Scoreboard
Area events
Saturday
STOCK CAR RACING
North Central Speedway, Barrows, 6:45 p.m.
Sunday
Amateur baseball
Lakes Area Lightning at Verndale, 1 p.m. (2)
Sartell vs. Brainerd Bees, Adamson Field, 6 p.m.
Monday
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Pierz at Holdingford, 3:15 p.m.
Pillager at Royalton, 4:30 p.m.
Verndale vs. Bertha-Hewitt at Bertha, 4:30 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Rocori at Brainerd, 5 p.m.
Little Falls at Willmar, 4 p.m.
Braham at Aitkin, 4 p.m.
Staples Motley at Crosby-Ironton, 4:30 p.m. (2)
Bertha-Hewitt at Verndale, 4:30 p.m.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Pierz, 4 p.m.
Little Falls at Willmar, 4 p.m.
Wadena-Deer Creek at Pequot Lakes, 3:30 p.m. (2)
BOYS TENNIS
Brainerd at Willmar, 4:30 p.m.
Wadena-Deer Creek at Aitkin, 4 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Brainerd, Little Falls in Rocori CLC meet at Cold Spring, 4 p.m.
Aitkin in Great River Conference tournament at Rush City, 9 a.m.
Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State Conference meet at Whitefish Golf Club, 1 p.m.
Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference meet at Kimball, 4:15 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Brainerd, Little Falls at Willmar CLC meet, 4 p.m.
Aitkin in Great River Conference tournament at Rush City, 9 a.m.
Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State meet at Whitefish Golf Club, 1 p.m.
TRACK AND FIELD
Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale at Browerville Invite, 4 p.m.
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), KFGI-FM (101.5), 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).
Saturday
AUTO RACING
5 p.m., ESPN2: IRL, pole day for Indianapolis 500
6 p.m., FOX: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Dodge Challenger 500
BOXING
9:45 p.m., SHO: Champion Junior Witter vs. Timothy Bradley for WBC super lightweight title (tape)
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
4:30 p.m., FSN: Big 12 Conference, semifinal
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2:30 p.m., FOX: N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, St. Louis at Milwaukee, or Arizona at Chicago Cubs
6 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins vs. Boston
9 p.m., WGN: Chicago White Sox at Seattle
NBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m., ABC: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Detroit at Orlando
7:15 p.m., ESPN: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Boston at Cleveland
2 a.m., ESPN: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, (tape)
NHL HOCKEY
6 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, conference finals, game 2, Dallas at Detroit
Sunday
Sports talk
10 a.m., 3-WI, WYRQ: Sports Huddle with Sid and Dave
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, Turkish Grand Prix
11 a.m., ESPN2: IRL, time trials for Indianapolis 500
4 p.m., ESPN2: IRL, time trials for Indianapolis 500
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon, FSN: Big 12 Conference, championship game
GOLF
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Italian Open, final round (tape)
1 p.m., ESPN2: LPGA, Michelob ULTRA Open, final round
1 p.m., NBC: PGA Tour, THE PLAYERS Championship, final round
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon, TBS: N.Y. Yankees at Detroit
1:10 p.m., WGN: Arizona at Chicago Cubs
7 p.m., ESPN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Boston at Twins
MOTORSPORTS
5 p.m., SPEED: FIM World Superbike (tape)
NBA BASKETBALL
2:30 p.m., ABC: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 4, Lakers at Utah
7:15 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 4, New Orleans at San Antonio,
2 a.m., ESPN: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 4, Lakers at Utah
(tape)
NHL HOCKEY
6:30 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, conference finals, game 2, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Monday
ARENA FOOTBALL
7 p.m., ESPN2: Philadelphia at Georgia
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m., ESPN, FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Boston at Twins
NBA BASKETBALL
7:15 p.m., TNT: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 4, Boston at Cleveland
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, conference finals, game 3, Detroit at Dallas
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 23 15 .605 -
Tampa Bay 19 16 .543 2 1/2
Baltimore 18 18 .500 4
New York 18 19 .486 4 1/2
Toronto 17 20 .459 5 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 18 16 .529 -
Chicago 17 17 .500 1
Cleveland 17 18 .486 1 1/2
Detroit 16 21 .432 3 1/2
Kansas City 15 20 .429 3 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 22 15 .595 -
Oakland 22 15 .595 -
Texas 17 20 .459 5
Seattle 14 23 .378 8
Late Thursday
Texas 5, Seattle 0
Friday's Games
Detroit 6, N.Y. Yankees 5
Cleveland 6, Toronto 1
Tampa Bay 2, L.A. Angels 0
Texas 4, Oakland 0
Minnesota 7, Boston 6
Baltimore 7, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 2
Saturday's Games
N.Y. Yankees (Rasner 1-0) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-3), 2:40 p.m.
Toronto (McGowan 2-2) at Cleveland (Laffey 0-2), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Saunders 6-0) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 0-1), 6:10 p.m.
Boston (Matsuzaka 5-0) at Minnesota (Perkins 0-0), 6:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Olson 1-0) at Kansas City (Tomko 1-3), 6:10 p.m.
Oakland (Eveland 3-2) at Texas (Millwood 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 3-3) at Seattle (Washburn 2-4), 9:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 12:40 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas, 2:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Florida 21 14 .600 -
Philadelphia 21 16 .568 1
New York 17 15 .531 2 1/2
Atlanta 18 16 .529 2 1/2
Washington 15 21 .417 6 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 22 15 .595 -
Chicago 20 15 .571 1
Houston 19 17 .528 2 1/2
Milwaukee 17 18 .486 4
Pittsburgh 16 19 .457 5
Cincinnati 14 21 .400 7
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 23 13 .639 -
Los Angeles 19 16 .543 3 1/2
Colorado 15 21 .417 8
San Francisco 14 22 .389 9
San Diego 12 24 .333 11
Friday's Games
Chicago Cubs 3, Arizona 1
Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2
Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, ppd.,
Florida 7, Washington 3
Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3
Colorado 4, San Diego 2
Philadelphia 7, San Francisco 4
Houston 7, L.A. Dodgers 1
Saturday's Games
Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-4) at N.Y. Mets (Santana 3-2), 12:10 p.m.
Arizona (Scherzer 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-1), 2:40 p.m.
St. Louis (Pineiro 2-2) at Milwaukee (Sheets 4-0), 2:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 2-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 4-1), 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta (James 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Florida (Miller 2-2) at Washington (Redding 4-2), 6:10 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 1-2) at San Diego (Maddux 2-3), 9:05 p.m.
Houston (Sampson 1-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-4), 9:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
Florida at Washington, 12:35 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m.
Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
Friday linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Los Angeles 000 000 000 - 0 1 0
Tampa Bay 000 000 002 - 2 6 0
Garland, JSpeier (9) and Napoli; JShields and Navarro. W-JShields 4-2. L-JSpeier 0-2. HR-Tampa Bay, Longoria (4).
Toronto 000 010 000 - 1 7 0
Cleveland 000 000 60x - 6 9 0
Halladay, Carlson (7), Accardo (7), Tallet (8) and Barajas; Sabathia, JLewis (8), Kobayashi (9) and VMartinez. W-Sabathia 2-5. L-Halladay 3-5.
New York 010 000 103 - 5 14 3
Detroit 103 200 00x - 6 13 0
Igawa, Albaladejo (4), Hawkins (6), ERamirez (8) and Moeller; Rogers, Miner (7), TJones (9) and IRodriguez. W-Rogers 3-3. L-Igawa 0-1. HR-New York, Giambi (7).
Oakland 000 000 000 - 0 4 0
Texas 110 002 00x - 4 8 0
GSmith, Gaudin (7) and KSuzuki; Feldman, JWright (7), Benoit (8), CWilson (9) and Sltalamacchia. W-Feldman 1-1. L-GSmith 2-2. HR-Texas, Boggs (2).
Baltimore 002 030 200 - 7 12 0
Kansas City 200 000 110 - 4 10 1
Trachsel, Albers (6), JWalker (7), JJohnson (7), Sherrill (9) and RHernandez; Meche, Mahay (6), RRamirez (7), Yabuta (8) and JBuck. W-Trachsel 2-4. L-Meche 2-5. Sv-Sherrill (12). HRs-Baltimore, Mora (5), Huff (6). Kansas City, AGordon (5).
Chicago 003 000 100 - 4 10 1
Seattle 001 000 001 - 2 7 0
Contreras, Linebrink (8), Jenks (9) and Pierzynski; Silva, SGreen (8), Putz (9) and JClement. W-Contreras 3-3. L-Silva 3-2. Sv-Jenks (7). HRs-Chicago, Thome (7). Seattle, Balentien (3).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 100 000 000 - 1 4 0
Chicago 000 020 01x - 3 7 0
Haren, JCruz (8) and CSnyder; Lilly, Marmol (8), KWood (9) and Soto. W-Lilly 3-4. L-Haren 4-2. Sv-KWood (6). HRs-Arizona, Young (9). Chicago, DLee (9).
Atlanta 000 001 010 - 2 6 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 201 - 3 9 0
Glavine, Ring (8), Boyer (8), Ohman (9), JBennett (9) and McCann, CMiller (8); Snell, DMarte (8), Yates (8), Grabow (9) and Doumit. W-Grabow 2-1. L-JBennett 0-2.
Florida 100 204 000 - 7 9 1
Washington 000 100 200 - 3 7 1
Nolasco, Waechter (7), JuMiller (7), Pinto (8), Gregg (9) and Treanor; Redding, Colome (6), Chico (7), Hanrahan (9) and Nieves. W-Nolasco 2-3. L-Redding 4-3.
St. Louis 120 000 000 - 3 6 3
Milwaukee 000 200 002 - 4 10 1
Wellemeyer, McClellan (7), Franklin (8), Isringhausen (9) and YMolina; Parra, Riske (6), Torres (8), Shouse (9) and Kendall. W-Shouse 3-0. L-Isringhausen 1-4. HR-St. Louis, Pujols (7).
Colorado 000 003 010 - 4 11 0
San Diego 001 000 001 - 2 4 1
Cook, Buchholz (8), Fuentes (9) and Torrealba; Peavy, Rusch (7), Germano (9) and Bard. W-Cook 6-1. L-Peavy 4-2. Sv-Fuentes (4). HRs-Colorado, Holliday (6). San Diego, Kouzmanoff (3).
Philadelphia 010 021 030 - 7 10 1
San Francisco 001 300 000 - 4 7 0
Hamels, TGordon (8), Lidge (9) and Ruiz; Misch, Taschner (7), TWalker (8), Yabu (8) and BMolina. W-Hamels 4-3. L-TWalker 1-1. Sv-Lidge (9). HR-Philadelphia, Rollins (3).
Houston 022 020 001 - 7 12 0
Los Angeles 000 000 001 - 1 7 1
Moehler, Byrdak (6), Geary (7), Borkowski (9) and Ausmus; DLowe, Wade (6), Brazoban (8), Proctor (9) and Martin. W-Moehler 1-0. L-DLowe 2-3. HR-Houston, Berkman (12).
Late Thursday
linescore
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 220 001 000 - 5 10 1
Seattle 000 000 000 - 0 4 0
Gabbard, FGerman (4), JWright (6), Guardado (8), FFrancisco (9) and Laird; FHernandez, Rowlnd-Smith (6), MLowe (9) and Johjima. W-FGerman 1-0. L-FHernandez 2-3. HR-Texas, Kinsler (3).
Victory League
North Division
Cuyuna Range Miners 2-0
Brainerd Braves 1-1
St. Mathias Devils 1-1
Harding Dinosaurs 1-1
Fort Ripley Rebels 0-2
East Division
Buckman Billygoats 2-0
Lastrup Lakers 2-0
Pierz Bulldogs 1-1
Foley Outlaws 0-2
Pierz Brewers 0-2
Sunday's games
Fort Ripley at Buckman, 1:30 p.m.
Pierz Bulldogs at Foley, 1:30 p.m.
Harding at Brainerd Braves, 1:30 p.m.
St. Mathias at Pierz Brewers, 1:30 p.m.
Lastrup at Cuyuna Range, 1:30 p.m.
Randall at Opole, 1:30 p.m.
Sobieski at St. Stephen, 1:30 p.m.
Basketball
NBA playoffs
QUARTERFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Friday, May 9
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
Detroit at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 11
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 2:30 p.m.
New Orleans at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 12
Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Hockey
NHL playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
Friday, May 9
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10
Dallas at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 11
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, May 12
Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Golf
Players
Championship
Scores Friday
At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Purse: $9.5 million
Yardage: 7,215; Par 72
Second Round
Kenny Perry 68-70 - 138
Bernhard Langer 72-67 - 139
Paul Goydos 68-71 - 139
Sergio Garcia 66-73 - 139
Anthony Kim 70-70 - 140
Boo Weekley 70-71 - 141
Briny Baird 71-71 - 142
John Merrick 70-72 - 142
Fred Couples 70-72 - 142
Stephen Ames 74-68 - 142
Kevin Stadler 70-72 - 142
Ben Crane 70-72 - 142
LPGA Tour
Michelob Ultra Open Scores
Friday
At Kingsmille Resort and Spa, River Course
Williamsburg, Va.
Purse: $2.2 million
Yardage: 6,315; Par: 71
Second Round
Annika Sorenstam 64-66 - 130
Jeong Jang 67-66 - 133
Lorena Ochoa 65-68 - 133
Meena Lee 67-68 - 135
Meredith Duncan 68-68 - 136
Kristy McPherson 68-68 - 136
Karen Stupples 67-69 - 136
Jimin Kang 67-69 - 136
Becky Morgan 67-69 - 136
Christina Kim 70-67 - 137
Song-Hee Kim 66-71 - 137
Diana D'Alessio 65-72 - 137
Motorsports
NASCAR
Sprint-Dodge Challenger 500 Lineup
After Friday's qualifying; race Saturday
At Darlington Raceway
Darlington, S.C.
Lap length: 1.366 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 179.442 mph.
2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 179.357.
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 179.206.
4. (20) Tony Stewart, Toyota, 179.076.
5. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 178.965.
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 178.809.
7. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 178.129.
8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 178.071.
9. (66) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 178.064.
10. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 177.775.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB-Reduced the three-game suspension of Yankee RHP Kyle Farnsworth to one game for throwing a fastball behind the head of Boston OF Manny Ramirez in a game on April 17.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS-Activate LHP Scott Eyre from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Sean Marshall to Iowa (PCL).
CINCAINNATI REDS-Placed LHP Kent Mercker on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 6. Recalled LHP Bill Bray from Louisville (IL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Sent RHP Derrick Turnbow outright to Nashville (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Acquired OF Jason Michaels and cash from Cleveland for a player to be named.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLORADO AVALANCHE-Announced the contract of Joel Quenneville, coach, will not be renewed.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA-Named Stacey Franklin women's assistant basketball coach.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE-Named Christie Chappell women's assistant soccer coach.
ST. BONAVENTURE-Announced basketball F Matt Morgan and G Hillary Haley are transferring.