SCOREBOARD

Area events

Monday

High school athletics

Opening day of practice for boys and girls soccer, girls tennis, cross country, volleyball, football, girls swimming and diving

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)

Monday

ATHLETICS

Noon, VERSUS: IAAF World Championships

7 p.m., VERSUS: IAAF World Championships

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m., ESPN2: Playoffs, Mid-Atlantic Regional Final

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins at Texas

9 p.m., ESPN2: St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers

NFL FOOTBALL

7 p.m., ESPN: Preseason, Carolina at N.Y. Giants

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Carfax 400

Sunday

At Michigan International Speedway

Brooklyn, Mich.

Lap length: 2 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (1) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 200 laps, 126.8 rating, 190 points, $180,873.

2. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 200, 117.2, 175, $181,151.

3. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 200, 96.6, 170, $131,500.

4. (32) Carl Edwards, Ford, 200, 98.8, 165, $156,806.

5. (14) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 200, 84.5, 155, $118,210.

6. (42) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 200, 78.2, 150, $107,250.

7. (8) Joey Logano, Toyota, 200, 101.9, 146, $144,726.

8. (23) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 200, 101.5, 147, $96,625.

9. (31) David Reutimann, Toyota, 200, 88.5, 143, $119,248.

10. (16) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, 100.3, 139, $100,775.

11. (10) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 200, 70.5, 130, $122,773.

12. (22) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 87.2, 127, $121,353.

13. (20) David Stremme, Dodge, 200, 80.8, 124, $116,440.

14. (25) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 200, 99.7, 126, $131,340.

15. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200, 65.5, 118, $111,029.

16. (9) Bill Elliott, Ford, 200, 59.4, 115, $78,025.

17. (18) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 200, 85.8, 117, $97,698.

18. (27) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 200, 61.7, 109, $123,831.

19. (3) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 200, 84.5, 106, $115,173.

20. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 200, 70.2, 103, $98,100.

21. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 200, 75.8, 100, $114,690.

22. (13) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 200, 57, 97, $79,400.

23. (39) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 68.5, 94, $124,448.

24. (12) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 200, 68.4, 91, $75,475.

25. (34) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 200, 49.9, 88, $87,100.

26. (35) Paul Menard, Ford, 200, 45.9, 90, $108,606.

27. (30) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 200, 45.9, 87, $85,875.

28. (29) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 200, 42.6, 79, $85,625.

29. (40) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 200, 41.7, 76, $114,701.

30. (37) David Ragan, Ford, 200, 67.1, 78, $85,775.

31. (2) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 200, 105.2, 75, $90,550.

32. (19) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 200, 56.1, 67, $82,050.

33. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 199, 124, 74, $129,201.

34. (11) Scott Speed, Toyota, 199, 47.9, 61, $88,448.

35. (26) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 199, 46, 58, $86,798.

36. (6) Kurt Busch, Dodge, accident, 146, 89.4, 55, $91,675.

37. (24) Robby Gordon, Toyota, accident, 97, 44.7, 52, $92,385.

38. (28) Mike Bliss, Dodge, electrical, 62, 31.5, 49, $73,525.

39. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, electrical, 40, 31.6, 46, $73,475.

40. (36) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, vibration, 39, 32.1, 43, $73,425.

41. (43) Mike Skinner, Toyota, vibration, 33, 28.4, 40, $73,365.

42. (41) Dave Blaney, Toyota, overheating, 18, 26.4, 37, $73,290.

43. (33) Bobby Labonte, Ford, engine, 18, 23.3, 34, $100,504.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula

A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 74 44 .627 -

Boston 66 51 .564 7 1/2

Tampa Bay 63 54 .538 10 1/2

Toronto 55 61 .474 18

Baltimore 48 69 .410 25 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 62 55 .530 -

Chicago 60 58 .508 2 1/2

Minnesota 56 61 .479 6

Cleveland 51 66 .436 11

Kansas City 46 71 .393 16

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 70 45 .609 -

Texas 66 50 .569 4 1/2

Seattle 61 57 .517 10 1/2

Oakland 52 65 .444 19

Saturday's Games

Chicago White Sox 8, Oakland 1

Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3

Detroit 10, Kansas City 3

L.A. Angels 5, Baltimore 1

Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3

Texas 7, Boston 2

N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 2

Sunday's Games

Kansas City 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings

L.A. Angels 17, Baltimore 8, 13 innings

Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 2

Texas 4, Boston 3

Cleveland 7, Minnesota 4

Oakland 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Seattle 10, N.Y. Yankees 3

Monday's Games

L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-6) at Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 4-4), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Liriano 5-11) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 5-2), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Bannister 7-9) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 11-6), 7:11 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 10-5) at Oakland (Tomko 1-2), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 65 49 .570 -

Florida 63 55 .534 4

Atlanta 61 55 .526 5

New York 55 62 .470 11 1/2

Washington 43 75 .364 24

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 67 52 .563 -

Chicago 60 55 .522 5

Milwaukee 58 59 .496 8

Houston 57 61 .483 9 1/2

Cincinnati 50 67 .427 16

Pittsburgh 46 70 .397 19 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 70 48 .593 -

Colorado 65 53 .551 5

San Francisco 63 54 .538 6 1/2

Arizona 54 64 .458 16

San Diego 49 70 .412 21 1/2

Saturday's Games

Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 1

Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3

San Francisco 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 10 innings

Colorado at Florida, ppd., rain

Milwaukee 6, Houston 2

Washington 10, Cincinnati 6

St. Louis 7, San Diego 4

Arizona 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 innings

Sunday's Games

N.Y. Mets 3, San Francisco 2

Washington 5, Cincinnati 4

Florida 10, Colorado 3, 1st game

Houston 8, Milwaukee 5

St. Louis 7, San Diego 5

Pittsburgh at Chicago, ppd., rain

L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3

Colorado 7, Florida 3, 2nd game

Philadelphia at Atlanta, late

Monday's Games

Arizona (Scherzer 7-6) at Atlanta (Hanson 7-2), 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Villanueva 2-9) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 3-2), 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Martinez 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 7-7), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lilly 9-7) at San Diego (Correia 8-9), 9:05 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 12-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Kansas City 100 010 000 1 -

3 5 2

Detroit 010 010 000 0 -

2 10 3

(10 innings)

Davies, J.Wright (7), Soria (9) and J.Buck; Galarraga, Ni (6), Perry (8), Rodney (9) and Laird. W-Soria 3-0. L-Rodney 2-3. HRs-Detroit, Ordonez (7).

Los Angeles 301 201 100 000 9 -

17 23 0

Baltimore 002 220 011 000 0 -

8 14 1

(13 innings)

O'Sullivan, Palmer (5), Oliver (7), Jepsen (8), Fuentes (9), Arredondo (10), Bulger (12) and Napoli; Guthrie, Hendrickson (6), C.Ray (7), Baez (9), Ji.Johnson (10), Bass (12), Albers (13) and Moeller, Wieters. W-Bulger 6-1. L-Bass 5-3. HRs-Los Angeles, B.Abreu (11), J.Rivera (19). Baltimore, B.Roberts (10), Scott (20), Markakis (14).

Toronto 000 010 001 - 2 10 2

Tampa Bay 001 000 04x - 5 10 0

Rzepczynski, Carlson (7), League (8), Janssen (8) and Barajas; Garza, Balfour (6), Shouse (7), Wheeler (7), Howell (9) and Navarro, Zaun. W-Wheeler 4-3. L-League 1-5. HRs-Toronto, Scutaro (11). Tampa Bay, Zaun (6).

Boston 010 100 100 - 3 8 0

Texas 012 001 00x - 4 11 1

Tazawa, Okajima (6), R.Ramirez (8) and V.Martinez; Nippert, D.Mathis (7), C.Wilson (8), F.Francisco (9) and Teagarden. W-Nippert 4-1. L-Tazawa 1-2. Sv-F.Francisco (17). HRs-Boston, D.Ortiz (17), Pedroia (10). Texas, Kinsler (25), Teagarden (5).

Chicago 000 002 000 - 2 8 0

Oakland 000 000 111 - 3 10 1

Danks, Dotel (8), Jenks (9) and Pierzynski; Cahill, J.Marshall (7), Wuertz (8), A.Bailey (9) and K.Suzuki. W-A.Bailey 5-3. L-Jenks 2-4. HRs-Oakland, M.Ellis (6).

New York 001 200 000 - 3 8 0

Seattle 002 020 51x - 10 15 0

Chamberlain, Aceves (6), Gaudin (7) and Posada; Fister, Jakubauskas (8) and Johjima. W-Fister 1-0. L-Chamberlain 8-3. HRs-New York, Swisher (20). Seattle, Johjima (5).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

San Francisco 000 010 010 - 2 5 0

New York 000 020 001 - 3 6 1

J.Sanchez, Romo (8), Affeldt (9) and Whiteside; Pelfrey, Stokes (8), Feliciano (8), Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Santos. W-Fr.Rodriguez 3-4. L-Romo 3-2. HRs-New York, L.Castillo (1).

Washington 000 201 020 - 5 9 1

Cincinnati 000 040 000 - 4 8 1

Lannan, Bergmann (6), Sosa (7), MacDougal (8) and Nieves, J.Bard; Lehr, Burton (7), Herrera (7), Masset (8), Rhodes (8), Fisher (9) and Hanigan. W-Sosa 2-1. L-Rhodes 0-1. Sv-MacDougal (13). HRs-Washington, Willingham (19). Cincinnati, Gomes (15).

First Game

Colorado 100 000 200 - 3 7 0

Florida 151 000 21x - 10 17 0

Cook, Fogg (3), Daley (7), Beimel (8) and Iannetta; Volstad, Meyer (6), Pinto (8), Calero (9) and Jo.Baker. W-Volstad 9-9. L-Cook 10-5. HRs-Colorado, C.Gonzalez (6). Florida, Ha.Ramirez (18), Coghlan (7).

Houston 001 003 031 - 8 10 0

Milwaukee 200 003 000 - 5 10 0

Oswalt, Byrdak (7), Fulchino (7), Hawkins (8), Valverde (9) and I.Rodriguez; Looper, C.Vargas (7), Weathers (8), DiFelice (8), Stetter (8), Colome (9) and Kendall. W-Fulchino 5-4. L-Weathers 3-4. Sv-Valverde (16). HRs-Houston, Blum (9), Pence (18). Milwaukee, Braun (26), Fielder (30).

San Diego 000 302 000 - 5 12 0

St. Louis 001 210 003 - 7 13 1

Richard, Mujica (4), Perdomo (5), G.Burke (6), Gregerson (7), M.Adams (8), H.Bell (9) and H.Blanco; Lohse, D.Reyes (6), Hawksworth (7), T.Miller (9) and Y.Molina. W-T.Miller 4-0. L-H.Bell 4-2. HRs-San Diego, Ad.Gonzalez (32). St. Louis, Rasmus (12).

Los Angeles 300 400 020 - 9 14 0

Arizona 000 000 030 - 3 5 0

Wolf, Mota (8) and R.Martin; Y.Petit, L.Rosales (5), Schlereth (7), Boyer (8) and Snyder. W-Wolf 7-6. L-Y.Petit 2-7. HRs-Los Angeles, Ethier (24), Wolf (1), Hudson (8). Arizona, Ryal (1).

Second Game

Colorado 121 002 001 - 7 7 2

Florida 000 010 200 - 3 13 0

De La Rosa, F.Morales (6), R.Betancourt (7), Street (8) and Torrealba; VandenHurk, Lindstrom (6), Cr.Martinez (7), Donnelly (9) and R.Paulino. W-De La Rosa 11-8. L-VandenHurk 2-2. Sv-Street (29). HRs-Colorado, Barmes (18), C.Gonzalez (6), Hawpe (16).

Northwoods League

League championship series

Friday's Game

Game 1: Rochester 7, LaCrosse 2

Saturday's Game

Game 2: LaCrosse 5, Rochester 4

Sunday's Game

Championship

Game 3: Rochester 7, LaCrosse 4

Amateur baseball

Region 8C

tournament

Aug. 1

Fort Ripley 4, Lastrup 1

Brainerd Braves 12, Buckman 1 (7 innings)

Avon 3, Sobieski 2 (13 innings)

Upsala 3, St. Stephen 0

Aug. 2

Losers bracket: Sobieski 3, Lastrup 2 (Lastrup eliminated)

Losers bracket: Buckman 3, St. Stephen 0 (St. Stephen eliminated)

Winners bracket: Fort Ripley 8, Avon 5

Winners bracket: Brainerd 7, Upsala 1

Aug. 8

Losers bracket: Buckman 15, Avon 2 (Avon eliminated)

Losers bracket: Sobieski 7, Upsala 6 (Upsala eliminated)

Aug. 9

Winners bracket: Fort Ripley 2, Brainerd 1

Losers bracket: Sobieski 2, Buckman 1 (Buckman eliminated)

Saturday's game

At Avon

Losers bracket: Brainerd Braves 7, Sobieski 5 (Sobieski eliminated)

Monday's game

At Pierz

Championship: Fort Ripley vs. Brainerd 7 p.m.

Pro football

NFL

Monday's Games

Jacksonville at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.