SCOREBOARD
Area events
Friday
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Brainerd at Princeton tournament 5 p.m.
Little Falls at Melrose 4:30 p.m.
Isle at Pillager 4:30 p.m.
Pequot Lakes at Pine River-Backus 4:30 p.m.
Browerville at Staples-Motley 4 p.m. (2)
Parkers Prairie at Wadena-Deer Creek 4:30 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Crosby-Ironton at Aitkin 4:30 p.m.
Pillager at Swanville 6 p.m.
Pine River-Backus at Verndale 4:30 p.m.
Pelican Rapids at Staples-Motley 5 p.m.
Wadena-Deer Creek at New York Mills 4:30 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Aitkin vs. Mora at Springbrook Country Club, Mora, noon
Crosby-Ironton in Mid-Minn Conference meet vs. Park Rapids at Blueberry Pines, Menahga, 4:30 p.m.
Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus in Menahga Invite at Blueberry Pines 10 a.m.
Pierz vs. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Long Prairie Golf Club 9 a.m.
Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-Minn meet at Blueberry Hills, Menahga, 10 a.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek at Bemidji Invite 9:30 a.m.
BOYS TENNIS
St. Cloud Apollo at Brainerd 4:30 p.m.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Wadena-Deer Creek 4:30 p.m.
TRACK AND FIELD
Brainerd at Hamline University Elite meet at St. Paul 6 p.m.
Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus in Mayday Invite at Walker 4 p.m.
Pierz at Holdingford Invite 4:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Itasca at Central Lakes 2 p.m. (2)
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Central Lakes vs. Vermilion at Ely 3 p.m. (2)
Saturday
RUNNING
Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes Marathon, half-marathon 7:45 a.m., marathon 8 a.m., Nisswa
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Brainerd at Princeton tournament 11:15 a.m.
Albany at Little Falls 11 a.m.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Brainerd at Moorhead 11 a.m. (2)
Isle, Minneapolis Washburn, Upsala at Little Falls tournament 10 a.m.
BOYS GOLF
Brainerd in Presection 8-3A Invite at Greystone Golf Club, Sauk Centre, 10:30 a.m.
Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Wadena-Deer Creek in Staples-Motley Cardinals Invite at the Vintage, Staples, 9 a.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley at Grand Rapids Invite 9 a.m.
BOYS TENNIS
Brainerd at Moorhead Invite 9 a.m.
Staples-Motley at Alexandria Invite 9 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Central Lakes at Fergus Falls 1 p.m. (2)
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Central Lakes vs. Mesabi at Virginia 1 p.m. (2)
TV and radio
Radio guide
WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), 3WI-FM (95.9), KFGI-FM (101.5), KUAL-FM (103.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)
WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), KVKK-AM (1070), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)
Friday
AUTO RACING
6 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, practice for Bahrain Grand Prix, at Manama, Bahrain
10:30 a.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Aaron's 312
1 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Aaron's 499
2:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Happy Hour Series, final practice for Aaron's 499
4 p.m., SPEED: ARCA
BOXING
9:30 p.m., ESPN2: Bantamweights, Antonio Escalante vs. Gary Stark Jr.
GOLF
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Ballantine's Championship, second round
11:30 a.m., TGC: Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, first round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, second round
5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, South Georgia Classic, second round
NBA BASKETBALL
6 p.m., ESPN: Playoffs, first round, game 3, Cleveland at Detroit
7 p.m., ESPN2: Playoffs, first round, game 3, Orlando at Philadelphia
8:30 p.m., ESPN: Playoffs, first round, game 3, Portland at Houston
NHL HOCKEY
6 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, Eastern Conference quarterfinals, game 5, N.Y. Rangers at Washington (if necessary)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m., FSN-TV, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins at Cleveland
Saturday
Sports talk
10 a.m., 3WI-AM, 3WI-FM: Saturday Morning Sports Talk with Patrick Reusse and Joe Soucheray
AUTO RACING
6 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, qualifying for Bahrain Grand Prix
10 a.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Sprint Cup, Aaron's 499
1:30 p.m., SPEED: Rolex Sports Car Series, Bosch Engineering 250
2 p.m., ABC: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Aaron's 312
5 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Truck Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
BOXING
9 p.m., HBO: Junior welterweights, Lamont Peterson vs. Willy Blain; champion Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Gerry Penalosa for WBO junior featherweight title
COLLEGE BASEBALL
1 p.m., FSN: Oklahoma at Baylor
GOLF
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Ballantine's Championship, third round
Noon, CBS: Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, second round
Noon, TGC: PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, third round
2 p.m., CBS: PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, third round
5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, South Georgia Classic, third round
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
3 p.m., FOX: N.Y. Yankees at Boston or Chicago Cubs at St. Louis
6 p.m., FSN-TV, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins at Cleveland
6 p.m., WGN: Toronto at Chicago White Sox
NBA BASKETBALL
Noon, ESPN: Playoffs, first round, game 4, Denver at New Orleans
3 p.m., TNT: Playoffs, first round, game 3 or 4,
5:30 p.m., TNT: Playoffs, first round, game 3 or 4,
8 p.m., ESPN: Playoffs, first round, game 4, L.A. Lakers at Utah
NFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m., ESPN: Draft, day 1, part I
8 p.m., ESPN2: Draft, day 1, part II
NHL HOCKEY
2 p.m., NBC: Playoffs, Eastern Conference quarterfinals, game 6, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (if necessary)
6 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, Western Conference quarterfinals, game 5, Columbus at Detroit (if necessary)
9 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, Western Conference quarterfinals, game 5, Anaheim at San Jose
TRACK & FIELD
3 p.m., ESPN2: The Penn Relays
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 12 5 .706 -
Boston 9 6 .600 2
New York 9 6 .600 2
Baltimore 8 8 .500 3 1/2
Tampa Bay 6 10 .375 5 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 8 6 .571 -
Chicago 8 7 .533 1/2
Kansas City 8 7 .533 1/2
Minnesota 7 9 .438 2
Cleveland 6 10 .375 3
West Division
W L Pct GB
Seattle 10 6 .625 -
Texas 6 9 .400 3 1/2
Los Angeles 5 9 .357 4
Oakland 5 9 .357 4
Wednesday's Games
Boston 10, Minnesota 1, 7 innings, rain, 1st game
N.Y. Yankees 9, Oakland 7, 14 innings
Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore 2
Kansas City 2, Cleveland 0
Toronto 8, Texas 7, 11 innings
Boston 7, Minnesota 3, 2nd game
Detroit 12, L.A. Angels 10
Tampa Bay 9, Seattle 3
Thursday's Games
Cleveland 5, Kansas City 2
Seattle 1, Tampa Bay 0
Baltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 2
Toronto 5, Texas 2
Detroit at L.A. Angels
Friday's Games
Minnesota (Blackburn 0-1) at Cleveland (Carmona 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 1-1) at Baltimore (Uehara 2-1), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 0-0) at Boston (Lester 1-2), 6:10 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 1-1) at Kansas City (Greinke 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (Tallet 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-0), 7:11 p.m.
Seattle (Bedard 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Loux 0-1), 9:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 2-1) at Oakland (Cahill 0-1), 9:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Tampa Bay at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 3:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Texas at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 6:05 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Florida 11 4 .733 -
Atlanta 7 8 .467 4
Philadelphia 6 8 .429 4 1/2
New York 6 9 .400 5
Washington 3 11 .214 7 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 11 5 .688 -
Cincinnati 9 6 .600 1 1/2
Pittsburgh 9 6 .600 1 1/2
Chicago 8 6 .571 2
Milwaukee 6 9 .400 4 1/2
Houston 6 10 .375 5
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 11 5 .688 -
San Diego 9 6 .600 1 1/2
San Francisco 6 8 .429 4
Arizona 6 9 .400 4 1/2
Colorado 5 9 .357 5
Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh 7, Florida 4
Arizona 2, Colorado 0
San Francisco 1, San Diego 0, 10 innings
Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 1
Atlanta 1, Washington 0
Houston 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 0
St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1
St. Louis 12, N.Y. Mets 8
Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 1
L.A. Dodgers 2, Houston 0
Friday's Games
Philadelphia (Myers 1-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 2-0),6:10 p.m.
Atlanta (J.Vazquez 1-1) at Cincinnati (Volquez 2-1), 6:10 p.m.
Washington (Olsen 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Santana 2-1), 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-1) at Houston (F.Paulino 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 2-0), 7:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Stults 2-0) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 0-1) at Arizona (D.Davis 1-2), 8:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Snell 1-2) at San Diego (Correia 0-1), 9:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Washington at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 3:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston, 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Florida, 6:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
League leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING-MiCabrera, Detroit, .444; Youkilis, Boston, .429; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .415; Kinsler, Texas, .407; Markakis, Baltimore, .397; VMartinez, Cleveland, .394; BRoberts, Baltimore, .390.
RUNS-Markakis, Baltimore, 18; Scutaro, Toronto, 16; AdJones, Baltimore, 15; Kinsler, Texas, 15; Sizemore, Cleveland, 15; BRoberts, Baltimore, 14; Youkilis, Boston, 14.
RBI-Markakis, Baltimore, 18; CPena, Tampa Bay, 17; Sizemore, Cleveland, 17; Kinsler, Texas, 16; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 16; Lowell, Boston, 16; 4 tied at 15.
HITS-AHill, Toronto, 27; VMartinez, Cleveland, 26; MiCabrera, Detroit, 24; Kinsler, Texas, 24; Youkilis, Boston, 24; Markakis, Baltimore, 23; BRoberts, Baltimore, 23.
DOUBLES-Kinsler, Texas, 7; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 7; Markakis, Baltimore, 7; BRoberts, Baltimore, 7; 5 tied at 6.
TRIPLES-Crisp, Kansas City, 3; Fields, Chicago, 2; 27 tied at 1.
HOME RUNS-Quentin, Chicago, 7; NCruz, Texas, 6; CPena, Tampa Bay, 6; Sizemore, Cleveland, 6; 7 tied at 5.
STOLEN BASES-Abreu, Los Angeles, 7; Figgins, Los Angeles, 7; Kinsler, Texas, 7; Ellsbury, Boston, 6; Bartlett, Tampa Bay, 5; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 5; Iwamura, Tampa Bay, 5.
PITCHING (2 Decisions)-Frasor, Toronto, 3-0, 1.000; Washburn, Seattle, 3-0, 1.000; Greinke, Kansas City, 3-0, 1.000; FHernandez, Seattle, 2-0, 1.000; Penny, Boston, 2-0, 1.000; ABailey, Oakland, 2-0, 1.000.
STRIKEOUTS-Halladay, Toronto, 26; Greinke, Kansas City, 26; Verlander, Detroit, 25; Meche, Kansas City, 25; Purcey, Toronto, 23; Bedard, Seattle, 23; Davies, Kansas City, 21.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING-Beltran, New York, .385; NJohnson, Washington, .380; Hudson, Los Angeles, .377; Theriot, Chicago, .375; Ludwick, St. Louis, .370; Ibanez, Philadelphia, .365; Kemp, Los Angeles, .364.
RUNS-ASoriano, Chicago, 15; Hudson, Los Angeles, 14; Pujols, St. Louis, 14; MRamirez, Los Angeles, 14; Bonifacio, Florida, 13; Ethier, Los Angeles, 13; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 13.
RBI-Pujols, St. Louis, 18; Ethier, Los Angeles, 17; Ludwick, St. Louis, 16; Delgado, New York, 14; Kemp, Los Angeles, 14; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 14; ArRamirez, Chicago, 14.
HITS-Hudson, Los Angeles, 23; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 23; FLopez, Arizona, 22; Morgan, Pittsburgh, 21; Tejada, Houston, 21; 4 tied at 20.
DOUBLES-FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 8; AdLaRoche, Pittsburgh, 7; Spilborghs, Colorado, 7; 8 tied at 6.
TRIPLES-Francoeur, Atlanta, 2; EGonzalez, San Diego, 2; Hudson, Los Angeles, 2; Kemp, Los Angeles, 2; Morgan, Pittsburgh, 2; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 2; 35 tied at 1.
HOME RUNS-Ethier, Los Angeles, 5; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 5; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 5; Ludwick, St. Louis, 5; ASoriano, Chicago, 5; 10 tied at 4.
STOLEN BASES-Morgan, Pittsburgh, 6; Bonifacio, Florida, 5; Burriss, San Francisco, 4; Hudson, Los Angeles, 4; Kemp, Los Angeles, 4; 6 tied at 3.
PITCHING (2 Decisions)-Pineiro, St. Louis, 3-0, 1.000; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 3-0, 1.000; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 3-0, 1.000; Maholm, Pittsburgh, 3-0, 1.000; Meredith, San Diego, 3-0, 1.000; Looper, Milwaukee, 2-0, 1.000.
STRIKEOUTS-Santana, New York, 27; Harden, Chicago, 26; Haren, Arizona, 26; Peavy, San Diego, 26; JVazquez, Atlanta, 25; Wolf, Los Angeles, 23; Lincecum, San Francisco, 23.
Amateur baseball
Victory League
North Division
Fort Ripley Rebels 0-0
Brainerd Braves 0-0
Harding Dinosaurs 0-0
Cuyuna Range Miners 0-0
St. Mathias Devils 0-0
East Division
Lastrup Lakers 0-0
Buckman Billygoats 0-0
Pierz Brewers 0-0
Pierz Bulldogs 0-0
Foley Outlaws 0-0
Sunday's games
Foley Outlaws at Lastrup Lakers 1:30 p.m.
Pierz Bulldogs at Pierz Brewers 1:30 p.m.
Cuyuna Range Miners at Brainerd Braves 1:30 p.m.
Sobieski Skis at Fort Ripley Rebels 1:30 p.m.
Harding Dinosaurs at St. Mathias Devils 1:30 p.m.
Buckman Billygoats at Opole Bears 1:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL playoffs
Wednesday, April 22
Boston 4, Montreal 1, Boston wins series 4-0
N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers lead series 3-1
Calgary 6, Chicago 4, series tied 2-2
Thursday, April 23
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0, Pittsburgh leads series 3-2
Detroit 6, Columbus 5, Detroit wins series 4-0
New Jersey 1, Carolina 0, New Jersey leads series 3-2
San Jose at Anaheim
Friday, April 24
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Calgary at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 9 p.m.
Basketball
NBA playoffs
Wednesday, April 22
Orlando 96, Philadelphia 87, series tied 1-1
Miami 108, Atlanta 93, series tied 1-1
Denver 108, New Orleans 93, Denver leads series 2-0
Thursday, April 23
Boston 107, Chicago 86, Boston leads series 2-1
Dallas 88, San Antonio 67, Dallas leads
series 2-1
L.A. Lakers at Utah
Friday, April 24
Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Portland at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
Denver at New Orleans, noon
San Antonio at Dallas, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 5:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.
Golf
Prep rankings
Boys Class 2A and 3A
Team
Orono 307.1
Forest Lake 307.8
Alexandria 308.0
Wayzata 308.3
Rogers 312.1
Anoka 313.82
Woodbury 318.6
Rochester Lourdes 319.6
Fairmont 321.5
Detroit Lakes 323.0
Individual
John Young, Forest Lake 72.8
Taylor Murphy, Princeton 73.3
Patrick Johnston, Orono 74.4
Casey Vangsness, Alexandria 74.6
Dan Bidle, Virginia 74.8
Ty Liljander, Cambridge 74.9
John Klobucar, Edina 75.0
Myles Pfingsten, Fairmont 75.3
McCabe Buege, Rogers 75.3
Blake Vettel, Wayzata 75.4
Girls 2A and 3A rankings
Team
Minnewaska 325.2
Woodbury 342.5
New Prague 346.3
Red Wing 347.0
Alexandria 347.6
Northfield 348.2
Eden Prairie 353.0
Detroit Lakes 358.5
Edina 372.0
Visitation 373.0
Individual
Steffi Neisen, New Prague 74.8
Aubrie Nelson, Edina 78.2
Maggie Leland, Alexandria 79.1
Sarah Roering, Minnewaska 79.2
Emily Roering, Minnewaska 79.8
Bailey Wolfe, Blaine 80.1
Jordan Price, Byron 80.4
Amber Houser, New Prague 81.7
Mary Sweeney, Woodbury 81.8
Chelsey Larson, Woodbury 82.4