Scoreboard
Area events
THURSDAY
Northwoods League baseball
Brainerd Blue Thunder at Mankato, 7:05 p.m.
Legion baseball
Aitkin at Royalton, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY
Northwoods League baseball
Thunder Bay vs. Brainerd Blue Thunder, Mills Field, 7:05 p.m.
Legion baseball
Wood bats, 9 innings
Brainerd at Nisswa, 5 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
Auto racing
3:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, practice for Pepsi 400
4:30 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Busch Series, final practice for Winn-Dixie 250
5:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, Happy Hour Series, final practice for Pepsi 400
7 p.m., SPEED: Rolex Sports Car Series, Brumos Porsche 250
Golf
9 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, European Open, first round
1 p.m., ESPN: USGA, U.S. Senior Open Championship, first round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, AT&T National, first round
Major League Baseball
Noon, FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Yankees (replay 7 p.m.)
9 p.m., TBS: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers
Sailing
7:30 a.m., VERSUS: Americas Cup, reserve day
Soccer
7 p.m., ESPN2: MLS, New York at Houston
Tennis
7 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships, womens semifinal
11 a.m., NBC: Wimbledon Championships, womens semifinal
FRIDAY
Auto racing
8 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, practice for British Grand Prix
Noon, ESPN2: NASCAR, Busch Series, qualifying for Winn-Dixie 250
3 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Pepsi 400
7 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Busch Series, Winn-Dixie 250
Boxing
9:30 p.m., ESPN2: Lightweights, Nate Campbell vs. Wilson Alcorro
Golf
9 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, European Open, second round
1 p.m., ESPN: USGA, U.S. Senior Open Championship, second round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, AT&T National, second round
Major League Baseball
1 p.m., KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Chicago White Sox
7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at White Sox
9 p.m., TBS: Atlanta at San Diego
Sailing
7:30 a.m., VERSUS: Americas Cup, reserve day
Tennis
7 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships, mens semifinal
11 a.m., NBC: Wimbledon Championships, mens semifinal
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 52 31 .627 -
Toronto 41 43 .488 11 1/2
New York 39 42 .481 12
Baltimore 37 46 .446 15
Tampa Bay 33 50 .398 19
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 51 33 .607 -
Detroit 48 34 .585 2
Minnesota 43 40 .518 7 1/2
Chicago 36 45 .444 13 1/2
Kansas City 36 48 .429 15
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 51 32 .614 -
Seattle 45 35 .563 4 1/2
Oakland 43 41 .512 8 1/2
Texas 35 48 .422 16
Tuesday's Games
Boston 4, Tampa Bay 1
Cleveland 5, Detroit 4, 11 innings
N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 0
Kansas City 17, Seattle 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore 1
Texas 8, L.A. Angels 3
Oakland 3, Toronto 1
Wednesdays Games
Boston 7, Tampa Bay 5
Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Toronto 10, Oakland 3
Detroit 6, Cleveland 4
Baltimore 9, Chicago White Sox 6
Seattle at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:35 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Minnesota (Slowey 3-0) at
N.Y. Yankees (Igawa 2-2), 12:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Sabathia 12-2) at
Detroit (Verlander 9-3), 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Howell 1-2) at
Boston (Beckett 11-2), 6:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Burres 4-2) at
Chicago White Sox (Danks 4-6), 7:11 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Escobar 9-3) at
Texas (Tejeda 5-7), 7:35 p.m.
Seattle (Batista 8-6) at
Oakland (Gaudin 7-3), 9:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m., 1st game
Minnesota at
Chicago White Sox, 7:11 p.m., 2nd game
Boston at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Texas, 7:35 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 46 36 .561 -
Atlanta 43 41 .512 4
Philadelphia 43 42 .506 4 1/2
Florida 39 45 .464 8
Washington 34 50 .405 13
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 48 36 .571 -
Chicago 42 41 .506 5 1/2
St. Louis 38 43 .469 8 1/2
Pittsburgh 37 47 .440 11
Houston 37 48 .435 11 1/2
Cincinnati 32 52 .381 16
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 47 35 .573 -
Los Angeles 48 36 .571 -
Arizona 47 39 .547 2
Colorado 41 43 .488 7
San Francisco 36 46 .439 11
Tuesday's Games
Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 2
Chicago Cubs 3, Washington 1
Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 3
Colorado 11, N.Y. Mets 3
Houston 5, Philadelphia 4, 13 innings
Arizona 7, St. Louis 1
Florida 6, San Diego 4
L.A. Dodgers 7, Atlanta 6
Wednesday's Games
Washington 6, Chicago Cubs 0
San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 5
Philadelphia 8, Houston 3
Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 3
St. Louis 5, Arizona 4
N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 7:05 p.m.
Florida at San Diego, 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee (Sheets 10-3) at
Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 8-4), 11:35 a.m.
Florida (Kim 3-4) at
San Diego (Peavy 9-2), 2:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Marshall 4-3) at
Washington (Bergmann 1-5), 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Morris 7-4) at
Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-9), 6:10 p.m.
Arizona (Davis 5-9) at
St. Louis (Wainwright 6-7), 6:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 9-4) at
Houston (Jennings 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (T.Hudson 8-5) at
L.A. Dodgers (Penny 10-1), 9:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
Arizona at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 9:40 p.m.
Linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 010 000 400 - 5 9 0
Boston 100 330 00x - 7 9 0
EJackson, Stokes (6), Fossum (7) and Casanova; Wakefield, Lopez (7), Delcarmen (7), Papelbon (9) and Mirabelli. W-Wakefield 9-8. L-EJackson 1-9. Sv-Papelbon (20). HRs-Tampa Bay, Casanova (4). Boston, Lowell (13).
Toronto 402 101 020 - 10 9 2
Oakland 000 000 030 - 3 7 0
McGowan, De Jong (8), Tallet (8) and Zaun; JKennedy, Komine (1), Marshall (8) and Kendall. W-McGowan 5-4. L-JKennedy 2-7. HRs-Toronto, VWells (12), Stairs (13).
Cleveland 001 010 200 - 4 10 0
Detroit 110 300 10x - 6 12 1
Westbrook, Mujica (7), FCabrera (8) and VMartinez; Rogers, Grilli (6), McBride (7), Miner (7), TJones (9) and IRodriguez. W-Rogers 3-0. L-Westbrook 1-4. Sv-TJones (21). HR-Cleveland, Hafner (14).
Baltimore 004 022 100 - 9 14 3
Chicago 020 001 003 - 6 9 3
Olson, RBell (5), Shuey (7), JWalker (9) and Bako; Contreras, Aardsma (6), Logan (7), MacDougal (7), Bukvich (9) and THall. W-RBell 2-1. L-Contreras 5-10. HRs-Baltimore, Gibbons (4). Chicago, Mackowiak (4), Fields (4).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 000 000 000 - 0 5 1
Nationals 100 050 00x - 6 11 1
RHill, Petrick (7), Eyre (8) and Bowen; Chico, Rivera (8), King (9) and Flores. W-Chico 4-5. L-RHill 5-6. HRs-Washington, Zimmerman (13), DYoung (8).
Phillies 010 021 040 - 8 13 2
Houston 001 000 011 - 3 13 0
Hamels, Madson (8), Sanches (9) and Coste; Sampson, TreMiller (7), McLemore (8), Moehler (9) and Munson. W-Hamels 10-4. L-Sampson 6-6. HRs-Philadelphia, Rollins (15), Howard (20), Burrell (10), Helms (3). Houston, Pence (11), Munson (2).
Giants 000 502 002 - 9 13 1
Cincinnati 012 001 001 - 5 12 0
Cain, Kline (6), Misch (7), Messenger (8), Taschner (9) and Rodriguez; Belisle, Stone (5), Gosling (7), McBeth (9), Salmon (9) and JaValentin. W-Cain 3-9. L-Belisle 5-6. HRs-San Francisco, Durham (8), Aurilia (3), FLewis (3), MaSweeney (2).
Northwoods League
North Division W-L Pct. GB
St. Cloud 21-12 .636 -
Duluth 20-12 .625 1/2
Alexandria 17-16 .515 4
Rochester 16-16 .500 4 1/2
Mankato 15-17 .469 5 1/2
Thunder Bay 12-20 .375 8 1/2
Brainerd 11-21 .344 9 1/2
South Division W-L Pct. GB
Green Bay 23-8 .767 -
La Crosse 17-14 .548 6
Eau Claire 15-17 .469 8 1/2
Madison 15-17 .469 8 1/2
Wisconsin 15-17 .469 8 1/2
Battle Creek 14-18 .438 9 1/2
Waterloo 13-19 .406 10 1/2
Tuesday's games
St. Cloud 3, Battle Creek 0
Mankato 7, Thunder Bay 3
Wisconsin 8, Eau Claire 1
Rochester 8, Alexandria 7
Duluth 4, Brainerd 1
Madison 5, Waterloo 2
Green Bay at La Crosse, ppd. rain
Wednesday's games
St. Cloud at Alexandria, 6:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Waterloo, 4:05 p.m.
Brainerd at Mankato, 6:05 p.m.
Rochester at Duluth, 6:05 p.m.
Madison at Thunder Bay, 6:05 p.m.
Wisconsin at Battle Creek, 6:05 p.m.
La Crosse at Eau Claire, 6:05 p.m.
Thursday's games
Madison at Thunder Bay, 6:05 p.m.
Wisconsin at Battle Creek, 6:05 p.m.
Brainerd at Mankato, 7:05 p.m.
Rochester at Duluth, 7:05 p.m.
Eau Claire at La Crosse, 7:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Waterloo, 7:05 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Detroit 11 4 .733 -
Indiana 11 4 .733 -
Chicago 8 8 .500 3 1/2
New York 8 8 .500 3 1/2
Connecticut 6 10 .375 5 1/2
Washington 5 12 .294 7
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Sacramento 11 6 .647 -
San Antonio 10 6 .625 1/2
Phoenix 10 7 .588 1
Seattle 9 7 .563 1 1/2
Los Angeles 7 9 .438 3 1/2
Minnesota 5 12 .294 6
Houston 4 12 .250 6 1/2
Tuesday's Games
San Antonio 84, Washington 79
Phoenix 95, Minnesota 79
Seattle 90, Los Angeles 71
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Indiana at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Friday's Games
New York at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Connecticut at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon
Results
Wednesday
At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Wimbledon, England
Purse: $22.56 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Third Round
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Robin Soderling (28), Sweden, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 4-6, 7-5.
Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Fourth Round
Andy Roddick (3), United States, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Women
Fourth Round
Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 6-1, 6-3.
Quarterfinals
Marion Bartoli (18), France, def. Michaella Krajicek (31), Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Justine Henin (1), Belgium, def. Serena Williams (7), United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Purchased the contract of LHP Garrett Olson from Norfolk (IL). Designated RHP Scott Williamson for assignment.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Claimed LHP Sean Thompson off waivers from San Diego (NL).
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Placed RHP Al Reyes on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP Jon Switzer from Durham (IL).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Placed LHP Randy Wolf on the 15-day DL and LHP Hong-Chih Kuo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 1. Recalled LHP Eric Stults from Las Vegas (PCL).
NEW YORK METS-Purchased the contract of C Sandy Alomar Jr. from New Orleans (PCL). Optioned LHP Jason Vargas to New Orleans. Transferred RHP Duaner Sanchez from the 15-day to the 60-day DL.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Placed LHP Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Scott Atchison from Fresno (PCL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Signed F Jared Dudley to a two-year contract. Agreed to terms with G Matt Carroll on a six-year contract.
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS-Signed F Kevin Durant and F Jeff Green.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed D Maxim Kondratiev to a one-year contract.
ATLANTA THRASHERS-Re-signed F Slava Kozlov to a three-year contract.
BUFFALO SABRES-Re-signed D Teppo Numminen.
CALGARY FLAMES-Signed RW Jarome Iginla and D Robyn Regehr to five-year contract extensions and F Grant Stevenson to a one-year contract.
EDMONTON OILERS-Re-signed D Matt Greene to a two-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS-Signed F Tom Kostopoulos to a two-year contract.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Signed F Ruslan Fedotenko to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Acquired D Bryce Lampman from the New York Rangers for LW Mitch Fritz.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Signed G Vesa Toskala to a two-year extension through the 2009-10 season.