Cruz (6), Rosales (7), Goocher (8) and Hester; Suppan, Riske (6), McClung (7), Bray (8), Shouse (9) and Munson. W—McClung. L—Rosales. Sv—Shouse, HR—Milwaukee, Weeks.

AT TOKYO

BOSTON 000 004 032—9 13 1

YOMIURI 100 100 000—2 7 0

Wakefield, Corey (6), Okajima (7), Aardsma (8), Tavarez (9) and Cash; Greisinger, Utsumi (3), Aida (5), Burnside (6), Yoshitake (7), Yamaguchi (8), Toyoda (9) and Abe, Katoh (5). W—Wakefield. L—Burnside. HRs—Boston, Drew, Lowrie.

BASEBALL CALENDAR

Midnight today — Opening day, Boston vs. Oakland at Tokyo.

Wednesday— Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2008 salary.

Sunday — Opening day for other teams, active rosters reduced to 25 players.

June 5-6 — Amateur draft.

July 15 — All-Star game, New York.