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C4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM if the Giants advance. Short hops National League Giants’ Cabrera gets Cabrera is batting .346 with 11 home runs ■ EAST DIVISION and 60 RBI in his first season with San Francisco Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shut 50-game suspension and is five hits shy of 1,000 in his big-league down as he strives to return from a strained right W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away career. He also earned MVP honors at the All- Achilles tendon. Ortiz, on the 15-day disabled list Melky Cabrera was suspended 50 games Washington 73 45 .619 — 8-2 W-1 32-22 41-23 Star game. since July 18, was ordered to also stop running. Wednesday following a positive test for testos- Atlanta 68 49 .581 4½ 7-3 W-2 34-27 34-22 He will miss the final 45 games of the regular ■ None of the Red Sox players in a series terone, putting an abrupt end to what had been New York 55 62 .470 17½ 3-7 L-2 28-30 27-32 season and serve the remainder of the suspen- of meetings with the team’s top brass called for an MVP-caliber regular season and throwing the Philadelphia 54 63 .462 18½ 6-4 L-1 26-33 28-30 sion at the start of next season or during the Manager Bobby Valentine to be replaced, owner Cabrera San Francisco Giants’ playoff hopes into doubt. Miami 53 65 .449 20 4-6 W-1 29-31 24-34 postseason, depending on whether the Giants John Henry said, refuting a Yahoo! Sports report. Tests positive Cabrera leads the National League with 159 make the playoffs and how far they advance. If CENTRAL DIVISION for testosterone hits, and is second in batting average behind ■ Pirates second baseman Neil Walker left Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen. Cabrera’s pen- the Giants wanted him to become active in the Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers during Cincinnati 71 46 .607 — 5-5 W-5 38-20 33-26 alty was the first for a high-profile player since middle of a playoff series, they would have to the first inning with a dislocated finger on his Pittsburgh 64 53 .547 7 3-7 L-3 36-23 28-30 last year’s NL MVP, Ryan Braun, had his suspen- play a man short from the start of the series right hand. Walker leads NL second basemen in St. Louis 64 53 .547 7 6-4 W-2 36-23 28-30 sion overturned by an arbitrator last winter. until the suspension ends because rosters can’t RBI (67) and is tied for the lead in homers (14). Milwaukee 52 64 .448 18½ 4-6 L-3 33-26 19-38 “My positive test was the result of my use be altered mid-series. ■ A’s slugger Josh Reddick was scratched Chicago 46 70 .397 24½ 3-7 W-1 30-28 16-42 of a substance I should not have used,” Cabrera “We were extremely disappointed,” the from the lineup Wednesday because of complica- Houston 39 80 .328 33 3-7 L-1 27-32 12-48 said in a statement released by the union. “I Giants said in a statement. “We fully support tions from an extracted tooth. Major League Baseball’s policy and its efforts WEST DIVISION accept my suspension under the Joint Drug ■ Robinson Cano was held out of the Yan- Program and I will try to move on with my life. I to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs from kees’ lineup Wednesday because of a stiff neck. Los Angeles 65 53 .551 — 7-3 W-4 33-25 32-28 am deeply sorry for my mistake and I apologize our game.” San Francisco 64 54 .542 1 5-5 L-1 35-26 29-28 to my teammates, to the San Francisco Giants It was not immediately known whether Ca- ■ Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia will return Ortiz Arizona 58 59 .496 6½ 3-7 L-2 31-26 27-33 organization and to the fans for letting them brera’s positive test occurred before the All-Star to the rotation Sunday, and the team will shift San Diego 52 67 .437 13½ 7-3 L-2 27-30 25-37 Rehabilitation down.” game. There have been four suspensions under impressive rookie fill-in Joe Kelly to the bullpen. Colorado 44 71 .383 19½ 6-4 W-3 24-37 20-34 shut down The suspension would extend into the playoffs the major-league drug program this year. HERALD-LEADER WIRE SERVICES Wednesday’s games Miami 9, Philadelphia 2 Chicago Cubs 7, Houston 2 Colorado 7, Milwaukee 6 Washington 6, San Francisco 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 6, San Diego 1 St. Louis 5, Arizona 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Washington ......202 010 100—6 12 1 CARDINALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Thursday’s games DeJesus rf 4 2 4 3 1 0 .270 San Francisco ....020 000 011—4 8 0 Hellickson L, 7-8 7 5 1 1 1 1 115 3.39 L.A. Dodgers (Blanton 8-10) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 14-4), 4:05 p.m. REDS 6, METS 1 Vitters 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .103 E—LaRoche (6). LOB—Washington 11, San Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Farnsworth 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.95 N.Y. Mets (Harvey 1-3) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 10-7), 7:10 p.m. Rizzo 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Francisco 9. 2B—Lombardozzi 2 (16), LaRoche Drew ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .206 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA San Diego (Marquis 6-6) at Atlanta (Medlen 3-1), 7:10 p.m. A.Soriano lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .263 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. (25), Morse (15), Espinosa (29), Posey (24). HR— A.Hill 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .292 F.Hernandez W, 11-5 S.Castro ss 4 2 3 2 0 1 .276 Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-7) at Milwaukee (Estrada 0-5), 8:10 p.m. Baxter rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .312 Espinosa (13). SB—Lombardozzi (4), Werth (4). Kubel lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 9 0 0 0 0 12 113 2.60 Valbuena 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .207 Arizona (Cahill 9-10) at St. Louis (Lohse 12-2), 8:15 p.m. Tejada ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .320 S—Lincecum. SF—K.Suzuki. Goldschmidt 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .295 WP—Hellickson. B.Jackson cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .188 Miami (Nolasco 9-11) at Colorado (White 2-6), 8:40 p.m. Dan.Murphy 2b-1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J.Upton rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272 Clevenger c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .228 Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Joe West; Friday’s games D.Wright 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .321 Strasburg W, 14-5 6 4 2 2 4 7 100 2.91 M.Montero c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .287 Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Andy Fletcher. Germano p 1 1 0 0 1 1 .143 C.Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. I.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mattheus 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.56 T—2:22. A—21,889 (47,860). L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Hefner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 S.Burnett 1 3 1 1 0 2 21 1.94 C.Young cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .210 Camp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — J.Saunders p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .086 WHITE SOX 9, BLUE JAYS 5 Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Valdespin lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Mather ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Clippard S, 25-29 1 1 1 0 0 1 21 2.98 Albers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Miami at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. An.Torres cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA R.Wheeler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Thole c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Totals 31 7 11 6 7 10 Lincecum L, 6-13 4 8 4 4 1 5 96 5.45 De Aza cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .281 Dickey p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Bergesen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Houston ........010 000 100—2 7 0 Kontos 1 2 1 1 0 2 23 2.57 Totals 30 2 5 1 1 9 Youkilis 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .239 American League Ju.Turner 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Chicago ........013 201 00x—7 11 0 Mijares 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00 A.Dunn 1b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .208 St.