Scoreboard

High School Baseball

St. Cloud Apollo at Brainerd 5 p.m.

Little Falls at Rocori

Ogilvie at Aitkin

Detroit Lakes at Crosby-Ironton (2)

Pequot Lakes at Sebeka

Pierz at Kimball

Pillager at Pine River-Backus

Menahga at Verndale

High School Softball

Brainerd at St. Cloud Apollo 5 p.m.

Rocori at Little Falls

Ogilvie at Aitkin

Crosby-Ironton at Detroit Lakes (2)

Sebeka at Pequot Lakes

Kimball at Pierz

Pine River-Backus at Pillager

Verndale at Menahga

Ottertail Central at Staples-Motley

Wadena-Deer Creek at Brandon-Evansville

Girls Golf

Brainerd, Little Falls, Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes at Breezy Point quadrangular 4:30 p.m.

Pierz, Isle at Fiddlestix in Isle

Boys Golf

Pierz, Isle at Fiddlestix in Isle

Pine River-Backus vs. Menahga at Blueberry

Boys Tennis

Sartell at Little Falls

Staples-Motley at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

Track and Field

Pillager at Pequot Lakes Invitational

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, Wadena-Deer Creek at Frazee Invitational

Friday

High School Baseball

Brainerd at Willmar 4 p.m.

Sauk Rapids at Little Falls 4:30 p.m.

Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton at Hinckley tournament

Bertha-Hewitt at Verndale

Staples-Motley at Frazee

Wadena-Deer Creek at Menahga

Pequot Lakes at Pine River-Backus

High School Softball

Pequot Lakes at Staples-Motley

Royalton at Pillager

Boys Golf

Brainerd, Little Falls at Rocori CLC 4 p.m.

Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley in Pelican Rapids Invitational at Wildflower

Track and Field

Aitkin, Pierz, Staples-Motley at Crosby-Ironton Invitational

College Baseball

Region 13 Tournament, Brainerd

Central Lakes vs. Rochester 10 a.m. Mills Field

Waukesha, Wis., vs. Itasca 10 a.m. Adamson Field

Ridgewater vs. Dawson, Mont., 1 p.m. Mills

Rochester/CLC winner vs. Waukesha/Itasca winner 1 p.m. Adamson

Ridgewater/Dawson winner vs. Rochester/CLC loser 4 p.m. Mills

Waukesha/Itasca loser vs. Ridgewater/Dawson loser 7 p.m. Mills

College Softball

Region 13 Tournament

At North Hennepin, Minneapolis

Northland vs. Rochester noon

Central Lakes vs. Dawson, Mont., noon

Central Lakes/Dawson winner vs. Itasca 2 p.m.

Northland/Rochester loser vs. Central Lakes/Dawson loser 2 p.m.

Boys Tennis

Little Falls at Alexandria

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)

Thursday

ARENA FOOTBALL

8 p.m.

TNN -- Los Angeles at Arizona

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Byron Nelson Classic, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:20 p.m.

WGN -- Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs

6 p.m.

FOXSN -- N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh

TBS -- Atlanta at Florida

NBA BASKETBALL

6 p.m. or 7 p.m.

TNT -- Playoffs, doubleheader, second round

NHL HOCKEY

6:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, conference semifinals

ESPN2 -- Playoffs, conference semifinals

TENNIS

1 p.m.

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Series Roma

PREP BASEBALL

5 p.m.

KLIZ -- Warriors vs. St. Cloud Apollo

Friday

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Super lightweights, Juan Molina vs. Emanuel Burton

1 p.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, Nationwide Championship

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Byron Nelson Classic

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

TBS -- Atlanta at Philadelphia

7:05 p.m.

MSC/WWWI/WYRZ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Chicago

NBA BASKETBALL

6 p.m. or 7 p.m.

TNT -- Playoffs, doubleheader, second round

TENNIS

12 p.m.

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Series Roma

7 p.m.

ESPN -- Women's, German Open

PREP BASEBALL

T.B.A

KKIN -- Aitkin at Hinkley/Finlayson tournament

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

New York 22 9 .710 --

Boston 18 12 .600 3 1/2

Toronto 19 17 .528 5 1/2

Baltimore 16 17 .485 7

Tampa Bay 11 21 .344 11 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

Chicago 19 15 .559 --

Kansas City 18 15 .545 1/2

Cleveland 16 15 .516 1 1/2

Minnesota 16 19 .457 3 1/2

Detroit 9 23 .281 9

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Seattle 17 14 .548 --

Oakland 17 17 .500 1 1/2

Anaheim 17 18 .486 2

Texas 15 18 .454 3

Wednesday's Games

Kansas City 6, Detroit 0

Texas 7, Seattle 6

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, ppd., rain

Toronto 7, Baltimore 2

Minnesota 10, Cleveland 9

Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 3, 6 innings, rain

Oakland 7, Anaheim 4

Thursday's Games

Kansas City (Durbin 1-1) at Cleveland (Wright 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 1-2) at Baltimore (Rapp 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Trachsel 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Hernandez 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Meche 0-3) at Oakland (Hudson 3-2), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (Rogers 3-3) at Anaheim (Mercker 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Only games scheduled

Friday's Games

N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 3-2) at Detroit (Nitkowski 1-6), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Batitsa 1-0) at Cleveland (Witt 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (P. Martinez 5-1) at Baltimore (Ponson 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Carpenter 3-3) at Tampa Bay (Rekar 0-1), 6:15 p.m.

Minnesota (Mays 1-4) at Chicago White Sox (Parque 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Halama 4-0) at Oakland (Olivares 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (Davis 0-1) at Anaheim (Schoeneweis 4-1), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Atlanta 22 11 .667 --

Montreal 17 14 .548 4

Florida 18 17 .514 5

New York 18 17 .514 5

Philadelphia 12 20 .375 9 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

St. Louis 20 14 .588 --

Cincinnati 17 15 .531 2

Pittsburgh 15 17 .469 4

Houston 14 19 .424 5 1/2

Chicago 14 22 .389 7

Milwaukee 12 22 .353 8

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Arizona 24 10 .706 --

San Francisco 18 14 .562 5

Los Angeles 17 16 .515 6 1/2

Colorado 15 18 .455 8 1/2

San Diego 13 20 .394 10 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 8, 11 innings

San Francisco 4, St. Louis 3

Philadelphia 8, Montreal 0

Florida 5, Atlanta 3

Pittsburgh 13, N.Y. Mets 9

Cincinnati 5, San Diego 1

Houston 5, Colorado 1

Arizona 2, Los Angeles 1

Thursday's Games

San Diego (Lopez 0-1) at Cincinnati (Bell 2-2), 11:35 a.m.

Milwaukee (Woodard 0-4) at Chicago Cubs (Downs 1-1), 1:20 p.m.

Atlanta (Millwood 3-1) at Florida (Grilli 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Mets (Leiter 3-0) at Pittsburgh (Anderson 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Only games scheduled

Friday's Games

Chicago Cubs (Wood 1-1) at Montreal (Hermanson 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Mulholland 3-3) at Philadelphia (Schilling 1-1), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Haynes 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Schmidt 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Dempster 3-2) at N.Y. Mets (Rusch 1-3), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Neagle 4-0) at Houston (Dotel 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Dreifort 2-1) at St. Louis (Kile 6-1), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Nathan 2-0) at Colorado (Arrojo 1-3), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Anderson 2-0) at San Diego (Clement 4-1), 9:05 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Kansas City 002 000 400 -- 6 9 0

Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0 4 1

Fussell, Spradlin (7), Witasick (9) and Fabregas; Nomo, JAnderson (7), Kida (7), Jones (9) and Ausmus. W--Fussell 3-1. L--Nomo 1-2.

Seattle 010 101 021 -- 6 12 1

Texas 100 130 002 -- 7 13 1

Sele, Rhodes (8), Sasaki (8) and DWilson; DOliver, Crabtree (8), Wetteland (9) and Haselman. W--Wetteland 3-1. L--Sasaki 1-1. HRs--Seattle, ARodriguez (10), EMartinez (7). Texas, Segui (2).

Baltimore 010 001 000 -- 2 5 0

Toronto 016 000 00x -- 7 14 1

Erickson, McElroy (3), Trombley (7), Timlin (8) and CJohnson; Painter, Gunderson (6), Quantrill (6) and Fletcher. W--Painter 1-0. L--Erickson 0-1. Sv--Quantrill (1). HRs--Baltimore, Belle (4). Toronto, TBatista (10).

Chicago 000 003 -- 3 7 2

Boston 102 020 -- 5 7 0

(6 innings)

Eldred, SLowe (5), Wunsch (6) and Paul; RJMartinez, Wakefield (6), Garces (6) and Varitek. W--RJMartinez 3-2. L--Eldred 2-2. Sv--Garces (1). HRs--Chicago, MOrdonez (6). Boston, Daubach (6).

Oakland 021 000 004 -- 7 13 1

Anaheim 001 000 021 -- 4 9 0

Mulder, TJMathews (8), Isringhausen (8) and RJHernandez; Bottenfield, Holtz (7), Petkovsek (8), Fyhrie (9) and Walbeck. W--Isringhausen 2-2. L--Petkovsek 2-2. HRs--Oakland, Grieve (6). Anaheim, Erstad (5).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

St. Louis 200 010 000 -- 3 7 1

San Francisco 011 010 01x -- 4 7 0

ACBenes, Slocumb (8) and Matheny; Rueter, FARodriguez (8), Nen (9) and Mirabelli. W--FARodriguez 3-0. L--Slocumb 0-2. Sv--Nen (6). HRs--St. Louis, Renteria (7). San Francisco, Bonds 2 (14).

Milwaukee 000 100 034 00 -- 8 9 2

Chicago 000 300 005 01 -- 9 10 0

(11 innings)

Bere, Leskanic (7), Weathers (8), Bruske (9), Wickman (9), de los Santos (10) and Houston, Blanco (9); Tapani, Heredia (8), Farnsworth (9), BrWilliams (10), Aguilera (11) and Reed. W--Aguilera 1-0. L--de los Santos 0-2. HRs--Milwaukee, Loretta (2), Burnitz (10). Chicago, SSosa (13), Grace (6), WGreene (2), Rodriguez (8).

Atlanta 001 010 100 -- 3 10 1

Florida 002 101 10x -- 5 9 0

Glavine, Seanez (8) and JLopez; JSanchez, Miceli (8), Almanza (8), Looper (8), Alfonseca (9) and Redmond. W--JSanchez 4-1. L--Glavine 5-1. Sv--Alfonseca (10). HRs--Atlanta, BJordan (2). Florida, PWilson (5), Lowell (7).

San Diego 000 001 000 -- 1 6 0

Cincinnati 110 000 03x -- 5 8 0

Hitchcock, RMyers (7), Hoffman (8) and WGonzalez; Villone, Sullivan (7), DReyes (7), Williamson (8) and BSantiago. W--Villone 4-1. L--Hitchcock 0-5. Sv--Williamson (4). HRs--San Diego, Owens (2). Cincinnati, Bichette (4).

Philadelphia 030 002 003 -- 8 13 0

Montreal 000 000 000 -- 0 4 1

Person and Lieberthal; Vazquez, Lira (6), Blank (8), MJJohnson (9) and Widger, Webster (8). W--Person 3-1. L--Vazquez 3-1.

New York 105 000 111 -- 9 13 0

Pittsburgh 010 113 52x -- 13 20 0

Reed, Wendell (6), Cook (6), Mahomes (7), RRodriguez (7), JFranco (8) and Piazza; Ritchie, Parra (4), JWallace (5), Silva (7), MGarcia (8), MkWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--Silva 3-1. L--Cook 3-1. HRs--New York, Piazza (8), Ventura (7). Pittsburgh, KYoung (5), WCordero (4).

Colorado 000 000 100 -- 1 5 0

Houston 121 001 00x -- 5 7 0

Yoshii, MMyers (6), DeJean (7), GWhite (8) and Servais; Reynolds, JWPowell (8), BWagner (9) and Meluskey. W--Reynolds 5-0. L--Yoshii 1-4. HRs--Houston, Bagwell (10), Meluskey (4).

Los Angeles 010 000 000 -- 1 9 1

Arizona 000 000 101 -- 2 9 1

KBrown, Adams (9) and Hundley; RDJohnson, BKim (9) and Stinnett. W--BKim 1-1. L--Adams 2-3. HR--Los Angeles, Hundley (8).

NBA playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Indiana 97, Philadelphia 89, Indiana leads series 3-0

L.A. Lakers 97, Phoenix 96, L.A. Lakers lead series 2-0

Thursday, May 11

Portland at Utah, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 12

Miami at New York, 7 p.m.

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

NBA playoff boxes

INDIANA (97)

Rose 5-15 0-0 12, Davis 3-5 4-6 10, Smits 3-5 0-0 6, Jackson 4-6 0-0 9, Miller 11-22 3-3 29, Perkins 3-9 2-2 10, Croshere 0-1 0-0 0, Best 8-13 3-4 19, McKey 0-0 0-0 0, Mullin 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-78 12-15 97.

PHILADELPHIA (89)

Lynch 2-9 3-3 7, Hill 4-10 2-6 10, Ratliff 5-10 3-3 13, McKie 8-12 3-5 20, Iverson 9-21 11-12 29, Kukoc 2-6 0-0 4, Geiger 1-7 1-2 3, Ollie 1-1 1-1 3, Bowman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-77 24-32 89.

Indiana 22 24 19 32 -- 97

Philadelphia 23 24 23 19 -- 89

3-Point Goals--Indiana 9-20 (Miller 4-8, Perkins 2-5, Rose 2-6, Jackson 1-1), Philadelphia 1-7 (McKie 1-2, Lynch 0-1, Bowman 0-1, Iverson 0-3). Fouled out--None. Rebounds--Indiana 44 (Davis 17), Philadelphia 52 (Hill 14). Assists--Indiana 24 (Jackson 8), Philadelphia 15 (Kukoc 4). Total fouls--Indiana 26, Philadelphia 19. Technicals--Rose, Smits, Philadelphia Illegal Defense. A--20,823 (20,444).

At Los Angeles

PHOENIX (96)

Marion 4-6 1-2 9, Robinson 12-25 3-4 30, Longley 2-11 0-0 4, Hardaway 9-17 9-11 27, Kidd 5-9 1-1 13, K.Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Rogers 3-11 2-2 8, Day 1-2 0-0 2, Blount 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 37-85 17-22 96.

L.A. LAKERS(97)

Rice 5-12 2-2 13, Green 1-3 0-0 2, O'Neal 16-28 6-14 38, Bryant 6-11 3-4 15, Harper 2-4 1-2 5, Shaw 6-8 0-0 12, Horry 3-6 4-4 12, Fox 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 39-73 16-28 97.

Phoenix 26 18 21 31 -- 96

L.A. Lakers 24 26 24 23 -- 97

3-Point Goals--Phoenix 5-16 (Robinson 3-8, Kidd 2-3, Hardaway 0-1, K.Johnson 0-1, Rogers 0-3), L.A. Lakers 3-10 (Horry 2-3, Rice 1-4, Bryant 0-1, Fox 0-1, Shaw 0-1). Fouled out--None. Rebounds--Phoenix 52 (Marion, Blount 9), L.A. Lakers 47 (O'Neal 20). Assists--Phoenix 20 (Hardaway 8), L.A. Lakers 23 (Bryant 6). Total fouls--Phoenix 26, L.A. Lakers 17. Technicals--L.A. Lakers Illegal Defense. A--18,997 (18,997).