SCOREBOARD

Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Area events

Wednesday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

Thunder Bay vs. Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers, Mills Field, 7:05 p.m.

LEGION BASEBALL

Little Falls at Park Rapids 5 p.m. (2)

Staples-Motley at Nisswa 5 p.m. (2)

TV and radio

Radio guide

WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), 3WI-FM (95.9), KFGI-FM (101.5), KUAL-FM (103.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)

WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), KVKK-AM (1070), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)

Wednesday

COLLEGE BASEBALL

6 p.m., ESPN: World Series, finals, game 3, LSU vs. Texas (if necessary)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m., ESPN2: N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta

7:05 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins vs. Milwaukee

SOCCER

1:25 p.m., ESPN: FIFA, Confederations Cup, semifinal,

TENNIS

6 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships, early round

Baseball

Northwoods League

Through Monday

North Division W L GB

Mankato 16 7 -

Rochester 12 9 3

Brainerd 12 11 4

Alexandria 13 12 4

Duluth 11 13 5.5

St. Cloud 9 15 7.5

Thunder Bay 4 20 12.5

South Division W L GB

Eau Claire 16 5 -

Madison 16 7 1

Battle Creek 14 9 3

LaCrosse 14 10 3.5

Green Bay 11 12 6

Wisconsin 8 15 9

Waterloo 7 18 11

American League

W L Pct GB

Boston 43 27 .614 -

New York 38 32 .543 5

Toronto 39 33 .542 5

Tampa Bay 37 35 .514 7

Baltimore 32 38 .457 11

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 39 31 .557 -

Minnesota 36 36 .500 4

Chicago 33 37 .471 6

Kansas City 30 39 .435 8 1/2

Cleveland 30 42 .417 10

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 37 31 .544 -

Los Angeles 36 32 .529 1

Seattle 35 34 .507 2 1/2

Oakland 31 38 .449 6 1/2

Monday's Games

Colorado 11, L.A. Angels 1

Oakland 5, San Francisco 1

Tuesday's Games

Boston 11, Washington 3

Detroit 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 4

Toronto 7, Cincinnati 5

Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 1

Florida 7, Baltimore 6, 12 innings

Atlanta 4, N.Y. Yankees 0

Kansas City 2, Houston 1

Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 3

L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Texas at Arizona

Colorado at L.A. Angels

San Francisco at Oakland

Wednesday's Games

Boston (Lester 5-6) at Washington (Stammen 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Harden 4-3) at Detroit (Porcello 8-4), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Pavano 6-5) at Pittsburgh (Duke 7-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-5) at Toronto (Richmond 5-4), 6:07 p.m.

Philadelphia (Blanton 4-3) at Tampa Bay (Garza 4-5), 6:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Berken 1-3) at Florida (Nolasco 3-6), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 3-2) at Atlanta (Kawakami 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 2-3) at Houston (Oswalt 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 6-2) at Milwaukee (Looper 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 3-2) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 4-5), 7:11 p.m.

Texas (Padilla 5-3) at Arizona (Haren 6-4), 8:40 p.m.

Colorado (Marquis 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 7-4), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ra.Johnson 6-5) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

San Diego (Geer 1-2) at Seattle (Morrow 0-3), 9:10 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 37 31 .544 -

New York 35 34 .507 2 1/2

Florida 36 36 .500 3

Atlanta 34 36 .486 4

Washington 20 48 .294 17

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 40 32 .556 -

Milwaukee 37 33 .529 2

Chicago 34 33 .507 3 1/2

Cincinnati 34 35 .493 4 1/2

Houston 32 36 .471 6

Pittsburgh 31 39 .443 8

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 47 24 .662 -

San Francisco 37 32 .536 9

Colorado 37 33 .529 9 1/2

San Diego 30 38 .441 15 1/2

Arizona 29 41 .414 17 1/2

Monday's Games

Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 0

N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 4

Colorado 11, L.A. Angels 1

Oakland 5, San Francisco 1

Tuesday's Games

Boston 11, Washington 3

Detroit 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 4

Toronto 7, Cincinnati 5

Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 1

Florida 7, Baltimore 6, 12 innings

Atlanta 4, N.Y. Yankees 0

St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 0

Kansas City 2, Houston 1

Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 3

L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Texas at Arizona

Colorado at L.A. Angels

San Francisco at Oakland

San Diego at Seattle

Wednesday's Games

Boston (Lester 5-6) at Washington (Stammen 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Harden 4-3) at Detroit (Porcello 8-4), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Pavano 6-5) at Pittsburgh (Duke 7-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-5) at Toronto (Richmond 5-4), 6:07 p.m.

Philadelphia (Blanton 4-3) at Tampa Bay (Garza 4-5), 6:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Berken 1-3) at Florida (Nolasco 3-6), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 3-2) at Atlanta (Kawakami 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (B.Thompson 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Nieve 2-0), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 2-3) at Houston (Oswalt 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 6-2) at Milwaukee (Looper 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 3-2) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 4-5), 7:11 p.m.

Texas (Padilla 5-3) at Arizona (Haren 6-4), 8:40 p.m.

Colorado (Marquis 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 7-4), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ra.Johnson 6-5) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

San Diego (Geer 1-2) at Seattle (Morrow 0-3), 9:10 p.m.

College World Series

Championship Series

Best-of-3

Monday, June 22: LSU 7, Texas 6, 11 innings

Tuesday, June 23: Texas 5, LSU 1

Wednesday, June 24: Texas vs. LSU, 6 p.m.,

Basketball

NBA draft order

Thursday, June 25

First Round

1. L.A. Clippers

2. Memphis

3. Oklahoma City

4. Sacramento

5. Washington

6. Minnesota

7. Golden State

8. New York

9. Toronto

10. Milwaukee

11. New Jersey

12. Charlotte

13. Indiana

14. Phoenix

15. Detroit

16. Chicago

17. Philadelphia

18. Minnesota (from Miami)

19. Atlanta

20. Utah

21. New Orleans

22. Dallas

23. Sacramento (from Houston)

24. Portland

25. Oklahoma City (from San Antonio)

26. Chicago (from Denver through Oklahoma City)

27. Memphis (from Orlando)

28. Minnesota (from Boston)

29. L.A. Lakers

30. Cleveland

Second Round

31. Sacramento

32. Washington

33. Portland (from L.A. Clippers)

34. Denver (from Oklahoma City)

35. Detroit (from Minnesota)

36. Memphis

37. San Antonio (from Golden State through Phoenix)

38. Portland (from New York through Chicago)

39. Detroit (from Toronto)

40. Charlotte (from New Jersey through Oklahoma City)

41. Milwaukee

42. L.A. Lakers (from Charlotte)

43. Miami (from Indiana)

44. Detroit

45. Minnesota (from Philadelphia through Miami)

46. Cleveland (from Chicago)

47. Minnesota (from Miami)

48. Phoenix

49. Atlanta

50. Utah

51. San Antonio (from New Orleans through Toronto)

52. Indiana (from Dallas)

53. San Antonio (from Houston)

54. Charlotte (from San Antonio)

55. Portland (from Denver)

56. Portland

57. Phoenix (from Orlando through Oklahoma City)

58. Boston

59. L.A. Lakers

60. Miami (from Cleveland)

WNBA

Tuesday's Games

Minnesota 69, New York 57

Transactions

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-Suspended P Jose Hernandez (N.Y. Mets) and P Dail Villanueva (St. Louis) for 50 games each after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Recalled RHP Chris Ray from Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Agreed to terms with LHP David Holmberg, RHP Justin Collop, RHP Ryan Buch, RHP Matthew Hopps, OF Nicholas Ciolli, OF Kyle Golligan, RHP Cameron Bayne, 1B Daniel Black, 2B Daniel Wagner, RHP Phil Negus, OF Brady Shoemaker, SS Zachary Kayne, RHP Goldy Simmons, 2B Jeffrey Tezek, 2B Matthew Harughty, 2B Kyle Davis, 3B Robert Cummings, RHP Trey Delk, C Robert Vaughn, OF Michael Hamme, RHP Jacob Wilson, RHP Chase Cooney, LHP Alex Faretto, RHP Daniel Wiltz, LHP Joseph Serafin, OF Anthony Casario, RHP Paul Burnside, OF Ryan Lee, RHP Christopher Zagyi and OF Harold Baines, Jr.

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Tony Sipp from Columbus (IL). Optioned OF Trevor Crowe to Columbus. Designated RHP Luis Vizcaino for assignment. Signed C Dwight Childs, LHP Ryan Anthony and INF Dan DeGeorge.

DETROIT TIGERS-Recalled RHP Freddy Dolsi from Toledo (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS-Purchased the contract of RHP Bobby Keppel from Rochester (IL). Designated RHP Luis Ayala for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Agreed to terms with C Ryan Ortiz, RHP Robert Gilliam, 1B Anthony Aliotti and OF Anthione Shaw.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with OF Brett Jackson.

CINCINNATI REDS-Activated 1B Joey Votto from the 15-day DL. Placed UTL Wilkin Castillo on the 15-day DL.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Placed RHP Dave Bush on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 21.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Placed RHP Clay Condrey on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Sergio Escalona from Lehigh Valley (IL).

American Association

ST. PAUL SAINTS-Traded INF Ron Fenwick to Grand Prairie for a player to be named.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Made a qualifying offer to G Raymond Felton, making him a restricted free agent.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Waived FB Kyle Bell.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Signed K Ryan Succop.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS-Signed OT Max Starks to a four-year contract through the 2012 season.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Agreed to terms with DE Kyle Moore and CB E.J. Biggers on four-year contracts.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES-Named Brent Sutter coach.

EDMONTON OILERS-Named interim coach Rob Daum coach of Springfield (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS-Announced assistant coach Doug Jarvis will not return next season.

ST. LOUIS BLUES-Extended the contracts for Peoria (AHL) coach Davis Payne and assistant coach Brent Thompson through the 2010-11 season.

COLLEGE

AKRON-Named Hunter Yurachek interim director of athletics.

APPALACHIAN STATE-Named Jamie Kachmarik and Jason Capel men's assistant basketball coaches.

BOWIE STATE-Named Darrell Brooks men's basketball coach.

FORDHAM-Named Bette-Ann Speliotis Liguori women's tennis coach.

IUPUI-Named Nicole Cirillo assistant head volleyball coach.

OHIO-Named Skyler Young women's assistant basketball coach.

NEW MEXICO-Named Shannon Cross women's assistant soccer coach.

PRESBYTERIAN-Named Brandon Tucker men's assistant soccer coach.

WAGNER-Named Andrew Recchione men's assistant lacrosse coach.

Tennis

Wimbledon seeded players

Tuesday

At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Wimbledon, England

Men

First Round

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.

Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.

Andy Roddick (6), United States, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3.

Gilles Simon (8), France, def. Bobby Reynolds, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Fernando Gonzalez (10), Chile, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3.

Nikolay Davydenko (12), Russia, def. Daniel Evans, Britain, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Marat Safin (14), Russia, lost to Jesse Levine, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

David Ferrer (16), Spain, def. Kevin Kim, United States, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Stanislas Wawrinka (19), Switzerland, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.

Tomas Berdych (20), Czech Republic, def. Alex Bogdanovic, Britain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Radek Stepanek (23), Czech Republic, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

Tommy Haas (24), Germany, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (0), 6-3, 6-4.

Dmitry Tursunov (25), Russia, lost to Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-4, 6-2, 3-0, retired.

Jurgen Melzer (26), Austria, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.

Viktor Troicki (30), Serbia, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

Victor Hanescu (31), Romania, def. Ivan Navarro, Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 12-10.

Nicolas Kiefer (33), Germany, lost to Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Women

First Round

Dinara Safina (1), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-5, 6-3.

Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, def. Akiko Morigami, Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (1).

Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (0).

Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, vs. Georgie Stoop, Britain, 7-6 (0), 4-6, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki (9), Denmark, def. Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Agnieszka Radwanska (11), Poland, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 7-5, 6-1.

Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 8-6.

Flavia Pennetta (15), Italy, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Amelie Mauresmo (17), France, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

Samantha Stosur (18), Australia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2.

Li Na (19), China, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 6-0.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (20), Spain, def. Marta Domachowska, Poland, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Alize Cornet (22), France, lost to Vera Dushevina, Russia, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.

Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, lost to Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Sybille Bammer (29), Austria, lost to Melanie Oudin, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Agnes Szavay (30), Hungary, lost to Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 7-5, 6-4.

Anna Chakvetadze (32), Russia, lost to Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.



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