Scoreboard
Area events
Tuesday
Girls tennis
Foley at Aitkin 10 a.m.
Crosby-Ironton at Duluth Marshall 9 a.m.
St. Cloud Tech at Pequot Lakes 10 a.m.
Staples-Motley Invite 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)
Tuesday
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
11 a.m., ESPN2: World Series, pool play round, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia vs. Maracaibo, Venezuela
1 p.m., ESPN2: World Series, pool play round, Ramstein AFB, Germany vs. Vancouver, British Columbia
3 p.m., ESPN: World Series, pool play round, Russellville, Ky., vs. Peabody, Mass.
5 p.m., ESPN2: World Series, pool play round, Reynosa, Mexico vs. Taoyuan, Taiwan
7 p.m., ESPN2: World Series, pool play round, San Antonio vs. Chula Vista, Calif.
SOCCER
1:30 p.m., FSN: UEFA Champions League, Club Atletico de Madrid vs. Panathinaikos
7 p.m., FSN: UEFA Champions League, Maccabi Haifa vs. FC Salzburg
WNBA BASKETBALL
9 p.m., ESPN2: Chicago at Los Angeles
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ-AM, WYRQ-FM, KNSP-AM, KWAD-AM: Twins vs. Baltimore
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 78 46 .629 -
Boston 71 53 .573 7
Tampa Bay 68 56 .548 10
Toronto 57 66 .463 20 1/2
Baltimore 51 74 .408 27 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 65 58 .528 -
Chicago 63 62 .504 3
Minnesota 62 63 .496 4
Cleveland 54 69 .439 11
Kansas City 47 76 .382 18
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 74 48 .607 -
Texas 69 54 .561 5 1/2
Seattle 63 61 .508 12
Oakland 55 68 .447 19 1/2
Sunday's Games
Cleveland 6, Seattle 1
Toronto 8, L.A. Angels 3
Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0
Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3
Oakland 9, Detroit 4
N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 4
Monday's Games
Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 7
Boston 12, Chicago White Sox 8
Minnesota 2, Baltimore 1
Cleveland at Kansas City, late
Detroit at L.A. Angels, late
Oakland at Seattle, late
Tuesday's Games
Texas (Millwood 9-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 8-3), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 7-10) at Toronto (Cecil 5-2), 6:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 0-1) at Boston (Lester 10-7), 6:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Matusz 2-2) at Minnesota (Gabino 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 4-4) at Kansas City (Greinke 11-8), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Washburn 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 8-6), 9:05 p.m.
Oakland (Bre.Anderson 7-9) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1), 9:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 72 50 .590 -
Atlanta 66 58 .532 7
Florida 65 59 .524 8
New York 57 68 .456 16 1/2
Washington 44 81 .352 29 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 72 54 .571 -
Chicago 62 60 .508 8
Houston 61 63 .492 10
Milwaukee 61 63 .492 10
Cincinnati 52 71 .423 18 1/2
Pittsburgh 51 71 .418 19
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 74 51 .592 -
Colorado 70 54 .565 3 1/2
San Francisco 67 57 .540 6 1/2
Arizona 55 70 .440 19
San Diego 52 74 .413 22 1/2
Sunday's Games
Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 7
Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 7, Florida 5
Washington 8, Milwaukee 3
Arizona 7, Houston 5
Colorado 4, San Francisco 2
St. Louis 5, San Diego 2
Chicago Cubs 3, L.A. Dodgers 1
Monday's Games
Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 2
Milwaukee 7, Washington 1
San Francisco at Colorado, late
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia (Blanton 8-6) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 11-8), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 1-2) at Florida (West 4-5), 6:10 p.m.
San Diego (Latos 4-3) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 10-8), 6:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 11-12) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-8), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Mock 2-5) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-4), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 12-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-7), 7:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-7) at Colorado (Hammel 8-7), 7:40 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 12-8) at San Francisco (Cain 12-4), 9:15 p.m.
Linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 300 320 103 - 12 15 2
Toronto 051 000 010 - 7 9 1
Niemann, Choate (7), Wheeler (8), Springer (9) and Zaun; Halladay, League (7), Camp (9) and Barajas. W-Niemann 12-5. L-Halladay 13-7. HRs-Tampa Bay, C.Pena (35), Zobrist (23). Toronto, Barajas (12), R.Ruiz (4).
Chicago 022 030 010 - 8 8 2
Boston 016 200 30x - 12 13 1
Contreras, Carrasco (3), Williams (6), Dotel (7), T.Pena (8) and Pierzynski; Buchholz, R.Ramirez (5), Okajima (7), D.Bard (7), Papelbon (9) and V.Martinez. W-R.Ramirez 7-3. L-Contreras 5-12. HRs-Chicago, Beckham (8), Konerko (23). Boston, Lowell (16), J.Drew (16).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 302 000 001 - 6 7 2
New York 200 000 000 - 2 6 3
Cl.Lee, Park (8), Lidge (9) and Bako; Parnell, Takahashi (6), Dessens (7), Wagner (8), Feliciano (9), Stokes (9) and Santos. W-Cl.Lee 5-0. L-Parnell 3-6. HRs-Philadelphia, Howard 2 (34).
Milwaukee 000 006 010 - 7 10 1
Washington 010 000 000 - 1 6 0
Gallardo, C.Vargas (6), Weathers (8), Stetter (9) and Kendall; Balester, Bergmann (6), Villone (6), Sosa (7), MacDougal (9) and Nieves. W-Gallardo 12-10. L-Balester 1-4. HRs-Milwaukee, Braun (27), Gerut (5).
Football
NFL
Preseason glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Miami 2 0 0 1.000 39 26
New England 1 1 0 .500 33 32
Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 66 72
N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 43 47
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 58 68
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 26 28
Houston 1 1 0 .500 30 48
Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 32 36
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 47 23
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 14 23
Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 27 27
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 33 27
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Oakland 1 1 0 .500 51 31
San Diego 1 1 0 .500 31 26
Denver 0 2 0 .000 29 44
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 23 33
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 1 1 0 .500 17 36
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 40 41
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 27 34
Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 40 50
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 55 21
Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 46 40
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 44 50
Carolina 0 2 0 .000 34 51
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 48 21
Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 30 16
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 37 30
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 37 53
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 38 36
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 47 27
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 36 40
Arizona 0 2 0 .000 16 37
Monday's Game
Baltimore 24, N.Y. Jets 23
Thursday's Games
Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
New England at Washington, 7 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Indianapolis at Detroit, noon
New Orleans at Oakland, 3 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
San Diego at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Sunday's Game
Chicago at Denver, 7 p.m.
Monday's Game
Minnesota at Houston, 7 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Designated LHP Ron Mahay for assignment. Purchased the contract of RHP Yasuhiko Yabuta from Omaha (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Activated LHP Scott Downs from the 15-day DL. Placed 3B Edwin Encarnacion on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 21.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES-Agreed to terms with 1B Jason Giambi on a minor league contract.
NEW YORK METS-Recalled LHP Ken Takahashi from Buffalo (IL). Optioned LHP Pat Misch to Buffalo. Announced INF Andy Green cleared waivers and was assigned to Buffalo.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Named Jarrod Dillon vice president, ticket sales and service.
Eastern League
READING PHILLIES-Announced SS Freddy Galvis has been promoted from Clearwater (FSL).
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS-Released RHP Albert Montes.
Atlantic League
YORK REVOLUTION-Signed RHP Shawn Hedrick. Can-Am League
NEW HAMPSHIRE AMERICAN DEFENDERS-Traded RHP Adam Piechowski to Brockton for cash.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS-Released RHP Steve Shepard. Signed OF Rafael Cabreja.
QUEBEC CAPITALES-Released RHP Jose Aquino.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS-Signed S Kevin Kaesviharn. Waived WR Jason Carter.
CINCINNATI BENGALS-Signed DT Langston Moore.
CLEVELAND BROWNS-Signed DB Tra Battle, OL Corey Hilliard and TE Nate Jackson. Terminated the contract of OL George Foster. Waived TE John Madsen and DL Mel Purcell.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed LB Adam Seward. Re-signed WR Maurice Dupree. Waived LB Lamar Myles and WR Andy Strickland.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Waived LB Vince Redd.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Terminated the contract of TE Ernest Wilford. Waived RB Anthony Kimble, NT Joe Cohen, LB Orion Martin and LB Tearrius George. Placed WR Chris Williams on waived-injured. Traded OL Andy Alleman and OL Ikechuku Ndukwe to Kansas City for an undisclosed 2010 draft pick.
OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed LB Napoleon Harris, Released CB Ricky Manning Jr.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS-Signed QB Philip Rivers to a a six-year contract extension through 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Activated DE Ray McDonald from the physically unable to perform list.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Placed LB Angelo Crowell on injured reserve. Signed CB Darrell Hunter and LB Bo Ruud.
TENNESSEE TITANS-Released WR Chris Davis and OL Doug Datish. HOCKEY
ECHL
JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS-Re-signed F Sean Berkstresser.
KALAMAZOO WINGS-Agreed to terms with F Sean O'Conner, F Erik Johnson and D Matt Krug.
LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS-Agreed to terms with D Jason Krischuk.
International Hockey League
MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS-Signed C Brian Bicek and D Lubos Velebny. COLLEGE
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN-Named Will Jones men's assistant basketball coach.
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND-Named Paul Bobb interim athletic director and David Pizzuto associate athletic director-sports information director.
GUILFORD-Named Gary Rizza trainer.
HOLY CROSS-Named Sean Ryan men's assistant basketball coach.
HOLY FAMILY-Named Nikki Flores, Rachel Johnson and Bethann Castone women's assistant basketball coaches.
MANHATTAN-Named Jay Myers women's assistant soccer coach.
OTTERBEIN-Named Mark Paluszak men's and women's golf coach.
POINT PARK-Announced men's basketball G Marcus Robinson is transferring from Clarion.
RIDER-Named Pam Durkin women's associate head basketball coach.
YALE-Named Jillian Byers women's assistant lacrosse coach.