Scoreboard

Northwoods League Baseball

Mankato vs. Brainerd Mighty Gulls, Mills Field, 7:05 p.m.

Boys Tennis

State Tournament

Class AA singles, doubles at 98th Street Racquet and Swim Club, Bloomington

Friday

Northwoods League Baseball

Brainerd Mighty Gulls at Mankato 7:05 p.m.

Boys Tennis

State Tournament

Class AA singles, doubles at 98th Street Racquet and Swim Club, Bloomington

Track and Field

State Meet

National Sports Center, Blaine, 9:30 a.m.

Drag Racing

The Colonel's Truck Accessories Federal-Mogul Northern Championships at CBIR

Amateur Baseball

St. Mathias Tournament

Adamson Field, Brainerd

St. Mathias vs. Brainerd Braves 6 p.m.

Minneapolis Blue Sox vs. Bemidji Mudcats 8:30 p.m.

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

7 p.m.

TNN -- Houston at Iowa

AUTO RACING

8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- IRL, qualifying for Longhorn 500

3 p.m.

ESPN -- PGA, Buick Classic, first round

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL

7:05 p.m.

KLIZ -- Mighty Gulls vs. Mankato

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

ABC -- Playoffs, finals, Dallas at New Jersey (if necessary)

TENNIS

7 a.m.

USA -- French Open

Friday

AUTO RACING

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Pronto Auto Parts 400

BOXING

8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Junior middleweights, Wilfredo Rivera vs. J.C. Candelo

COLLEGE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN -- College World Series, game 1

6 p.m.

ESPN -- College World Series, game 2

12 p.m.

ESPN -- PGA, Buick Classic, second round

2 p.m.

ESPN2 -- LPGA, Rochester International

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6:35 p.m.

TBS -- Boston at Atlanta

7 p.m.

WGN -- Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox

WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Milwaukee

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL

7:05 p.m.

KLIZ -- Mighty Gulls at Mankato

NBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

NBC -- Playoffs, Finals, game 2, teams TBA

TENNIS

9 a.m.

NBC -- French Open

12 p.m.

USA -- French Open

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

New York 32 23 .582 --

Boston 31 24 .564 1

Toronto 31 30 .508 4

Baltimore 24 32 .429 8 1/2

Tampa Bay 21 37 .362 12 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

Chicago 35 23 .603 --

Cleveland 32 23 .582 1 1/2

Kansas City 30 28 .517 5

Minnesota 27 33 .450 9

Detroit 21 34 .382 12 1/2

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Oakland 32 27 .542 --

Seattle 30 26 .536 1/2

Anaheim 31 28 .525 1

Texas 30 28 .517 1 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Chicago White Sox 6, Cincinnati 4

Los Angeles 11, Texas 6

Oakland 10, San Diego 4

N.Y. Yankees 7, Montreal 2

Florida 6, Boston 2

Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 3

St. Louis 4, Kansas City 2

N.Y. Mets 11, Baltimore 3

Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4

Toronto 12, Atlanta 8

Cleveland 9, Milwaukee 5

Minnesota 2, Houston 0

Colorado 6, Seattle 1

Anaheim 10, San Francisco 9

Thursday's Games

Cleveland (Colon 6-2) at Boston (P.Martinez 8-2), 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Johnson 0-4) at N.Y. Mets (Rusch 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

Friday's Games

St. Louis (Stephenson 8-1) at Detroit (Weaver 2-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Neagle 5-0) at Cleveland (Brower 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Montreal (Tucker 0-0) at Toronto (Carpenter 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Leiter 6-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Dempster 6-3) at Tampa Bay (Trachsel 3-6), 6:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (Wolf 5-3) at Baltimore (Rapp 4-3), 6:35 p.m.

Boston (Fassero 6-1) at Atlanta (Mulholland 5-5), 6:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Schmidt 2-5) at Kansas City (Suppan 2-5), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Wright 1-0) at Minnesota (Bergman 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lieber 5-4) at Chicago White Sox (K.Wells 3-5), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (Rogers 5-5) at Colorado (Astacio 6-2), 8:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Cooper 2-1) at Arizona (Johnson 9-1), 9:05 p.m.

Oakland (Hudson 6-2) at Los Angeles (Perez 4-2), 9:10 p.m.

Seattle (Halama 6-1) at San Francisco (Rueter 2-4), 9:35 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Atlanta 37 21 .638 --

Montreal 31 25 .554 5

New York 32 26 .552 5

Florida 27 33 .450 11

Philadelphia 22 35 .386 14 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

St. Louis 33 26 .559 --

Cincinnati 31 27 .534 1 1/2

Pittsburgh 26 31 .456 6

Chicago 25 35 .416 8 1/2

Milwaukee 23 36 .390 10

Houston 21 37 .362 11 1/2

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Arizona 35 24 .593 --

Colorado 31 25 .553 2 1/2

Los Angeles 31 25 .553 2 1/2

San Francisco 27 29 .482 6 1/2

San Diego 25 33 .431 9 1/2

Wednesday's Game

Chicago Cubs 9, Arizona 4

Thursday's Game

Houston (Holt 3-6) at Los Angeles (Park 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

Friday's Games

Houston (Dotel 1-4) at San Diego (Spencer 2-1), 9:05 p.m.

Oakland (Hudson 6-2) at Los Angeles (Perez 4-2), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday's linescores

INTERLEAGUE

Chicago (AL) 000 103 200 -- 6 11 1

Cincinnati 300 000 001 -- 4 8 2

Parque, Lowe (6), Wunsch (6), Simas (7), Howry (8), Foulke (9) and Fordyce; Bell, Williamson (7), Dessens (7) and Santiago. W--Parque 6-2. L--Bell 4-4. Sv--Foulke (13). HRs--Chicago, Thomas (13). Cincinnati, Griffey Jr. (16).

Los Angeles 131 004 002 -- 11 15 1

Texas 021 010 020 -- 6 12 1

Dreifort, Osuna (8), Herges (8), Shaw (9) and Kreuter; Helling, Crabtree (6), JKJohnson (7) and IRodriguez. W--Dreifort 4-3. L--Helling 7-4.

San Diego 301 000 000 -- 4 10 2

Oakland 120 410 20x -- 10 13 1

Clement, Kolb (4), DGuzman (6), Almanzar (7) and CHernandez; Mulder, Service (5), DJones (7) and RJHernandez. W--Service 1-0. L--Clement 5-5. Sv--DJones (2). HRs--San Diego, Sprague (9). Oakland, JaGiambi 2 (19).

Kansas City 000 001 001 -- 2 7 1

St. Louis 220 000 00x -- 4 10 0

MBatista, Reichert (6), JSantiago (8) and Zaun; Kile and Marrero. W--Kile 9-3. L--MBatista 2-5.

Detroit 011 000 001 -- 3 8 0

Pittsburgh 001 200 10x -- 4 9 0

Nomo, Nitkowski (7), MJAnderson (8) and Ausmus; Ritchie, MkWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--Ritchie 4-3. L--Nomo 2-5. Sv--MkWilliams (9). HRs--Pittsburgh, KYoung (7), Sojo (5).

New York(AL) 001 060 000 -- 7 9 0

Montreal 200 000 000 -- 2 4 1

OHernandez, Watson (9) and Posada; Pavano, MJJohnson (5), Skrmetta (8) and O'Brien, Schneider (8). W--OHernandez 6-4. L--Pavano 6-3. HRs--New York, Posada (11). Montreal, VGuerrero (18).

Tampa Bay 000 030 100 -- 4 8 0

Philadelphia 010 030 10x -- 5 10 1

ALopez, Guthrie (7) and DiFelice; Person, Brock (7), Brantley (9) and Lieberthal. W--Brock 1-4. L--Guthrie 1-1. Sv--Brantley (5). HR--Philadelphia, Gant (10).

Baltimore 010 110 000 -- 3 12 0

New York(NL) 200 004 50x -- 11 12 1

Erickson, McElroy (6), AReyes (6), BRyan (7), Mercedes (7), Trombley (8) and CJohnson; Reed, Mahomes (6), Cook (7), RRodriguez (8) and Piazza, Pratt (8). W--Mahomes 2-1. L--Erickson 2-3. HRs--Baltimore, Ripken (11). New York, Alfonzo (11), Piazza (15).

Toronto 500 041 002 -- 12 9 0

Atlanta 103 110 200 -- 8 16 0

Andrews, Cubillan (4), Borbon (7), Quantrill (7), Koch (8) and ACastillo; Millwood, Ligtenberg (5), Burkett (6), Seanez (8), Remlinger (9) and JLopez. W--Cubillan 1-0. L--Millwood 4-5. Sv--Koch (12). HRs--Toronto, CDelgado 2 (22). Atlanta, JLopez (9), RSanders (2).

Cleveland 440 100 000 -- 9 10 1

Milwaukee 400 010 000 -- 5 10 1

Rigdon, Brewington (1), Watson (4), Speier (4), TMartin (7), SReed (8) and SAlomar; Bere, Acevedo (2), Leskanic (4), Weathers (6), de los Santos (8) and Houston, Casanova (3). W--Brewington 1-0. L--Bere 3-5. HRs--Cleveland, Sexson (10), Branyan (3).

Boston 001 000 010 -- 2 10 2

Florida 003 002 10x -- 6 5 2

Rose, DSmith (6), Stanifer (8) and Hatteberg, Varitek (7); Penny, Darensbourg (3), Looper (7), Almanza (8), Alfonseca (9) and Bako, Redmond (7). W--Darensbourg 2-0. L--Rose 3-3. HR--Florida, Floyd (12).

San Francisco 004 000 410 -- 9 15 1

Anaheim 400 023 01x -- 10 13 0

RROrtiz, Fultz (6), Embree (7), FARodriguez (8) and Mirabelli; Bottenfield, Levine (7), Hasegawa (7) and BMolina. W--Hasegawa 5-1. L--Embree 0-2. HRs--San Francisco, Kent (17), Rios (4), Aurilia (5). Anaheim, Erstad 2 (12), Glaus (17).

Colorado 101 001 030 -- 6 13 0

Seattle 000 100 000 -- 1 5 0

Arrojo, GWhite (8) and Servais; Moyer, FRodriguez (7), Hodges (8) and Lampkin. W--Arrojo 4-4. L--Moyer 3-2. HR--Colorado, Hammonds (11).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona 001 002 100 -- 4 11 0

Chicago (NL) 006 102 00x -- 9 11 2

BJAnderson, Morgan (6), Plesac (7), Mantei (8) and Stinnett; Downs, Van Poppel (7) and Girardi. W--Downs 3-1. L--BJAnderson 5-1. Sv--Van Poppel (2). HRs--Arizona, LGonzalez (14). Chicago, EOYoung (5), SSosa (18).

College World Series

At Rosenblatt Stadium

Omaha, Neb.

Double Elimination

Friday, June 9

Game 1 -- San Jose State (41-22) vs. Clemson (50-16), 2 p.m.

Game 2 -- Louisiana-Lafayette (47-18) vs. Stanford (47-15), 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 10

Game 3 -- Florida State (51-17) vs. Southern California (43-18), 11:30 a.m.

Game 4 -- LSU (48-17) vs. Texas (46-19), 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 11

Game 5 -- Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.

Game 6 -- Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6 p.m.

Class AA state

Final results Wednesday from the Minnesota state high school Class AA golf tournament at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids:

GIRLS' TEAM RESULTS

1. Burnsville, 350-342 692

2. Rocori, Cold Spring, 351-346 697

3. Duluth East, 342-356 698

4. Red Wing, 365-365 730

5. Woodbury, 368-368 736

6. Monticello, 384-371 755

7. Stillwater, 378-378 756

8. Benilde-St. Margaret's, St. Louis Park, 397-409 806

GIRLS' INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Deb Means, Burnsville, 74-74 148

2. Katie Nicoll, Orono, 77-77 154

3. Ingrid Rickers, Worthington, 78-77 155

4. Dana Moening, Rocori, 78-81 159

(tie) Jennifer Norlien, Willmar, 81-78 159

6. Keeley Dolan, Dassel Cokato, 78-82 160

(tie) Agnes Kim, Woodbury, 79-81 160

8. Laura Olin, Eden Prairie, 79-84 163

(tie) Jenna Cannon, Monticello, 81-82 163

10. Krista Swanson, Forest Lake, 78-86 164

(tie) Katie Taylor, Owatonna, 81-83 164

BOYS' TEAM RESULTS

1. White Bear Lake Area, 305-305 610

2. Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield, 298-319 617

3. Owatonna/Medford, 315-303 618

4. Alexandria, 309-317 626

(tie) Park, Cottage Grove, 310-316 626

6. Hutchinson, 317-317 634

7. Duluth East, 326-332 658

8. Park Center, Brooklyn Park, 328-333 661

BOYS' INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Spender Hutton, St. Cloud Tech, 70-77 147

(tie) Grant Lissick, White Bear Lake Area, 73-74 147

3. Ryan Alsleben, Hutchinson, 73-75 148

(tie) Justin Krulik, Minnetonka, 73-75 148

5. Clay Rask, Elk River Area, 71-78 149

6. Ryan Paulson, Academy of Holy Angels, 68-82 150

(tie) Nate Proshek, New Prague, 73-77 150

8. Nick Stokke, Owatonna/Medford, 76-75 151

(tie) Mike Greer, White Bear Lake Area, 76-75 151

10. Brett Swedberg, Alexandria, 77-75 152

(tie) Ben Davenport, Lakeville, 77-75 152

(tie) Josh White, Park, Cottage Grove, 76-76 152

(tie) Ryan Mroszak, Park, Cottage Grove, 76-76 152

Tennis

State tournament

Results from Wednesday's team competition in the boys' state high school tennis tournament:

CLASS A

At Burnsville Racquet and Swim Club

Team Results

Championship

Blake def. Breck, 4-3

Third Place

Blue Earth Area def. Marshall School, Duluth, 4-3

Semifinals

Breck def. Blue Earth Area 4-3

Blake def. Marshall School, Duluth, 7-0

CLASS AA

At 98th St. Racquet and Swim Club, Bloomington

Team Results

Championship

Edina def. Red Wing, 6-1

Third Place

Minneapolis South def. Anoka, 5-2

Semifinals

Red Wing def. Anoka, 7-0

Edina def. Minneapolis South, 7-0

French Open

PARIS (AP) -- Results Wednesday of the $10.25 million French Open tennis championships at Roland Garros:

Singles

Quarterfinals

Franco Squillari, Argentina, def. Albert Costa, Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Magnus Norman (3), Sweden, def. Marat Safin (12), Russia, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Activated RHP Paul Rigdon from the 15-day disabled list. Placed RHP Jaret Wright on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 3.

SEATTLE MARINERS--Optioned RHP Kevin Hodges to Tacoma of the PCL. Recalled INF-OF Charles Gipson from Tacoma.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS--Placed OF Todd Greene on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Josh Phelps from Knoxville of the Southern League.

National League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-- Placed on the RHP Jeff D'Amico 15-day disabled list, retroactive June to 6.

NEW YORK METS--Sent INF-OF Ryan McGuire outright to Norfolk of the International League.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Activated 3B Scott Rolen from the 15-day disabled list. Optioned RHP Steve Schrenk to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the International League. Signed RHP Taylor Buchholz, OF Brandon Caraway, 1B Reginald Griggs, OF Anthony Hensley, LHP Trevor Bullock, and C Kevin Sullivan.

SAN DIEGO PADRES--Placed RHP Brian Boehringer on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 4. Recalled RHP Domingo Guzman from Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS--Named C.M. Newton consultant.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS--Waived P Deone Horinek.

GREEN BAY PACKERS--Named David Steffen executive director of Team Lambeau.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Named Tom Zupancic vice president of business development.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Signed TE Greg Clark to a three-year contract, OT Matt Willig to a two-year contract and LB Edward Thomas to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Release LB Matt Beck.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLORADO AVALANCHE--Traded G Marc Denis to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a second-round pick in the 2000 draft.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed F David Vyborny and F Martin Spanhel to two-year contracts.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed G Erasmo Saltarelli.

MINNESOTA WILD--Signed F Pete Gardiner and G David Brumby.

NEW YORK RANGERS--Agreed to terms with G Jason LaBarbera.

OLYMPICS

USA BASEBALL--Named Phil Regan, Reggie Smith and Eddie Rodriguez coaches and, Dick Cooke and Ray Tanner auxiliary coaches.

Hockey

Stanley Cup Finals

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 30

New Jersey 7, Dallas 3

Thursday, June 1

Dallas 2, New Jersey 1

Saturday, June 3

New Jersey 2, Dallas 1

Monday, June 5

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

Thursday, June 8

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 10

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

Monday, June 12

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

Basketball

NBA Finals

(Best-of-7)

Wednesday, June 7

L.A. Lakers 104, Indiana 87, L.A. Lakers lead series 1-0

Friday, June 9

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 11

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 14

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 16

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 8 p.m., if necessary

Monday, June 19

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, June 21

Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary

NBA Finals box

At Los Angeles

INDIANA (87)

Rose 5-12 0-0 12, Davis 4-5 1-2 9, Smits 5-12 2-2 12, Miller 1-16 5-5 7, M.Jackson 6-8 4-5 18, Croshere 6-7 4-7 16, Perkins 1-5 2-2 5, Best 2-7 0-0 4, McKey 0-1 0-0 0, Tabak 0-0 0-0 0, Mullin 0-0 0-0 0, Bender 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 32-76 18-23 87.

L.A. LAKERS (104)

Rice 1-8 1-2 3, Green 2-6 0-0 4, O'Neal 21-31 1-6 43, Bryant 6-13 2-2 14, Harper 4-6 3-5 12, Horry 3-5 0-0 6, Fox 3-4 4-4 11, Fisher 2-4 0-0 5, Shaw 2-9 0-0 4, Knight 1-2 0-0 2, Salley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-88 11-19 104.

Indiana 18 25 28 16 -- 87

L.A. Lakers 33 22 22 27 -- 104

3-Point Goals--Indiana 5-14 (Rose 2-3, M.Jackson 2-3, Perkins 1-3, McKey 0-1, Croshere 0-1, Miller 0-3), L.A. Lakers 3-12 (Fisher 1-1, Fox 1-1, Harper 1-2, Bryant 0-2, Rice 0-2, Shaw 0-4). Fouled out--Smits. Rebounds--Indiana 43 (Davis 8), L.A. Lakers 57 (O'Neal 19). Assists--Indiana 16 (M.Jackson 7), L.A. Lakers 25 (Bryant, Harper 5). Total fouls--Indiana 23, L.A. Lakers 19. A--18,997