Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 9 6 .600 --
Boston 9 6 .600 --
Toronto 9 7 .563 1/2
New York 6 9 .400 3
Tampa Bay 5 10 .333 4
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 11 4 .733 --
Minnesota 9 6 .600 2
Cleveland 6 8 .429 4 1/2
Detroit 6 9 .400 5
Kansas City 5 10 .333 6
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 8 8 .500 --
Los Angeles 7 7 .500 --
Oakland 7 7 .500 --
Seattle 7 7 .500 --
Tuesday's Games
Texas 3, Oakland 0
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5
Seattle 5, L.A. Angels 3
Toronto 4, Boston 3
Baltimore 8, Detroit 4
Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 1
Wednesday's Games
Boston 8, Baltimore 0
Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit 1
N.Y. Yankees 11, Toronto 2
Texas 12, Tampa Bay 10
Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4
Oakland at Seattle, 9:05 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-1) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-1), 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City (B.Anderson 1-1) at Minnesota (Gassner 1-0), 12:10 p.m.
Boston (Clement 1-0) at Baltimore (Lopez 2-0), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 0-1) at Toronto (Chacin 3-0), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Rogers 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Brazelton 0-3), 6:15 p.m.
Oakland (Harden 1-0) at Seattle (R.Franklin 1-1), 9:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Millwood 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Washburn 0-0), 9:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 6:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Seattle, 9:05 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Florida 9 6 .600 --
Washington 9 6 .600 --
Atlanta 7 8 .467 2
New York 7 8 .467 2
Philadelphia 7 8 .467 2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 8 5 .615 --
Cincinnati 8 6 .571 1/2
Chicago 8 7 .533 1
Houston 7 7 .500 1 1/2
Milwaukee 5 9 .357 3 1/2
Pittsburgh 4 11 .267 5
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 11 2 .846 --
Arizona 7 7 .500 4 1/2
San Diego 7 7 .500 4 1/2
San Francisco 6 7 .462 5
Colorado 4 10 .286 7 1/2
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings
Colorado 8, Arizona 1
Florida 6, Washington 3
St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 1
N.Y. Mets 16, Philadelphia 4
Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 1
Houston 5, Atlanta 3
San Diego 5, San Francisco 2
Wednesday's Games
Florida 9, N.Y. Mets 2
Washington 2, Atlanta 0
Colorado 7, Philadelphia 4
Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 1
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 4
Houston 6, Milwaukee 1
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Pittsburgh (K.Wells 0-3) at Cincinnati (Milton 2-1), 11:30 a.m.
Atlanta (Smoltz 0-3) at Washington (Patterson 1-1), 12:05 p.m.
Colorado (Kennedy 1-1) at Philadelphia (Lieber 3-0), 12:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-2) at St. Louis (Carpenter 2-1), 12:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (P.Martinez 1-0) at Florida (Leiter 0-1), 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (D.Davis 2-1) at Houston (Pettitte 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Erickson 1-0) at San Diego (Eaton 1-1), 9:05 p.m.
Arizona (Ru.Ortiz 1-1) at San Francisco (Schmidt 2-1), 9:15 p.m.
Friday's Games
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.
Cincinnati at Florida, 6:35 p.m.
Houston at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 7:35 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Milwaukee at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
Wednesday linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 300 033 000 -- 9 12 1
Detroit 001 000 000 -- 1 5 1
Garland, Cotts (9) and Widger; Ledezma, Good (6) and IRodriguez. W--Garland 3-0. L--Ledezma 1-1. HRs--Chicago, Dye (3), Crede (2).
New York 030 403 100 -- 11 14 1
Toronto 001 001 000 -- 2 7 0
Pavano, Karsay (9) and Posada; Lilly, Walker (4), Whiteside (6), Frasor (8), Speier (9) and Zaun, GMyers (7). W--Pavano 1-2. L--Lilly 0-2. HR--New York, Posada (1).
Boston 000 013 130 -- 8 9 0
Baltimore 000 000 000 -- 0 3 0
DWells, Neal (9) and Varitek, Mirabelli (9); BChen, SReed (7), Parrish (8), Bauer (9) and GGil. W--DWells 2-2. L--BChen 1-1. HR--Boston, Varitek (4).
Texas 001 540 200 -- 12 11 0
Tampa Bay 100 105 030 -- 10 15 2
Drese, Mahay (6), Brocail (7), BShouse (8), Regilio (8), FCordero (9) and Barajas; JWebb, Fossum (5), McClung (7), Waechter (9) and CJohnson. W--Drese 2-1. L--Webb 0-1. Sv--FCordero (7). HR--Texas, Barajas (2).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 012 000 010 -- 4 12 0
Cincinnati 000 300 30x -- 6 11 0
OlPerez, RiWhite (5), STorres (7) and Cota; PWilson, Mercker (8), RWagner (8), Graves (9) and LaRue. W--PWilson 1-1. L--STorres 1-1. Sv--Graves (6). HRs--Cincinnati, WPena 2 (5), Aurilia 2 (2).
Atlanta 000 000 000 -- 0 5 1
Washington 002 000 00x -- 2 6 0
HRamirez, Gryboski (7), Bernero (8) and JEstrada; Day, Ayala (8), CCordero (9) and Schneider. W--Day 1-1. L--HRamirez 1-1. Sv--CCordero (3). HR--Washington, Vidro (4).
New York 000 020 000 -- 2 4 0
Florida 104 202 00x -- 9 15 0
Heilman, Aybar (5), MMatthews (6), RHernandez (7), Looper (8) and Piazza; Beckett, Alfonseca (8), TJones (9) and Treanor. W--Beckett 3-1. L--Heilman 1-2. HR--Florida, JEncarnacion (3).
Colorado 110 000 410 -- 7 16 0
Philadelphia 100 000 201 -- 4 9 2
Wright, JoAcevedo (7), Fuentes (7), BKim (8), Tsao (9) and Closser; Lidle, Madson (7), Cormier (8), Worrell (9) and Lieberthal. W--Wright 1-1. L--Lidle 0-2. HRs--Colorado, Hawpe (2). Philadelphia, Rollins (2), Lieberthal (1).
Milwaukee 001 000 000 -- 1 4 2
Houston 200 001 30x -- 6 9 1
BSheets, Wise (7), Phelps (8) and Moeller; Oswalt and RChavez. W--Oswalt 3-1. L--BSheets 1-3. HRs--Houston, AEverett (1), Biggio (2).
Chicago 110 010 000 -- 3 12 1
St. Louis 000 001 000 -- 1 5 1
Zambrano, Hawkins (9) and Barrett; Suppan, Flores (7), Tavarez (9), King (9) and EDiaz. W--Zambrano 2-0. L--Suppan 1-2. Sv--Hawkins (3). HR--St. Louis, Pujols (4).
Basketball
NBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Phoenix 62 19 .765 --
y-San Antonio 59 23 .720 3 1/2
y-Seattle 52 30 .634 10 1/2
x-Dallas 58 24 .707 4 1/2
x-Houston 51 31 .622 11 1/2
x-Sacramento 49 32 .605 13
x-Denver 49 33 .598 13 1/2
x-Memphis 45 37 .549 17 1/2
Minnesota 44 38 .537 18 1/2
L.A. Clippers 37 45 .451 25 1/2
L.A. Lakers 34 47 .420 28
Golden State 33 48 .407 29
Portland 26 55 .321 36
Utah 26 55 .321 36
New Orleans 18 64 .220 44 1/2
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Miami 59 23 .720 --
y-Detroit 54 28 .659 5
y-Boston 45 37 .549 14
x-Chicago 47 35 .573 12
x-Washington 45 37 .549 14
x-Indiana 44 38 .537 15
x-Philadelphia 43 39 .524 16
x-New Jersey 42 40 .512 17
Cleveland 42 40 .512 17
Orlando 36 46 .439 23
Toronto 33 49 .402 26
New York 33 49 .402 26
Milwaukee 30 52 .366 29
Charlotte 18 64 .220 41
Atlanta 13 69 .159 46
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Tuesday's Games
Cleveland 100, Boston 86
Detroit 95, Atlanta 68
Miami 99, Charlotte 80
New Jersey 109, Washington 101
Toronto 127, Milwaukee 109
Chicago 92, New York 91
Dallas 101, Seattle 96
Denver 119, Portland 115
Wednesday's Games
Miami 98, Orlando 93
New Jersey 102, Boston 93
Philadelphia 110, Atlanta 86
Cleveland 104, Toronto 95
Charlotte 97, Detroit 86
New York 113, Washington 105
Indiana 85, Chicago 83
Dallas 108, Memphis 88
Minnesota 95, San Antonio 73
L.A. Clippers 86, New Orleans 75
Houston 106, Seattle 78
L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.
Utah at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
End of Regular Season
NBA playoffs
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Saturday, April 23
Philadelphia at Detroit, 2 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana at Boston, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 24
New Jersey at Miami, 2 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Denver at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Monday, April 25
Indiana at Boston, 6 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB--Suspended Texas RHP Agustin Montero 10 days for violation of the league's joint drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
SEATTLE MARINERS--Placed INF-OF Scott Spiezio on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 19. Called up OF Shin-Soo Choo from Tacoma of the PCL.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Placed LHP Mark Hendrickson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 14. Called up RHP John Webb from Durham of the IL.
TEXAS RANGERS--Recalled OF Laynce Nix from Oklahoma of the PCL. Optioned 1B Adrian Gonzalez to Oklahoma.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS--Purchased the contract of RHP Matt Whiteside from Syracuse of the IL. Optioned RHP Brandon League to Syracuse.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Signed LHP Armando Almanza and assigned him to Tennessee of the Southern League.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Claimed INF Alfredo Amezaga off waivers from Colorado.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Placed RHP T.J. Tucker on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Hector Carrasco from New Orleans of the PCL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS--Placed F-C Tyson Chandler on the injured list. Activated G Frank Williams from the injured list.
DETROIT PISTONS--Placed G Richard Hamilton on the injured list. Activated G Horace Jenkins from the injured list.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS--Placed F Chris Webber on the injured list. Activated F Michael Bradley from the injured list.
SACRAMENTO KINGS--Placed F Peja Stojakovic on the injured list. Activated G Bobby Jackson from the injured list.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS--Re-signed QB Shane Matthews.
CAROLINA PANTHERS--Signed LB Chris Draft and P Tom Rouen.
DALLAS COWBOYS--Signed FB Darian Barnes and K Billy Cundiff to one-year contracts.
DETROIT LIONS--Re-signed S Vernon Fox and T Victor Rogers to one-year contracts.
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Announced they have matched Minnesota's offer sheet to DE Aaron Kampman.
HOUSTON TEXANS--Signed DL Daleroy Stewart and WR Reggie Swinton.
ST. LOUIS RAMS--Re-signed QB Jamie Martin and signed G Rex Tucker to one-year contracts.
COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON--Granted basketball C Jeff Horowitz a release to transfer.
HOUSTON--Named Rodney Blackshear wide receivers coach.
RHODE ISLAND--Announced the resignation of Christina Sutcliffe, softball coach.
ST. BONAVENTURE--Suspended men's basketball G Tyler Relph indefinitely for violating team policy.
ST. JOSEPH'S--Announced junior C Dwayne Jones will make himself available for the NBA draft.
WEBER STATE--Announced the resignation of William Weidner, athletics director, to become deputy athletics director at UCF. Named Jerry Graybeal interim athletic director.
WESTERN KENTUCKY--Announced the retirement of Bill Powell, men's and women's swimming and diving head coach. Promoted associate coach Bruce Marchionda to men's and women's swimming and diving head coach.
Fishing
Minnesota Report
BRAINERD/NISSWA
North Long Lake is providing consistent crappie action in 10 feet of water. Flu-Flu's tipped with minnows or small leeches have worked best this week. Pelican Lake and Lake Hubert are producing crappies in shallower water as well. Look to Upper Gull, the channel by Bar Harbor, and Wilson Bay on Gull for crappies in two to four feet of water. Expect to find sunfish mixed in with the crappies on the shallow locations.
CASS LAKE
The ice went out over the weekend on Cass Lake, and the area's small lakes have been open for about one week. Panfish action has been slow to develop, but look to the shallows on Midge Lake and Kitchi Lake to be the first spots to produce crappies.
CROSBY
The spring panfish bite is just getting started with a handful of shallow bays and shorelines producing crappies and an occasional good-sized sunfish. Look to lakes such as Blind, Perry, Black Hoof, and Serpent for better numbers of fish in three to six feet of water.
CROSS LAKE
The ice went out last Saturday on the area's bigger lakes. Crappie anglers are catching fish in the shallow bays with small minnows and jigs. The evening hours have provided the best bite on Crosslake and Rush Lake.
HACKENSACK
The ice is out, but crappies have yet to move shallow. Traditionally, the northwest bay on Pleasant Lake, the north end bays on Birch Lake, and Lundstrom Bay on Ten Mile Lake are the first to produce fish.
LAKE MILLE LACS
As of Tuesday morning, the only ice left was on the north end of the lake. It was floating and deteriorating quickly. Small minnows and jigs are producing crappies in Izaty's Harbor, Isle Bay, and the Father Hennepin area. The bigger fish are being caught in less than five feet of water during the afternoon.
LEECH LAKE
The ice went out Monday, and panfish anglers are starting to look for crappies. Work the small lakes in this area first, then look to the shallow bays and harbors on Leech to start producing crappies, too.
McGREGOR
Sunfish and crappies are biting on Lake Minnewawa and Big Sandy Lake in 10 feet of water. Minnows have worked best, and you will find some eating-sized perch mixed in with the crappies. Many anglers have been busy in area creeks where nightcrawlers are producing numbers of suckers.