Scoreboard

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Central Lakes at Itasca 6:30 p.m.

Thursday

CROSS COUNTRY

Little Falls at Alexandria Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

Pillager in St. John's Prep Invitational at Collegeville, 4:30 p.m.

Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus at McGregor Invitational, 4 p.m.

SWIMMING/DIVING

Brainerd at Willmar, 6 p.m.

Sauk Rapids at Little Falls, 6 p.m.

Park Rapids at Staples-Motley, 6 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Little Falls vs. Brainerd at Baxter, 5 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER

Brainerd at Little Falls, 5 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Willmar at Brainerd, 4:30 p.m.

Aitkin at Wadena-Deer Creek, 4:30 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton vs. Greenway at Coleraine, 4:30 p.m.

Staples-Motley vs. Minnewaska at Glenwood, 5 p.m.

Pierz, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Pequot Lakes triangular

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Brainerd at Sartell, 7:30 p.m.

Hinckley-Finlayson at Aitkin, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit Lakes at Crosby-Ironton, 7:30 p.m.

Willmar at Little Falls, 7:30 p.m.

Pequot Lakes vs. Greenway at Coleraine, 7:30 p.m.

Pierz vs. HL-W-W at Howard Lake, 7:30 p.m..

Pillager at Henning, 7:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus at New York Mills, 7:30 p.m.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley at Staples-Motley, 7:30 p.m.

Menahga at Verndale, 7:30 p.m.

COLLEGE GOLF

Central Lakes at Eagle Creek at Willmar 11 a.m.

TV-Radio

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KBLB-FM (93.3), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), KTCF-FM (101.5), KTIG-FM (102.7), WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KTLF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KAAK-AM (1570)

Wednesday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN -- Teams TBA

WGN -- N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox

6 p.m.

ESPN -- Teams TBA

ESPN2 -- Teams TBA

7:05 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Cleveland

9 p.m.

ESPN -- Teams TBA

SOCCER

3:55 p.m.

ESPN2 -- FIFA, Women's World Cup, Norway vs. Brazil

Thursday

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

6:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Nebraska at Southern Miss.

7:30 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Dunhill Links Championship

3 p.m.

ESPN -- PGA Tour, Texas Open, first round

4 p.m.

TGC -- Nationwide Tour, Mark Christopher Charity Classic, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6:05 p.m.

FSN/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Detroit

SOCCER

3:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- FIFA, Women's World Cup, first round, Sweden vs. North Korea

6:25 p.m.

ESPN2 -- FIFA, Women's World Cup, first round, U.S. vs. Nigeria

8:55 p.m.

ESPN2 -- FIFA, Women's World Cup, first round, China vs. Australia

ESPN2 -- MLS, DC at MetroStars

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-New York 98 59 .624 --

Boston 93 64 .592 5

Toronto 82 75 .522 16

Baltimore 69 87 .442 28 1/2

Tampa Bay 61 96 .389 37

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Minnesota 88 69 .561 --

Chicago 82 75 .522 6

Kansas City 82 75 .522 6

Cleveland 67 91 .424 21 1/2

Detroit 39 118 .248 49

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Oakland 95 63 .601 --

Seattle 90 68 .570 5

Anaheim 74 84 .468 21

Texas 70 88 .443 25

x-clinched division

Tuesday's Games

Boston 6, Baltimore 5, 10 innings

Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5

Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1

Detroit 15, Kansas City 6

N.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 0

Anaheim 2, Seattle 1, 11 innings

Oakland 4, Texas 3, 10 innings

Wednesday's Games

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 17-7) at Chicago White Sox (Loaiza 19-9), 1:05 p.m.

Texas (Benoit 8-5) at Oakland (Hudson 15-7), 2:35 p.m.

Seattle (R.Franklin 10-13) at Anaheim (Lackey 9-16), 3:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Hentgen 6-8) at Boston (Burkett 11-8), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Waechter 3-1) at Toronto (Escobar 12-9), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 13-9) at Minnesota (Lohse 14-11), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Loux 0-1) at Kansas City (Gobble 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-Atlanta 98 60 .620 --

Florida 87 70 .554 10 1/2

Philadelphia 85 72 .541 12 1/2

Montreal 81 77 .513 17

New York 64 92 .410 33

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 85 72 .541 --

Houston 84 73 .535 1

St. Louis 82 76 .519 3 1/2

Pittsburgh 73 84 .465 12

Cincinnati 67 90 .427 18

Milwaukee 66 91 .420 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-San Francisco 97 59 .622 --

Los Angeles 83 73 .532 14

Arizona 81 76 .516 16 1/2

Colorado 72 85 .459 25 1/2

San Diego 62 95 .395 35 1/2

x-clinched division

Tuesday's Games

Florida 5, Philadelphia 4

N.Y. Mets 1, Pittsburgh 0

Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 0

Atlanta 2, Montreal 0

St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1

San Francisco 10, Houston 3

Colorado 20, Arizona 9

Los Angeles 2, San Diego 1

Wednesday's Games

San Francisco (Ponson 3-5) at Houston (Oswalt 9-5), 1:05 p.m.

Montreal (Day 9-7) at Atlanta (Ru.Ortiz 20-7), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Morris 10-8) at Milwaukee (Kinney 10-12), 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Myers 14-8) at Florida (Beckett 8-8), 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (D'Amico 9-15) at N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 15-10), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Estes 7-11) at Cincinnati (Hall 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

Arizona (Johnson 5-8) at Colorado (Jimenez 2-9), 8:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (K.Brown 14-9) at San Diego (Howard 1-3), 9:05 p.m.

Wild card

American League

W L Pct GB

Boston 93 64 .592 --

Seattle 90 68 .570 3 1/2

National League

W L Pct GB

Florida 87 70 .554 --

Philadelphia 85 72 .545 2

Houston 84 73 .535 3

Los Angeles 83 73 .532 3 1/2

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tampa Bay 101 020 010 -- 5 11 1

Toronto 001 312 01x -- 8 10 1

Zambrano, Backe (6), Switzer (6), CReyes (8) and Hall; Towers, Kershner (5), Lopez (8), TreMiller (9) and Cash. W--Kershner 3-3. L--Zambrano 11-10. Sv--TreMiller (4). HRs--Tampa Bay, Lugo (13), Huff (32). Toronto, Johnson (10), CDelgado (37).

Baltimore 030 000 002 0 --5 11 2

Boston 100 010 003 1 --6 7 2

(10 innings)

Dubose, Parrish (6), Julio (8), Ainsworth (10) and Fordyce; Wakefield, Sauerbeck (8), Arroyo (9), BKim (10) and Mirabelli, Varitek (10). W--BKim 8-5. L--Ainsworth 0-1. HRs--Baltimore, Matos (13). Boston, TWalker (12), DOrtiz (29).

New York 100 001 005 -- 7 12 0

Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0 5 0

Contreras, MRivera (9) and Posada; Buehrle, Marte (8), Sullivan (9), Wunsch (9), Koch (9) and SAlomar. W--Contreras 7-2. L--Buehrle 14-14. HRs--New York, NJohnson (14), JaGiambi (40), JRivera (4).

Detroit 121 342 200 -- 15 18 1

Kansas City 110 400 000 -- 6 12 1

Maroth, Bonderman (6), MAnderson (8) and Hinch, Walbeck (8); Lima, KWilson (4), Lloyd (6), Voyles (7) and DiFelice. W--Maroth 8-21. L--Lima 8-2. HRs--Detroit, WMorris (6), Monroe (21), Hinch (3). Kansas City, Berroa (17), Harvey (13).

Texas 000 010 101 0 --3 9 1

Oakland 100 100 001 1 --4 12 1

(10 innings)

Drese, BShouse (8), FCordero (9) and Greene; Harden, Rincon (7), Bradford (8), Foulke (9) and RaHernandez, Melhuse (10). W--Foulke 9-1. L--FCordero 5-8. HR--Texas, Greene (10).

Seattle 000 000 001 00 --1 4 0

Anaheim 010 000 000 01 --2 7 0

(11 innings)

FGarcia, Rhodes (9), RSoriano (9), Hasegawa (11) and Borders, DWilson (8); Shields, Percival (9), Donnelly (10), FRodriguez (11) and Wooten. W--FRodriguez 8-3. L--Hasegawa 2-4. HR--Anaheim, Salmon (19).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago 000 014 100 -- 6 8 1

Cincinnati 000 000 000 -- 0 2 0

Wood, Farnsworth (8), Remlinger (9) and DMiller; Randall, Serafini (6), Reith (8), Cerros (9) and LaRue. W--Wood 14-11. L--Randall 2-4. HR--Chicago, ARamirez (27).

Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 8 0

New York 000 100 00x -- 1 8 0

Wells, Grabow (8), Meadows (8) and Kendall; Leiter and Piazza. W--Leiter 15-9. L--Wells 9-9.

Montreal 000 000 000 -- 0 7 1

Atlanta 000 000 02x -- 2 5 1

JVazquez, CCordero (8) and Schneider; Reynolds, JSWright (8), Smoltz (9) and JvLopez. W--JSWright 2-5. L--JVazquez 13-12. Sv--Smoltz (45).

Philadelphia 021 000 010 -- 4 7 1

Florida 000 000 50x -- 5 8 0

Millwood, MiWilliams (7), Plesac (7), CSilva (7), Mesa (8) and Lieberthal; Willis, Helling (7), Tejera (7), Looper (8), CFox (8), Urbina (9) and IRodriguez. W--Tejera 3-3. L--MiWilliams 1-7. Sv--Urbina (4). HR--Florida, Conine (3).

St. Louis 032 000 000 -- 5 10 0

Milwaukee 100 000 000 -- 1 3 0

WWilliams, Eldred (8), Kline (8), DeJean (9) and Matheny; BSheets, Nance (7), Crudale (8), LVizcaino (9) and Osik. W--WWilliams 17-9. L--BSheets 11-13. HRs--St. Louis, Matheny (8). Milwaukee, BClark (6).

San Francisco 0(10)0 000 000 -- 10 10 0

Houston 000 000 201 -- 3 4 1

Schmidt, Herges (8), Christiansen (9) and BSantiago, ACastillo (8); WMiller, Stone (2), JFernandez (3), RiWhite (6), Bullinger (8) and Ausmus, RChavez (6). W--Schmidt 17-5. L--WMiller 14-13. HRs--San Francisco, Grissom (20), Alfonzo (12). Houston, Lane 2 (3).

Arizona 000 220 023 -- 9 12 4

Colorado 600 425 30x -- 20 17 2

Webb, EGonzalez (5), Oropesa (6), JoPatterson (7), Randolph (8) and Hammock, Moeller (7); Oliver, Bernero (6), Young (8) and CJohnson, Pellow (7). W--Oliver 13-11. L--Webb 10-8. HRs--Arizona, Moeller (7), Mondesi (7), Cintron (13), Hillenbrand (16). Colorado, Belliard 2 (7), Helton (32), LWalker (15).

Los Angeles 000 000 101 -- 2 9 0

San Diego 000 100 000 -- 1 5 0

WAlvarez, TMartin (8), Gagne (9) and Lo Duca; Peavy, Linebrink (8), MMatthews (8), Beck (9) and Bennett. W--TMartin 1-2. L--Beck 3-2. Sv--Gagne (54). HR--Los Angeles, Beltre (23).

Football

State rankings

First-place votes in parentheses.

CLASS 5A

1. Eden Prairie (8) 4-0 80

2. Blaine 4-0 72

3. Cretin-Derham Hall 4-0 60

4. Lakeville 4-0 57

5. (tie) Champlin Park 4-0 41

5. (tie) Hastings 4-0 41

7. Wayzata 4-0 35

8. Rochester Mayo 4-0 30

9. Elk River 4-0 11

10. White Bear Lake 4-0 8

Class 4A

1. Mankato West (9) 4-0 90

2. Farmington 4-0 81

3. Duluth Denfeld 4-0 58

4. Totino-Grace 3-1 46

5. Austin 4-0 42

6. Detroit Lakes 3-1 40

7. Hill-Murray 4-0 27

8. Minneapolis Washburn 4-0 21

9. North Branch 4-0 17

10. Holy Angels 3-1 15

Class 3A

1. Becker (6) 4-0 87

2. Plainview/Elgin-Millville (3) 4-0 71

3. Proctor 4-0 70

4. Albany 4-0 56

5. Jackson County Central 4-0 51

6. Cannon Falls 4-0 40

7. Kasson-Mantorville 4-0 33

8. Glencoe-Silver Lake 2-2 26

9. Crookston 3-1 16

10. Waconia 4-0 14

Class 2A

1. Breck (4) 4-0 57

2. Norwood-Young America (1) 4-0 48

3. Otter Tail Central 4-0 46

4. Windom Area 4-0 43

5. BOLD (1) 4-0 40

6. Holdingford 4-0 35

7. Moose Lake/Willow River 4-0 19

8. MACCRAY 4-0 14

9. East Central 4-0 9

10. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 4-0 6

Class 1A

1. Wabasso (5) 4-0 59

2. Mankato Loyola (1) 4-0 45

3. Mahnomen 4-0 32

4. Fertile-Beltrami 4-0 27

5. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 4-0 24

6. Cook County 3-1 22

7. Goodhue 3-1 19

8. Medford 4-0 15

9. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 4-0 12

10. Sleepy Eye 4-0 11

Nine-Man

1. Verndale (5) 4-0 84

2. Stephen-Argyle (3) 4-0 78

3. Tower-Soudan 4-0 65

4. Nicollet 4-0 52

5. Ulen-Hitterdal 4-0 51

6. Isle 4-0 45

7. Lakeview (1) 4-0 39

8. Grand Meadow 4-0 18

9. Babbitt-Embarrass 4-0 15

10. LeRoy-Ostrander 3-1 11

Volleyball

High School

Tuesday's scores

Aitkin def. Crosby-Ironton, 20-25, 26-24, 25-21, 14-25, 15-13

Albany def. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, 25-19, 25-24, 25-16

Alexandria def. St. Cloud Tech, 25-12, 25-16, 25-15

Bemidji def. Duluth East, 25-14, 25-14, 25-14

Bertha-Hewitt def. Staples-Motley, 16-25, 25-14, 18-25, 25-12, 15-11

Isle def. Rush City, 25-12, 25-22, 25-21

Luverne def. Lincoln, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 26-24

New York Mills def. Wadena-Deer Creek, 19-25, 25-14, 25-7, 25-17

Park Rapids def. Pine River-Backus, 25-21, 25-22, 25-16

Pequot Lakes def. Menahga, 25-12, 25-18, 25-18

Pierz def. Braham, 25-16, 24-26, 25-17, 22-25, 15-13

Rocori def. St. Cloud Apollo, 25-4, 25-15, 25-10

Sartell-St. Stephen def. Little Falls, 25-8, 25-19, 20-25, 25-12

Sauk Rapids-Rice def. Willmar, 25-17, 26-24, 21-25, 25-20

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley def. Mahnomen, 25-8, 20-25, 24-26, 25-15, 16-14

Transactions

National Hockey League

MINNESOTA WILD--Announced the retirement of D Chris McAlpine.