Area events
Tuesday
NORTHWOODS LEAGUE
Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers at Wisconsin 6:35 p.m.
STOCK CAR RACING
World Dirt Racing League, North Central Speedway, Barrows, 6:45 p.m.
AMATEUR BASEBALL
Exhibition: Brainerd Bees at Bemidji Mudcats 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), 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)
Tuesday
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins vs. Chicago White Sox
7 p.m., WGN: Houston at Chicago Cubs
WNBA BASKETBALL
6:30 p.m., ESPN2: Phoenix at Connecticut
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 61 38 .616 -
Boston 58 40 .592 2 1/2
Tampa Bay 54 46 .540 7 1/2
Toronto 48 51 .485 13
Baltimore 42 56 .429 18 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 52 46 .531 -
Chicago 51 49 .510 2
Minnesota 50 50 .500 3
Cleveland 41 58 .414 11 1/2
Kansas City 39 59 .398 13
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 58 39 .598 -
Texas 55 42 .567 3
Seattle 51 47 .520 7 1/2
Oakland 41 57 .418 17 1/2
Monday's Games
Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3
N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 4
Boston 8, Oakland 3
Texas 5, Detroit 2
Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland at L.A. Angels, late
Toronto at Seattle, late
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Bannister 6-7) at Baltimore (Berken 1-8), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-6), 6:08 p.m.
Oakland (Mazzaro 2-7) at Boston (Buchholz 1-1), 6:10 p.m.
Detroit (French 1-1) at Texas (Padilla 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 11-3) at Minnesota (S.Baker 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 10-3), 9:05 p.m.
Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-2) at Seattle (Washburn 8-6), 9:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 56 40 .583 -
Atlanta 51 48 .515 6 1/2
Florida 51 48 .515 6 1/2
New York 47 51 .480 10
Washington 30 68 .306 27
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 51 45 .531 -
St. Louis 54 48 .529 -
Houston 50 48 .510 2
Milwaukee 49 49 .500 3
Cincinnati 45 53 .459 7
Pittsburgh 43 55 .439 9
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 62 37 .626 -
Colorado 54 45 .545 8
San Francisco 52 46 .531 9 1/2
Arizona 43 56 .434 19
San Diego 38 62 .380 24 1/2
Monday's Games
St. Louis 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
N.Y. Mets 7, Colorado 3
Cincinnati 6, San Diego 4
Houston at Chicago Cubs, late
Washington at Milwaukee, late
Philadelphia at Arizona, late
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, late
Tuesday's Games
Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-7) at Florida (Nolasco 7-7), 6:10 p.m.
Colorado (Marquis 12-6) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 7-6), 6:10 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 6-8) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-9), 6:10 p.m.
Houston (Oswalt 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-5), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Balester 0-1) at Milwaukee (Villanueva 2-7), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 11-6), 7:15 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Arizona (Haren 10-5), 8:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 2-2) at San Francisco (Zito 6-10), 9:15 p.m.
Linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 102 000 110 - 5 14 0
Baltimore 110 010 000 - 3 9 1
Chen, Tejeda (6), Soria (9) and B.Pena; R.Hill, Bass (3), Albers (6), Baez (8), Meredith (9) and Wieters. W-Tejeda 1-0. L-Albers 1-4. Sv-Soria (16). HRs-Baltimore, Ad.Jones (15).
New York 030 002 024 - 11 15 1
Tampa Bay 000 001 021 - 4 6 1
A.Burnett, Albaladejo (8), D.Robertson (8) and Posada; J.Shields, J.Nelson (6), Balfour (8), Shouse (9) and M.Hernandez. W-A.Burnett 10-4. L-J.Shields 6-7. Sv-D.Robertson (1). HRs-New York, Cano (15), Swisher 2 (16), Damon (17). Tampa Bay, Burrell (7).
Oakland 000 001 110 - 3 9 0
Boston 101 310 20x - 8 14 1
Cahill, S.Casilla (6), E.Gonzalez (7) and K.Suzuki; Beckett, D.Bard (8), Delcarmen (9) and Varitek. W-Beckett 12-4. L-Cahill 6-9. HRs-Boston, Pedroia (5).
Detroit 100 000 010 - 2 7 2
Texas 000 013 01x - 5 8 1
Galarraga, Perry (8), Ni (8) and Laird; Tom.Hunter, Jennings (8), C.Wilson (9) and Saltalamacchia. W-Tom.Hunter 3-1. L-Galarraga 5-9. Sv-C.Wilson (11). HRs-Detroit, Granderson (20). Texas, N.Cruz (24), M.Young (14).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 001 000 000 - 1 11 1
St. Louis 110 000 40x - 6 11 0
Wolf, Ja.McDonald (7), Leach (7), Mota (7), Kuo (8) and R.Martin; C.Carpenter, T.Miller (8), McClellan (8), Franklin (8) and Y.Molina. W-C.Carpenter 9-3. L-Wolf 5-5. Sv-Franklin (23). HRs-St. Louis, DeRosa (5).
Colorado 020 010 000 - 3 8 0
New York 000 102 04x - 7 7 0
Jimenez, Rincon (8), F.Morales (8), Daley (8) and Iannetta; O.Perez, Stokes (6), Feliciano (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Santos. W-Feliciano 3-3. L-Rincon 2-2. HRs-Colorado, Tulowitzki (19), Barmes (13). New York, Francoeur (8), Tatis (5).
San Diego 000 012 001 - 4 8 1
Cincinnati 310 101 00x - 6 5 0
Geer, Mujica (5), Thatcher (8) and Alfonzo; H.Bailey, Rhodes (8), Cordero (9) and Tatum. W-H.Bailey 2-2. L-Geer 1-7. Sv-Cordero (23). HRs-San Diego, E.Cabrera (1), Ad.Gonzalez (26), Kouzmanoff (14). Cincinnati, B.Phillips (15), Gomes 2 (10), Encarnacion (5).
Northwoods League
Second half
Through Sunday
North Division W L GB
Rochester 14 6 -
St. Cloud 12 6 1
Alexandria 11 8 2.5
Brainerd 10 10 4
Thunder Bay 10 10 4
*Mankato 10 11 4.5
Duluth 7 14 7.5
South Division W L GB
Madison 12 7 -
LaCrosse 11 9 1.5
Waterloo 10 10 2.5
Battle Creek 10 11 3
*Eau Claire 9 13 4.5
Green Bay 7 12 5
Wisconsin 6 12 5.5
*First-half champion
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB-Suspended Cleveland RHP Winston Abreu three games and Cleveland manager Eric Wedge one game, and fined Abreu an undisclosed amount for Abreu hitting Seattle 3B Jack Hannahan with a pitch after both teams were warned during Saturday's game. Fined Seattle RHP Chris Jakubauskas an undisclosed amount for throwing at Cleveland OF Ben Francisco earlier in the same game. Suspended Florida RHP Burke Badenhop three games and Florida manager Fredi Gonzalez one game, and fined Badenhop an undisclosed amount for hitting L.A. Dodgers 2B Orlando Hudson after both teams were warned during Sunday's game. Fined L.A. Dodgers RHP Jeff Weaver an undisclosed amount for hitting Florida SS Hanley Ramirez in the same game.
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Traded OF Cody Strait to Tampa Bay for cash considerations.
TAMPA BAY RAYS-Activated LHP Brian Shouse from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Dale Thayer to Durham (IL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with LHP Austin Kirk.
CINCINNATI REDS-Placed OF Chris Dickerson and RHP Micah Owings on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Drew Sutton and RHP Robert Manuel from Louisville (IL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Optioned INF Blake DeWitt to Albuquerque (PCL). Activated LHP Hong-Chih Kuo from the 60-day DL.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Optioned RHP Mike Burns to Nashville (PCL). Recalled LHP R.J. Swindle from Nashville.
NEW YORK METS-Fired vice president of player development Tony Bernazard.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Acquired INF Ryan Garko from Cleveland for LHP Scott Barnes. Optioned INF John Bowker and INF Matt Downs to Fresno (PCL). Recalled INF-OF Eugenio Velez and INF Jesus Guzman from Fresno.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Agreed to terms with RHP Dean Weaver.
Southern League
CAROLINA MUDCATS-Promoted RHP Logan Ondrusek to Louisville (IL). Added INF Jake Kahaulelio from Sarasota (FSL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Waived F Jermareo Davidson.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES-Traded F-C Etan Thomas and two of their four 2010 second-round draft picks to Oklahoma City for G Damien Wilkins and G Chucky Atkins.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL-Reinstated QB Michael Vick on a conditional basis.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Waived CB Charles Gordon.
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