Scoreboard

Stock Car Racing

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

Amateur baseball

St. James vs. Brainerd Bees, Adamson Field, 2 p.m.

YOUTH BASEBALL

USSSA and NBC "Hap" Dumont

State baseball qualifying, 10-under and 12-under tournaments, Bane and Jaycees parks, Brainerd

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)

Thursday

BOXING

10 p.m.

SHO -- Super middleweights, Willie Stewart vs. James Lubwama; junior middleweights, Robert Kamya vs. Armando Velardez

COLLEGE BASEBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN -- NCAA Division I, World Series, game 13

6 p.m.

ESPN -- NCAA Division I, World Series, game 14

9 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, The Diageo Championship, first round

12:30 p.m.

TGC -- Nationwide Tour, Lake Erie Charity Classic, first round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, Buick Classic, first round

3:30 p.m.

TGC -- PGA of America, PGA Club Pro Championship, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

TBS -- Atlanta at Philadelphia

1 p.m.

WGN -- Boston at Chicago White Sox

1:05 p.m.

WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Kansas City

SOCCER

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- WUSA, All-Star Game

WNBA BASKETBALL

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Seattle at Los Angeles

Friday

AUTO RACING

5 p.m.

SPEED -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, pole qualifying for Dodge/Save Mart 350

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Lightweights, Diego Corrales vs. Damien Fuller

9 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, The Diageo Championship, second round

12:30 p.m.

TGC -- Nationwide Tour, Lake Erie Charity Classic, second round

2 p.m.

ESPN2 -- LPGA, Rochester LPGA, second round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, Buick Classic, second round

3:30 p.m.

TGC -- PGA of America, PGA Club Pro Championship, second round

7 p.m.

TGC -- Champions Tour, Farmers Charity Classic, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2:15 p.m.

ESPN -- Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs

6:30 p.m.

TBS -- Baltimore at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

KSTC/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Milwaukee

WNBA BASKETBALL

5 p.m.

FSN -- Lynx vs. Seattle

Baseball

Legion baseball

State rankings

1. Excelsior, 2. Rochester A's, 3. Eden Prairie, 4. Apple Valley, 5. Champlin Park

6. Tri-City Red, 7. Park Center Twins, 8. Brainerd, 9. Alexandria, 10. Bloomington Blue

11. New Ulm Gold, 12. (tie) Moorhead and St. Paul Hamline, 14. East Grand Forks, 15. North St. Paul

16. Fergus Falls, 17. Rosemount, 18. (tie) Burnsville and Hermantown, 20. Elk River

Northwoods League

Results Wednesday

Wisconsin 8, St. Cloud 1

Alexandria 20, Waterloo 6

Madison 6, La Crosse 3

Thunder Bay 5, Duluth 4

College World Series

At Rosenblatt Stadium

Omaha, Neb.

Double Elimination

Wednesday, June 18

Stanford 5, Cal State-Fullerton 3

Rice 5, Texas 4, Texas eliminated

Thursday, June 19

Cal State-Fullerton (50-15) vs. Stanford (49-16), 6 p.m.

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 42 29 .592 --

Boston 40 30 .571 1 1/2

Toronto 40 31 .563 2

Baltimore 32 36 .471 8 1/2

Tampa Bay 24 46 .343 17 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 38 32 .543 --

Kansas City 36 32 .529 1

Chicago 33 38 .465 5 1/2

Cleveland 28 41 .406 9 1/2

Detroit 17 51 .250 20

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 48 22 .686 --

Oakland 40 29 .580 7 1/2

Anaheim 34 35 .493 13 1/2

Texas 27 42 .391 20 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Toronto 6, Baltimore 2

Cleveland 4, Detroit 1

N.Y. Yankees 1, Tampa Bay 0, 12 innings

Kansas City 8, Minnesota 6

Chicago White Sox 3, Boston 1

Seattle 2, Anaheim 0

Oakland 4, Texas 3, 11 innings

Thursday's Games

Tampa Bay (Bell 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 6-6), 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland (B.Anderson 3-6) at Detroit (Cornejo 3-4), 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Mays 7-4) at Kansas City (Snyder 1-3), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Lowe 7-3) at Chicago White Sox (Wright 0-3), 1:05 p.m.

Toronto (Escobar 4-3) at Baltimore (Helling 4-4), 2:05 p.m.

Texas (Ramos 0-0) at Oakland (Mulder 9-4), 2:35 p.m.

Anaheim (Ra.Ortiz 7-5) at Seattle (Moyer 10-3), 3:35 p.m.

Friday's Games

Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (Estes 6-5), 2:20 p.m.

Toronto (Lidle 9-4) at Montreal (Smith 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Kim 1-0) at Philadelphia (Wolf 8-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 5-4), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 9-3) at Atlanta (Maddux 5-6), 6:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Standridge 0-1) at Florida (Redman 5-2), 6:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Tallet 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Fogg 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Radke 5-6) at Milwaukee (Sheets 6-6), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (W.Miller 4-7) at Texas (Thomson 4-8), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Lima 0-0) at St. Louis (Morris 7-4), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Maroth 1-11) at Colorado (Elarton 3-2), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (Meche 9-3) at San Diego (Ol.Perez 2-3), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Moss 7-4) at Oakland (Harang 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Washburn 6-7) at Los Angeles (Nomo 7-6), 9:10 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 46 23 .667 --

Montreal 39 32 .549 8

Philadelphia 36 33 .522 10

New York 33 37 .471 13 1/2

Florida 34 39 .466 14

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 39 31 .557 --

Houston 38 33 .535 1 1/2

St. Louis 37 33 .529 2

Cincinnati 35 35 .500 4

Pittsburgh 29 39 .426 9

Milwaukee 28 42 .400 11

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 42 28 .600 --

San Francisco 42 28 .600 --

Colorado 36 37 .493 7 1/2

Arizona 34 36 .486 8

San Diego 23 50 .315 20 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Pittsburgh 7, Montreal 3, 1st game

Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 3, 2nd game

N.Y. Mets 10, Florida 5

Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 1

Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 1

Arizona 2, Houston 1

St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 1

Colorado 5, San Diego 3

Los Angeles 8, San Francisco 2

Thursday's Games

Montreal (Ohka 4-7) at Pittsburgh (Wells 2-3), 11:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Prior 8-2) at Cincinnati (P.Wilson 4-4), 11:35 a.m.

Atlanta (Hampton 3-3) at Philadelphia (Padilla 5-7), 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Tomko 2-5) at Milwaukee (Quevedo 1-2),1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Bacsik 1-1) at Florida (Phelps 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Batista 4-3) at Houston (Redding 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Lawrence 4-7) at Colorado (Oliver 3-5), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Schmidt 5-3) at Los Angeles (Od.Perez 4-4), 9:10 p.m.

Friday's Games

Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (Estes 6-5), 2:20 p.m.

Toronto (Lidle 9-4) at Montreal (Smith 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Kim 1-0) at Philadelphia (Wolf 8-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 5-4), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 9-3) at Atlanta (Maddux 5-6), 6:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Standridge 0-1) at Florida (Redman 5-2), 6:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Tallet 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Fogg 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Radke 5-6) at Milwaukee (Sheets 6-6),7:05 p.m.

Houston (W.Miller 4-7) at Texas (Thomson 4-8), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Lima 0-0) at St. Louis (Morris 7-4), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Maroth 1-11) at Colorado (Elarton 3-2), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (Meche 9-3) at San Diego (Ol.Perez 2-3), 9:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Graves 3-6) at Arizona (Dessens 4-4), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Moss 7-4) at Oakland (Harang 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Washburn 6-7) at Los Angeles (Nomo 7-6), 9:10 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland 000 000 310 -- 4 10 1

Detroit 000 000 001 -- 1 7 1

JaDavis and Bard; Bonderman, Spurling (7), JWalker (8), German (9) and Hinch. W--JaDavis 6-5. L--Bonderman 2-10. HR--Detroit, Munson (9).

Toronto 000 300 012 -- 6 10 1

Baltimore 000 200 000 -- 2 7 0

Halladay, Lopez (8) and TWilson, GMyers (8); Daal, WRoberts (7), BRyan (9) and GGil. W--Halladay 10-2. L--Daal 4-8. Sv--Lopez (1). HR--Baltimore, Gibbons (13).

Tampa Bay 000 000 000 000 -- 0 3 1

New York 000 000 000 001 -- 1 5 0

(12 innings)

Zambrano, LCarter (9) and Valentin, Hall (8); Clemens, MRivera (9), CHammond (11) and Posada. W--CHammond 2-0. L--LCarter 4-2.

Boston 000 100 000 -- 1 7 0

Chicago 000 011 01x -- 3 5 0

Wakefield, Seanez (8), Embree (8) and Mirabelli; Loaiza, Koch (9) and Olivo. W--Loaiza 10-2. L--Wakefield 5-3. Sv--Koch (9).

Anaheim 000 000 000 -- 0 5 0

Seattle 000 001 01x -- 2 7 0

Sele, Weber (6), Donnelly (8) and JMolina, BMolina (7); FGarcia, Rhodes (9) and DWilson. W--FGarcia 8-6. L--Sele 3-5. Sv--Rhodes (3).

Texas 000 001 200 00 -- 3 9 0

Oakland 000 100 011 01 -- 4 11 0

(11 innings)

Mounce, Garcia (6), FCordero (7), Fultz (8), Urbina (9), Dickey (11) and EDiaz; Zito, Bradford (7), Rincon (8), Mecir (9), Foulke (10) and RaHernandez, Melhuse (10). W--Foulke 4-0. L--Dickey 3-3. HR--Texas, ARodriguez (17).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Game 1

Montreal 010 001 010 -- 3 8 0

Pittsburgh 100 321 00x -- 7 13 1

LHernandez, Ferrari (5), DSmith (5), Eischen (6), Biddle (7), Tucker (8) and Schneider, Barrett (8); D'Amico, Beimel (7), Sauerbeck (9), MiWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--D'Amico 5-7. L--LHernandez 6-5. Sv--MiWilliams (19). HRs--Montreal, WCordero (6). Pittsburgh, Lofton (8), ARamirez (5), RSanders (9).

Game 2

Montreal 000 200 001 -- 3 8 1

Pittsburgh 010 001 002 -- 4 11 1

Vargas, ScStewart (8), Ayala (8), Biddle (9) and Barrett; Suppan, Sauerbeck (8), Boehringer (8), STorres (9) and CWilson. W--STorres 4-1. L--Biddle 3-2. HR--Montreal, Macias (3).

Chicago 000 031 000 -- 4 11 0

Cincinnati 000 000 100 -- 1 3 0

Wood and Bako; JHaynes, Mercker (6), Sullivan (7), Heredia (8) and Stinnett. W--Wood 6-5. L--JHaynes 1-6. HRs--Chicago, SSosa (7). Cincinnati, JGuillen (12).

New York 050 050 000 -- 10 13 0

Florida 300 020 000 -- 5 8 1

Leiter, Lloyd (6), Wheeler (7) and VWilson; Penny, Olsen (5), Levrault (6), Neal (9) and Redmond. W--Leiter 8-3. L--Penny 5-5. Sv--Wheeler (1). HR--Florida, AGonzalez (11).

Atlanta 202 002 000 -- 6 10 0

Philadelphia 000 000 010 -- 1 9 0

RuOrtiz, Hodges (7), King (8), Gryboski (8) and JLopez; Millwood, CSilva (6), Mesa (9) and Lieberthal. W--RuOrtiz 8-4. L--Millwood 8-5. HR--Atlanta, Sheffield (19).

Arizona 000 000 002 -- 2 8 0

Houston 010 000 000 -- 1 5 0

Webb, Koplove (7), Villarreal (8), Oropesa (9), Valverde (9) and Moeller, Barajas (7); Villone, Lidge (7), Dotel (8), Wagner (9) and Ausmus. W--Villarreal 5-4. L--Wagner 1-3. Sv--Valverde (4). HRs--Arizona, LGonzalez (14). Houston, JKent (11).

St. Louis 440 000 001 -- 9 13 0

Milwaukee 000 010 000 -- 1 7 1

Simontacchi, Eldred (8), Painter (8), Isringhausen (9) and Matheny; Rusch, LVizcaino (2), Kieschnick (3), de los Santos (5), Kolb (6), Estrella (8), DeJean (9) and EPerez. W--Simontacchi 5-4. L--Rusch 1-11. HRs--St. Louis, EduPerez (4). Milwaukee, EddPerez (7).

San Diego 000 002 001 -- 3 7 1

Colorado 000 041 00x -- 5 10 0

Jarvis, Linebrink (6), Herges (7) and Bennett; Chacon, Fuentes (7), JJimenez (9), Speier (9) and CJohnson. W--Chacon 10-3. L--Jarvis 0-1. Sv--Speier (1). HR--Colorado, Stynes (6).

San Francisco 100 000 001 -- 2 6 0

Los Angeles 000 206 00x -- 8 11 1

Rueter, Nathan (6), Eyre (6), Christiansen (8) and BSantiago, Lunsford (8); Ishii, Mota (7), Quantrill (8), TMartin (9) and Lo Duca. W--Ishii 7-2. L--Rueter 7-2. HR--San Francisco, Grissom (10).

League leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING--Mora, Baltimore, .358; ISuzuki, Seattle, .349; Bradley, Cleveland, .333; Blalock, Texas, .332; Garciaparra, Boston, .330; Mueller, Boston, .329; Byrnes, Oakland, .327.

RUNS--CDelgado, Toronto, 62; Garciaparra, Boston, 60; ASoriano, New York, 56; MRamirez, Boston, 56; BBoone, Seattle, 55; ISuzuki, Seattle, 52; Wells, Toronto, 51; Catalanotto, Toronto, 51.

RBI--CDelgado, Toronto, 76; GAnderson, Anaheim, 63; Wells, Toronto, 62; BBoone, Seattle, 59; MRamirez, Boston, 56; Gibbons, Baltimore, 52; MiSweeney, Kansas City, 50; JaGiambi, New York, 50; JGonzalez, Texas, 50.

HITS--ISuzuki, Seattle, 101; Garciaparra, Boston, 97; Wells, Toronto, 90; ASoriano, New York, 90; Baldelli, Tampa Bay, 89; GAnderson, Anaheim, 89; BBoone, Seattle, 87.

DOUBLES--Huff, Tampa Bay, 25; Wells, Toronto, 25; Mueller, Boston, 25; GAnderson, Anaheim, 24; Matsui, New York, 23; Catalanotto, Toronto, 23; BBoone, Seattle, 22.

TRIPLES--Garciaparra, Boston, 12; CGuzman, Minnesota, 9; Baldelli, Tampa Bay, 5; MYoung, Texas, 5; Byrnes, Oakland, 5; DJimenez, Chicago, 5; Catalanotto, Toronto, 4; Nixon, Boston, 4; DYoung, Detroit, 4.

HOME RUNS--CDelgado, Toronto, 22; BBoone, Seattle, 19; ASoriano, New York, 18; JaGiambi, New York, 18; JGonzalez, Texas, 18; ARodriguez, Texas, 17; CEverett, Texas, 17.

STOLEN BASES--ASoriano, New York, 19; ISuzuki, Seattle, 18; Beltran, Kansas City, 18; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 17; Mondesi, New York, 15; Hairston Jr., Baltimore, 14; ASanchez, Detroit, 12; Damon, Boston, 12.

PITCHING (7 Decisions)--Halladay, Toronto, 10-2, .833, 3.82; Loaiza, Chicago, 10-2, .833, 2.15; DWells, New York, 9-2, .818, 3.40; Moyer, Seattle, 10-3, .769, 2.99; Meche, Seattle, 9-3, .750, 3.13; Ponson, Baltimore, 9-3, .750, 3.64; Valdes, Texas, 6-2, .750, 4.62.

STRIKEOUTS--Clemens, New York, 106; Mussina, New York, 99; Halladay, Toronto, 90; Loaiza, Chicago, 84; Colon, Chicago, 79; Wakefield, Boston, 77; PMartinez, Boston, 71.

SAVES--Guardado, Minnesota, 19; Urbina, Texas, 18; Foulke, Oakland, 17; Julio, Baltimore, 15; MacDougal, Kansas City, 15; DBaez, Cleveland, 15; LCarter, Tampa Bay, 11.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING--Pujols, St. Louis, .386; Renteria, St. Louis, .347; Sheffield, Atlanta, .346; Lo Duca, Los Angeles, .336; Helton, Colorado, .335; Vidro, Montreal, .328; Lieberthal, Philadelphia, .327.

RUNS--Pujols, St. Louis, 62; Furcal, Atlanta, 62; Helton, Colorado, 59; Sheffield, Atlanta, 58; Payton, Colorado, 49; Berkman, Houston, 48; Sexson, Milwaukee, 48; Bonds, San Francisco, 48.

RBI--Pujols, St. Louis, 60; PrWilson, Colorado, 59; Sheffield, Atlanta, 59; Helton, Colorado, 58; Kearns, Cincinnati, 57; Lowell, Florida, 57; AJones, Atlanta, 52.

HITS--Pujols, St. Louis, 96; Renteria, St. Louis, 92; Pierre, Florida, 90; Furcal, Atlanta, 88; Helton, Colorado, 88; LCastillo, Florida, 88; PrWilson, Colorado, 86.

DOUBLES--Pujols, St. Louis, 25; MGiles, Atlanta, 24; PrWilson, Colorado, 23; Rolen, St. Louis, 23; Renteria, St. Louis, 23; LGonzalez, Arizona, 23.

TRIPLES--Furcal, Atlanta, 8; CPatterson, Chicago, 7; LWalker, Colorado, 7; Wigginton, New York, 5; AGonzalez, Florida, 5; Podsednik, Milwaukee, 4; JEncarnacion, Florida, 4; Payton, Colorado, 4.

HOME RUNS--Dunn, Cincinnati, 22; Lowell, Florida, 21; Sexson, Milwaukee, 21; Pujols, St. Louis, 19; Edmonds, St. Louis, 19; JLopez, Atlanta, 19; Sheffield, Atlanta, 19; Bonds, San Francisco, 19.

STOLEN BASES--Pierre, Florida, 29; DRoberts, Los Angeles, 22; EYoung, Milwaukee, 16; DeLee, Florida, 14; CPatterson, Chicago, 13; LCastillo, Florida, 13; Lofton, Pittsburgh, 13.

PITCHING (7 Decisions)--KBrown, Los Angeles, 10-1, .909, 1.97; Willis, Florida, 6-1, .857, 2.61; Prior, Chicago, 8-2, .800, 2.71; WWilliams, St. Louis, 8-2, .800, 2.66; Ishii, Los Angeles, 7-2, .778, 2.76; Rueter, San Francisco, 7-2, .778, 3.79; Chacon, Colorado, 10-3, .769, 4.10.

STRIKEOUTS--Wood, Chicago, 128; JVazquez, Montreal, 109; Prior, Chicago, 106; Schmidt, San Francisco, 100; Millwood, Philadelphia, 91; Nomo, Los Angeles, 90; Wolf, Philadelphia, 86.

SAVES--Gagne, Los Angeles, 27; Smoltz, Atlanta, 26; Wagner, Houston, 20; MiWilliams, Pittsburgh, 19; Biddle, Montreal, 17; Benitez, New York, 17; Williamson, Cincinnati, 16; JJimenez, Colorado, 16; Worrell, San Francisco, 16; Mesa, Philadelphia, 16.