Scoreboard

Northwoods League Baseball

Wisconsin vs. Brainerd Mighty Gulls, Mills Field, 7:05 p.m.

legion baseball

Little Falls in District 6 tournament at St. Cloud

YOUTH baseball

NBC "Hap" Dumont 14-under World Series, Adamson and Mills fields, Brainerd

Thursday

Northwoods League Baseball

Brainerd Mighty Gulls at Alexandria, 7:05 p.m.

legion baseball

Brainerd, Little Falls in District 6 tournament at St. Cloud

TV-Radio

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), 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), KAAK-AM (1570)

Wednesday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Cleveland at Oakland

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Los Angeles at Cincinnati or St. Louis at Florida

7:05 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Chicago

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Boston at Anaheim or Detroit at Seattle

TENNIS

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Canada

6 p.m.

ESPN2 -- ATP, Tennis Masters Canada

Thursday

AUTO RACING

7 p.m.

ESPN2 -- USAC, Silver Crown Series

8 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Scandinavian Masters, first round

12:30 p.m.

TGC -- Buy.com Tour, Omaha Classic, first round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, The International, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:20 p.m.

WGN -- San Diego at Chicago Cubs

6:30 p.m.

TBS -- Milwaukee at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Chicago

TENNIS

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Canada

7 p.m.

ESPN -- ATP, Tennis Masters Canada

WNBA BASKETBALL

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Utah at Sacramento

Transactions

AUTO RACING

NASCAR--Suspended Michael Kadlecik, crew chief for Tony Raines, until Aug. 21 for a rule violation in Saturday's race and fined him $2,500. Fined Mike Beam, crew chief for Ricky Craven, $2,500 because crew member Pat Smith went over the wall without wearing a helmet. Fined Charles Lewis, crew chief for Ashton Lewis Jr., $1,500 for an unapproved front coil spring discovered in an inspection before the race.

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX--Acquired OF Cliff Floyd from Montreal for RHP Seung Jun Song, RHP Sun Woo Kim and a player to be named.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Recalled 3B Joe Crede and C Josh Paul from Charlotte of the International League.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Activated OF Todd Dunwoody from the 15-day disabled list and assigned him outright to Buffalo of the International League.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Acquired LHP Ricardo Rincon from Cleveland for INF Marshall McDougall. Designated LHP Mike Magnante for assignment.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS--Recalled RHP Jim Mann from New Orleans of the PCL.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Recalled RHP Brian Meadows from Nashville of the PCL. Optioned RHP Mike Lincoln to Nashville.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DALLAS MAVERICKS--Re-signed C Raef LaFrentz to a seven-year contract.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS--Traded F Darius Miles and F Harold Jamison to Cleveland for G Andre Miller and G Bryant Stith.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS--Signed G Baron Davis to a multiyear contract extension.

UTAH JAZZ--Signed G Calbert Cheaney.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS--Waived G John Grabowski, FS Robert Grant, QB Gavin Hoffman and TE Trent Sansbury.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS--Waived K Jaret Holmes. Signed DE Mike Cecere.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Signed OT Lorenzo White.

NEW YORK JETS--Signed WR Jerris Evans. Waived OT Michael Curry and WR Brian Scott.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Activated TE Mark Bruener from the physically-unable-to-perform list.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS--Signed TE Jerramy Stevens to a five-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS--Signed RB Dicenzo Miller to a one-year contract. Released G Howard Duncan.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Signed DT Daryl Gardener to a one-year contract.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS--Re-signed D Jonathan Girard to a one-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES--Re-signed C Tim Connolly to a one-year contract.

DALLAS STARS--Signed RW David Oliver and RW Jon Sim to one-year contracts.

EDMONTON OILERS--Re-signed F Mike Grier and D Alex Henry to one-year contracts.

FLORIDA PANTHERS--Re-signed C Viktor Kozlov to a one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS--Signed D Mike Pudlick.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS--Agreed to terms with C Greg Classen.

NEW YORK RANGERS--Agreed to terms with D Richard Lintner.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed D Jamie Pushor, D Rick Berry and F Ville Nieminen.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Re-signed LW Chris Dingman to a multiyear contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Re-signed D Jean-Francois Fortin to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

AUGSBURG--Named Douge Schildgen baseball coach.

BALL STATE--Named Lawrence "Bubba" Cunningham athletic director.

COLUMBIA--Announced the addition of women's golf as a varsity sport.

IOWA STATE--Named Wayne Morgan men's assistant basketball coach.

MINNESOTA--Named Chris Higgins women's assistant soccer coach.

NEBRASKA--Announced the resignations of Steve Hamilton, assistant wrestling coach, and Tolly Thompson, strength coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE--Named Rocky Ward baseball coach.

NORTH DAKOTA--Named Matt Granstrand women's soccer coach.

UNLV--Named Barbara Ferrell-Edmonson women's track and field and cross country coach.

Baseball

Northwoods League

North Division

Team W L Pct. GB Overall

x-Brainerd 11 7 .611 -- 28-21

Alexandria 10 7 .588 1/2 24-25

Mankato 10 8 .556 1 26-23

St. Cloud 8 9 .471 2 1/2 24-25

South Division

Team W L Pct. GB Overall

Waterloo 11 7 .611 -- 27-23

x-Rochester 8 10 .444 3 26-24

Wisconsin 8 10 .444 3 25-25

Madison 5 13 .278 6 18-32

x-denotes won first-half title

Results Tuesday

St. Cloud 9, Rochester 1

Wisconsin 3, Brainerd 2

Mankato 4, Madison 1

Waterloo 7, Alexandria 3

Games Wednesday

Rochester at St. Cloud

Waterloo at Alexandria

Wisconsin at Brainerd

Madison at Mankato

Games Thursday

St. Cloud at Mankato

Rochester at Waterloo

Brainerd at Alexandria

Madison at Wisconsin

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 67 38 .638 --

Boston 62 43 .590 5

Baltimore 48 55 .466 18

Toronto 45 59 .433 21 1/2

Tampa Bay 35 70 .333 32

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 64 43 .598 --

Chicago 51 56 .477 13

Cleveland 47 58 .448 16

Kansas City 44 62 .415 19 1/2

Detroit 40 65 .381 23

West Division

W L Pct GB

Seattle 65 42 .607 --

Anaheim 63 42 .600 1

Oakland 60 47 .561 5

Texas 44 62 .415 20 1/2

Tuesday's Games

Seattle 5, Detroit 4, 10 innings

Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 3

N.Y. Yankees 9, Texas 6

Toronto 13, Kansas City 4

Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 0

Boston 6, Anaheim 0

Cleveland 5, Oakland 4

Wednesday's Games

Cleveland (Nagy 0-2) at Oakland (Mulder 11-6), 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Lopez 11-3) at Tampa Bay (De Los Santos 0-2), 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 13-4) at Texas (Bell 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Garland 8-8) at Minnesota (Mays 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Parris 3-2) at Kansas City (Sedlacek 1-1),7:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 4-3) at Anaheim (Lackey 2-1), 9:05 p.m.

Detroit (Powell 1-0) at Seattle (Baldwin 6-7), 9:05 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Toronto (Halladay 12-4) at Kansas City (May 2-7), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Ponson 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Sosa 1-3),6:15 p.m.

Boston (Burkett 10-3) at Texas (Park 3-5), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Wright 7-8) at Minnesota (Milton 12-7), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Weaver 7-9) at Anaheim (Washburn 12-3), 9:05 p.m.

Detroit (Sparks 5-10) at Oakland (Harang 3-2), 9:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 6-9) at Seattle (Pineiro 11-4), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 68 38 .642 --

New York 54 51 .514 13 1/2

Montreal 53 53 .500 15

Florida 51 55 .481 17

Philadelphia 49 56 .467 18 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 59 44 .573 --

Cincinnati 55 50 .524 5

Houston 54 51 .514 6

Pittsburgh 48 58 .453 12 1/2

Chicago 44 60 .423 15 1/2

Milwaukee 38 68 .358 22 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 64 42 .604 --

Los Angeles 59 47 .557 5

San Francisco 59 47 .557 5

Colorado 48 58 .453 16

San Diego 44 62 .415 20

Tuesday's Games

Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 1

Montreal 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings

St. Louis 5, Florida 0

San Francisco 10, Philadelphia 3

Houston 16, N.Y. Mets 3

Cincinnati 12, Los Angeles 4

Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 2

San Diego 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Wednesday's Games

San Diego (Ol.Perez 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (C.Zambrano 2-2), 1:20 p.m.

Colorado (Stark 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Fogg 10-7), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Sheets 5-12) at Atlanta (Millwood 9-6), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Johnson 14-4) at Montreal (Yoshii 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Finley 2-0) at Florida (Beckett 3-4), 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Jensen 10-7) at Philadelphia (Duckworth 5-8), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Mlicki 3-6) at N.Y. Mets (Estes 3-8), 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles (Nomo 10-6) at Cincinnati (Moehler 1-0), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Los Angeles (Od.Perez 10-7) at Cincinnati (Fernandez 1-1), 11:35 a.m.

San Diego (Peavy 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lieber 6-8), 1:20 p.m.

Arizona (Schilling 18-3) at Montreal (Ohka 8-6), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Jennings 10-5) at Pittsburgh (Meadows 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (T.Smith 4-1) at Florida (Burnett 10-7), 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 7-7) at Philadelphia (Wolf 6-7), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Oswalt 11-6) at N.Y. Mets (Astacio 10-3), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Rusch 5-10) at Atlanta (Maddux 10-3), 6:35 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore 000 012 000 -- 3 5 0

Tampa Bay 612 000 10x -- 10 15 0

Stephens, Bauer (4), Julio (8) and GGil; JKennedy and Hall. W--JKennedy 6-8. L--Stephens 0-1. HRs--Baltimore, Mora (13), Cordova (13). Tampa Bay, Huff 2 (10), Grieve (11), Sandberg (11).

Detroit 030 010 000 0 -- 4 11 0

Seattle 001 300 000 1 -- 5 14 0

(10 innings)

Maroth, Bernero (4), JWalker (7), Henriquez (8), JFarnsworth (9) and Inge; Halama, RFranklin (6), Creek (8), Hasegawa (9) and BDavis. W--Hasegawa 6-1. L--JFarnsworth 2-3.

Toronto 002 053 102 -- 13 17 0

Kansas City 012 000 001 -- 4 9 2

PWalker, Heredia (6), Thurman (7), Prokopec (8), Cassidy (9) and Huckaby; Asencio, KWilson (5), Stein (6), Austin (8) and Mayne. W--PWalker 4-2. L--Asencio 2-4. HRs--Toronto, JPhelps (2). Kansas City, Beltran (17), Ibanez (15).

New York 201 302 010 -- 9 11 1

Texas 300 000 120 -- 6 10 0

DWells, Karsay (8), Stanton (9), Mendoza (9) and Posada; Myette, Van Poppel (4), JAlvarez (6), JPowell (8), Kolb (9) and IRodriguez. W--DWells 12-5. L--Myette 0-3. Sv--Mendoza (2). HRs--New York, ASoriano (26), JaGiambi (27), BWilliams (14), Mondesi (19). Texas, Mench (12), ARodriguez (35), RPalmeiro (28).

Boston 000 141 000 -- 6 9 0

Anaheim 000 000 000 -- 0 2 3

PMartinez, Urbina (9) and Varitek; ROrtiz, Shields (7), Levine (8) and JMolina. W--PMartinez 14-2. L--ROrtiz 9-8. HRs--Boston, Varitek (8), Hillenbrand (15).

Cleveland 100 004 000 -- 5 7 0

Oakland 000 010 120 -- 4 14 2

Drese, Elder (6), Mulholland (8), Wohlers (8) and EDiaz; Lidle, Tam (6), Mecir (9) and RaHernandez. W--Drese 9-8. L--Lidle 3-9. Sv--Wohlers (2). HR--Oakland, MEllis (3).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Colorado 000 001 000 -- 1 4 0

Pittsburgh 001 000 03x -- 4 6 0

Chacon, Neagle (8), Speier (8) and Bennett; Benson, MiWilliams (9) and Kendall. W--Benson 4-5. L--Neagle 4-7. Sv--MiWilliams (31).

St. Louis 000 020 120 -- 5 12 0

Florida 000 000 000 -- 0 4 1

AnBenes, Crudale (7), Duff (9) and Matheny; Tejera, Darensbourg (8) and Redmond. W--AnBenes 1-3. L--Tejera 6-4. HRs--St. Louis, TMartinez (13), Renteria 2 (7).

San Francisco 200 402 200 -- 10 10 0

Philadelphia 000 011 001 -- 3 10 2

Rueter, Zerbe (7), Aybar (9) and Torrealba; BMyers, Coggin (4), Cormier (6), CSilva (8) and Lieberthal. W--Rueter 9-6. L--BMyers 1-1. HRs--San Francisco, Lofton (1). Philadelphia, Burrell (26).

Los Angeles 000 030 100 -- 4 10 3

Cincinnati 215 201 01x -- 12 10 1

Ishii, Alvarez (3), Carrara (5), Orosco (7), Shuey (8), Gagne (8) and Lo Duca; Dempster, Reitsma (8) and LaRue. W--Dempster 6-11. L--Ishii 12-7. HRs--Cincinnati, ABoone (15), Dunn (22), Larson (3), LaRue (6).

Houston 041 470 000 -- 16 20 1

New York 010 000 200 -- 3 8 3

Saarloos, NCruz (7), Puffer (9) and Ausmus; D'Amico, Komiyama (4), Corey (5), Cerda (7), Strickland (9) and Piazza, VWilson (7). W--Saarloos 3-2. L--D'Amico 5-9. HRs--Houston, Ausmus (5), Blum (6). New York, VWilson (3), Vaughn (17).

Milwaukee 010 000 001 -- 2 6 2

Atlanta 000 003 00x -- 3 6 0

Quevedo, JsCabrera (7), Durocher (8) and Machado; Moss, Remlinger (8), Smoltz (9) and JLopez. W--Moss 7-4. L--Quevedo 6-8. Sv--Smoltz (39). HR--Milwaukee, JHernandez (20).

Arizona 011 010 010 0 -- 4 9 0

Montreal 021 001 000 1 -- 5 9 1

(10 innings)

MBatista, Mantei (8), MMyers (8), Fetters (8), BKim (9) and Barajas, Moeller (8); JVazquez, Eischen (8), Herges (8), ScStewart (8), Tucker (10) and Schneider. W--Tucker 6-2. L--BKim 4-2. HRs--Montreal, VGuerrero (27), Floyd (21), Galarraga (6).

San Diego 020 002 110 -- 6 11 0

Chicago 310 010 000 -- 5 10 1

BJJones, Holtz (7), Hoffman (9) and Lampkin; Prior, Fassero (7), Gordon (7), JuCruz (9) and Hundley. W--Holtz 2-1. L--Gordon 0-1. Sv--Hoffman (25). HRs--San Diego, Trammell (9), Lampkin (6). Chicago, Bellhorn (16), Mueller (5), SSosa (32).

Babe Ruth 16-year-old Midwest Plains Regional

At Bismarck

Championship

Lakeville, Minn. 12, Pittsburg, Kan. 2

Loser Out

Pittsburg, Kan. 8, Bloomington, Minn. 3

NFL preseason

Saturday's Game

San Francisco vs. Washington at Osaka, Japan, 10 p.m.

Monday's Game

Houston vs. New York Giants at Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m.

Thursday's Game

New York Jets at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Friday's Games

Cincinnati at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Oakland at Dallas, 9 p.m.