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TV-Radio
Radio guide
WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KFGI-FM (101.5), 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
BOXING
8 p.m., ESPN2: Light middleweights, Joel Julio vs. Jose Varela
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
6 p.m., ESPN2: World Series, championship game
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon, FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Yankees at Twins
6 p.m., ESPN: Texas at Boston
OLYMPICS
4 a.m., MSNBC: Baseball, U.S. vs. South Korea, Cuba vs. Japan; women's volleyball, Cuba vs. China; tennis; men's cycling, individual time trial; wrestling, Greco-Roman: 66kg, 74kg competition and Gold Medal finals; table tennis, team; men's weightlifting, 77kg
6:30 a.m., TELEMUNDO: Men's soccer, China vs. Brazil, at Qinhuangdao, China; women's gymnastics, team Gold Medal finals; diving, synchronized Gold Medal finals
9 a.m., NBC: Women's beach volleyball, U.S. vs. Cuba; swimming; women's water polo, U.S. vs. Italy
4 p.m., CNBC: Boxing, 48kg and 91kg
5 p.m., OXY: Tennis; equestrian, team dressage; gymnastics
7 p.m., NBC: Men's gymnastics, individual all-around Gold Medal finals; swimming Gold Medal finals, men's: 200m breaststroke, 100m freestyle; women's: 200m butterfly, 4x200m relay; swimming semifinals, men's: 200m individual medley, 200m backstroke; women's: 100m freestyle; women's beach volleyball, U.S. vs. Norway; men's diving, springboard synchronized Gold Medal finals; women's cycling, individual time trial
11 p.m., CNBC: Softball, U.S. vs. Canada; boxing, 69kg and 81kg elimination bouts
11 p.m., TELEMUNDO: Events TBA
12:35 a.m., NBC: Women's swimming, 200m breaststroke semifinals; men's water polo, U.S. vs. Serbia
1 a.m., TELEMUNDO: Swimming, Gold Medal finals; men's basketball, Spain vs. team TBA; men's gymnastics, individual all-around competition
1 a.m., USA: Men's basketball, U.S. vs. Greece; baseball, U.S. vs. Netherlands; men's beach volleyball, China vs. Spain; tennis, quarterfinals; women's field hockey, U.S. vs. Germany; women's fencing, team sabre Gold Medal finals; women's archery, individual Gold Medal finals
SOCCER
1:30 p.m., ESPN2: UEFA Champions League qualifiers, FC Twente vs. Arsenal
Baseball
Northwoods League
Second half final
North Division W L GB
+Thunder Bay 23 11 -
*Mankato 21 13 2
Alexandria 21 13 2
St. Cloud 19 15 4
Duluth 14 20 9
Brainerd 13 24 11.5
Rochester 12 23 11.5
South Division W L GB
+Wisconsin 19 15 -
LaCrosse 19 16 .5
Waterloo 18 16 1
Green Bay 18 17 1.5
Eau Claire 18 17 1.5
Battle Creek 15 19 4
*Madison 12 23 7.5
* First-half champion
+ Second-half champion
Final overall
North Division W L GB
Thunder Bay 42 26 -
Mankato 41 27 1
St. Cloud 37 30 4.5
Alexandria 35 32 6.5
Rochester 30 38 12
Duluth 26 42 16
Brainerd 23 43 18
South Division W L GB
Wisconsin 41 27 -
LaCrosse 39 29 2
Green Bay 35 33 6
*Madison 34 34 7
Eau Claire 33 35 8
Waterloo 32 34 8
Battle Creek 25 43 16
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Tampa Bay 71 46 .607 -
Boston 69 51 .575 3 1/2
New York 64 56 .533 8 1/2
Toronto 61 59 .508 11 1/2
Baltimore 56 62 .475 15 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 66 52 .559 -
Minnesota 66 53 .555 1/2
Detroit 58 61 .487 8 1/2
Cleveland 54 64 .458 12
Kansas City 54 65 .454 12 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 74 43 .632 -
Texas 61 59 .508 14 1/2
Oakland 54 63 .462 20
Seattle 45 73 .381 29 1/2
Monday's Games
Toronto 7, Detroit 2
Cleveland 13, Baltimore 8
Minnesota 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Tuesday's Games
Boston 19, Texas 17
Toronto 6, Detroit 4
Cleveland 7, Baltimore 5
N.Y. Yankees 9, Minnesota 6, 12 innings
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 0
Tampa Bay at Oakland
Seattle at L.A. Angels
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Yankees (Rasner 5-8) at Minnesota (Slowey 8-8), 12:10 p.m.
Texas (Mendoza 3-5) at Boston (Lester 10-4), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Purcey 1-3) at Detroit (Rogers 8-9), 6:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 9-8) at Cleveland (Reyes 3-1), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 6-10) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 9-10), 7:11 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 11-6) at Oakland (Duchscherer 10-7), 9:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 7-7) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 13-5), 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 64 54 .542 -
New York 63 56 .529 1 1/2
Florida 63 57 .525 2
Atlanta 55 63 .466 9
Washington 44 76 .367 21
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 71 47 .602 -
Milwaukee 68 51 .571 3 1/2
St. Louis 66 56 .541 7
Houston 60 59 .504 11 1/2
Pittsburgh 54 65 .454 17 1/2
Cincinnati 53 67 .442 19
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 61 58 .513 -
Los Angeles 59 59 .500 1 1/2
Colorado 53 68 .438 9
San Francisco 50 68 .424 10 1/2
San Diego 46 72 .390 14 1/2
Monday's Games
Pittsburgh 7, N.Y. Mets 5
Milwaukee 7, Washington 1
St. Louis 4, Florida 2
Houston 3, San Francisco 1
L.A. Dodgers 8, Philadelphia 6
Tuesday's Games
Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 1
Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, ppd., rain
N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 3
Florida 4, St. Louis 3
Houston 12, San Francisco 4
Arizona 4, Colorado 2
Milwaukee at San Diego
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers
Wednesday's Games
Cincinnati (Fogg 2-4) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 7-7), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Harden 6-2) at Atlanta (Campillo 7-4), 12:10 p.m., 1st game
Chicago Cubs (Marquis 7-7) at Atlanta (Morton 3-5), 6:15 p.m., 2nd game
N.Y. Mets (Maine 9-7) at Washington (Bergmann 2-8), 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Looper 10-9) at Florida (Nolasco 11-7), 6:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 6-14) at Houston (Wolf 7-10), 7:05 p.m.
Arizona (Davis 4-7) at Colorado (Francis 3-8), 8:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Sabathia 6-0) at San Diego (Banks 3-4), 9:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Blanton 6-12) at L.A. Dodgers (Penny 6-9), 9:10 p.m.
Two Homers, One Inning
Associated Press
Players who homered twice in one inning with team, date and inning:
American Association
Ed Cartwright, St. Louis, Sept. 23, 1890, third.
Players League
Lou Bierbauer, Brooklyn, July 12, 1890, third.
National League
Jim Edmonds, Chicago, June 21, 2008, fourth.
Bengie Molina, San Francisco, May 7, 2007, fifth.
Juan Rivera, Montreal, June 19, 2004, second.
Reggie Sanders, Pittsburgh, Aug. 20, 2003, fifth.
Mark Bellhorn, Chicago, Aug. 29, 2002, fourth.
Aaron Boone, Cincinnati, Aug. 9, 2002, first.
Eric Karros, Los Angeles, Aug. 22, 2000, sixth.
x-Fernando Tatis, St. Louis, April 23, 1999, third.
Gary Sheffield, Florida, July 13, 1997, fourth.
Mike Lansing, Montreal, May 7, 1997, sixth.
Sammy Sosa, Chicago, May 16, 1996, seventh.
Jeff King, Pittsburgh, April 30, 1996, fourth.
Jeff King, Pittsburgh, Aug. 8, 1995, second.
Jeff Bagwell, Houston, June 24, 1994, sixth.
Dale Murphy, Atlanta, July 27, 1989, sixth.
Andre Dawson, Montreal, Sept. 24, 1985, fifth.
Von Hayes, Philadelphia, June 11, 1985, first.
Ray Knight, Cincinnati, May 13, 1980, fifth.
Andre Dawson, Montreal, July 30, 1978, third.
Willie McCovey, San Francisco, June 27, 1977, sixth.
Lee May, Houston, April 29, 1974, third.
John Boccabella, Montreal, July 6, 1973, 1st game, sixth.
Willie McCovey, San Francisco, April 12, 1973, fourth.
Sid Gordon, N.Y. Giants, July 31, 1949, 2nd game, second.
Andy Seminick, Philadelphia, June 2, 1949, eighth.
Henry Leiber, N.Y. Giants, Aug. 24, 1935, second.
Hack Wilson, N.Y. Giants, July 1, 1925, 2nd game, third.
Jacob Stenzel, Pittsburgh, June 6, 1894, third.
Robert Lowe, Boston Braves, May 30, 1894, third.
Charles Jones, Boston Braves, June 10, 1880, eighth.
American League
David Ortiz, Boston, August 12, 2008, first.
Julio Lugo, Tampa Bay, July 22, 2006, fifth.
Carl Everett, Texas, July 26, 2002, seventh.
Nomar Garciaparra, Boston, July 23, 2002, third.
Jared Sandberg, Tampa Bay, June 11, 2002, fifth.
y-Bret Boone, Seattle, May 2, 2002, first.
y-Mike Cameron, Seattle, May 2, 2002, first.
Mark McGwire, Oakland, Sept. 22, 1996, fifth.
Dave Nilsson, Milwaukee, May 17, 1996, sixth.
Joe Carter, Toronto, Oct. 3, 1993, second.
Carlos Baerga, Cleveland, April 8, 1993, seventh.
Ellis Burks, Boston, Aug. 27, 1990, fourth.
Cliff Johnson, New York, June 30, 1977, eighth.
Rick Reichardt, California, April 30, 1966, eighth.
Joe Pepitone, New York, May 23, 1962, eighth.
Jim Lemon, Washington, Sept. 5, 1959, third.
Al Kaline, Detroit, April 17, 1955, sixth.
Joe DiMaggio, New York, June 24, 1936, fifth.
Bill Regan, Boston, June 16, 1928, fourth.
Ken Williams, St. Louis Browns, Aug. 7, 1922, sixth.
x-Both home runs were grand slams.
y-Home runs were hit back-to-back.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB-Suspended RHP Victor Jorge, 1B Ramon Mariano (Kansas City) and P Winfild De La Rosa (Arizona) for 50 games each after testing positive for banned substances.
BOSTON RED SOX-Acquired RHP Paul Byrd from Cleveland for a player to be named or cash. Placed RHP Tim Wakefield on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Charlie Zink from Pawtucket (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Freddy Garcia on a minor league contract. Promoted LHP Dontrelle Willis from Lakeland (FSL) to Toledo (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Purchased the contract of INF Cliff Pennington from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned LHP Lenny DiNardo to Sacramento. Designated INF Brooks Conrad for assignment.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS-Recalled OF Chris Dickerson from Louisville (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Placed RHP Bryan Corey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 10. Purchased the contract of INF Sean Kazmar from San Antonio (Texas). Extended their player development contract with Fort Wayne (MWL) for two years.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS-Signed G Thomas Gardner and F Othello Hunter.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS-Signed CB Wale Dada. Waived CB Lamont Reid.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS-Signed RB Clifton Dawson. Waived-injured LB Dedrick Harrington. Placed DB Michael Coe on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Released PK Jay Feely.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
SAN JOSE SHARKS-Re-signed F Lukas Kaspar. Signed RW Ryan Vesce.
COLLEGE
NCAA-Named Jacki Silar chairwoman of the Division I women's basketball committee, effective Sept. 1.
DAVIDSON-Named Matt McKillop men's assistant basketball coach and Terrell Ivory director of basketball operations.
NEW MEXICO-Named Lisa Beauchene women's assistant volleyball coach and Jordie Hadfield women's volleyball director of operations.
SOUTH ALABAMA-Named Randall Flach and Tim Goldsack assistant track and field/cross country coaches.
TEMPLE-Named Herman Frazier associated athletic director for sports administration.