Sports Scoreboard: 8/21/06

Published 5:00 pm Sunday, August 20, 2006

BasketballWNBAWNBA Playoffs

FIRST ROUND

(Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Friday’s Result

Connecticut 76, Washington 61

Saturday’s Result

Detroit 98, Indiana 83, Detroit wins series

Sunday’s Result

Connecticut 68, Washington 65, Connecticut wins series

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Friday’s Result

Seattle 84, Los Angeles 72

Saturday’s Result

Sacramento 92, Houston 64, Sacramento wins series

Sunday’s Result

Los Angeles 78, Seattle 70, series tied 1-1

Tuesday

Seattle at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Thursday

Connecticut at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.BaseballMLBAmerican League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 74 48 .607 –

Boston 69 54 .561 51?2

Toronto 66 58 .532 9

Baltimore 55 69 .444 20

Tampa Bay 49 75 .395 26

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 79 45 .637 –

Chicago 73 50 .593 51?2

Minnesota 72 51 .585 61?2

Cleveland 56 67 .455 221?2

Kansas City 45 81 .357 35

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 70 54 .565 –

Los Angeles 66 59 .528 41?2

Texas 65 60 .520 51?2

Seattle 56 68 .452 14

Saturday’s Results

N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 5

Baltimore 15, Toronto 0

Texas 3, Detroit 1

Oakland 7, Kansas City 2

Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 1

Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 3

L.A. Angels 9, Seattle 7

Sunday’s Results

Texas 7, Detroit 6

Cleveland 9, Tampa Bay 4

Toronto 9, Baltimore 2

Oakland 6, Kansas City 4

Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 3

L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2

N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 5, 10 innings

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 75 48 .610 –

Philadelphia 61 62 .496 14

Atlanta 58 65 .472 17

Florida 57 66 .463 18

Washington 54 70 .435 211?2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 66 57 .537 –

Cincinnati 64 60 .516 21?2

Houston 59 65 .476 71?2

Milwaukee 59 65 .476 71?2

Chicago 53 70 .431 13

Pittsburgh 47 77 .379 191?2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 66 58 .532 –

Arizona 62 62 .500 4

San Diego 62 62 .500 4

Colorado 59 65 .476 7

San Francisco 59 65 .476 7

Saturday’s Results

Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 4, 10 innings

Arizona 5, San Diego 3

Atlanta 5, Florida 3

Cincinnati 14, Pittsburgh 7

Milwaukee 6, Houston 4

Philadelphia 11, Washington 2

N.Y. Mets 7, Colorado 4

L.A. Dodgers 14, San Francisco 7

Sunday’s Results

Florida 4, Atlanta 3

N.Y. Mets 2, Colorado 0

Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 1

Philadelphia 12, Washington 10

Houston 3, Milwaukee 1

St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 3

San Diego 2, Arizona 1, 10 innings

L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 2SoccerMLSSaturday’s Results

Colorado 1, D.C. United 1, tie

Columbus 1, New York 0

Real Salt Lake 3, Houston 1

Kansas City 1, CD Chivas USA 1, tie

Sunday’s Results

Chicago 1, New England 0

Los Angeles 2, FC Dallas 0