The division leaders around the league had a nice opening to June, including the New York Yankees destroying the Toronto Blue Jays, the Arizona Diamondbacks shining in front of empty seats in Miami and the Minnesota Twins showing impressive defense and offense against the slumping Angels.

Oakland Athletics 0  Cleveland Indians 8: The Indians remain a tad behind the Twins in the AL Central after an impressive performance by Corey Kluber, striking out 10 and allowing just 2 hits in 6 innings. Michael Brantley with a couple of RBIs was the best player offensively.

Milwaukee Brewers 2  New York Mets 1: The Brewers win their 2nd in a row to keep their lead over the Cards in the NL Central, getting a gem out of Chase Anderson with 3 hits in 7 innings and 7 strikers. Hernan Perez had 3 hits in 4 at-bats, including a 3rd inning double that opened the scoring.

Los Angeles Dodgers 0  St. Louis Cardinals 2: Adam Wainwright hit a home run and looked terrific in his 6-inning start, allowing only 4 hits. The Cards win their second in a row, and are now 1.5 games behind the Brewers.

Colorado Rockies 6  Seattle Mariners 3: The Rockies remain tied with the Diamondbacks on top of the NL West, with home runs from Mark Reynolds (14th this season) and Nolan Arenado (13th this season) doing most of the damage.

Boston Red Sox 5  Baltimore Orioles 7: Wade Miley’s excellent 7-innings almost didn’t cut it after some poor relief pitching, but 4 home run bombs from the Orioles, including number 12 this season for Chris Davis, were enough to give the Orioles a 2nd consecutive win and put some pressure on 2nd place Boston.

New York Yankees 12  Toronto Blue Jays 2: The Yankees now open a 3-game lead on top of the AL East. C.C. Sabathia has now pitched 4 straight wins, striking out 7 in 6.1 innings not allowing any runs. Gary Sanchez finished with 2 homers and 3 RBIs.

Arizona Diamondbacks 3  Miami Marlins 2: Most of the attention in this game was pointed at the empty stands in Marlins Park. Season ticket holders didn’t show up, and there were probably less than 2000 in attendance. Zack Greinke allowed 4 hits and 2 runs in 7 innings, striking out 8, getting run support from Paul Goldschmidt with 40 RBIs this season.

Minnesota Twins 4  Los Angeles Angels 2: Besides the Twins pulling off the team’s first triple play since 2006, there was also Miguel Sano hitting his 13th home run of the season and a 9th inning comeback, as a Jason Castro single gave them the lead and Joe Mauer walking with the bases loaded made sure they had a big enough cushion for the bottom of the 9th.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	31	20	0.608	—	17–8	14–12
Boston Red Sox	29	24	0.547	3	17–10	12–14
Baltimore Orioles	28	24	0.538	3½	18–8	10–16
Tampa Bay Rays	29	27	0.518	4½	16–13	13–14
Toronto Blue Jays	26	28	0.481	6½	15–13	11–15

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	27	23	0.540	—	12–18	15–5
Cleveland Indians	28	24	0.538	—	12–14	16–10
Detroit Tigers	25	28	0.472	3½	12–10	13–18
Chicago White Sox	24	28	0.462	4	12–11	12–17
Kansas City Royals	22	30	0.423	6	13–13	9–17

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	38	16	0.704	—	20–10	18–6
Los Angeles Angels	28	29	0.491	11½	17–10	11–19
Texas Rangers	26	28	0.481	12	17–10	9–18
Seattle Mariners	25	30	0.455	13½	14–10	11–20
Oakland Athletics	23	30	0.434	14½	15–10	8–20

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	33	19	0.635	—	16–9	17–10
New York Mets	23	29	0.442	10	13–17	10–12
Atlanta Braves	22	29	0.431	10½	10–12	12–17
Miami Marlins	21	31	0.404	12	11–16	10–15
Philadelphia Phillies	17	34	0.333	15½	10–13	7–21

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	29	25	0.537	—	14–15	15–10
St. Louis Cardinals	26	25	0.510	1½	14–15	12–10
Chicago Cubs	25	27	0.481	3	14–11	11–16
Cincinnati Reds	24	28	0.462	4	14–13	10–15
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	30	0.444	5	14–13	10–17

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Arizona Diamondbacks	34	22	0.607	—	21–8	13–14
Colorado Rockies	34	22	0.607	—	15–13	19–9
Los Angeles Dodgers	33	22	0.600	½	21–8	12–14
San Diego Padres	22	33	0.400	11½	12–14	10–19
San Francisco Giants	22	33	0.400	11½	13–14	9–19

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