Scoreboard

High School Baseball

Willmar at Brainerd 5 p.m.

Little Falls at St. Cloud Tech

Aitkin at Rush City

Pequot Lakes at Menahga

Pierz at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa

Sebeka at Pillager

Pine River-Backus at Verndale

Park Rapids at Staples-Motley (2)

Wadena-Deer Creek at Perham (2)

High School Softball

Brainerd at Willmar 5 p.m.

St. Cloud Tech at Little Falls

Aitkin at Rush City

Menahga at Pequot Lakes

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Pierz

Pillager at Sebeka

Verndale at Pine River-Backus

Staples-Motley at Park Rapids (2)

Perham at Wadena-Deer Creek (2)

Boys Golf

Brainerd at Little Falls Invitational 11:30 a.m.

Aitkin in Great River Conference meet at Moose Lake

Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley in Patriots Invitational at the Preserve

Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek at Menahga-Sebeka Invitational at Blueberry

Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference meet at Belgrade

Girls Golf

Staples-Motley at Sauk Centre Invitational

Aitkin in Great River Conference meet at Moose Lake

Boys Tennis

St. Cloud Tech at Brainerd 4:30 p.m.

Little Falls at St. Cloud Apollo

Aitkin at Hermantown

Staples-Motley at Fergus Falls

College Baseball

St. John's JV vs. Central Lakes at Mills Field 5 p.m. (2)

Track and Field

Little Falls in True Team Section 8, Class 3A at Brainerd 3:30 p.m.

Aitkin at Onamia Invitational

Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in True Team

section at Crookston

Radio-TV

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KTCF-FM (101.5), KTIG-FM (102.7), WCCO-AM (830), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KLLZ-AM (1600)

Tuesday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

TBS -- Atlanta at Florida

7:05 p.m.

MSC/ WWWI/WYRZ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Cleveland

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m. or 9 p.m.

TNT -- Playoffs, doubleheader, second round

NHL HOCKEY

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, conference semifinals

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Playoffs, conference semifinals

SOCCER

1:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- UEFA Champions League, semifinals, Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid

PREP BASEBALL

4:30 p.m.

KKIN -- Aitkin at Rush City

5 p.m.

KLIZ -- Warriors vs. Willmar

Wednesday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Teams TBA

7:05 p.m.

MSC/WWWI/WYRZ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Cleveland

9:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Teams TBA

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

TNT -- Playoffs, second round

NHL HOCKEY

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, conference semifinals

SOCCER

1:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- UEFA Champions League, semifinals, FC Barcelona vs. Valencia CF

Area standings

Central Lakes Conference

Baseball

CLC All

St. Cloud Apollo 10-0 11-1

Willmar 8-1 10-1

Brainerd 8-1 13-2

Rocori 4-5 5-8

Little Falls 4-6 5-10

Alexandria 2-6 4-8

St. Cloud Tech 1-9 3-10

Sartell 1-9 1-11

Softball

CLC All

Alexandria 9-0 9-1

Willmar 6-2 8-3

Rocori 6-2 7-3

St. Cloud Apollo 6-3 10-5

St. Cloud Tech 5-5 8-6

Sartell 4-6 6-6

Brainerd 2-8 7-8

Little Falls 0-10 2-11

Boys' Tennis

CLC All

St. Cloud Apollo 7-1 8-1

Willmar 5-1 7-1

St. Cloud Tech 4-3 6-4

Alexandria 3-3 3-4

Brainerd 3-5 3-7

Little Falls 2-4 4-4

Sartell 0-9 0-10

Area baseball

Verndale 10-1

Wadena-Deer Creek 8-2

Pierz 8-3

Crosby-Ironton 7-3

Aitkin 6-3

Pequot Lakes 5-4

Staples-Motley 4-7

Pine River-Backus 1-8

Pillager 0-9

Area softball

Pequot Lakes 9-2

Wadena-Deer Creek 10-3

Staples-Motley 5-4

Pine River-Backus 4-5

Verndale 3-8

Aitkin 2-8

Pillager 2-9

Crosby-Ironton 1-8

Pierz 0-12

Mid-State baseball

Perham 6-0

Wadena-Deer Creek 5-1

Crosby-Ironton 3-3

Detroit Lakes 2-4

Park Rapids 2-4

Staples-Motley 0-6

Mid-State softball

Wadena-Deer Creek 5-1

Detroit Lakes 4-2

Perham 4-2

Staples-Motley 3-3

Crosby-Ironton 1-5

Park Rapids 1-5

Area softball standings

Pequot Lakes 9-2

Wadena-Deer Creek 10-3

Staples-Motley 5-4

Pine River-Backus 4-6

Verndale 3-9

Aitkin 4-10

Crosby-Ironton 2-8

Pillager 2-9

Pierz 0-13

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

New York 21 9 .700 --

Boston 17 11 .607 3

Baltimore 16 15 .516 5 1/2

Toronto 17 17 .500 6

Tampa Bay 11 20 .355 10 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

Chicago 18 14 .563 --

Cleveland 16 13 .552 1/2

Kansas City 17 15 .531 1

Minnesota 14 19 .424 4 1/2

Detroit 9 22 .290 8 1/2

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Seattle 16 13 .552 --

Anaheim 17 16 .515 1

Oakland 15 17 .469 2 1/2

Texas 14 17 .452 3

Monday's Games

Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Kansas City 4, Detroit 1, 11 innings

N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 3

Toronto 6, Baltimore 5

Texas 10, Seattle 1

Cleveland 3, Minnesota 2, 10 innings

Anaheim 9, Oakland 8

Tuesday's Games

Kansas City (Suzuki 0-0) at Detroit (Mlicki 0-5), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Mussina 1-3) at Toronto (D.Wells 5-1), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Yan 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Cone 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Baldwin 5-0) at Boston (Schourek 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Abbott 0-0) at Texas (Loaiza 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Finley 3-1) at Minnesota (Milton 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Heredia 3-2) at Anaheim (Hill 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Wednesday's Games

Kansas City (Fussell 2-1) at Detroit (Nomo 1-1), 12:05 p.m.

Seattle (Sele 2-2) at Texas (Oliver 0-2), 2:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Erickson 0-0) at Toronto (Painter 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Eiland 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Hernandez 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Eldred 2-1) at Boston (R.Martinez 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Nagy 1-4) at Minnesota (Bergman 2-1), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Mulder 1-0) at Anaheim (Bottenfield 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Atlanta 21 10 .677 --

Montreal 16 13 .552 4

Florida 17 16 .515 5

New York 17 16 .515 5

Philadelphia 11 19 .367 9 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

St. Louis 19 13 .594 --

Cincinnati 15 15 .500 3

Pittsburgh 14 16 .467 4

Houston 12 19 .387 6 1/2

Chicago 13 21 .382 7

Milwaukee 11 21 .344 8

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Arizona 22 10 .688 --

San Francisco 17 13 .567 4

Los Angeles 17 14 .548 4 1/2

Colorado 15 16 .484 6 1/2

San Diego 13 18 .419 8 1/2

Monday's Games

Florida 3, Atlanta 2

Colorado 3, Houston 1

Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee 11, 10 innings

Arizona 15, Los Angeles 7

San Francisco 6, St. Louis 4

Only games scheduled

Tuesday's Games

Philadelphia (Brock 0-3) at Montreal (Irabu 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Burkett 0-2) at Florida (Penny 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Hampton 2-4) at Pittsburgh (Benson 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (Meadows 3-2) at Cincinnati (Parris 1-4), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (D'Amico 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Valdes 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Karl 1-2) at Houston (Elarton 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Perez 3-1) at Arizona (Reynoso 2-3), 8:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Stephenson 4-0) at San Francisco (Ortiz 2-3), 9:15 p.m.

Wednesday's Games

Milwaukee (Bere 2-3) at Chicago Cubs (Tapani 1-4), 1:20 p.m.

St. Louis (An.Benes 2-2) at San Francisco (Nathan 2-0), 2:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Person 2-1) at Montreal (Vazquez 3-0), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Glavine 5-0) at Florida (Sanchez 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Reed 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Cordova 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (Hitchcock 0-4) at Cincinnati (Villone 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Jarvis 1-1) at Houston (Reynolds 4-0), 7:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Brown 2-1) at Arizona (Johnson 7-0), 8:35 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore 000 201 020 -- 5 14 0

Toronto 020 400 00x -- 6 12 0

JMJohnson, Mercedes (5), Groom (8) and CJohnson; Escobar, Borbon (8), Frascatore (8), Koch (9) and Fletcher, ACastillo (9). W--Escobar 3-4. L--JMJohnson 0-2. Sv--Koch (8). HRs--Toronto, TBatista (9), Fletcher (6).

Tampa Bay 021 000 000 -- 3 9 0

New York 300 030 00x -- 6 8 1

Gooden, JMorris (5), Lidle (6) and DiFelice; Pettitte, Grimsley (7), MRivera (9) and Posada. W--Pettitte 2-1. L--Gooden 2-2. Sv--MRivera (12). HRs--New York, O'Neill (3), TMartinez (4), Bellinger (2).

Kansas City 000 001 000 03 -- 4 8 2

Detroit 000 010 000 00 -- 1 3 0

(11 innings)

Suppan, JSantiago (10) and Fabregas; JWeaver, Brocail (10), DPatterson (11) and Ausmus. W--JSantiago 3-1. L--Brocail 1-2. HRs--Kansas City, MJSweeney (11). Detroit, TClark (4).

Chicago 000 101 000 -- 2 8 0

Boston 101 100 00x -- 3 8 0

Sturtze, Wunsch (6), Foulke (7) and MLJohnson; Rose, Wakefield (7), DLowe (8) and Varitek. W--Rose 2-2. L--Sturtze 1-2. Sv--DLowe (8). HR--Boston, CEverett (11).

Seattle 000 000 100 -- 1 5 1

Texas 310 101 22x -- 10 14 1

Tomko, Paniagua (7) and Lampkin; Helling, JRZimmermn (7), Crabtree (9) and IRodriguez. W--Helling 4-1. L--Tomko 1-2. HRs--Texas, Clayton (5), JAMcDonald (3).

Oakland 200 600 000 -- 8 10 0

Anaheim 120 113 10x -- 9 17 3

Prieto, LVizcaino (5), TJMathews (7), Magnante (8) and RJHernandez; RDOrtiz, Levine (4), Holtz (7), Petkovsek (7), Percival (9) and BMolina. W--Petkovsek 2-1. L--TJMathews 1-2. Sv--Percival (9). HRs--Oakland, Long (4), JaGiambi (14), JeGiambi (2). Anaheim, MVaughn 2 (9).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Atlanta 000 011 000 -- 2 7 3

Florida 200 000 001 -- 3 9 0

GMaddux, Remlinger (8), Seanez (9), Rocker (9) and Lunar, JLopez (8); VNunez, Almanza (7), Miceli (8) and Bako. W--Miceli 3-1. L--Seanez 1-1.

Colorado 021 000 000 -- 3 6 0

Houston 000 010 000 -- 1 3 1

Astacio and Mayne; Holt, YPerez (8), JWPowell (8), Slusarski (9) and Meluskey. W--Astacio 4-2. L--Holt 1-5. HRs--Colorado, Helton (10). Houston, Hidalgo (10).

Milwaukee 100 240 004 0 -- 11 13 0

Chicago 414 020 000 1 -- 12 16 0

(10 innings)

Estrada, Bruske (3), Acevedo (5), Weathers (8), Wickman (9) and Blanco; Lieber, BrWilliams (5), Farnsworth (8), Aguilera (9), Heredia (10) and Girardi, Reed (10). W--Heredia 1-0. L--Wickman 0-1. HRs--Milwaukee, Burnitz 2 (8), JHernandez (3). Chicago, EOYoung (4), Gutierrez (5), Grace (5), SSosa (12), Andrews (9).

Los Angeles 020 201 110 -- 7 7 0

Arizona 500 550 00x -- 15 20 1

Park, Herges (4), Mills (6) and Hundley, Kreuter (8); Daal, Plesac (8), Springer (9) and Stinnett. W--Daal 1-3. L--Park 3-3. HRs--Los Angeles, Beltre (3), Hundley (7). Arizona, Womack (2), SFinley (12), AFox (1).

St. Louis 000 001 120 -- 4 9 0

San Francisco 030 010 11x -- 6 8 0

Hentgen, Mohler (7), MJames (8) and Matheny; LHernandez, Embree (7), Johnstone (8), Nen (9) and Estalella. W--LHernandez 2-4. L--Hentgen 3-4. Sv--Nen (5). HRs--St. Louis, McGwire (12), Drew (6), Sutton (1). San Francisco, Estalella 2 (5).

NHL playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Monday, May 8

New Jersey 3, Toronto 0, New Jersey wins series 4-2

Tuesday, May 9

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

NBA playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Monday, May 8

Indiana 103, Philadelphia 97, Indiana leads series 2-0

Tuesday, May 9

New York at Miami,7 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 10

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NBA box

At Indianapolis

PHILADELPHIA (97)

Lynch 1-6 0-0 2, Hill 5-9 5-8 15, Ratliff 5-10 5-6 15, Iverson 9-25 10-14 28, Snow 1-3 0-0 2, Geiger 5-8 4-5 14, Kukoc 3-7 0-2 8, McKie 5-10 2-2 13, Ollie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-78 26-37 97.

INDIANA (103)

Rose 9-19 11-13 30, Davis 1-3 0-0 2, Smits 7-9 0-0 14, Miller 7-16 4-4 19, Jackson 3-10 0-0 7, Croshere 6-9 4-6 20, McKey 1-2 2-2 4, Best 2-5 0-0 4, Perkins 1-3 0-0 3, Tabak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-76 21-25 103.

Philadelphia 26 14 23 34 -- 97

Indiana 31 24 29 19 -- 103

3-Point Goals--Philadelphia 3-13 (Kukoc 2-5, McKie 1-2, Snow 0-1, Lynch 0-1, Iverson 0-4), Indiana 8-21 (Croshere 4-4, Perkins 1-3, Rose 1-4, Jackson 1-4, Miller 1-5, Smits 0-1). Fouled out--Lynch, Davis. Rebounds--Philadelphia 52 (Hill 8), Indiana 46 (Rose 7). Assists--Philadelphia 22 (Iverson 10), Indiana 28 (Jackson 14). Total fouls--Philadelphia 26, Indiana 30. A--18,345 (18,345).

NBA playoff leaders

Through May 8

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

O'Neal, LAL 6 78 28 184 30.7

Malone, Utah 6 69 35 175 29.2

Bryant, LAL 6 64 29 164 27.3

Iverson, Phil. 6 56 39 159 26.5

Payton, Sea. 5 50 20 129 25.8

Miller, Ind. 7 60 43 180 25.7

Stackhouse, Det. 3 24 23 74 24.7

Webber, Sac. 5 47 27 122 24.4

Rose, Ind. 7 60 36 165 23.6

Robinson, S.A. 4 31 32 94 23.5

Allen, Mil. 5 40 20 110 22.0

Mashburn, Mia. 4 29 23 85 21.3

Coleman, Char. 4 27 22 81 20.3

Hardaway, Phoe. 5 39 18 101 20.2

Mourning, Mia. 4 29 22 80 20.0

Brandon, Minn. 4 32 10 78 19.5

Carter, Tor. 3 15 27 58 19.3

Houston, N.Y. 4 25 22 77 19.3

Pippen, Port. 5 34 18 95 19.0

Garnett, Minn. 4 30 13 75 18.8

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Williams, Mil. 23 36 .639

Davis, Tor. 14 24 .583

Malone, Utah 69 122 .566

O'Neal, LAL 78 144 .542

Mourning, Mia. 29 55 .527

Curry, Det. 12 23 .522

Brown, Mia. 16 31 .516

Rose, Ind. 60 118 .508

Brandon, Minn. 32 63 .508

Stockton, Utah 27 54 .500

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

O'Neal, LAL 6 36 65 101 16.8

Robinson, S.A. 4 17 38 55 13.8

Coleman, Char. 4 10 40 50 12.5

Walker, S.A. 4 13 32 45 11.3

Garnett, Minn. 4 13 30 43 10.8

Davis, Ind. 7 27 48 75 10.7

Johnson, Mil. 5 14 35 49 9.8

Mason, Char. 4 16 23 39 9.8

Marion, Phoe. 5 13 35 48 9.6

Webber, Sac. 5 14 34 48 9.6

Assists

G AST AVG

Stockton, Utah 6 67 11.2

Cassell, Mil. 5 45 9.0

Garnett, Minn. 4 35 8.8

Brandon, Minn. 4 34 8.5

Jackson, Ind. 7 58 8.3

Snow, Phil. 4 33 8.3

Payton, Sea. 5 37 7.4

Carter, Mia. 4 29 7.3

Carter, Tor. 3 19 6.3

Iverson, Phil. 6 33 5.5

Mason, Char. 4 22 5.5

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

ANAHEIM ANGELS--Placed SS Gary DiSarcina on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled 2B Trent Durrington from Edmonton of the Pacific Coast League.

BOSTON RED SOX--Recalled LHP Tim Young from Pawtucket of the International League. Optioned RHP Rob Stanifer to Pawtucket.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Recalled RHP Kevin Beirne from Charlotte of the International League. Optioned RHP Kip Wells to Charlotte.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Activated C Sandy Alomar from the 15-day disabled list. Designated C Bobby Hughes for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Activated INF Randy Velarde from the 15-day disabled list. Recalled RHP Ariel Prieto from Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League. Optioned INF Adam Piatt to Sacramento. Designated LHP Ron Mahay for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS--Assigned OF John Mabry to Tacoma of the Pacific Coast League on injury rehabilitation.

TEXAS RANGERS--Announced the retirement of Ed Napoleon, first-base and outfield coach coach.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES--Recalled C Fernando Lunar from Greenville of the Southern League.

CHICAGO CUBS--Signed RHP Tim Worrell to a mino=0r league contract. Released RHP Bobby Ayala.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA ENTERTAINMENT--Named Cliff Kaplan senior vice president-global media programs.

VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES--Fired Lionel Hollins, interim head coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Signed DE Jon Harris.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS--Re-signed QB Scott Milanovich.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Signed P Tommmy Barnhardt and LB Anthony Peterson.

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed F Jonathan Schill and F Mathieu Darche.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MIAMI FUSION--Fired Ivo Wortmann, coach. Named Ray Hudson interim coach.

COLLEGE

HARTFORD--Named Al Seibert, Keith LeGree and John Yablonsky men's assistant basketball coaches.

LAMAR--Named Trey Clark track and field coach.

MACALESTER--Named Martha Nause men's golf coach.

MINNESOTA--Named Brian Heffernan men's assistant volleyball coach.

NORTH CAROLINA-PEMBROKE--Announced the resignation of Danny Davis, baseball coach.

STONY BROOK--Announced the resignation of Diane Hobin, softball coach, effective August 1.

WASHBURN--Named Ron McHenry women's basketball coach.