Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 66 47 .584 --
New York 61 52 .540 5
Toronto 59 55 .518 7 1/2
Baltimore 56 58 .491 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 43 72 .374 24
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 74 39 .655 --
Cleveland 63 52 .548 12
Minnesota 58 56 .509 16 1/2
Detroit 53 61 .465 21 1/2
Kansas City 38 76 .333 36 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 66 48 .579 --
Los Angeles 65 49 .570 1
Texas 56 58 .491 10
Seattle 49 64 .434 16 1/2
Wednesday's Games
Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 10 innings
Boston 16, Texas 5
Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 5
Toronto 4, Detroit 3
Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1
Minnesota 7, Seattle 3, 14 innings
Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 3
Thursday's Games
Toronto 2, Detroit 1
Oakland 5, L.A. Angels 4
N.Y. Yankees 9, Texas 8
Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2
Cleveland 4, Kansas City 2
Friday's Games
Texas (C.Young 9-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Leiter 2-3), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 13-4) at Boston (D.Wells 9-5), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hendrickson 6-7) at Cleveland (Westbrook 10-12), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Towers 8-9) at Baltimore (Cabrera 8-10), 6:35 p.m.
Detroit (J.Johnson 7-9) at Kansas City (Lima 4-10), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Washburn 6-6) at Seattle (Moyer 9-4), 9:05 p.m.
Minnesota (J.Santana 10-6) at Oakland (Saarloos 7-6), 9:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 3:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Boston, 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Boston, 1:05 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 66 49 .574 --
Philadelphia 60 54 .526 5 1/2
Florida 59 55 .518 6 1/2
Washington 59 55 .518 6 1/2
New York 58 56 .509 7 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 73 42 .635 --
Houston 62 52 .544 10 1/2
Milwaukee 56 59 .487 17
Chicago 55 60 .478 18
Cincinnati 52 62 .456 20 1/2
Pittsburgh 49 66 .426 24
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 58 56 .509 --
Arizona 55 61 .474 4
Los Angeles 50 63 .442 7 1/2
San Francisco 49 64 .434 8 1/2
Colorado 44 71 .383 14 1/2
Wednesday's Games
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0
Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 2
Florida 10, Arizona 5
Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4, 12 innings
Houston 7, Washington 6
Colorado 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 9, San Diego 1
Philadelphia 9, L.A. Dodgers 5
Thursday's Games
Chicago Cubs 11, St. Louis 4
Pittsburgh 11, Colorado 3
San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 1
Arizona 3, Florida 1
San Francisco 5, Atlanta 3
Houston 6, Washington 3
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
Friday's Games
St. Louis (Marquis 9-10) at Chicago Cubs (C.Zambrano 8-5), 1:20 p.m.
Arizona (Vargas 5-6) at Atlanta (Sosa 7-1), 6:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Lowry 7-11) at Florida (Willis 15-7), 6:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Duke 5-0) at Houston (Oswalt 14-9), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (L.Hudson 3-5) at Milwaukee (Capuano 12-7), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Loaiza 6-8) at Colorado (Jam.Wright 6-12), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Lieber 10-10) at San Diego (Peavy 10-4), 9:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (V.Zambrano 6-9 or Seo 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Weaver 10-8), 9:40 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Arizona at Atlanta, 12:20 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Florida, 6:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 6:05 p.m.
Washington at Colorado, 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Arizona at Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Florida, 12:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 1:05 p.m.
Washington at Colorado, 2:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m.
Wild card
American League
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 65 49 .570 --
Cleveland 63 52 .548 2 1/2
New York 61 52 .540 3 1/2
National League
W L Pct GB
Houston 62 52 .544 --
Philadelphia 60 54 .526 2
Florida 59 55 .516 3
Washington 59 55 .516 3
New York 58 56 .509 4
Thursday linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 000 000 010 -- 1 2 1
Toronto 200 000 00x -- 2 4 0
Bonderman and Wilson; Downs, Frasor (8), Batista (8) and Zaun. W--Downs 1-2. L--Bonderman 13-9. Sv--Batista (20). HRs--Detroit, White (11). Toronto, Catalanotto (6).
Los Angeles 010 100 200 -- 4 8 1
Oakland 000 000 401 -- 5 14 0
Byrd, Donnelly (7), Shields (8), FrRodriguez (9) and JMolina; Blanton, JKennedy (7), Duchscherer (8) and Kendall. W--Duchscherer 6-2. L--Shields 7-8. HRs--Los Angeles, VGuerrero (23). Oakland, EChavez (20), Payton (12).
Tampa Bay 000 020 000 -- 2 4 0
Baltimore 010 201 00x -- 4 9 0
Waechter, Borowski (7), DBaez (8) and THall; BChen, Williams (8), BRyan (9) and JvLopez, Fasano (9). W--BChen 9-6. L--Waechter 4-8. Sv--BRyan (25). HRs--Tampa Bay, EduPerez (7). Baltimore, JvLopez (10).
Texas 101 002 400 -- 8 10 1
New York 001 232 10x -- 9 13 0
Wasdin, Ramirez (5), Baldwin (6), BShouse (7), Karsay (8) and Barajas; Proctor, Embree (6), FeRodriguez (6), Sturtze (7), Gordon (8), MRivera (8) and Posada. W--Sturtze 4-1. L--Baldwin 0-2. Sv--MRivera (31). HRs--Texas, Dellucci 2 (21), MYoung (17). New York, Jeter (13), Matsui (18), Posada (15).
Cleveland 000 000 400 -- 4 6 0
Kansas City 002 000 000 -- 2 9 1
Millwood, Sauerbeck (8), Wickman (9) and VMartinez; DCarrasco, Burgos (7), MacDougal (9) and PPhillips. W--Millwood 6-9. L--DCarrasco 5-6. Sv--Wickman (32). HR--Cleveland, Liefer (1).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 602 101 010 -- 11 17 1
Colorado 000 120 000 -- 3 7 2
Fogg, STorres (7), Mesa (9) and Doumit; Francis, SKim (4), Carvajal (8), JoAcevedo (9) and Closser. W--Fogg 6-7. L--Francis 11-8. HRs--Pittsburgh, Eldred (2). Colorado, Helton (12).
New York 000 100 000 -- 1 6 0
San Diego 000 100 10x -- 2 10 0
TGlavine, RHernandez (8) and RCastro; WWilliams, Otsuka (8), Hoffman (9) and Olivo. W--WWilliams 6-8. L--TGlavine 8-10. Sv--Hoffman (30).
St. Louis 200 020 000 -- 4 12 1
Chicago 121 321 01x -- 11 16 0
Mulder, Thompson (5), Eldred (7) and EDiaz; Maddux and Barrett. W--Maddux 9-9. L--Mulder 13-6. HRs--St. Louis, Pujols (32). Chicago, DeLee 2 (35).
Arizona 000 000 030 -- 3 10 1
Florida 000 010 000 -- 1 4 1
Webb, Valverde (9) and Stinnett, CSnyder (7); Moehler, De Los Santos (7), Alfonseca (8), Messenger (9) and Treanor. W--Webb 10-8. L--De Los Santos 1-2. Sv--Valverde (4). HRs--Arizona, Tracy (18), Glaus (25).
San Francisco 010 000 310 -- 5 10 1
Atlanta 002 010 000 -- 3 10 0
Schmidt, Munter (7), Hawkins (8), TyWalker (9) and Matheny; THudson, Kolb (8), Foster (8), Brower (8), Mcbride (9) and McCann. W--Schmidt 9-6. L--THudson 8-7. Sv--TyWalker (20). HR--San Francisco, Winn (1).
Washington 000 000 201 -- 3 5 1
Houston 102 003 00x -- 6 11 0
Drese, Ayala (6), Majewski (8) and GBennett; Pettitte, Wheeler (9) and Ausmus. W--Pettitte 10-8. L--Drese 3-6. HRs--Washington, JGuillen (20), PrWilson (19).
Late Wednesday
linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Los Angeles 002 000 001 -- 3 5 0
Oakland 001 000 30x -- 4 8 0
ESantana, Shields (7), Gregg (8) and BMolina, JMolina (8); Zito, Duchscherer (7), Witasick (8), Street (9) and Kendall. W--Duchscherer 5-2. L--Shields 7-7. Sv--Street (14). HRs--Los Angeles, SFinley (9). , Oakland, Melhuse (2).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 203 300 001 -- 9 12 0
San Diego 000 000 001 -- 1 4 1
Benson, Graves (9) and Piazza; Lawrence, Quantrill (4), CHammond (7), Breslow (8) and Olivo, Ross (7). W--Benson 8-4. L--Lawrence 6-12. HR--New York, Wright (17).
Philadelphia 200 120 004 -- 9 9 0
Los Angeles 300 020 000 -- 5 5 1
BMyers, Urbina (8), Madson (9) and Lieberthal, Pratt (8); DLowe, Sanchez (7), Brazoban (9), Carrara (9) and Navarro. W--Urbina 2-0. L--Brazoban 2-7. HRs--Philadelphia, BAbreu (21), Howard (8). Los Angeles, Bradley (12), JKent (22).
Amateur
Region 7B
Thursday's game
Faber Field, St. Cloud
Game 8: Brainerd Bees vs. Ultimate Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Faber Field, St. Cloud
Game 9: Game 8 winner vs. Blaine, 2 p.m.
Game 10: Game 9 winner vs. Cold Spring, 5 p.m.
Sunday's game
Faber Field, St. Cloud
Game 11: If necessary, 1 p.m.
Region 8C
Saturday's games
At Avon
Lastrup vs. Holdingford, 1 p.m.
Championship: Buckman vs. Lastrup/Holdingford winner, 4 p.m.
Football
NFL preseason
Thursday's Game
Green Bay 10, San Diego 7
Friday's Games
Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 6 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Seattle at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Baltimore at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.
Denver at Houston, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Oakland at San Francisco, 9 p.m.
Monday's Game
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Sacramento 20 7 .741 --
Seattle 15 12 .556 5
Houston 15 13 .536 5 1/2
Phoenix 12 13 .480 7
Minnesota 13 15 .464 7 1/2
Los Angeles 12 15 .444 8
San Antonio 7 22 .241 14
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Connecticut 22 6 .786 --
Indiana 16 11 .593 5 1/2
New York 14 13 .519 7 1/2
Washington 14 13 .519 7 1/2
Detroit 13 14 .481 8 1/2
Charlotte 4 23 .148 17 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday's Games
New York 74, Los Angeles 69
Thursday's Games
Connecticut 80, Washington 65
Detroit 72, Minnesota 66, OT
Indiana 57, San Antonio 50
Friday's Games
New York at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Activated 1B Rafael Palmeiro from league suspension. Designated OF Midre Cummings for assignment.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Recalled LHP John Koronka from Iowa of the PCL. Optioned LHP Rich Hill to Iowa.
NEW YORK METS--Placed OF Mike Cameron on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Victor Diaz from Norfolk of the IL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Placed OF Jody Gerut on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Nate McLouth from Indianapolis of the IL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS--Signed F Amir Johnson and G Alex Acker.
HOUSTON ROCKETS--Re-signed G Jon Barry.
INDIANA PACERS--Signed G Sarunas Jasikevicius to a three-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS--Declined to match the Atlanta Hawks' four-year offer sheet to F Zaza Pachulia.
NEW JERSEY NETS--Signed G Jeff McInnis to a two-year contract.
ORLANDO MAGIC--Waived G Doug Christie.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS--Signed C Steven Hunter.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS--Placed TE Kevin Everett on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
CAROLINA PANTHERS--Claimed CB Dwight Anderson off waivers from St. Louis. Signed TE Chad Mustard. Waived WR Antoine Burns and CB Shannon Fitzhugh.
CHICAGO BEARS--Claimed WR Derek Abney off waivers from Baltimore. Waived LB Stephen Larsen. Activated TE Desmond Clark from the non-football injury list.
CLEVELAND BROWNS--Signed WR Braylon Edwards to a five-year contract.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Released LB Solomon Bates. Signed DB Jerome Dennis.
NEW YORK GIANTS--Signed LB Russ Babe. Placed LB Joseph Scott on the active/left squad list.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Signed WR Chris Doering to a one-year contract. Placed TE Marco Battaglia on injured reserve.
ST. LOUIS RAMS--Signed P Bryan Barker.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Announced the retirement of QB Jason White.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS--Signed LW Mike Leclerc and D Joe DiPenta to one-year contracts.
ATLANTA THRASHERS--Re-signed G Pasi Nurminen, D Andy Sutton, D Tomas Kloucek, F Brad Larsen and F Francis Lessard.
BOSTON BRUINS--Re-signed C Joe Thornton to a three-year contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Re-signed C Tyler Arnason to a one-year contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE--Re-signed F Dan Hinote, D Jeff Finger and D Marek Svatos to one-year contracts.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed C Ben Simon to a one-year contract.
DALLAS STARS--Signed C Niko Kapanen and F Steve Ott to one-year contracts.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Re-signed C Stephen Weiss and LW Kristian Huselius.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with LW Noah Clarke, G Yutaka Fukufuji and D Richard Petiot on two-year contracts.
MONTREAL CANADIENS--Re-signed F Mike Ribeiro and D Mike Komisarek to one-year contracts and G Jaroslav Halak to a three-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Re-signed F Blair Betts.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Re-signed D Derek Morris to a one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed C Shane Endicott to a multiyear contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS--Agreed to terms with D Kyle McLaren on a three-year contract extension. Re-signed F Niko Dimitrakos to a two-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS--Signed C Eric Lindros to a one-year contract.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Re-signed C Tyler Bouck. Signed F Richard Park.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Re-signed F Jared Aulin and D Jakub Cutta.
COLLEGE
LAS VEGAS BOWL--Signed a four-year agreement with the Pac-10 Conference to supply a team through 2009.
ALABAMA--Named Joe Raccuia assistant baseball coach.
BOSTON COLLEGE--Named Bowen Holden women's lacrosse coach.
OHIO--Named Brian Gunning director of media relations.
ST. BONAVENTURE--Named Nick LaBella, Shane Sudbrook and Jarrod Bell assistant baseball coaches.
Fishing
Minnesota Report
By Outdoor News
BRAINERD/NISSWA
There have been some nice largemouth bass taken off the 12- to 19-foot weed edges with plastics. Live bait rigs tipped with redtail minnows and leeches have produced walleyes along the 16- to 24-foot weeds. The majority of sunfish and crappies caught are coming from six to 12 feet of water. Lakes such as Round, Gull, North Long, and Nisswa have been favorites among anglers this week for all species.
CASS LAKE
Trolling shallow-running Rapalas has produced walleyes at sunset in six to 10 feet of water. A jig and minnow will produce jumbo perch at similar depths on Cass Lake. The muskie bite on Cass is "on and off" with most active fish chasing small bucktails. Look for bluegills in 12 to 18 feet of water on Midge Lake and Grace Lake.
CROSS LAKE
Walleyes are being found in 30 or more feet of water with Lindy Rigs and redtail minnows or leeches. Some suspended fish are being taken over deep water with crankbaits. Bass and northern pike are being taken on top of the weeds and outside weed edges. Spinner rigs tipped with sucker minnows have worked best for pike, and plastic worms are the best bet for bass. Crappies and sunfish continue to be found suspended over 20 to 28 feet of water.
LAKE MILLE LACS
East -- Crankbaits are turning walleyes during the day if the wind is blowing. Most of these fish are coming from 20 to 24 feet of water on or near the rocks at the north end. The deep sides of most mud flats are still the best option if you're using slip bobbers and leeches after dark. Work the weed edges with bucktails for muskies during midday hours; topwater baits are raising fish on the rocks during the early morning and evening hours. Crankbaits and tube jigs are providing steady smallmouth bass action on the rocks and off the points.
West -- A quick-moving spinner rig tipped with a rainbow minnow or nightcrawler is producing walleyes on top of the mud flats during midday hours. Slip bobbers and leeches remain the best bets after dark off the deep sides of the mud. Look for scattered perch to be mixed in with the walleyes on the mud and deep rocks. Smallmouth bass continue to bite well, but muskie anglers are seeing more fish than they're catching in the weeds.
LEECH LAKE
The Sand Point area continues to provide steady walleye activity during the evening hours in 11 to 13 feet of water. Live-bait rigs and crawlers also are producing walleyes as the sun sets; fish 15 to 25 feet near Agency Narrows. Muskie action has improved on the flats near Goose Island and the rocks off Pelican Island. Work the weed edges of Shingobee Bay for panfish. Topwater baits have produced numbers of largemouth bass in the rice beds.