Scoreboard

BOYS GOLF

Little Falls vs. Brainerd in Match Play Invitational, Legacy at Cragun's, 4 p.m.

Thursday

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Brainerd at Sauk Rapids, 5 p.m.

St. Cloud Apollo at Little Falls

Aitkin at Crosby-Ironton

Verndale at Pillager

college baseball

Central Lakes in MCCC state tournament, Austin

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Sauk Rapids at Brainerd, 5 p.m.

Little Falls at St. Cloud Apollo

Crosby-Ironton at Aitkin

Pierz at Swanville

Pillager at Verndale

Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Wadena-Deer Creek

BOYS TENNIS

Brainerd at Moorhead, 4:30 p.m.

Little Falls at Sartell

Aitkin at Mora

Staples-Motley, Perham at Detroit Lakes triangular

Minnewaska at Wadena-Deer Creek

BOYS GOLF

Crosby-Ironton, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-Minnesota meet at Menahga

Pillager in Quad County Conference meet at Fergus Falls

GIRLS GOLF

Brainerd, Little Falls in CLC meet at Sartell, 4:30 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Sebeka-Menahga Invitational at Menahga

Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference meet at Kimball

TRACK and FIELD

Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Pine River-Backus, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale in Park Region Conference meet at Pillager

TV-Radio

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), KTCF-FM (101.5), KTIG-FM (102.7), WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KTLF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KAAK-AM (1570)

Wednesday

HORSE RACING

4 p.m.

ESPN -- Preakness Post Position Draw, at Baltimore

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Teams TBA

7:05 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Kansas City

9 p.m.

ESPN -- Teams TBA

NBA BASKETBALL

Time TBA

TNT -- Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 5, Philadelphia at Detroit (if necessary)

Time TBA

TNT -- Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 5, Boston at New Jersey (if necessary)

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

ESPN/KLIZ/KFML -- Playoffs, conference finals, game 3, Wild at Anaheim

Thursday

7 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank/SAP Open TPC of Europe, first round

12:30 p.m.

TGC -- Nationwide Tour, Virginia Beach Open, first round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

ESPN -- Cincinnati at St. Louis

WGN -- Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee

12:05 p.m.

WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Kansas City

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ABC -- Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 6 (if necessary)

9:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 6 (if necessary)

NHL HOCKEY

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, conference finals, game 3, Ottawa at New Jersey

PREP BASEBALL

5 p.m.

KLIZ -- Brainerd at Sauk Rapids

High school rankings

Baseball

Class 3A

1. Brainerd, 2. Eden Prairie, 3. Minnetonka, 4. Cretin-Derham Hall, 5. Monticello, 6. New Ulm, 7. Champlin Park, 8. Orono, 9. Eastview, 10. Park of Cottage Grove.

Others receiving votes: Henry Sibley, Mankato West, Litchfield, Park Center, Wayzata.

Girls golf

1. Fairmont 332.6, 2. Red Wing 335, 3. Waconia 337, 4. Bemidji 339.5, 5. Alexandria 342.9, 6. Burnsville 343.8, 7. Elk River 348.1, 8. Armstrong 348.5, 9. Pequot Lakes (A) 352.9, 10. Hastings 370.1, 11. Kasson-Mantorville (A) 371.3, 12. Eden Prairie 372.2

Individual

Class 1A

1. Staci Smoot, Rochester Lourdes, 75.7; 2. Ashley Bruun, Crookston, 78.3; 3. Meg O'Neil, Kasson-Mantorville, 81.1; 4. Jeama Schultz, Springfield, 82.4; 5. Lindsey Wellenstein, Albany, 82.6; 6. Kim Larson, Pequot Lakes, 83.2; 7. Samantha Welle, Crosby-Ironton, 83.4; 8. Ashley Meschke, Pequot Lakes, 87.1; 9. Val Meschke, Pequot Lakes, 89.7; 10. Krystle Alexander, Wabasha-Kellogg, 90.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Reinstated C Brook Fordyce from bereavement leave. Sent C Robert Machado outright to Ottawa of the IL.

BOSTON RED SOX--Activated RHP Robert Person from the 15-day disabled list. Sent RHP Steve Woodard to Pawtucket of the IL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Placed 1B Travis Hafner and RHP Dave Elder on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled 1B Ben Broussard from Buffalo of the IL. Purchased the contract of RHP Jerrod Riggan from Buffalo.

NEW YORK YANKEES--Activated SS Derek Jeter from the 15-day disabled list. Optioned SS Erick Almonte to Columbus of the IL.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Recalled INF Jared Sandberg from Durham of the IL.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS--Activated OF Ken Griffey Jr. from the 15-day disabled list. Designated OF Ruben Mateo for assignment.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Placed LHP Troy Brohawn on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled LHP Steve Colyer from Las Vegas of the PCL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Placed OF Eli Marrero on the 15-day disabled list. Optioned LHP Kevin Ohme to Memphis of the PCL. Called up OF Kerry Robison and C Chris Widger from Memphis.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA--Fined Dallas G Raja Bell $7,500 and Dallas F Dirk Nowitzki $5,000 for their actions in a game on May 11.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS--Released DB Ronald Hardge and DB Ken Harris.

CHICAGO BEARS--Signed TE Robert Johnson.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS--Signed DB Julian Battle to a four-year contract and DB Willie Pile to a three-year contract.

MIAMI DOLPHINS--Signed S Sammy Knight to a two-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Signed TE Deitan Dubuc.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

SAN JOSE SHARKS--Named Doug Wilson general manager.

COLLEGE

ALABAMA--Named Dave Rader offensive coordinator.

NOTRE DAME--Named Jonathan Tsipis women's assistant basketball coach.

PITTSBURGH--Named Joe Lombardi men's assistantAmerican League

basketball coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA--Named Stephanie Putzi assistant swimming and diving coach.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 26 12 .684 --

Boston 24 14 .632 2

Baltimore 18 20 .474 8

Toronto 18 21 .462 8 1/2

Tampa Bay 15 23 .395 11

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 23 14 .622 --

Minnesota 21 17 .553 2 1/2

Chicago 18 20 .474 5 1/2

Cleveland 11 26 .297 12

Detroit 8 28 .222 14 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 24 14 .632 --

Seattle 24 14 .632 --

Anaheim 18 19 .486 5 1/2

Texas 16 22 .421 8

Monday's Game

Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2

Tuesday's Games

Boston 5, Texas 4

Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 5

Oakland 3, Detroit 1

Anaheim 10, N.Y. Yankees 3

Seattle 8, Cleveland 3

Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2, 10 innings

Chicago White Sox 1, Baltimore 0

Wednesday's Games

Texas (Benoit 1-0) at Boston (Fossum 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (Hudson 3-1) at Detroit (Knotts 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Brazelton 0-1) at Toronto (Lidle 5-2), 6:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Appier 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Wells 5-0), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Garcia 3-4) at Cleveland (Ja.Davis 2-4), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (R.Hernandez 4-2) at Minnesota (Reed 1-4), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Helling 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Wright 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Tampa Bay (Parque 1-1) at Toronto (D.Davis 1-1), 11:35 a.m.

Kansas City (Asencio 2-1) at Minnesota (Rogers 4-1), 12:05 p.m.

Texas (Al.Benes 0-1) at Boston (P.Martinez 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Oakland (Zito 5-3) at Detroit (Bernero 0-5), 6:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Sele 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Weaver 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Franklin 3-2) at Cleveland (Westbrook 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 4-2) at Chicago White Sox (Colon 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 27 12 .692 --

Montreal 24 15 .615 3

Philadelphia 22 17 .564 5

Florida 18 23 .439 10

New York 17 22 .436 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 22 16 .579 --

Houston 21 18 .538 1 1/2

Cincinnati 20 19 .513 2 1/2

St. Louis 18 18 .500 3

Pittsburgh 15 24 .385 7 1/2

Milwaukee 13 26 .333 9 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 25 13 .658 --

Los Angeles 20 20 .500 6

Arizona 18 21 .462 7 1/2

Colorado 18 21 .462 7 1/2

San Diego 13 26 .333 12 1/2

Tuesday's Games

Houston 6, Pittsburgh 3

Arizona 6, Philadelphia 1

Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 2

Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 2

Colorado 9, N.Y. Mets 8

San Diego 6, Florida 5, 10 innings

Atlanta 3, Los Angeles 1

Montreal 6, San Francisco 4

Wednesday's Games

N.Y. Mets (Seo 1-2) at Colorado (Oliver 1-2), 2:05 p.m.

Montreal (Vargas 0-1) at San Francisco (Foppert 2-2), 2:35 p.m.

Houston (W.Miller 1-4) at Pittsburgh (D'Amico 2-4), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Schilling 2-2) at Philadelphia (Myers 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 3-3) at Milwaukee (Kinney 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Graves 2-2) at St. Louis (Morris 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Florida (Willis 0-0) at San Diego (Bynum 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Maddux 3-4) at Los Angeles (K.Brown 3-1), 910 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Houston (Oswalt 2-4) at Pittsburgh (Benson 4-4), 11:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Wood 4-1) at Milwaukee (Sheets 4-3), 12:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Riedling 0-1) at St. Louis (Stephenson 2-2), 12:10 p.m.

Arizona (Dessens 3-3) at Philadelphia (Wolf 5-2), 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Ramirez 2-2) at San Diego (Deago 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Montreal (Vazquez 3-2) at Colorado (Jennings 3-3), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Leiter 4-1) at San Francisco (Rueter 3-1), 9:15 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Oakland 001 000 200 -- 3 6 1

Detroit 001 000 000 -- 1 4 1

Lilly, Bradford (8), Foulke (9) and RaHernandez; Maroth, Sparks (7) and Inge, Walbeck (9). W--Lilly 3-2. L--Maroth 0-8. Sv--Foulke (11). HR--Detroit, Halter (4).

Texas 000 004 000 -- 4 8 1

Boston 011 000 03x -- 5 7 0

Thomson, FCordero (7), BShouse (8) and EDiaz; Burkett, Embree (8), Lyon (9) and Varitek, Mirabelli (9). W--Embree 2-0. L--FCordero 1-4. Sv--Lyon (5). HRs--Texas, Blalock (7), JGonzalez (13). Boston, MRamirez (5), Nixon (3).

Tampa Bay 030 002 101 -- 7 12 0

Toronto 000 201 011 -- 5 10 0

JKennedy, Harper (7), LCarter (9) and Hall; Sturtze, TreMiller (7), Tam (8), Creek (9) and TWilson. W--JKennedy 3-3. L--Sturtze 3-4. Sv--LCarter (8). HRs--Tampa Bay, Baldelli (2), TLee (3), Sandberg (1). Toronto, OHudson (2), JPhelps (5).

Seattle 200 420 000 -- 8 17 1

Cleveland 030 000 000 -- 3 9 0

Pineiro, Carrara (7), Hasegawa (9) and DWilson; BriAnderson, Riggan (5), Mulholland (7), CSadler (8), Boyd (9) and Bard. W--Pineiro 3-3. L--BriAnderson 2-4.

Anaheim 002 110 204 -- 10 13 1

New York 000 020 010 -- 3 7 1

Lackey, Schoeneweis (7), Donnelly (8), Percival (9) and BMolina; Mussina, Hitchcock (6), Al Reyes (8), JuAcevedo (9) and Posada. W--Lackey 2-3. L--Mussina 7-1. HRs--Anaheim, GAnderson (6), Spiezio 2 (5). New York, Ventura (6).

Baltimore 000 000 000 -- 0 6 0

Chicago 000 100 00x -- 1 8 0

Daal, WRoberts (8) and GGil; Loaiza, Gordon (8), Koch (9) and Olivo. W--Loaiza 7-1. L--Daal 2-5. Sv--Koch (4).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Houston 000 102 003 -- 6 12 1

Pittsburgh 002 100 000 -- 3 8 0

Redding, Lidge (7), PMunro (8), Wagner (9) and Ausmus; Suppan, Sauerbeck (8), Boehringer (8), MiWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--PMunro 3-1. L--MiWilliams 0-2. Sv--Wagner (9).

Arizona 000 001 005 -- 6 11 0

Philadelphia 000 001 000 -- 1 6 0

Webb, Villarreal (7), MMyers (7), Koplove (8), Mantei (9) and Barajas; Millwood, Wendell (8), Plesac (8), Mesa (9), Cormier (9) and Lieberthal. W--Koplove 1-0. L--Mesa 1-3. HR--Philadelphia, Burrell (7).

Chicago 020 010 301 -- 7 13 1

Milwaukee 000 101 000 -- 2 5 0

Estes, Alfonseca (8), Borowski (9) and DMiller; Quevedo, JFoster (7), Estrella (8), DeJean (9) and EPerez. W--Estes 4-3. L--Quevedo 0-1. HRs--Chicago, Choi (7). Milwaukee, Sexson (14).

Cincinnati 520 000 000 -- 7 12 0

St. Louis 002 000 000 -- 2 9 0

PWilson, Mercker (7), Sullivan (8), GWhite (9) and LaRue; Simontacchi, Calero (2), Crudale (5), Kline (8), Hermanson (9) and Matheny. W--PWilson 2-3. L--Simontacchi 1-3. HRs--Cincinnati, Kearns (12), Dunn (13). St. Louis, Pujols (9).

New York 330 010 010 -- 8 13 1

Colorado 000 000 45x -- 9 15 0

Glavine, Strange (7), Middlebrook (8), Weathers (8), Cerda (8) and Piazza; Chacon, NCruz (6), SReed (8), JJimenez (9) and CJohnson. W--SReed 3-1. L--Cerda 0-1. Sv--JJimenez (9). HRs--New York, Piazza 2 (6). Colorado, PrWilson (11).

Montreal 103 000 200 -- 6 9 1

San Francisco 000 040 000 -- 4 10 1

Ohka, DSmith (5), ScStewart (8), Biddle (9) and Barrett; Ainsworth, Brower (7), Eyre (8), Worrell (9) and BSantiago. W--DSmith 2-1. L--Ainsworth 3-3. Sv--Biddle (10). HRs--Montreal, VGuerrero (7). San Francisco, Alfonzo (4).

Atlanta 001 000 020 -- 3 7 0

Los Angeles 000 001 000 -- 1 5 1

RuOrtiz, Smoltz (9) and JLopez; Ishii, Mota (7), Quantrill (8) and Lo Duca. W--RuOrtiz 5-2. L--Quantrill 0-2. Sv--Smoltz (16). HR--Atlanta, Sheffield (9).

Florida 210 000 020 0 -- 5 9 0

San Diego 140 000 000 1 -- 6 10 1

(10 innings)

Penny, Spooneybarger (7), Almanza (7), Looper (9) and IRodriguez; Lawrence, MMatthews (7), JSWright (7), Orosco (8), Villafuerte (8), Herges (10) and MiRivera. W--Herges 1-0. L--Looper 3-2. HRs--Florida, Lowell 2 (12), DeLee (7). San Diego, Loretta (3).