Scoreboard

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 23 16 .590 --

New York 22 18 .550 1 1/2

Toronto 20 19 .513 3

Baltimore 18 22 .450 5 1/2

Tampa Bay 11 28 .282 12

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 27 11 .711 --

Cleveland 26 11 .703 1/2

Detroit 17 20 .459 9 1/2

Chicago 14 23 .378 12 1/2

Kansas City 15 25 .375 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 30 9 .769 --

Anaheim 18 21 .462 12

Oakland 17 22 .436 13

Texas 13 26 .333 17

Wednesday's Games

Baltimore 3, Detroit 2

Cleveland 4, Texas 3

Minnesota 4, Boston 3

Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 5

Anaheim 3, Toronto 1

Oakland 4, N.Y. Yankees 3, 10 innings

Seattle 7, Chicago White Sox 2

Thursday's Games

Boston (Cone 0-0) at Minnesota (Radke 6-1), 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Finley 4-2) at Texas (Rogers 1-3), 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 4-3) at Oakland (Lidle 0-2), 2:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (D.Wells 3-3) at Seattle (Garcia 3-0), 5:35 p.m.

Detroit (Sparks 1-2) at Baltimore (Roberts 4-2), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Rose 0-1) at Kansas City (Durbin 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hamilton 1-2) at Anaheim (Ortiz 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games

Minnesota (Milton 5-2) at Baltimore (Johnson 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Santos 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Sturtze 1-2), 6:15 p.m.

Boston (Martinez 5-0) at Kansas City (Stein 1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Carpenter 3-1) at Texas (Myette 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Burba 5-2) at Anaheim (Rapp 1-3), 9:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Lilly 1-0) at Seattle (Halama 3-3), 9:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (K.Wells 0-0) at Oakland (Heredia 2-5), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 22 16 .579 --

Atlanta 19 21 .475 4

Florida 17 21 .447 5

Montreal 16 24 .400 7

New York 15 24 .385 7 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 23 15 .605 --

Houston 22 16 .579 1

Milwaukee 23 17 .575 1

Chicago 21 18 .538 2 1/2

Cincinnati 17 22 .436 6 1/2

Pittsburgh 13 26 .333 10 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 23 17 .575 --

San Francisco 22 17 .564 1/2

Arizona 21 18 .538 1 1/2

Colorado 19 20 .487 3 1/2

San Diego 19 20 .487 3 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Atlanta 6, Colorado 4

Los Angeles 7, Montreal 2

Arizona 2, Cincinnati 1

St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 0

Florida 4, San Francisco 3

Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1

San Diego 5, N.Y. Mets 2

Houston 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Thursday's Games

Arizona (Anderson 0-3) at Cincinnati (Bell 0-2), 11:35 a.m.

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

Los Angeles (Gagne 1-2) at Montreal (Peters 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 6-1) at Florida (Smith 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Morris 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Ritchie 0-4), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Rigdon 2-1) at Philadelphia (Wolf 3-4), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (Williams 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 1-5), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Neagle 3-1) at Atlanta (Smoltz 0-0), 6:35 p.m.

Friday's Games

Arizona (Johnson 4-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lieber 3-2), 2:20 p.m.

San Diego (Jarvis 2-3) at Montreal (Thurman 2-4), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Astacio 4-3) at Florida (Burnett 1-1), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Sheets 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Anderson 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Matthews 1-0) at Philadelphia (Daal 4-0), 6:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Brown 5-1) at N.Y. Mets (Leiter 0-3), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Gardner 0-3) at Atlanta (Maddux 3-4), 6:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (Fernandez 4-2) at Houston (Bottenfield 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Twins box

TWINS 4, RED SOX 3

BOSTON MINNESOTA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

JWVltn ss 4 1 1 0 CGzmn ss 3 0 1 2

Offrmn 1b 4 1 2 0 Rivas 2b 4 0 0 0

CEvrtt cf 4 1 1 0 Lawton rf 3 0 1 0

MRmrz dh 4 0 2 2 Koskie 3b 4 0 0 0

Bchette rf 3 0 0 0 Mntkw 1b 3 0 0 0

Hlnbrn 3b 3 0 0 0 CAllen dh 3 0 0 0

Httberg ph 1 0 0 0 JJones lf 2 1 0 0

Varitek c 4 0 1 0 THuntr cf 3 1 1 0

TNixon pr 0 0 0 0 Przyns c 2 1 1 1

Merloni 2b 3 0 0 0 Bchnan ph 1 1 1 1

O'Lry ph 1 0 0 0 Prince c 0 0 0 0

DLewis lf 3 0 1 0

Totals 34 3 8 2 Totals 28 4 5 4

Boston 201 000 000 -- 3

Minnesota 000 030 01x -- 4

E--JJones (2). DP--Minnesota 1. LOB--Boston 5, Minnesota 3. 2B--JWValentin (2), CEverett (10), Lawton (5). 3B--CGuzman (8). HR--Buchanan (3). CS--CGuzman (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Wakefield 6 3 3 3 3 6

Pichardo 1 0 0 0 0 1

Schourek L,0-2 1 2 1 1 0 1

Minnesota

JRomero 7 6 3 2 1 5

Guardado 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

BWells W,3-0 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Hawkins S,13 1 1 0 0 0 1

Umpires--Home, Bell; First, Foster, Marty; Second, Kulpa; Third, Hirschbeck, M..

T--2:20. A--22,006 (48,678).

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit 000 001 100 -- 2 10 0

Baltimore 200 010 00x -- 3 3 2

Weaver and Inge; Hentgen, Groom (8), Trombley (8), BRyan (9) and Fordyce. W--Hentgen 2-3. L--Weaver 3-5. Sv--BRyan (1). HRs--Detroit, Higginson (6), JEncarnacion (4).

Cleveland 000 001 003 -- 4 11 1

Texas 100 101 000 -- 3 6 1

Colon, Shuey (8), Wickman (9) and EADiaz; Glynn, Mahomes (4), Venafro (7), JRZimmermn (8), Crabtree (9) and Mirabelli. W--Shuey 2-1. L--Crabtree 0-2. Sv--Wickman (6). HRs--Cleveland, WCordero (1). Texas, ARodriguez (13).

Tampa Bay 010 400 000 -- 5 11 2

Kansas City 000 004 005 -- 9 13 1

Rekar, Meacham (7), Yan (8) and DiFelice; Suppan, DHenry (5), Suzuki (7), RMHernandez (9) and HOrtiz, Hinch (7). W--RMHernandez 1-2. L--Yan 1-2. HRs--Tampa Bay, GVaughn (8). Kansas City, Randa (4).

Toronto 100 000 000 -- 1 7 0

Anaheim 030 000 00x -- 3 8 0

Parris, Quantrill (7), Borbon (8) and Fletcher; Schoeneweis, Levine (7), Percival (9) and JMolina. W--Schoeneweis 3-2. L--Parris 2-3. Sv--Percival (8). HRs--Anaheim, Glaus (10), AKennedy (3).

Chicago 110 000 000 -- 2 5 0

Seattle 030 000 22x -- 7 10 0

Biddle, Wunsch (7), Barcelo (7), SLowe (8) and SAlomar; PAbbott, Charlton (7), Paniagua (8) and Lampkin. W--PAbbott 2-1. L--Biddle 1-3. Sv--Paniagua (2).

New York 000 000 201 0 -- 3 7 0

Oakland 000 210 000 1 -- 4 9 0

(10 innings)

Pettitte, Boehringer (9) and JOliver; Zito, Mecir (7), Isringhausen (9), Tam (10), Guthrie (10) and RJHernandez. W--Guthrie 3-0. L--Boehringer 0-1. HRs--New York, Jeter (3). Oakland, Menechino (7).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Colorado 003 100 000 -- 4 11 0

Atlanta 000 022 02x -- 6 11 0

Chacon, KDavis (6), Villone (6), Wasdin (8) and Petrick; Glavine, Marquis (6), OPerez (7), JosCabrera (8), Rocker (9) and JLopez. W--JosCabrera 2-0. L--Wasdin 2-1. Sv--Rocker (11). HRs--Colorado, LWalker (14). Atlanta, CJones (12).

San Francisco 100 000 020 -- 3 5 1

Florida 002 000 20x -- 4 10 0

Rueter, Fultz (7) and BSantiago; Clement, Darensbourg (8), Miceli (8), Alfonseca (9) and CJohnson, Redmond (9). W--Clement 2-3. L--Rueter 4-4. Sv--Alfonseca (7). HRs--Florida, Owens (4), DLLee (5).

St. Louis 000 300 000 -- 3 5 1

Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 7 2

Kile and Matheny; Schmidt, Mulholland (6), Beimel (8) and Kendall. W--Kile 6-2. L--Schmidt 1-1.

Milwaukee 220 001 001 -- 6 10 0

Philadelphia 000 000 001 -- 1 9 1

Haynes, BKolb (9), Weathers (9) and Blanco; BChen, Brock (8) and Estrada. W--Haynes 4-4. L--BChen 1-3. HRs--Milwaukee, Belliard (3), TFernandez (1).

Arizona 000 000 200 -- 2 7 0

Cincinnati 000 001 000 -- 1 5 0

Schilling, Brohawn (8), BKim (9) and DMiller, Barajas (9); Reith, Sullivan (7) and Stinnett. W--Schilling 6-1. L--Reith 0-1. Sv--BKim (2). HRs--Arizona, LGonzalez (18), MtWilliams (5).

Los Angeles 001 001 032 -- 7 11 0

Montreal 000 001 010 -- 2 6 0

Dreifort, Olson (7), Fetters (8), Herges (9) and APena; Reames, Lloyd (7), Strickland (8), Lira (8), Peters (9) and Barrett. W--Dreifort 3-2. L--Reames 2-5. HRs--Los Angeles, Goodwin (2), SGreen (8).

San Diego 400 000 010 -- 5 9 1

New York 002 000 000 -- 2 5 2

Eaton, Davey (8), Hoffman (9) and BDavis; Rusch, Riggan (3), Wendell (6), Cook (8), Wall (9) and Piazza. W--Eaton 5-2. L--Rusch 2-3. Sv--Hoffman (6). HR--San Diego, Henderson (3).

Houston 000 200 211 -- 6 9 1

Chicago 000 200 000 -- 2 6 0

Reynolds, JWPowell (8), NCruz (9) and Eusebio; Tavarez, Duncan (9) and Girardi. W--Reynolds 4-2. L--Tavarez 3-3. HRs--Houston, Merced (3). Chicago, SSosa (14).

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER--Suspended Seattle RHP Jose Paniagua three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for throwing at Boston OF Manny Ramirez. Fined Red Sox RHP Frank Castillo an undisclosed amount for throwing at Mariners INF John Olerud during a May 9 game.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Placed OF Kenny Lofton on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of INF Mark Lewis from Buffalo of the International League. Activated RHP J.D. Brammer from the Buffalo disabled list and designated him for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Placed DH John Jaha and OF Jeremy Giambi on the 15-day disabled list. Activated 2B Jose Ortiz from the 15-day disabled list. Called up OF Robin Jennings from Sacramento of the PCL.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Placed INF Russ Johnson on the 15-day disabled list. Called up INF Andy Sheets from Durham of the International League.

TEXAS RANGERS--Purchased the contract of LHP Juan Moreno from Oklahoma of the PCL. Optioned LHP Doug Davis to Oklahoma. Designated RHP R.A. Dickey for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS--Waived OF Damon Buford. Purchased the contract of OF Todd Dunwoody from Iowa of the PCL.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Agreed to terms with 3B Brian Nickerson.

NEW YORK METS--Optioned OF Alex Escobar to Norfolk of the International League. Purchased the contract of OF Darren Bragg from Norfolk.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CHICAGO BEARS--Agreed to terms with FB Daimon Shelton.

DENVER BRONCOS--Signed QB Mike Van Raaphorst. Released WR Ryan Thelwell.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Named Brad Beery sponsorship accounting manager.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS--Named Buddy Nix director of player personnel.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

PHOENIX COYOTES--Announced the resignation of Taylor Burke, assistant general manager.

COLLEGE

ALBERTSON--Announced the resignation of Todd Corman, women's basketball coach.

BRADLEY--Announced the resignation of Stefanie McAllister, softball coach.

BUCKNELL--Named Sean McAloon men's assistant basketball coach.

INDIANA STATE--Named Stacey Brewer, Megan Lanham and Kara Wile women's assistant basketball coaches.

NEW HAMPSHIRE--Named Linsay Gottlieb women's assistant basketball coach.

RIO GRANDE--Announced the resignation of Brent Clark, baseball coach, effective June 30.

ST. PETER'S, N.J.--Announced the resignation of Dan Olear, baseball coach.

TRINITY, CONN.--Named Jeff Devanney football defensive line coach and Kate Busniuk women's ice hockey coach.

VALPARAISO--Named Caroline McCombs women's basketball recruiting coordinator, Megan Shaff women's basketball graduate assistant, and Carie Wickham women's basketball administrative assistant.

WAKE FOREST--Named Pat Kelsey coordinator of basketball operations.