Scoreboard

high school BASEBALL

Alexandria at Little Falls (2)

Pine River-Backus at Crosby-Ironton

Holdingford at Pierz 7 p.m.

Pillager at St. John's Prep

Staples-Motley at Ottertail Central

Wadena-Deer Creek Invitational

high school SOFTBALL

Moorhead at Brainerd 4 p.m. (2)

Crosby-Ironton at Perham (2)

New York Mills at Pequot Lakes

Pierz at Holdingford

Staples-Motley at Frazee

Verndale at Parkers Prairie

Bertha-Hewitt at Wadena-Deer Creek

Pillager at St. John's Prep

BOYS TENNIS

Little Falls at St. Cloud Apollo 4 p.m. (2)

BOYS GOLF

Crosby-Ironton, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State Conference tournament at Wadena

GIRLS GOLF

Crosby-Ironton, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State Conference meet at Wadena

Pequot Lakes at Golden Eagle Invitational

Pierz at Annandale Invitational

college baseball

Minnesota Community College State Tournament

At Willmar

Central Lakes vs. Fergus Falls 4 p.m.

CLC/Fergus Falls winner vs. Riverland/Northland winner 7 p.m.

Saturday

Stock Car Racing

North Central Motor Speedway, Barrows, 6:45 p.m.

BOYS TENNIS

Staples-Motley at Brainerd Invitational 9 a.m.

TRACK and FIELD

True Team State Meet

National Sports Center, Blaine

Class 1A, Pierz girls, Pequot Lakes boys, 10 a.m.

Class 2A, Staples-Motley boys, 3 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Little Falls at St. Cloud Tech 4:30 p.m.

Park Rapids at Staples-Motley 10 a.m.

high school softball

Little Falls Invitational 10 a.m.

college baseball

Minnesota Community College state tournament, Willmar

Radio-TV

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)

Friday

AUTO RACING

6 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, pole qualifying for Winston Open

7 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, pole qualifying for The Winston

8 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Winston Open

8:30 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for The Winston

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Super bantamweights, Oscar Larios vs. Israel Vazquez

7 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank-SAP Open, first round

PAX -- Senior PGA Tour, The Instinet Classic, second round

TGC -- LPGA, Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage, second round

3 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA Tour, The Colonial, second round

TGC -- PGA Tour, The Colonial, second round

HORSE RACING

2:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Thoroughbreds, Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap

4 p.m.

ESPN -- Thoroughbreds, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and The Very One Stakes

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at N.Y. Yankees

7 p.m.

WGN -- Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee

8 p.m.

TBS -- Atlanta at Colorado

MOTORSPORTS

10 p.m.

SPEED -- FIA, World Rally, Rally of Argentina

NHL HOCKEY

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Conference finals, game 1

TENNIS

2 p.m.

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Series Hamburg, quarterfinal match

ESPN2 -- Women's, Italian Open

PREP BASEBALL

4:30 p.m.

KKIN-FM -- Crosby-Ironton at Pine River-Backus

Saturday

AUTO RACING

4 p.m.

ESPN -- NHRA, qualifying for Matco Tools Supernationals

6:30 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, Winston Open

7:30 p.m.

FX -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, The Winston

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- NHRA, qualifying for Matco Tools Supernationals

BOXING

8 p.m.

SHO -- Champion Kostya Tszyu vs. Ben Tackie, for WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight championship; welterweights, Hercules Kyvelos vs. Oba Carr

10 p.m.

HBO -- Junior welterweights, Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward

7 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank-SAP Open, second round

1 p.m.

TGC -- LPGA, Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage

2 p.m.

CBS -- PGA Tour, The Colonial, third round

4:30 p.m.

CNBC -- Senior PGA Tour, The Instinet Classic, second round

HORSE RACING

ESPN2 -- Thoroughbreds, Hirsch Jacobs Stakes, Gallorette Handicap, and Sir Barton Stakes

2 p.m.

ESPN -- Thoroughbreds, William Donald Schaefer Handicap and Dixie Stakes

4 p.m.

NBC -- Thoroughbreds, Preakness Stakes

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at N.Y. Yankees

6 p.m.

WGN -- Anaheim at Chicago White Sox

MOTORSPORTS

1 p.m.

SPEED -- AMA, Superbike, Road Atlanta

10 p.m.

SPEED -- FIA, World Rally, Rally of Argentina

NBA BASKETBALL

5:30 p.m.

NBC -- Second round, game 7 or conference finals, game 1

NFL EUROPE

FOXSN -- Berlin at Barcelona

NHL HOCKEY

2 p.m.

ABC -- Conference finals

SOCCER

3 p.m.

ESPN2 -- MLS, Colorado at Dallas

PAX -- WUSA, Atlanta at San Jose

TENNIS

5 p.m.

ESPN2 -- ATP, Tennis Masters Series Hamburg

7 p.m.

ESPN -- Women's, Italian Open

TRACK & FIELD

7 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Oregon Track Classic

Transactions

Thursday

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Signed OF Damon Buford and OF Brooks Kieshnick to minor-league contracts.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Named Buddy Bell special minor league consultant.

DETROIT TIGERS--Acquired 3B Chris Truby from the Montreal Expos for INF-OF Jose Macias.

MINNESOTA TWINS--Promoted RHP Josmir Romero and LHP J.C. Contreras to Fort Myers of the FSL. Assigned RHP Sandy Tejada and LHP Jason Miller to Quad City of the Midwest League.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS--Activated OF Shannon Stewart from the 15-day disabled list.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Activated 1B Erubiel Durazo from the 15-day disabled list. Optioned INF Alex Cintroen to Tucson of the PCL.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Recalled RHP Brian Mallette from Indianapolis of the International League.

SAN DIEGO PADRES--Placed 1B Phil Nevin on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 12. Purchased the contract of INF Alex Pelaez and RHP Kevin Pickford from Portland of the PCL. Optioned INF Cesar Crespo to Portland. Transferred LHP Jose Nunez and RHP Matt DeWitt from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

BASKETBALL

Women's National Basketball Association

MIAMI SOL--Waived G Kisha Ford.

UTAH STARZZ--Waived G Erica Routt.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS--Signed WR Chris Archie to a two-year contract.

HOUSTON TEXANS--Signed OL Max Lane.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Signed RB Moe Williams.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed F Henrik Zetterberg to a three-year contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES--Announced the retirement of assistant coach Jimmy Roberts.

HORSE RACING

NEW YORK RACING ASSOCIATION--Fined trainer Billy Mott $1,000 and suspended him for 15 days for the finding of a prohibited drug in the post race urine of Sweet Charity, after a race on January 4, 2002.

Amateur baseball

Lakewood League

EAST DIVISION

Clear Lake Lakers 2-0

Brainerd Bees 0-1

Sauk Rapids Jimmy's 0-1

Sauk Rapids Cyclones 0-1

Becker Bandits 0-2

Saturday's Games

Ultimate Sports at St. Joseph, 1:30 p.m.

Bees at Jimmy's, 1:30 p.m.

May 19

Becker at St. Joseph, 1:30 p.m.

Clear Lake at Ultimate Sports, 1:30 p.m.

Cyclones at St. Cloud Orthopedic, 1:30 p.m.

Jimmy's at Sauk Centre, 1:30 p.m.

Bees at O'Hara's, 7 p.m.

Sartell at Cold Spring, 7 p.m.

Melrose at Pesty's, 7 p.m.

Victory League East

Pierz Brewers 2-0

Lastrup Silverspurs 2-1

Buckman Billygoats 1-1

Pierz Bulldogs 0-3

Victory League North

Fort Ripley Rebels 2-0

St. Mathias Saints 2-0

Randall Cubs 1-3

Brainerd Braves 0-2

Saturday's Games

St. Mathias at Randall

Fort Ripley at Pierz Brewers 1:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games

1:30 p.m.

Pierz Brewers at Pierz Bulldogs

Buckman at Lastrup

Fort Ripley at Randall

Brainerd Braves at St. Mathias

Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 27 10 .730 --

New York 26 15 .634 3

Baltimore 18 21 .462 10

Toronto 13 25 .342 14 1/2

Tampa Bay 12 27 .308 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 25 17 .595 --

Chicago 23 18 .561 1 1/2

Cleveland 19 20 .487 4 1/2

Kansas City 13 25 .342 10

Detroit 11 27 .289 12

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 28 12 .700 --

Anaheim 22 16 .579 5

Oakland 19 21 .475 9

Texas 19 21 .475 9

Thursday's Games

Minnesota 14, Kansas City 5

Anaheim at Detroit, ppd., rain

Seattle 15, Toronto 2

Oakland 5, Boston 0

Baltimore at Cleveland, ppd., rain

N.Y. Yankees 13, Tampa Bay 0

Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 0

Friday's Games

Seattle at Boston, 6:05 p.m.

Oakland at Toronto, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Oakland (Lidle 1-5) at Toronto (Miller 2-1), 12:05 p.m.

Seattle (Baldwin 3-3) at Boston (P.Martinez 5-0), 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Fiore 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Lilly 0-3), 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Affeldt 1-1) at Cleveland (Sabathia 3-4), 12:05 p.m., 1st game

Kansas City (May 0-0) at Cleveland (Drese 3-3), 6:05 p.m., 2nd game

Texas (Park 1-1) at Detroit (Sparks 2-4), 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Wilson 2-3) at Baltimore (Ponson 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Ortiz 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Glover 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 22 19 .537 --

New York 22 19 .537 --

Atlanta 21 21 .500 1 1/2

Montreal 20 21 .488 2

Philadelphia 17 24 .415 5

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cincinnati 25 15 .625 --

St. Louis 20 20 .500 5

Pittsburgh 19 20 .487 5 1/2

Houston 19 21 .475 6

Chicago 13 25 .342 11

Milwaukee 12 29 .293 13 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 26 15 .634 --

San Francisco 25 15 .625 1/2

Los Angeles 23 18 .561 3

San Diego 21 20 .512 5

Colorado 19 22 .463 7

Thursday's Games

Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1, 11 innings

Colorado 10, Florida 3

Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4

Houston 3, Pittsburgh 1

Arizona 4, Philadelphia 2

N.Y. Mets 3, San Diego 1

Los Angeles 4, Montreal 3

Friday's Games

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Arizona, 9:05 p.m.

Montreal at Los Angeles, 9:10 p.m.

Florida at San Francisco, 9:35 p.m.

Thursday's linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Oakland 300 000 200 -- 5 10 1

Boston 000 000 000 -- 0 7 1

Zito, Koch (9) and RaHernandez; FCastillo, Wakefield (7), SKim (9) and Varitek. W--Zito 4-2. L--FCastillo 2-4.

Tampa Bay 000 000 000 -- 0 3 4

New York 603 210 01x -- 13 15 0

Rupe, Standridge (4), JoSosa (7) and Hall; DWells and Posada. W--DWells 6-1. L--Rupe 3-5. HRs--New York, ASoriano (9), BWilliams (6), Posada (6), NJohnson (7).

Seattle 000 520 800 -- 15 16 1

Toronto 000 002 000 -- 2 6 2

Pineiro, Hasegawa (8), Kaye (9) and BDavis; Prokopec, Thurman (5), Heredia (7), PWalker (7) and TWilson, Huckaby (8). W--Pineiro 4-0. L--Prokopec 2-5. HRs--Seattle, McLemore (4), Cameron (10), CGuillen (5).

Texas 000 000 000 -- 0 5 0

Chicago 000 103 00x -- 4 8 0

Rogers, Van Poppel (7) and Haselman; DWright and SAlomar. W--DWright 4-4. L--Rogers 4-2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 000 000 00101 -- 2 5 1

Milwaukee 000 010 00000 -- 1 6 0

(11 innings)

Reitsma, Williamson (8), GWhite (10), Graves (11) and CMiller, LaRue (10); BSheets, King (9), DeJean (10) and Casanova, Bako (5). W--GWhite 2-1. L--DeJean 0-2. Sv--Graves (14). HR--Cincinnati, Casey (2).

Florida 000 001 020 -- 3 4 1

Colorado 600 040 00x -- 10 12 1

Tavarez, Olsen (5) and Redmond, RCastro (5), CJohnson (7); Hampton, DReyes (9) and Estalella. W--Hampton 2-5. L--Tavarez 1-3. HRs--Colorado, Zeile (8), Estalella (4).

Atlanta 000 100 040 -- 5 5 1

San Francisco 000 010 003 -- 4 7 0

Marquis, Remlinger (8), Smoltz (9) and JLopez, Blanco (8); Schmidt, FRodriguez (8), Worrell (9) and BSantiago. W--Marquis 3-2. L--Schmidt 0-1. HRs--Atlanta, Sheffield (6). San Francisco, BSantiago (4).

Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1 9 0

Houston 010 000 02x -- 3 5 0

Fogg, Boehringer (7), Sauerbeck (8), Fetters (8) and Kendall; Oswalt, Wagner (9) and Ausmus, Zaun (9). W--Oswalt 5-2. L--Boehringer 0-1. Sv--Wagner (6). HR--Houston, Berkman (15).

Philadelphia 100 000 010 -- 2 8 1

Arizona 000 010 30x -- 4 7 0

Coggin, CSilva (6), Mercado (6), JSantiago (6), Cormier (7), Politte (8) and Lieberthal; RJohnson, MMyers (8), BKim (8) and DMiller, Barajas (8). W--RJohnson 7-1. L--JSantiago 1-2. Sv--BKim (11). HR--Philadelphia, Rollins (3).

New York 100 100 001 -- 3 11 1

San Diego 100 000 000 -- 1 8 1

Leiter, Weathers (7), Guthrie (9) and Piazza; Lawrence, Davey (8), Pickford (9) and WGonzalez, Lampkin (9). W--Leiter 5-2. L--Lawrence 4-3. Sv--Guthrie (1).

Montreal 200 001 000 -- 3 7 0

Los Angeles 100 001 02x -- 4 12 2

Ohka, Lloyd (8) and Schneider; KBrown, Daal (7), Gagne (9) and Lo Duca, Kreuter (9). W--Daal 4-0. L--Ohka 3-3. Sv--Gagne (13). HRs--Montreal, VGuerrero (13). , Los Angeles, Grudzielanek (3).

Daily Playoff Glance

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Saturday

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 5:30 p.m.

Daily Playoff Glance

CONFERENCE FINALS

Thursday

Toronto 2, Carolina 1, Toronto leads series 1-0

Saturday

Colorado at Detroit, 2 p.m.

PGA Colonial Par Scores

Thursday leaders

Purse: $4.3 million

At Colonial Country Club

Fort Worth, Texas

Yardage: 7,080; Par 70 (35-35)

First Round

Bob Estes 32-33 -- 65 -5

Esteban Toledo 32-35 -- 67 -3

Scott Verplank 34-33 -- 67 -3

Steve Jones 35-32 -- 67 -3

Bob Tway 34-33 -- 67 -3

Brandt Jobe 34-33 -- 67 -3

Frank Lickliter II 33-34 -- 67 -3

Joel Edwards 33-34 -- 67 -3

David Duval 36-31 -- 67 -3

Steve Lowery 35-32 -- 67 -3