Scoreboard

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL

Brainerd Mighty Gulls at Mankato 7:05 p.m.

Legion Baseball

Brainerd at Little Falls 6 p.m. (2)

Kimball at Pierz 7:30 p.m.

Friday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL

Brainerd Mighty Gulls at St. Cloud 7:05 p.m.

Amateur Baseball

Ultimate Sports vs. Brainerd Braves, Adamson Field, 7:30 p.m.

Legion Baseball

Aitkin at Pierz 7:30 p.m.

YOUTH SOFTBALL

MSF girls' 16 and under and 18 and under state tournaments, Memorial Park, Mill Avenue and Central Lakes College fields, Brainerd

TV-Radio

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), 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), KLLZ-AM (1600)

Thursday

2 p.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, Senior Players Championship, first round

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Greater Milwaukee Open, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

FOXFAM -- Boston at N.Y. Mets

6:30 p.m.

TBS -- Baltimore at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

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

WNBA BASKETBALL

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Houston at Portland

Friday

AUTO RACING

7 p.m.

ESPN -- USAC, Sprint Car Series

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Card TBA

ESPN2 -- LPGA, Michelob Light Classic, first round

2 p.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, Senior Players Championship, second round

2:30 p.m.

FOXSN -- PGA, Greater Milwaukee Open, second round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

WGN -- Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs

6:30 p.m.

TBS -- Baltimore at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

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

MISCELLANEOUS

12:30 a.m.

ESPN2 -- Running of the Bulls

TRACK & FIELD

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Golden League Series, Bislett Games (same-day tape)

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 52 34 .605 --

Boston 51 36 .586 1 1/2

Toronto 42 46 .477 11

Baltimore 40 47 .460 12 1/2

Tampa Bay 27 61 .307 26

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 55 32 .632 --

Cleveland 49 36 .576 5

Chicago 41 44 .482 13

Detroit 36 48 .429 17 1/2

Kansas City 34 53 .391 21

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 63 24 .724 --

Oakland 44 43 .506 19

Anaheim 42 45 .483 21

Texas 35 52 .402 28

Wednesday's Games

No games scheduled

Thursday's Games

Chicago White Sox (K.Wells 5-5) at Chicago Cubs (Bere 6-4), 1:20 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Lopez 4-11) at Montreal (Mattes 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 9-7) at Florida (Burnett 5-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Colon 6-7) at Cincinnati (Reitsma 4-7), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Suppan 4-7) at Pittsburgh (J.Anderson 4-8), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Carpenter 7-5) at Philadelphia (Coggin 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 6-2) at N.Y. Mets (Leiter 4-8), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 5-5) at Atlanta (Maddux 10-5), 6:35 p.m.

Minnesota (Lohse 2-0) at Milwaukee (Haynes 6-10), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Weaver 7-8) at St. Louis (Kile 9-6), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (Astacio 6-9) at Texas (Rogers 4-6), 7:35 p.m.

Arizona (B.Anderson 2-4) at Anaheim (Schoeneweis 6-8), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Rueter 8-6) at Seattle (Abbott 7-2), 9:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Adams 4-2) at Oakland (Mulder 9-6), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 8-5), 2:20 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Kennedy 3-2) at Montreal (Vazquez 7-9), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-4) at Florida (Smith 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Parris 4-5) at Philadelphia (Daal 9-2), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Durbin 6-8) at Pittsburgh (Ritchie 5-9), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 7-3) at Cincinnati (Dessens 6-6), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Cone 4-1) at N.Y. Mets (Appier 5-8), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Towers 6-3) at Atlanta (Perez 6-6), 6:35 p.m.

Minnesota (Radke 10-4) at Milwaukee (Wright 8-5), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Sparks 6-3) at St. Louis (Matthews 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Hampton 9-5) at Texas (Helling 5-8), 7:35 p.m.

Arizona (Schilling 12-4) at Anaheim (Valdes 5-4), 0:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 9-5) at Seattle (Moyer 9-4), 9:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Park 8-5) at Oakland (Hudson 9-5), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 50 37 .575 --

Atlanta 49 38 .563 1

Florida 43 45 .489 7 1/2

New York 38 51 .427 13

Montreal 37 51 .421 13 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 51 35 .593 --

Houston 48 38 .558 3

St. Louis 43 43 .500 8

Milwaukee 42 44 .488 9

Pittsburgh 33 53 .384 18

Cincinnati 33 54 .379 18 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 51 36 .586 --

Los Angeles 48 40 .545 3 1/2

San Francisco 46 42 .523 5 1/2

San Diego 41 47 .466 10 1/2

Colorado 39 48 .448 12

Wednesday's Games

No games scheduled

Thursday's Games

Chicago White Sox (K.Wells 5-5) at Chicago Cubs (Bere 6-4), 1:20 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Lopez 4-11) at Montreal (Mattes 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 9-7) at Florida (Burnett 5-5), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Colon 6-7) at Cincinnati (Reitsma 4-7), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Suppan 4-7) at Pittsburgh (J.Anderson 4-8), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Carpenter 7-5) at Philadelphia (Coggin 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 6-2) at N.Y. Mets (Leiter 4-8), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 5-5) at Atlanta (Maddux 10-5), 6:35 p.m.

San Diego (Jones 4-12) at Houston (Reynolds 8-7), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Lohse 2-0) at Milwaukee (Haynes 6-10), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Weaver 7-8) at St. Louis (Kile 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Astacio 6-9) at Texas (Rogers 4-6), 7:35 p.m.

Arizona (B.Anderson 2-4) at Anaheim (Schoeneweis 6-8), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Rueter 8-6) at Seattle (Abbott 7-2), 9:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Adams 4-2) at Oakland (Mulder 9-6), 9:05 p.m.

Friday's Games

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 8-5), 2:20 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Kennedy 3-2) at Montreal (Vazquez 7-9), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-4) at Florida (Smith 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Parris 4-5) at Philadelphia (Daal 9-2), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Durbin 6-8) at Pittsburgh (Ritchie 5-9), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 7-3) at Cincinnati (Dessens 6-6), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Cone 4-1) at N.Y. Mets (Appier 5-8), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Towers 6-3) at Atlanta (Perez 6-6), 6:35 p.m.

San Diego (Eaton 8-5) at Houston (Oswalt 7-1), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Radke 10-4) at Milwaukee (Wright 8-5), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Sparks 6-3) at St. Louis (Matthews 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Hampton 9-5) at Texas (Helling 5-8), 7:35 p.m.

Arizona (Schilling 12-4) at Anaheim (Valdes 5-4), 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 9-5) at Seattle (Moyer 9-4), 9:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Park 8-5) at Oakland (Hudson 9-5), 9:05 p.m.

League leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING--RAlomar, Cleveland, .358; Suzuki, Seattle, .347; JGonzalez, Cleveland, .347; MRamirez, Boston, .335; MJSweeney, Kansas City, .333; McGriff, Tampa Bay, .330; Lawton, Minnesota, .325.

RUNS--Suzuki, Seattle, 76; ARodriguez, Texas, 74; MJSweeney, Kansas City, 70; Lawton, Minnesota, 67; Stewart, Toronto, 65; BBoone, Seattle, 65; Mondesi, Toronto, 62.

RBI--MRamirez, Boston, 84; BBoone, Seattle, 84; JGonzalez, Cleveland, 83; ARodriguez, Texas, 73; EMartinez, Seattle, 67; RPalmeiro, Texas, 67; MJSweeney, Kansas City, 65.

HITS--Suzuki, Seattle, 134; Stewart, Toronto, 118; MJSweeney, Kansas City, 114; RAlomar, Cleveland, 111; MRamirez, Boston, 110; BBoone, Seattle, 110; CGuzman, Minnesota, 107; JGonzalez, Cleveland, 107.

DOUBLES--MJSweeney, Kansas City, 35; EMartinez, Seattle, 27; Stewart, Toronto, 26; EChavez, Oakland, 25; JaGiambi, Oakland, 25; Fullmer, Toronto, 23; Lawton, Minnesota, 23; Greer, Texas, 23.

TRIPLES--CGuzman, Minnesota, 13; Suzuki, Seattle, 7; Stewart, Toronto, 6; Cedeno, Detroit, 6; RAlomar, Cleveland, 6; JEncarnacion, Detroit, 5; Cameron, Seattle, 5.

HOME RUNS--MRamirez, Boston, 26; Thome, Cleveland, 26; ARodriguez, Texas, 25; RPalmeiro, Texas, 25; CDelgado, Toronto, 24; JGonzalez, Cleveland, 23; Glaus, Anaheim, 22; BBoone, Seattle, 22.

STOLEN BASES--Suzuki, Seattle, 28; Cedeno, Detroit, 28; Knoblauch, New York, 26; Soriano, New York, 24; McLemore, Seattle, 23; Hairston, Baltimore, 19; Cameron, Seattle, 18.

PITCHING (10 Decisions)--Clemens, New York, 12-1, .923, 3.55; FGarcia, Seattle, 10-1, .909, 3.18; Sele, Seattle, 10-1, .909, 3.54; Milton, Minnesota, 8-3, .727, 3.73; Radke, Minnesota, 10-4, .714, 3.58; Sabathia, Cleveland, 7-3, .700, 4.72; BWells, Minnesota, 7-3, .700, 4.70.

STRIKEOUTS--PMartinez, Boston, 150; Clemens, New York, 122; Nomo, Boston, 115; Mussina, New York, 111; Zito, Oakland, 108; Hudson, Oakland, 106; Colon, Cleveland, 101.

SAVES--Sasaki, Seattle, 29; MRivera, New York, 29; Hawkins, Minnesota, 23; Percival, Anaheim, 21; Foulke, Chicago, 18; Isringhausen, Oakland, 17; Koch, Toronto, 16.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING--Berkman, Houston, .365; Alou, Houston, .362; Aurilia, San Francisco, .356; LGonzalez, Arizona, .355; LWalker, Colorado, .343; Floyd, Florida, .342; Polanco, St. Louis, .336.

RUNS--Helton, Colorado, 80; LGonzalez, Arizona, 75; Floyd, Florida, 73; Berkman, Houston, 72; SSosa, Chicago, 72; LWalker, Colorado, 72; Abreu, Philadelphia, 68.

RBI--LGonzalez, Arizona, 86; Helton, Colorado, 84; SSosa, Chicago, 83; LWalker, Colorado, 83; Berkman, Houston, 79; Klesko, San Diego, 75; Bonds, San Francisco, 73.

HITS--Aurilia, San Francisco, 120; LGonzalez, Arizona, 117; Berkman, Houston, 115; BGiles, Pittsburgh, 109; VGuerrero, Montreal, 107; Floyd, Florida, 107; Alou, Houston, 104.

DOUBLES--Helton, Colorado, 30; Berkman, Houston, 27; VGuerrero, Montreal, 27; BGiles, Pittsburgh, 27; ARamirez, Pittsburgh, 25; Abreu, Philadelphia, 24; Aurilia, San Francisco, 24; Kent, San Francisco, 24.

TRIPLES--Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; NPerez, Colorado, 8; Vina, St. Louis, 7; LCastillo, Florida, 6; OCabrera, Montreal, 5; Kent, San Francisco, 5; Goodwin, Los Angeles, 5.

HOME RUNS--Bonds, San Francisco, 39; LGonzalez, Arizona, 35; SSosa, Chicago, 29; LWalker, Colorado, 27; Helton, Colorado, 26; Berkman, Houston, 25; CJones, Atlanta, 25.

STOLEN BASES--Rollins, Philadelphia, 28; LCastillo, Florida, 25; Pierre, Colorado, 23; Abreu, Philadelphia, 23; Furcal, Atlanta, 22; Womack, Arizona, 19; Goodwin, Los Angeles, 18.

PITCHING (10 Decisions)--Daal, Philadelphia, 9-2, .818, 4.69; WMiller, Houston, 11-3, .786, 3.79; Schilling, Arizona, 12-4, .750, 3.20; Lieber, Chicago, 11-4, .733, 3.42; Penny, Florida, 7-3, .700, 3.63; Estes, San Francisco, 7-3, .700, 3.51; RDJohnson, Arizona, 11-5, .687, 2.71.

STRIKEOUTS--RDJohnson, Arizona, 202; Schilling, Arizona, 160; Wood, Chicago, 142; Park, Los Angeles, 137; Vazquez, Montreal, 114; Burkett, Atlanta, 110; Eaton, San Diego, 109.

SAVES--Nen, San Francisco, 26; Shaw, Los Angeles, 24; Mesa, Philadelphia, 24; Rocker, Atlanta, 19; BWagner, Houston, 19; Benitez, New York, 18; Hoffman, San Diego, 18.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

TEXAS RANGERS--Activated RHP Dan Kolb from the 60-day disabled list and assigned him outright to Oklahoma of PCL.

National League

NEW YORK METS--Announced OF Darryl Hamilton has cleared waivers.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

TORONTO RAPTORS--Agreed to terms with F Antonio Davis on a five-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS--Signed C Michael Early and S Brian Leigeb. Released C Randall Cummins.

CINCINNATI BENGALS--Agreed to terms with LB Riall Johnson.

DENVER BRONCOS--Signed C Ben Hamilton to a three-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS--Re-signed DT Kelvin Pritchett.

GREEN BAY PACKERS--Signed CB Bhawoh Jue. Named Melanie Marohl salary cap analyst.

MIAMI DOLPHINS--Released S Kevin Williams and TE-C Brody Heffner-Liddiard. Named Linda Lynch senior sales manager, and Adrien Bouchet manager of marketing partnerships.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Signed T Dennis Norman to a multiyear contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS--Agreed to terms with FB William Floyd.

COLLEGE

BIG EAST CONFERENCE--Promoted assistant directors of communication Tammy Donovan and Rob Carolla to directors of communication.

AUSTIN PEAY--Promoted Steve Haywood to defensive coordinator. Named Art Thirus offensive line coach and Steve Woodward secondary coach.

FINDLAY--Named David Leisering sports information director.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL--Named Julie Berg associate athletic director for internal operations. Named Gigi Garcia athletic trainer.

HOFSTRA--Named Larissa Smith assistant softball coach.

LOUISIANA-MONROE--Named Thad Livingston strength and conditioning coach.

MERRIMACK--Named Dennis Fontaine athletic trainer and Tim Grinnell assistant athletic trainer.

MUHLENBERG--Named Ron Rohn women's baskteball and golf coach.

PACIFIC--Named Ray Buck men's assistant basketball coach.

PENN STATE--Named Jennifer Armson sports information intern.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA--Named Kurtis Townsend men's assistant basketball coach.

WINGATE--Named Bill Cooper men's tennis coach.

Auto racing

NHRA schedule

July 22 -- Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals, Denver.

July 29 -- Northwest Nationals, Kent, Wash.

Aug. 5 -- Fram Autolite Nationals, Sonoma, Calif.

Aug. 19 -- Colonel's Truck Nationals, Brainerd, Minn.

Sept. 3 -- U.S. Nationals, Clermont, Ind.

Sept. 16 -- Keystone Nationals, Mohnton, Pa.

Sept. 23 -- AutoZone Nationals, Millington, Tenn.

Sept. 30 -- NHRA Nationals, Joliet, Ill.

Oct. 21 -- O'Reilly Fall Nationals, Ennis, Texas.

Oct. 28 -- ACDelco Nationals, Las Vegas.

Nov. 11 -- Automobile Club Finals, Pomona, Calif.

Points Standings

Top Fuel

1. Kenny Bernstein, 1,108.

2. Larry Dixon, 1,046.

3. Doug Kalitta, 894.

4. Mike Dunn, 881.

5. Darrell Russell, 859.

6. Gary Scelzi, 845.

7. Tony Schumacher, 690.

8. Doug Herbert, 681.

9. David Grubnic, 524.

10. Rhonda Hartman-Smith, 472.