Scoreboard
Area events
Thursday
Northwoods League baseball
Brainerd Blue Thunder at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Legion baseball
McGregor at Aitkin, 6 p.m.
Friday
Drag racing
Pleasureland RV Show and Go, Brainerd International Raceway
Northwoods League baseball
Brainerd Blue Thunder at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Legion baseball
Nisswa at Park Rapids, 5 p.m. (2)
Staples vs. Bertha-Hewitt at Bertha, 5:30 p.m. (2)
Amateur baseball
Cuyuna Range Miners vs. Lakes Area Lightning, Mills Field, 7:30 p.m.
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), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), KFGI-FM (101.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)
WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)
Thursday
Golf
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Open de France, first round
1 p.m., ESPN: USGA, U.S. Women's Open Championship, first round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Buick Open, first round
5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, Peek 'n Peak Classic, first round
MLB
Noon, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins vs. Toronto
NBA
6:30 p.m., ESPN: NBA Draft
Soccer
6 p.m., ESPN2: MLS, Colorado at D.C.
Tennis
7 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships
Friday
Arena football
6:30 p.m., ESPN: Playoffs, wild card game, teams TBA
Auto racing
7 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, practice for French Grand Prix
11 a.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, practice for Lenox Industrial Tools 300
12:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Busch Series, practice for Camping World 200
2 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Lenox Industrial Tools 300
Boxing
9 p.m., ESPN2: Card TBA
Golf
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Open de France, second round
Noon, TGC: Champions Tour, Commerce Bank Championship, first round
1 p.m., ESPN: USGA, U.S. Women's Open Championship, second round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Buick Open, second round
5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, Peek 'n Peak Classic, second round
MLB
1:10 p.m., WGN: Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs
6 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Detroit
Sailing
7:30 a.m., VERSUS: America's Cup, race 5
Tennis
7 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 48 29 .623 -
Toronto 39 38 .506 9
New York 36 39 .480 11
Baltimore 34 43 .442 14
Tampa Bay 33 43 .434 14 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 45 31 .592 -
Cleveland 45 32 .584 1/2
Minnesota 39 37 .513 6
Chicago 32 42 .432 12
Kansas City 33 46 .418 13 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 49 30 .620 -
Seattle 42 33 .560 5
Oakland 40 37 .519 8
Texas 32 45 .416 16
Tuesday's Games
Texas 9, Detroit 6
Cleveland 8, Oakland 5
Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 1
Minnesota 2, Toronto 1, 12 innings
Seattle 8, Boston 7
Kansas City 12, L.A. Angels 4
Wednesday's Games
Texas at Detroit, ppd., rain
Kansas City 1, L.A. Angels 0
Seattle 2, Boston 1, 11 innings
Oakland 13, Cleveland 7
Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 5, Minnesota 4
Thursday's Games
Oakland (Blanton 7-4) at Cleveland (Byrd 6-3), 11:05 a.m.
Texas (Millwood 4-6) at Detroit (Rogers 1-0), 12:05 p.m.
Toronto (Burnett 5-6) at Minnesota (Silva 5-8), 12:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Wang 7-4) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 6-8), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 5-3), 6:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Texas at Boston, 6:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Toronto at Seattle, 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 43 33 .566 -
Atlanta 41 38 .519 3 1/2
Philadelphia 40 37 .519 3 1/2
Florida 36 42 .462 8
Washington 32 46 .410 12
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 46 32 .590 -
Chicago 38 39 .494 7 1/2
St. Louis 34 41 .453 10 1/2
Pittsburgh 33 44 .429 12 1/2
Houston 32 46 .410 14
Cincinnati 30 48 .385 16
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 44 33 .571 -
San Diego 44 33 .571 -
Arizona 44 34 .564 1/2
Colorado 38 40 .487 6 1/2
San Francisco 33 44 .429 11
Tuesday's Games
Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2
Philadelphia 11, Cincinnati 4
St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 3, 11 innings
Atlanta 6, Washington 2
Chicago Cubs 8, Colorado 5
Milwaukee 11, Houston 5
L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 5, 10 innings
San Diego 3, San Francisco 2, 10 innings
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee 6, Houston 3, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 4
San Diego 4, San Francisco 2
Pittsburgh 7, Florida 5, 10 innings
Cincinnati 9, Philadelphia 6
N.Y. Mets 2, St. Louis 0, 5 1/2 innings, rain
Atlanta 13, Washington 0
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Pittsburgh (Duke 3-6) at Florida (Olsen 5-6), 11:05 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 8-6) at Arizona (R.Johnson 4-2), 5:40 p.m.
Cincinnati (Belisle 5-5) at Philadelphia (Eaton 7-5), 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 6-6) at N.Y. Mets (O.Hernandez 3-3), 6:10 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 4-5) at Houston (Oswalt 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m., 1st game
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m., 2nd game
Atlanta at Florida, 6:05 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.
Colorado at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 9:40 p.m.
Wednesday
linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 001 000 000 - 1 5 1
Los Angeles 000 000 000 - 0 10 0
De La Rosa, Riske (7), Soria (8), Dotel (9) and LaRue; JdWeaver, Moseley (8) and Napoli, JMolina (8). W-De La Rosa 5-9. L-JdWeaver 6-4. Sv-Dotel (8).
Boston 000 000 100 00 -1 7 0
Seattle 001 000 000 01 -2 6 1
(11 innings)
Matsuzaka, Okajima (9), Papelbon (9), Pineiro (11) and Varitek; Feierabend, Green (6), Sherrill (7), Morrow (7), Putz (9), JaDavis (10) and Burke. W-JaDavis 2-0. L-Pineiro 1-1.
New York 000 000 000 - 0 5 0
Baltimore 000 004 00x - 4 7 0
Clemens, Bruney (7), MRivera (8) and Posada; Bedard, JWalker (8), Bradford (9) and RaHernandez. W-Bedard 6-4. L-Clemens 1-3. HR-Baltimore, Huff (5).
Chicago 000 000 230 - 5 11 1
Tampa Bay 001 110 000 - 3 9 1
Buehrle, MacDougal (8), Logan (8), Jenks (9) and Pierzynski; Sonnanstine, Glover (7), Camp (8), Reyes (9) and Casanova. W-Buehrle 5-4. L-Glover 3-3. Sv-Jenks (20).
Oakland 360 001 102 - 13 18 0
Cleveland 020 003 200 - 7 11 0
DiNardo, Lewis (6), Braden (6), Casilla (8) and Suzuki; Carmona, Stanford (2), Mujica (7) and VMartinez. W-DiNardo 3-4. L-Carmona 8-4. HRs-Oakland, ShStewart (6), Cust (13), Suzuki (2). Cleveland, Blake (11), Hafner (12), JhPeralta (13), Gutierrez (4).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 000 002 020 - 4 6 1
Chicago 013 100 10x - 6 6 0
Hirsh, Affeldt (7), Corpas (8) and Torrealba; CZambrano, Petrick (7), Ohman (8), Marmol (9) and KHill. W-CZambrano 9-6. L-Hirsh 3-7. Sv-Marmol (1). HRs-Colorado, Atkins (9). Chicago, Fontenot (3), DeRosa (7).
Houston 001 101 000 00 -3 8 1
Milwaukee 020 010 000 03 -6 9 0
(11 innings)
WWilliams, Qualls (7), Wheeler (9), TreMiller (11), Borkowski (11) and Ausmus; Suppan, Wise (7), Turnbow (8), FCordero (9), Bush (10) and DMiller. W-Bush 6-6. L-Borkowski 1-3. HRs-Houston, Berkman (11). Milwaukee, DMiller (1).
San Diego 000 010 030 - 4 8 0
San Francisco 010 000 010 - 2 7 1
Maddux, HBell (8), Hoffman (9) and Barrett; Cain, Hennessey (8), Chulk (9) and BMolina. W-Maddux 7-4. L-Cain 2-9. Sv-Hoffman (21). HRs-San Diego, KGreene (13). San Francisco, Feliz (12).
Pittsburgh 002 120 000 2 -7 11 0
Florida 000 210 110 0 -5 9 0
(10 innings)
VanBenschtn, Wasdin (5), Kuwata (7), Marte (7), Grabow (8), Chacon (8), Capps (10) and Doumit, Paulino (10); Mitre, JuMiller (7), Pinto (8), Gregg (9) and Olivo. W-Chacon 4-1. L-Gregg 0-3. Sv-Capps (7). HRs-Pittsburgh, JBautista (7), Nady 2 (13), Doumit (4). Florida, HaRamirez (11).
Washington 000 000 000 - 0 8 0
Atlanta 102 432 10x - 13 22 0
Bowie, Ayala (4), Traber (5), Rivera (7), Rauch (8) and Schneider, Flores (7); Smoltz, Villarreal (6), Ledezma (8), Paronto (9) and McCann, Saltalamacchi (7). W-Smoltz 9-4. L-Bowie 4-3. HR-Atlanta, McCann (7).
St. Louis 000 000 - 0 1 0
New York 200 00x - 2 2 0
(5 1/2 innings, rain)
Reyes and GBennett; TGlavine and Lo Duca. W-TGlavine 7-5. L-Reyes 0-10. HR-New York, Wright (13).
Cincinnati 000 000 612 - 9 9 0
Philadelphia 000 030 300 - 6 10 1
Harang, Coutlangus (7), McBeth (7), Weathers (8) and Ross, JaValentin (7), Moeller (8); Moyer, Geary (7), Zagurski (7), Sanches (8), Madson (8), Mesa (9) and Ruiz. W-McBeth 2-1. L-Sanches 1-1. Sv-Weathers (15). HRs-Cincinnati, Dunn (22). Philadelphia, Howard (18).
Late Tuesday
linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 000 142 050 - 12 13 1
Los Angeles 001 011 001 - 4 10 3
Meche, Greinke (7), JoPeralta (8) and Buck; ESantana, Bootcheck (6), Oliver (8) and JMolina. W-Meche 5-6. L-ESantana 5-8. HRs-Kansas City, Gordon (6), Butler (1), Buck (14). Los Angeles, Morales (2).
Boston 101 022 010 - 7 14 1
Seattle 310 022 00x - 8 12 1
Gabbard, Delcarmen (4), Lopez (6), Timlin (7), Okajima (8) and Varitek; FHernandez, O'Flaherty (6), Morrow (7), Sherrill (8), Putz (8) and Johjima. W-O'Flaherty 5-0. L-Lopez 1-1. Sv-Putz (22). HRs-Boston, Hinske (3). Seattle, Sexson (15), Bloomquist (2).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 020 300 000 1 -6 12 1
Arizona 210 200 000 0 -5 8 1
(10 innings)
Billingsley, Seanez (5), Hendrickson (6), Broxton (8), Saito (10) and Martin; EdGonzalez, Nippert (5), JuCruz (7), Choate (8), Lyon (8), Slaten (10) and Montero. W-Broxton 3-2. L-Slaten 3-1. Sv-Saito (21). HRs-Los Angeles, Loney (3), TAbreu (1). Arizona, Byrnes (13), CBYoung (11), Reynolds (5).
San Diego 010 000 100 1 -3 7 3
San Francisco 100 000 010 0 -2 11 0
(10 innings)
DWells, HBell (7), Linebrink (8), Ring (9), Meredith (9), Hoffman (10) and Bard, Barrett (9); Zito, Messenger (9) and BMolina. W-Meredith 3-5. L-Messenger 1-2. Sv-Hoffman (20). HRs-San Diego, Cameron (10), KGreene (12), Kouzmanoff (6).
American Legion
State coaches and media poll
1-Eden Prairie 147
2-Burnsville 119
3-Apple Valley 76ers 95
4-Tri-City Red 88
5-Coon Rapids 69
6-Rochester A's 64
7-Oakdale 27
8-Duluth Lakeview 26
9-Lakeview North 25
10-Bloomington Gold 23
11-Hopkins 22
12-West St. Paul 17
13-St. Paul Hamline 15
14-Moorhead 13
15t-Eagan 10
15t-St. Paul Park 10
17t-Hastings 9
17t-Excelsior 9
19-Alexandria 6
20t-Bemidji 5
20t-Tri-City Blue 5
Others receiving votes: Chaska 4, North St. Paul 3, Thief River Falls 3, Brainerd 2, Rochester Redhawks 2, Sauk Rapids 2, Maple Grove 1, Mahtomedi 1, New Prague 1, Perham 1, Wayzata 1
Basketball
WNBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Sacramento 10 4 .714 -
San Antonio 8 5 .615 1 1/2
Seattle 7 6 .538 2 1/2
Phoenix 8 7 .533 2 1/2
Los Angeles 6 6 .500 3
Minnesota 4 10 .286 6
Houston 3 11 .214 7
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Detroit 11 2 .846 -
Indiana 10 3 .769 1
New York 7 7 .500 4 1/2
Chicago 6 8 .429 5 1/2
Connecticut 5 10 .333 7
Washington 4 10 .286 7 1/2
Tuesday's Games
Washington 91, Connecticut 75
Houston 75, San Antonio 67
Seattle 94, Chicago 76
Sacramento 59, New York 46
Wednesday's Games
Detroit 77, Connecticut 74
Sacramento at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Seattle at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Friday's Games
Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m.
Indiana at Connecticut, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon
Seeds Fared
Wednesday
At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Wimbledon, England
Men
Second Round
Andy Roddick (3), United States, def. Danai Udomchoke, Thailand, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Fernando Gonzalez (5), Chile, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Ana Ivanovic (6), Serbia, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 6-0, 7-6 (3).
Elena Dementieva (12), Russia, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 6-2, 7-6 (7).
Dinara Safina (13), Russia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-5, 7-6 (7).
Nicole Vaidisova (14), Czech Republic, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Tatiana Golovin (17), France, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 5-7, 6-3, 8-6.
Tathiana Garbin (21), Italy, def. Yan Zi, China, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (22), Spain, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Mara Santangelo (28), Italy, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Francesca Schiavone (29), Italy, def. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
Martina Muller (32), Germany, def. Anna Smashnova, Israel, 6-0, 6-0.
Second Round
Justine Henin (1), Belgium, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-0, 6-4.
Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1.
Serena Williams (7), United States, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Martina Hingis (9), Switzerland, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 6-1, 6-2.
Shahar Peer (16), Israel, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-4, 7-5.
Marion Bartoli (18), France, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-5, 6-2.
Laura Granville, United States, def. Sybille Bammer (20), Austria, 6-1, 6-4.
Milagros Sequera, Venezuela, def. Samantha Stosur (27), Australia, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Placed LHP Aaron Fultz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 24. Recalled RHP Edward Mujica from Buffalo (IL).
National League
FLORIDA MARLINS-Placed INF Aaron Boone on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 22. Purchased the contract of OF Todd Linden from Albuquerque (PCL). Transferred OF Cody Ross from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Optioned INF Chase Headley to San Antonio (Texas). Recalled RHP Mike Thompson from Portland (PCL).
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS-Agreed to terms with D Matt Hunwick. SOCCER
COLLEGE
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE-Named Andy Bradshaw men's assistant basketball coach.
ARMY-Named Tony Coaxum assistant football coach.
COLUMBIA-Named Jana Woolley assistant field hockey coach and Wendy Andreatta volunteer assistant field hockey coach.
DAVIDSON-Named Jon Mackey men's assistant soccer coach.
LOUISIANA-MONROE-Announced men's basketball F Lawrence Gilbert will transfer from Miami.
SAMFORD-Named Greg McLain academic advisor.
SAN DIEGO-Named Booker T. Harris director of men's basketball operations.
WESTERN MICHIGAN-Named Phil Sayers coordinator of basketball operations.
Fishing
Minnesota Report
By Outdoor News
BRAINERD/NISSWA AREA
Pitch a weedless jig and leech combination in the 13- to 18-foot weedbeds of North Long Lake and Gull Lake for walleyes. The main-lake weeds of most lakes are holding numbers of bass and northern pike. Large sucker minnows and spinnerbaits tend to produce bigger fish. Panfish action is now taking place in 8 to 12 feet on area lakes.
CROSBY AREA
A few walleyes continue to be caught during low-light periods on the Mississippi River and Serpent Lake. Midday hours are best spent chasing panfish and bass on the weed edges of lakes Mahnomen, Black Hoof, East Rabbit, Clinker and Horseshoe. Northern pike are being taken with crankbaits or sucker minnows on most lakes, and trout fishing remains consistent in the pits about 25 to 30 feet from the surface.
CROSSLAKE AREA
Lindy rigs tipped with leeches or redtails are triggering walleyes in 18 to 26 feet at Pelican Lake, Crosslake and the Whitefish chain. Northern pike are hitting spinnerbaits along the weed edges of most lakes, while plastics remain the ticket for bass in 4 to 8 feet. Work the weedlines, docks, or other shaded areas for bigger bass. Look to the weedlines of most lakes for panfish, as well.
HACKENSACK AREA
Largemouth and smallmouth bass action has been excellent in this area with lakes such as Birch, Ten Mile, Stony, and Webb leading the way. Walleye reports have dropped off, but crappies continue to be pulled from many lakes in 12 to 15 feet with minnows. Sunfish activity also is strong with Five Point Lake and Pleasant Lake kicking out nice fish.
LAKE MILLE LACS
EAST - Daytime action has been reduced to a few walleyes on the deep gravel and mud. Some of the best catches are coming with deep-diving crankbaits or leeches and rigs. Slip bobbers and leeches are the way to go on the 8- to 12- foot rocks after sunset. Mayflies have been a big issue this week. Rock-covered areas are producing smallmouths, and muskie reports have been limited.
WEST - A noticeable mayfly hatch may be contributing to a slower day bite, but some fish continue to be caught on spinners tipped with rainbow minnows or crawlers, on the tops and edges of the mud flats. The best action is coming to those using slip bobbers and leeches, after dark, off the flats in 28 to 32 feet of water. The weedlines in St. Alban's Bay started giving up some pike this week.