SCOREBOARD
Area events
Friday
GIRLS TENNIS
Little Falls, Pequot Lakes, Detroit Lakes at Pierz quadrangular 9 a.m.
Staples-Motley at Madison, Wis., Invite
Saturday
TRIATHLON
Kiwanis Kids Triathlon, Whipple Beach, Baxter, 4 p.m., story in July 15 Dispatch
GIRLS TENNIS
Staples-Motley at Madison, Wis., Invite
Wadena-Deer Creek at Park Rapids 9 a.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)
Thursday
ATHLETICS
12:30 p.m., VERSUS: IAAF World Championships
7 p.m., VERSUS: IAAF World Championships
GOLF
8 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, The KLM Open, first round
1 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Wyndham Championship, first round
6:30 p.m., TGC: Champions Tour, JELD-WEN Tradition, first round
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins at Texas
9 p.m., WGN: Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers
SOCCER
9 p.m., ESPN2: MLS, New England at Seattle
TENNIS
11 a.m., ESPN2: ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, round of 16
6 p.m., ESPN2: ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, round of 16
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 75 45 .625 -
Boston 68 51 .571 6 1/2
Tampa Bay 65 54 .546 9 1/2
Toronto 55 63 .466 19
Baltimore 48 72 .400 27
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 63 56 .529 -
Chicago 62 59 .512 2
Minnesota 58 62 .483 5 1/2
Cleveland 51 68 .429 12
Kansas City 47 73 .392 16 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 73 45 .619 -
Texas 67 52 .563 6 1/2
Seattle 62 58 .517 12
Oakland 53 66 .445 20 1/2
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Angels 5, Cleveland 4
Detroit 5, Seattle 3
Boston 10, Toronto 9
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4
Minnesota 9, Texas 6
Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4
N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 2
Wednesday's Games
Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 2
L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0
Seattle 3, Detroit 1
Boston 6, Toronto 1
Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 5, Texas 4
N.Y. Yankees at Oakland
Thursday's Games
Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1) at Detroit (Washburn 8-7), 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Lackey 8-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Boston (Lester 9-7) at Toronto (Cecil 5-1), 6:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Matusz 1-2) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 7-9), 6:08 p.m.
Minnesota (Swarzak 3-6) at Texas (Holland 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 68 49 .581 -
Florida 64 56 .533 5 1/2
Atlanta 63 57 .525 6 1/2
New York 56 64 .467 13 1/2
Washington 43 77 .358 26 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 68 53 .562 -
Chicago 60 57 .513 6
Houston 58 62 .483 9 1/2
Milwaukee 58 62 .483 9 1/2
Cincinnati 50 69 .420 17
Pittsburgh 49 70 .412 18
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 71 49 .592 -
Colorado 67 53 .558 4
San Francisco 66 54 .550 5
Arizona 54 67 .446 17 1/2
San Diego 51 70 .421 20 1/2
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia 5, Arizona 1
Colorado 4, Washington 3
Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 9, Atlanta 4
San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 5, 10 innings
Florida 6, Houston 2
San Diego 6, Chicago Cubs 3
L.A. Dodgers 7, St. Louis 3
Wednesday's Games
Philadelphia 8, Arizona 1
Colorado 5, Washington 4
Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 1
Atlanta 15, N.Y. Mets 2
San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 0
Houston 6, Florida 3
Chicago Cubs at San Diego
St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers
Thursday's Games
San Francisco (Cain 12-4) at Cincinnati (Harang 6-14), 11:35 a.m.
Arizona (D.Davis 7-10) at Philadelphia (Blanton 7-6), 6:05 p.m.
Colorado (Hammel 7-7) at Washington (Mock 2-4), 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Kawakami 5-9) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 13-8), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Jo.Johnson 12-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 11-7), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Pineiro 11-9) at San Diego (Stauffer 1-5), 9:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 5-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Jef.Weaver 5-4), 9:10 p.m.
League leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING-Mauer, Minnesota, .380; ISuzuki, Seattle, .366; Bartlett, Tampa Bay, .341; MiCabrera, Detroit, .334; Jeter, New York, .330; Crawford, Tampa Bay, .322; Rolen, Toronto, .320.
RUNS-Figgins, Los Angeles, 94; BRoberts, Baltimore, 88; Pedroia, Boston, 86; Damon, New York, 84; Scutaro, Toronto, 83; Jeter, New York, 80; AdJones, Baltimore, 80.
RBI-Morneau, Minnesota, 94; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 88; Bay, Boston, 86; Teixeira, New York, 86; Markakis, Baltimore, 84; BAbreu, Los Angeles, 81; AHill, Toronto, 80.
HITS-ISuzuki, Seattle, 181; Jeter, New York, 159; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 152; Cano, New York, 151; MYoung, Texas, 150; Markakis, Baltimore, 149; MiCabrera, Detroit, 148; AHill, Toronto, 148.
DOUBLES-BRoberts, Baltimore, 46; Butler, Kansas City, 41; Markakis, Baltimore, 39; Byrd, Texas, 38; Lind, Toronto, 37; Pedroia, Boston, 34; Cano, New York, 33; Scutaro, Toronto, 33; Teixeira, New York, 33; MYoung, Texas, 33.
TRIPLES-DeJesus, Kansas City, 8; Andrus, Texas, 7; Bloomquist, Kansas City, 7; Figgins, Los Angeles, 7; 7 tied at 6.
HOME RUNS-CPena, Tampa Bay, 31; Teixeira, New York, 30; AHill, Toronto, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 28; Bay, Boston, 27; Branyan, Seattle, 27; Kinsler, Texas, 26; KMorales, Los Angeles, 26.
STOLEN BASES-Crawford, Tampa Bay, 54; Ellsbury, Boston, 53; Figgins, Los Angeles, 37; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 35; BAbreu, Los Angeles, 26; RDavis, Oakland, 25; BRoberts, Baltimore, 25.
PITCHING -Beckett, Boston, 14-4; Sabathia, New York, 14-7; JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 13-4; Halladay, Toronto, 13-6; Verlander, Detroit, 13-7; Feldman, Texas, 12-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 12-4.
STRIKEOUTS-Verlander, Detroit, 204; Greinke, Kansas City, 182; Lester, Boston, 176; FHernandez, Seattle, 167; Halladay, Toronto, 151; Beckett, Boston, 149; JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 143.
SAVES-MaRivera, New York, 35; Fuentes, Los Angeles, 35; Nathan, Minnesota, 31; Papelbon, Boston, 29; Aardsma, Seattle, 28; Jenks, Chicago, 26; Rodney, Detroit, 25.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING-HaRamirez, Florida, .359; Sandoval, San Francisco, .327; DWright, New York, .324; Pujols, St. Louis, .321; Helton, Colorado, .318; Victorino, Philadelphia, .316; Braun, Milwaukee, .313; CaLee, Houston, .313.
RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 94; Braun, Milwaukee, 86; Zimmerman, Washington, 86; Utley, Philadelphia, 84; Victorino, Philadelphia, 84; Reynolds, Arizona, 79; HaRamirez, Florida, 77; Werth, Philadelphia, 77.
RBI-Fielder, Milwaukee, 108; Pujols, St. Louis, 105; Howard, Philadelphia, 94; Braun, Milwaukee, 87; Dunn, Washington, 86; Reynolds, Arizona, 83; DLee, Chicago, 82; HaRamirez, Florida, 82.
HITS-HaRamirez, Florida, 155; Tejada, Houston, 148; Braun, Milwaukee, 145; Victorino, Philadelphia, 145; FLopez, Milwaukee, 141; Sandoval, San Francisco, 141; CaLee, Houston, 140.
DOUBLES-HaRamirez, Florida, 36; Sandoval, San Francisco, 34; Tejada, Houston, 34; Hawpe, Colorado, 33; Helton, Colorado, 33; Ethier, Los Angeles, 31; Rollins, Philadelphia, 31; Victorino, Philadelphia, 31; DWright, New York, 31.
TRIPLES-Bourn, Houston, 10; Victorino, Philadelphia, 9; SDrew, Arizona, 8; GParra, Arizona, 8; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 8; ECabrera, San Diego, 7; Counsell, Milwaukee, 7; Pagan, New York, 7.
HOME RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 39; Reynolds, Arizona, 38; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 33; Fielder, Milwaukee, 32; Dunn, Washington, 31; Howard, Philadelphia, 31; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 27; Werth, Philadelphia, 27.
STOLEN BASES-Bourn, Houston, 44; Morgan, Washington, 39; Fowler, Colorado, 26; Kemp, Los Angeles, 25; Taveras, Cincinnati, 25; DWright, New York, 24; Pierre, Los Angeles, 23; HaRamirez, Florida, 23; Rollins, Philadelphia, 23.
PITCHING -Wainwright, St. Louis, 14-7; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 13-3; Marquis, Colorado, 13-8; JSantana, New York, 13-8; JoJohnson, Florida, 12-2; Lincecum, San Francisco, 12-3; Cain, San Francisco, 12-4.
STRIKEOUTS-Lincecum, San Francisco, 207; JVazquez, Atlanta, 178; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 171; Haren, Arizona, 167; Wainwright, St. Louis, 149; Jimenez, Colorado, 145; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 144; JSantana, New York, 144.
SAVES-Street, Colorado, 30; HBell, San Diego, 30; Franklin, St. Louis, 30; BrWilson, San Francisco, 29; Broxton, Los Angeles, 26; FrRodriguez, New York, 26; Hoffman, Milwaukee, 26.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB-Suspended Seattle minor league LHP Daniel Christensen (West Tennessee-SL) and Houston minor league LHP Gabriel Garcia (Greeneville-Appalachian) 50 games for testing positive in violation of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Placed OF Trevor Crowe on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 17. Recalled INF-OF Matt LaPorta from Columbus (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS-Traded RHP Ruben Flores to Milwaukee for 3B Bill Hall.
TEXAS RANGERS-Recalled RHP Willie Eyre from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed LHP Eddie Guardado on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 15.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS-Placed CF Willy Tavares on the 15-day DL. Called up OF Drew Stubbs from Louisville (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Agreed to terms with RHP John Smoltz.
American Association
ST. PAUL SAINTS-Signed LHP Dave Wagner.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Released CB Eric Green.
NEW YORK GIANTS-Activated DT Rocky Bernard from the non-football injury list.
NEW YORK JETS-Signed S Nate Ness.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Signed S Steve Cargile. Released S C.J. Byrd, CB Mike Hawkins and WR Joel Filani.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES-Agreed to terms with C Stephane Yelle.
COLLEGE
SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE-Named Jay Jones commissioner.
COAST GUARD-Named Kevin Jaskiewicz men's interim basketball coach.
HAMILTON-Named Caitlin Gillard women's assistant basketball coach, Andrew Kelleher men's assistant lacrosse coach, Jenna Henderson women's assistant volleyball coach and Paige Mullin sports information assistant.
HOLY CROSS-Named Bryan Hill equipment manager.
NORTH DAKOTA-Dismissed junior F Matt Frattin from the hockey team for violating team rules.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-Named Dana Ingraham graduate assistant for media relations.
SPRINGFIELD-Named Kristen Mullady women's lacrosse coach.
Football
NFL preseason
Thursday's Games
Cincinnati at New England, 6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
Tennessee at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
Wednesday's Games
Connecticut 74, New York 69
Minnesota at Los Angeles