WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

READING PHILLIES:

The Akron Aeros defeated the Reading Phillies last night, 4 - 1.

The Reading Phillies are back on their home field tonight, taking on New Britain...gates open at 6:00pm...first pitch at 7:05pm.

Major League Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles 12 New York Yankees 2
Cleveland Indians 3 Minnesota Twins 2
Chicago White Sox 5 Kansas City Royals 4
Detroit Tigers 4 Texas Rangers 2
Toronto Blue Jays 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2
L.A. Angels 5 Seattle Mariners 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta Braves 5 Washington Nationals 0
New York Mets 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2
St. Louis Cardinals 2 Cincinnati Reds 1
Colorado Rockies 8 Arizona Diamondbacks 4
San Francisco Giants 8 San Diego Padres 4
Houston Astros 7 Milwaukee Brewers 3

Today's pitching probables and records (all times EDT)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York Yankees (Sidney Ponson 0-1) at Boston Red Sox (JasonJohnson 3-11), 1:05 p.m., 1st game
New York Yankees (Chien-Ming Wang 13-5) at Boston Red Sox (JonLester 6-2), 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Oakland Athletics (Esteban Loaiza 6-7) at Kansas City Royals(Jorge De La Rosa 1-1), 5:10 p.m., 1st game Oakland Athletics (Joe Blanton 13-9) at Kansas City Royals (LukeHudson 5-4), 8:40 p.m., 2nd game
Texas Rangers (Kevin Millwood 11-8) at Detroit Tigers (ZachMiner 7-3), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto Blue Jays (Scott Downs 6-1) at Baltimore Orioles (KrisBenson 9-9), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland Indians (C.C. Sabathia 8-8) at Tampa Bay Devil Rays(Casey Fossum 6-5), 7:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Freddy Garcia 11-7) at Minnesota Twins (BoofBonser 2-4), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle Mariners (Felix Hernandez 10-10) at Los Angeles Angels(Jered Weaver 8-0), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis Cardinals (Jason Marquis 12-11) at Chicago Cubs(Carlos Marmol 5-5), 2:20 p.m.
Washington Nationals (Tony Armas 7-8) at Philadelphia Phillies(Brett Myers 8-5), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado Rockies (Byung-Hyun Kim 7-7) at New York Mets (SteveTrachsel 11-5), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh Pirates (Ian Snell 10-8) at Cincinnati Reds (ChrisMichalak 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta Braves (Tim Hudson 9-10) at Florida Marlins (Scott Olsen9-6), 7:35 p.m.
Houston Astros (Brandon Backe 3-2) at Milwaukee Brewers (TomoOhka 3-3), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona Diamondbacks (Enrique Gonzalez 3-4) at San Diego Padres(Woody Williams 5-4), 10:05 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers (Brad Penny 13-5) at San Francisco Giants(Jason Schmidt 9-7), 10:15 p.m.

N-F-L Preseason schedule (all times EDT)
Yesterday's Scores
New York Giants 17 Kansas City Chiefs 0
Baltimore Ravens 20 Philadelphia Eagles 10

Today's Games
Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills, 7 p.m.
Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns, 7:30 p.m.
San Diego Chargers at Chicago Bears, 8 p.m.

Saturday's Games
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 7:30 p.m.
Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots, 8 p.m.
Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m.
Houston Texans at St. Louis Rams, 8 p.m.
Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers, 8 p.m.
New York Jets at Washington Redskins, 8 p.m.
Tennessee Titans at Denver Broncos, 9 p.m.

W-N-B-A playoff schedule
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Connecticut vs. Washington Friday, Aug. 18: Connecticut at Washington, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 20:
Washington at Connecticut, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 22: Washington at Connecticut, 7 p.m., if necessary Detroit vs. Indiana
Thursday, Aug. 17: Detroit 68, Indiana 56, Detroit leads series1-0
Saturday, Aug. 19: Indiana at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 21: Indiana at Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Los Angeles vs. Seattle
Friday, Aug. 18: Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 20: Seattle at Los Angeles, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 22: Seattle at Los Angeles, 10 p.m., if necessary Sacramento vs. Houston
Thursday, Aug. 17: Sacramento 93 Houston 78, Sacramento leadsseries 1-0
Saturday, Aug. 19: Houston at Sacramento, 3:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 21: Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m., if necessary