Scoreboard

High School Softball

Section 8AA Finals

At Park Rapids

Semifinal -- Wadena-Deer Creek vs. Roseau 1 p.m.

Semifinal -- Park Rapids vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 1 p.m.

Championship 3:30 p.m.

High School Baseball

Section 8AA

Opening Round

Subsection 3

Ottertail Central (4) at Perham (1)

Frazee (3) at Wadena-Deer Creek (2)

Subsection 4

Staples-Motley (3) at Pine River-Backus (2)

East Subsection 6A

At Wadena

Semifinal --Bertha-Hewitt vs. Menahga noon

Semifinal --Verndale vs. Sebeka 2:30 p.m.

Championship 5 p.m.

Track and Field

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Pine River-Backus, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Section 6A at North Dakota State University in Fargo noon

Pierz in Section 5A at St. John's University in Collegeville

Friday

Northwoods League Baseball

Brainerd Mighty Gulls at St. Cloud River Bats 7:05 p.m.

Track and Field

Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton in Section 7A at Cloquet

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 -- San Jose at Arizona

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Kemper Open, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

11:35 a.m.

WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Toronto

6 p.m.

FOXSN -- Kansas City at Boston or St. Louis at Arizona

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

ESPN -- Playoffs, finals, Dallas at New Jersey

Friday

BOXING

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Super middleweights, Omar Sheika vs. Glen Johnson

12:30 p.m.

ESPN -- LPGA, Myrtle Beach Classic

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Kemper Open

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2:20 p.m.

WGN -- Detroit at Chicago Cubs

6:35 p.m.

TBS -- N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta

KMSP/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Cincinnati

NBA BASKETBALL

6 p.m.

NBC -- Playoffs, Indiana at New York and L.A. Lakers at Portland (both games if necessary)

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Boston 29 19 .604 --

New York 28 21 .571 1 1/2

Toronto 28 26 .519 4

Baltimore 23 27 .460 7

Tampa Bay 17 34 .333 13 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

Chicago 30 22 .577 --

Cleveland 27 22 .551 1 1/2

Kansas City 26 25 .510 3 1/2

Minnesota 24 29 .453 6 1/2

Detroit 18 31 .367 10 1/2

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Seattle 26 24 .520 --

Texas 27 25 .519 --

Anaheim 27 26 .510 1/2

Oakland 27 26 .510 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Toronto 4, Minnesota 2

Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 3

Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3

Kansas City 9, Boston 7

Oakland 8, N.Y. Yankees 7

Texas 13, Detroit 5

Cleveland 7, Anaheim 3

Thursday's Games

Minnesota (Milton 4-1) at Toronto (Castillo 1-4), 11:35 a.m.

Kansas City (Fussell 4-2) at Boston (RMartinez 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Erickson 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Rekar 1-3), 6:15 p.m.

Friday's Games

Detroit (Nomo 2-3) at Chicago Cubs (Downs 1-1), 2:20 p.m.

Baltimore (J.Johnson 0-3) at Montreal (Pavano 5-2), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Munro 1-0) at Florida (Penny 3-6), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Batista 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Ritchie 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Lopez 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Rusch 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Rose 3-2) at Philadelphia (Person 5-2), 6:35 p.m.

Minnesota (Mays 2-6) at Cincinnati (Bell 3-3), 6:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Hernandez 4-4) at Atlanta (Millwood 4-3), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Parque 4-2) at Houston (Reynolds 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Wright 3-3) at St. Louis (Kile 7-3), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Anderson 4-0) at Texas (Helling 7-2), 7:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 3-5) at Oakland (Mulder 2-2), 8:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Dreifort 3-2) at Anaheim (Bottenfield 3-5), 9:05 p.m.

San Diego (Clement 5-3) at Seattle (Moyer 2-1), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Atlanta 35 16 .686 --

New York 29 24 .547 7

Montreal 26 23 .531 8

Florida 24 30 .444 12 1/2

Philadelphia 18 33 .353 17

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

St. Louis 30 22 .577 --

Cincinnati 28 23 .549 1 1/2

Pittsburgh 23 28 .451 6 1/2

Milwaukee 22 31 .415 8 1/2

Chicago 20 33 .377 10 1/2

Houston 19 33 .365 11

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Arizona 33 19 .635 --

Colorado 28 22 .560 4

Los Angeles 28 22 .560 4

San Francisco 25 25 .500 7

San Diego 24 28 .462 9

Wednesday's Games

Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, ppd., rain

Pittsburgh 5, Florida 2

Montreal 10, Cincinnati 4

Colorado 8, Houston 6

San Francisco 10, Philadelphia 4

Arizona 6, St. Louis 2

Los Angeles 4, N.Y. Mets 3

San Diego 9, Milwaukee 5

Thursday's Games

Atlanta (Glavine 7-1) at Chicago Cubs (Tapani 2-6), 12:05 p.m.

Montreal (Vazquez 5-1) at Cincinnati (Villone 6-1), 6:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Benes 4-2) at Arizona (Reynoso 3-4), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games

Colorado (Arrojo 2-4) at Milwaukee (Bere 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago 001 000 201 -- 4 6 2

Seattle 110 010 000 -- 3 6 3

Eldred, SLowe (6), Wunsch (7), Howry (7), Foulke (9) and MLJohnson, Fordyce (7); Sele, Rhodes (7), Hodges (8), Ramsay (8), Sasaki (9) and Lampkin, DWilson (8). W--Howry 1-1. L--Sasaki 1-4. Sv--Foulke (10). HRs--Chicago, CNLee (12). Seattle, Lampkin (4).

Baltimore 000 201 000 -- 3 8 0

Tampa Bay 100 001 02x -- 4 6 2

Mussina, Groom (8), Trombley (8) and CJohnson; Lidle, Guthrie (6), Mecir (8), RMHernandez (9) and DiFelice. W--Mecir 4-1. L--Groom 3-3. Sv--RMHernandez (5). HR--Tampa Bay, McGriff (9).

Kansas City 040 041 000 -- 9 14 1

Boston 000 200 050 -- 7 12 0

Suzuki, Bottalico (8), JSantiago (8), Spradlin (8) and Zaun; Schourek, Pichardo (5), Wakefield (5), Wasdin (8), DLowe (9) and Hatteberg. W--Suzuki 2-0. L--Schourek 2-5. Sv--Spradlin (5). HRs--Kansas City, McCarty (7). Boston, CEverett (16).

Oakland 310 300 010 -- 8 9 0

New York 030 003 010 -- 7 11 1

GHeredia, DJones (6), Tam (7), Isringhausen (8) and RJHernandez, Fasano (8); Cone, Watson (4), Stanton (7), MRivera (9) and Posada. W--GHeredia 7-3. L--Cone 1-5. Sv--Isringhausen (11). HRs--Oakland, Stairs (8), Chavez (8). New York, Knoblauch (3), Ledee (4).

Texas 220 240 300 -- 13 16 1

Detroit 100 022 000 -- 5 11 2

DOliver, Crabtree (6), Perisho (8) and IRodriguez, Haselman (9); Mlicki, McDill (4), Villafuerte (5), MJAnderson (7), Brocail (9) and Ausmus, Cardona (8). W--DOliver 2-3. L--Mlicki 2-6. HR--Texas, RPalmeiro (15). .

Anaheim 200 000 100 -- 3 14 0

Cleveland 020 004 10x -- 7 10 1

Etherton, Holtz (6), Levine (6), Hasegawa (7), EWeaver (8) and BMolina; CFinley, Speier (7), TMartin (8), Karsay (8) and SAlomar. W--CFinley 4-4. L--Etherton 0-1. Sv--Karsay (10). HRs--Anaheim, Salmon (12). Cleveland, RAlomar (8), Justice (11), Fryman (9), Branyan 2 (2).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Florida 010 100 000 -- 2 12 1

Pittsburgh 201 200 00x -- 5 5 0

JSanchez, Bones (7) and Bako; FCordova, Sauerbeck (7), Silva (8), MkWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--FCordova 3-4. L--JSanchez 4-4. Sv--MkWilliams (8). HRs--Florida, DLLee (8). Pittsburgh, Kendall (4), WCordero (7).

Montreal 010 012 411 -- 10 16 0

Cincinnati 100 000 030 -- 4 6 0

MJJohnson, Hermanson (6), GMota (8), Lira (8) and Schneider, O'Brien (6); Parris, DReyes (6), Dessens (7), Aybar (8), Sullivan (9) and Taubensee. W--MJJohnson 1-0. L--Parris 2-7. HRs--Montreal, VGuerrero 2 (15). Cincinnati, ABoone (10).

Houston 013 000 200 -- 6 14 1

Colorado 004 101 02x -- 8 12 0

Lima, Slusarski (6), BWagner (8) and Meluskey; Yoshii, Belinda (7), GWhite (8), JJimenez (9) and Mayne. W--GWhite 6-0. L--Slusarski 0-3. Sv--JJimenez (10). HRs--Houston, Berkman (5). Colorado, Lansing (8), Cirillo (4), Hammonds (9).

St. Louis 000 010 010 -- 2 10 0

Arizona 100 200 21x -- 6 8 1

Hentgen, MMatthews (7), MThompson (7), Veres (8) and Matheny; RDJohnson, BKim (8) and DMiller. W--RDJohnson 9-1. L--Hentgen 4-5. Sv--BKim (6). HR--St. Louis, McGwire (21).

Philadelphia 100 003 000 -- 4 9 0

San Francisco 120 202 03x -- 10 14 0

Byrd, BWard (6), Brantley (8) and Lieberthal; Gardner, FARodriguez (7), Johnstone (8), Embree (9) and Mirabelli. W--Gardner 4-2. L--Byrd 1-5. HRs--Philadelphia, Gant (8), KJordan (1). San Francisco, Bonds (20), Burks (4), REMartinez (3).

New York 100 000 020 -- 3 8 1

Los Angeles 001 101 001 -- 4 6 0

Hampton, Mahomes (8), Wendell (9) and Piazza, Pratt (6); KBrown, Mills (7), Herges (8), Fetters (9) and Kreuter. W--Fetters 2-0. L--Wendell 4-3. HRs--New York, Alfonzo (10), KAbbott (1). Los Angeles, Elster (8), Kreuter (3).

Milwaukee 000 004 100 -- 5 10 1

San Diego 010 040 40x -- 9 9 0

Snyder, Woodard (5), de los Santos (6), Weathers (6), Leskanic (7), Wickman (8) and Blanco, RCasanova (5); Lopez, Whiteside (6), Boehringer (7), KWalker (7), Almanzar (7), Wall (8) and CHernandez. W--Almanzar 1-1. L--Weathers 3-2. HR--Milwaukee, RCasanova (1).

Basketball

NBA playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 30

Portland 96, L.A. Lakers 88, L.A. Lakers lead series 3-2

Wednesday, May 31

Indiana 88, New York 79, Indiana leads series 3-2

Friday, June 2

Indiana at New York, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 4

New York at Indiana, TBA, if necessary

Portland at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if necessary

Finals

(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, June 7

Indiana-New York winner at L.A. Lakers-Portland winner, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 9

Indiana-New York winner at L.A. Lakers-Portland winner, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 11

L.A. Lakers-Portland winner at Indiana-New York winner, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 14

L.A. Lakers-Portland winner at Indiana-New York winner, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 16

L.A. Lakers-Portland winner at Indiana-New York winner, 8 p.m., if necessary

Monday, June 19

Indiana-New York winner at L.A. Lakers-Portland winner, 8 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, June 21

Indiana-New York winner at L.A. Lakers-Portland winner, 8 p.m., if necessary

Women's NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Washington 1 0 1.000 --

Charlotte 0 0 .000 1/2

Detroit 0 0 .000 1/2

Indiana 0 0 .000 1/2

Miami 0 0 .000 1/2

Cleveland 0 1 .000 1

Orlando 0 1 .000 1

New York 0 2 .000 1 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Houston 2 0 1.000 --

Los Angeles 1 0 1.000 1/2

Minnesota 1 0 1.000 1/2

Phoenix 1 0 1.000 1/2

Sacramento 1 0 1.000 1/2

Portland 0 1 .000 1

Seattle 0 1 .000 1

Utah 0 1 .000 1

Wednesday's Games

Washington 92, Orlando 66

Minnesota 73, Cleveland 62

Sacramento 76, Seattle 60

Phoenix 51, New York 48

Los Angeles 69, Utah 62

Houston 93, Portland 89, 2 OT

Thursday's Games

Charlotte at Orlando, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Hockey

Stanley Cup Finals

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 30

New Jersey 7, Dallas 3, New Jersey leads series 1-0

Thursday, June 1

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 3

New Jersey at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 5

New Jersey at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 8

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, June 10

New Jersey at Dallas, 7 p.m., if necessary

Monday, June 12

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m., if necessary

Playoff scoring leaders

Through May 30

GP G A PTS

Hull, Dal 18 9 11 20

Modano, Dal 18 9 10 19

Elias, NJ 18 7 11 18

Recchi, Phi 18 6 12 18

Arnott, NJ 18 6 11 17

Jagr, Pit 11 8 8 16

Sykora, NJ 18 8 8 16

Forsberg, Col 16 7 8 15

Deadmarsh, Col 17 4 11 15

Drury, Col 17 4 10 14

LeClair, Phi 18 6 7 13

Primeau, Phi 18 2 11 13

Hrdina, Pit 9 4 8 12

Straka, Pit 11 3 9 12

Desjardins, Phi 18 2 10 12

Tocchet, Phi 18 5 6 11

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

ANAHEIM ANGELS--Optioned INF Keith Luuloa to Edmonton of the PCL.

BOSTON RED SOX--Recalled INF Andy Sheets from Pawtucket of the International League. Purchased the contract of RHP Hippolito Pichardo from Pawtucket. Optioned LHP Tim Young to Pawtucket. Tranferred RHP Bret Saberhagen from the 15- to the 60-day disabled list.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Traded RHP Tanyon Sturtze to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for INF Tony Graffanino. Assigned Graffanino to Charlotte of the International League.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Placed 1B Erubiel Durazo on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of INF Craig Counsell from Tucson of the PCL.

ATLANTA BRAVES--Purchased the contract of LHP Jeff Granger from Long Island of the Atlantic League and assigned him to Richmond of the International League.

CHICAGO CUBS--Activated 1B Mark Grace from the 15-day disabled list. Placed INF Jose Nieves on the 15-day disabled list. Optioned RHP Ruben Quevedo to Iowa of the PCL. Purchased the contract of SS Augie Ojeda from Iowa.

FLORIDA MARLINS--Placed RHP Dan Miceli on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 30.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Placed C Todd Hundley on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled INF Alex Cora from Albuquerque of the PCL.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Activated RHP Curtis Leskanic from the 15-day disabled list. Sent RHP Hector Ramirez outright to Indianapolis of the International League.

MONTREAL EXPOS--Placed RHP Hideki Irabu on the 15-day disabled list. Called up RHP Matt Skrmetta from Ottawa of the International League.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CAROLINA PANTHERS--Named Mark Koncz director of pro scouting, Tony Softli director of college scouting, Ted Plumb pro scout, Max McCartney and Jay Mondock college scouts, and Kenny Roberson and Ryan Cowden scouting assistants.

CLEVELAND BROWNS--Signed DB Earl Little to a three-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Re-signed WR Tony Gaiter. Named Jake Hallum area scout.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Signed LB Matt Beck.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES--Agreed to terms with D Shaun Fisher on a multiyear contract. Traded F Paul Ranheim to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2002 eighth-round entry draft pick.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed F Blake Bellefeuille.

DALLAS STARS--Signed RW Tyler Bouck to a three-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS--Re-elected Cal Nichols chairman of the board of directors. Signed F Michael Henrich to a three-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Signed LW Brad Richards to a three-year contract.

COLLEGE

MICHIGAN--Promoted Scott Trost from men's assistant basketball coach to men's associate head basketball coach.

Tennis

French Open seeds fared

PARIS (AP) -- How the seeded players fared Wednesday at the $10.25 million French Open tennis championships at Roland Garros:

First Round

Andre Agassi (1), United States, def. Anthony Dupuis, France, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4.

Magnus Norman (3), Sweden, def. Thierry Guardiola, France, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0.

Cedric Pioline (6), France, def. Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, 4-6, 6-0, 4-0, retired.

Thomas Enqvist (7), Sweden, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0.

Lleyton Hewitt (9), Australia, def. Jeff Tarango, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Marat Safin (12), Russia, def. George Bastl, Switzerland, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.

Dominik Hrbaty (14), Slovakia, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.

Younes El Aynaoui (15), Morocco, def. Jean-Rene Lisnard, France, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.

Second Round

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4), Russia, def. Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

Gustavo Kuerten (5), Brazil, def. Marcelo Charpentier, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2.

Alex Corretja (10), Spain, def. Fernando Meligeni, Brazil, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Nicolas Lapentti (11), Ecuador, def. Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Tim Henman (13), Britain, def. Christian Vinck, Germany, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Juan Carlos Ferrero (16), Spain, def. Slava Dosedel, Czech Republic, 1-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.

Women

First Round

Dominique Van Roost, Belgium, def. Lindsay Davenport (2), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.

Venus Williams (4), United States, def. Jana Kandarr, Germany, 6-0, 6-3.

Conchita Martinez (5), Spain, def. Alina Jidkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-3.

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (8), Spain, def. Pavlina Nola, Bulgaria, 6-1, 6-1.

Amanda Coetzer (9), South Africa, def. Maureen Drake, Canada, 6-0, 6-4.

Anke Huber (11), Germany, def. Nadejda Petrova, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Anna Kournikova (14), Russia, def. Vanessa Webb, Canada, 6-4, 6-4.

Barbara Schett (16), Austria, def. Sandra Kleinova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.