SCOREBOARD
Area events
Wednesday
NORTHWOODS LEAGUE
Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers at Alexandria 6:05 p.m.
LEGION BASEBALL
Nisswa at Little Falls 5 p.m. (2)
Staples-Motley at Sebeka 6:30 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), 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
CYCLING
7:30 a.m., VERSUS: Tour de France, stage 5,
11 a.m., VERSUS: Tour de France, stage 5,
7 p.m., VERSUS: Tour de France, stage 5,
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m., ESPN: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets
7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins v s. Yankees
Baseball
Northwoods League
Second half
Through Saturday
North Division W L GB
Thunder Bay 3 0 -
Rochester 4 1 -
St. Cloud 2 1 1
Alexandria 2 2 1.5
*Mankato 1 2 2
Brainerd 1 2 2
Duluth 1 2 2
South Division W L GB
Madison 3 0 -
LaCrosse 2 1 1
Green Bay 2 1 1
Battle Creek 1 2 2
Waterloo 1 2 2
*Eau Claire 0 4 3.5
Wisconsin 0 3 3
*First-half champion
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 50 33 .602 -
New York 49 34 .590 1
Tampa Bay 45 39 .536 5 1/2
Toronto 43 42 .506 8
Baltimore 36 47 .434 14
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 45 38 .542 -
Chicago 43 40 .518 2
Minnesota 43 41 .512 2 1/2
Kansas City 36 47 .434 9
Cleveland 33 51 .393 12 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 46 35 .568 -
Texas 45 36 .556 1
Seattle 43 39 .524 3 1/2
Oakland 35 47 .427 11 1/2
Monday's Games
Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6
Kansas City 4, Detroit 3
Oakland 6, Boston 0
L.A. Angels 9, Texas 4
Seattle 5, Baltimore 0
Tuesday's Games
Detroit 8, Kansas City 5
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1, 11 innings
Boston 5, Oakland 2
N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 2
Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 6
Texas at L.A. Angels
Baltimore at Seattle
Wednesday's Games
Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 2-2) at Seattle (Vargas 3-3), 3:40 p.m.
Kansas City (Greinke 10-4) at Detroit (French 0-0), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Tallet 5-6) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-5), 6:08 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 5-7) at Boston (Wakefield 10-3), 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 7-4) at Minnesota (Perkins 4-4), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Laffey 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 3-7), 7:11 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 6-4) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-4), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 43 38 .531 -
Florida 43 41 .512 1 1/2
Atlanta 40 43 .482 4
New York 39 43 .476 4 1/2
Washington 24 56 .300 18 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 46 39 .541 -
Milwaukee 43 40 .518 2
Chicago 41 40 .506 3
Cincinnati 41 41 .500 3 1/2
Houston 40 42 .488 4 1/2
Pittsburgh 38 46 .452 7 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 53 30 .639 -
San Francisco 45 37 .549 7 1/2
Colorado 43 39 .524 9 1/2
San Diego 35 47 .427 17 1/2
Arizona 34 49 .410 19
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 22, Cincinnati 1
Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1
Colorado 1, Washington 0
Arizona 6, San Diego 5
San Francisco 5, Florida 4
Tuesday's Games
Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3
L.A. Dodgers 8, N.Y. Mets 0
Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 0
Washington at Colorado
San Diego at Arizona
Florida at San Francisco
Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh (Morton 1-1) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 7-6), 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Kawakami 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 4-3), 1:20 p.m.
Washington (Detwiler 0-4) at Colorado (De La Rosa 5-7), 2:10 p.m.
San Diego (Gaudin 4-7) at Arizona (Scherzer 5-6), 2:40 p.m.
Florida (Volstad 5-8) at San Francisco (Sadowski 2-0), 2:45 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-0) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Redding 1-3), 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wellemeyer 7-7) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-6), 7:05 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Signed LHP Mike Tejera and INF Justin Toole to a minor league contracts and assigned Tejera to Akron (EL) and Toole to Mahoning Valley (NYP).
TEXAS RANGERS-Activated RHP Dustin Nippert from the 60-DL. Optioned OF Julio Borbon to Oklahoma City (PCL).