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Monday, May 12, 2008








SCOREBOARD
Area events

Monday

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Pierz at Holdingford, 3:15 p.m.

Pillager at Royalton, 4:30 p.m.

Verndale vs. Bertha-Hewitt at Bertha, 4:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Rocori at Brainerd, 5 p.m.

Little Falls at Willmar, 4 p.m.

Braham at Aitkin, 4 p.m.

Staples Motley at Crosby-Ironton, 4:30 p.m. (2)

Bertha-Hewitt at Verndale, 4:30 p.m.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa at Pierz, 4 p.m.

Little Falls at Willmar, 4 p.m.

Wadena-Deer Creek at Pequot Lakes, 3:30 p.m. (2)

BOYS TENNIS

Brainerd at Willmar, 4:30 p.m.

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

BOYS GOLF

Brainerd, Little Falls in Rocori CLC meet at Cold Spring, 4 p.m.

Aitkin in Great River Conference tournament at Rush City, 9 a.m.

Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State Conference meet at Whitefish Golf Club, 1 p.m.

Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference meet at Kimball, 4:15 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF

Brainerd, Little Falls at Willmar CLC meet, 4 p.m.

Aitkin in Great River Conference tournament at Rush City, 9 a.m.

Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Mid-State meet at Whitefish Golf Club, 1 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale at Browerville Invite, 4 p.m.

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).

Monday

ARENA FOOTBALL

7 p.m., ESPN2: Philadelphia at Georgia

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m., ESPN, FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Boston at Twins

NBA BASKETBALL

7:15 p.m., TNT: Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 4, Boston at Cleveland

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m., VERSUS: Playoffs, conference finals, game 3, Detroit at Dallas

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 24 16 .600 -

Tampa Bay 21 16 .568 1 1/2

Baltimore 19 19 .500 4

New York 19 19 .500 4

Toronto 17 21 .447 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 19 17 .528 -

Chicago 18 18 .500 1

Cleveland 18 18 .500 1

Kansas City 16 21 .432 3 1/2

Detroit 16 22 .421 4

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 23 16 .590 -

Los Angeles 22 17 .564 1

Texas 18 21 .462 5

Seattle 15 24 .385 8

Saturday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 5, Detroit 2

Cleveland 12, Toronto 0

Tampa Bay 2, L.A. Angels 0

Boston 5, Minnesota 2

Baltimore 6, Kansas City 5

Texas 6, Oakland 4

Chicago White Sox 8, Seattle 4

Sunday's Games

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, ppd., rain

Toronto at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Angels 5

Kansas City 4, Baltimore 0

Oakland 12, Texas 6

Seattle 6, Chicago White Sox 3

Minnesota 9, Boston 8

Monday's Games

Toronto (Burnett 3-3 and Marcum 3-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-1 and Lee 6-0), 2, 3:05 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 2-2) at Minnesota (Hernandez 5-1), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-3) at Tampa Bay (Garza 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Bedard 2-2) at Texas (Padilla 5-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 1-4) at L.A. Angels (Adenhart 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 23 14 .622 -

New York 19 16 .543 3

Philadelphia 21 18 .538 3

Atlanta 18 17 .514 4

Washington 15 23 .395 8 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 22 15 .595 -

St. Louis 23 16 .590 -

Houston 21 17 .553 1 1/2

Milwaukee 18 19 .486 4

Pittsburgh 17 19 .472 4 1/2

Cincinnati 15 23 .395 7 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 23 15 .605 -

Los Angeles 19 18 .514 3 1/2

San Francisco 16 22 .421 7

Colorado 15 23 .395 8

San Diego 14 24 .368 9

Saturday's Games

N.Y. Mets 12, Cincinnati 6, 1st game

Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 1, 2nd game

Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 2

St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 3

San Francisco 8, Philadelphia 2

Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 2

Florida 11, Washington 0

San Diego 3, Colorado 2

Houston 5, L.A. Dodgers 0

Sunday's Games

N.Y. Mets 8, Cincinnati 3

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain

Florida 5, Washington 4

Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 3

Chicago Cubs 6, Arizona 4

San Diego 6, Colorado 1

San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 3

Houston 8, L.A. Dodgers 5

Monday's Games

Atlanta (T.Hudson 5-2 and Jurrjens 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Van Benschoten 0-1 and Duke 1-2), 2, 11:35 a.m.

Washington (Od.Perez 0-3) at N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Florida (Badenhop 1-2) at Cincinnati (Harang 1-5), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Wolf 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 5-1), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 3-1) at Milwaukee (Bush 0-4), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (Oswalt 3-3) at San Francisco (Zito 0-7), 9:15 p.m.

League leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING-HMatsui, New York, .331; Mauer, Minnesota, .330; Youkilis, Boston, .322; Ordonez, Detroit, .315; Grudzielanek, Kansas City, .312; Bradley, Texas, .311; Jeter, New York, .308.

RUNS-Crawford, Tampa Bay, 30; Ellsbury, Boston, 29; Kinsler, Texas, 28; Youkilis, Boston, 27; Damon, New York, 27; Quentin, Chicago, 26; ISuzuki, Seattle, 26.

RBI-Hamilton, Texas, 39; EBrown, Oakland, 33; Youkilis, Boston, 30; Quentin, Chicago, 29; Ortiz, Boston, 28; Morneau, Minnesota, 27; Upton, Tampa Bay, 25; Blake, Cleveland, 25; Ordonez, Detroit, 25; Ibanez, Seattle, 25.

HITS-Pedroia, Boston, 51; Youkilis, Boston, 47; Hamilton, Texas, 47; ISuzuki, Seattle, 47; JoLopez, Seattle, 46; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 46; Kinsler, Texas, 45; Ordonez, Detroit, 45.

DOUBLES-Pedroia, Boston, 14; Hamilton, Texas, 13; Damon, New York, 13; DaMurphy, Texas, 12; AHill, Toronto, 12; Crosby, Oakland, 12; Youkilis, Boston, 12; IRodriguez, Detroit, 12.

TRIPLES-Crawford, Tampa Bay, 3; 14 are tied with 2.

HOME RUNS-Quentin, Chicago, 9; Napoli, Los Angeles, 8; Youkilis, Boston, 8; CPena, Tampa Bay, 8; 10 are tied with 7.

STOLEN BASES-CaGomez, Minnesota, 16; ISuzuki, Seattle, 16; Ellsbury, Boston, 14; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 12; Figgins, Los Angeles, 11; BRoberts, Baltimore, 11; Gathright, Kansas City, 10.

PITCHING (5 Decisions)-Matsuzaka, Boston, 6-0, 1.000, 2.45; ESantana, Los Angeles, 6-0, 1.000, 2.63; CLee, Cleveland, 6-0, 1.000, .81; Saunders, Los Angeles, 6-1, .857, 2.48; Wang, New York, 6-1, .857, 3.12; Sonnanstine, Tampa Bay, 5-1, .833, 5.07; LiHernandez, Minnesota, 5-1, .833, 3.83.

STRIKEOUTS-JVazquez, Chicago, 52; FHernandez, Seattle, 49; Halladay, Toronto, 47; Sabathia, Cleveland, 46; ESantana, Los Angeles, 45; Marcum, Toronto, 44; Beckett, Boston, 42.

SAVES-FRodriguez, Los Angeles, 14; Sherrill, Baltimore, 13; Nathan, Minnesota, 12; Papelbon, Boston, 11; MRivera, New York, 10; Street, Oakland, 9; Percival, Tampa Bay, 9.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING-CJones, Atlanta, .400; Berkman, Houston, .382; Furcal, Los Angeles, .366; Rowand, San Francisco, .348; Pujols, St. Louis, .348; Tejada, Houston, .342; HRamirez, Florida, .336; Nady, Pittsburgh, .336.

RUNS-Berkman, Houston, 40; Furcal, Los Angeles, 34; HRamirez, Florida, 33; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 31; Utley, Philadelphia, 31; Tejada, Houston, 31; DLee, Chicago, 31.

RBI-Berkman, Houston, 36; Nady, Pittsburgh, 34; DWright, New York, 31; Burrell, Philadelphia, 31; CJackson, Arizona, 30; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 29; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 29; CJones, Atlanta, 29.

HITS-Atkins, Colorado, 52; Berkman, Houston, 52; Tejada, Houston, 52; CJones, Atlanta, 52; Utley, Philadelphia, 49; Furcal, Los Angeles, 49; CGuzman, Washington, 49.

DOUBLES-Berkman, Houston, 15; Braun, Milwaukee, 13; Soto, Chicago, 13; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 13; Nady, Pittsburgh, 13; Glaus, St. Louis, 13.

TRIPLES-JReyes, New York, 5; Velez, San Francisco, 4; SDrew, Arizona, 4; CJackson, Arizona, 4; JCastillo, San Francisco, 3; OHudson, Arizona, 3.

HOME RUNS-Utley, Philadelphia, 13; Berkman, Houston, 12; Uggla, Florida, 11; DLee, Chicago, 10; CJones, Atlanta, 10; Young, Arizona, 9; Jacobs, Florida, 9; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 9; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 9; Burrell, Philadelphia, 9.

STOLEN BASES-Bourn, Houston, 17; Taveras, Colorado, 15; HRamirez, Florida, 13; Pierre, Los Angeles, 13; JReyes, New York, 12; Kemp, Los Angeles, 9; Velez, San Francisco, 8; Theriot, Chicago, 8; Furcal, Los Angeles, 8.

PITCHING (5 Decisions)-Webb, Arizona, 8-0, 1.000, 2.41; Cook, Colorado, 6-1, .857, 2.26; Lincecum, San Francisco, 5-1, .833, 1.61; Volquez, Cincinnati, 5-1, .833, 1.06; Hendrickson, Florida, 5-1, .833, 3.56; Zambrano, Chicago, 5-1, .833, 1.80.

STRIKEOUTS-Lincecum, San Francisco, 53; Volquez, Cincinnati, 52; Peavy, San Diego, 52; JSantana, New York, 52; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 48; Hamels, Philadelphia, 48; Harang, Cincinnati, 47.

SAVES-BWilson, San Francisco, 11; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 11; Lyon, Arizona, 10; Capps, Pittsburgh, 9; Lidge, Philadelphia, 9; Gagne, Milwaukee, 9; Valverde, Houston, 8.

Basketball

NBA playoffs

QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Saturday, May 10

Detroit 90, Orlando 89, Detroit leads series 3-1

Cleveland 108, Boston 84, Boston leads series 2-1

Sunday, May 11

Utah 123, L.A. Lakers 115, OT, series tied 2-2

San Antonio 100, New Orleans 80, series tied 2-2

Monday, May 12

Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Hockey

Stanley Cup playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALS

Saturday, May 10

Detroit 2, Dallas 1, Detroit leads series 2-0

Sunday, May 11

Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh leads series 2-0

Monday, May 12

Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Auto racing

NASCAR-Sprint-Dodge Challenger 500

Saturday

At Darlington Raceway

Darlington, S.C.

Lap length: 1.366 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 367 laps, 138.6 rating, 195 points, $313,700.

2. (36) Carl Edwards, Ford, 367, 98.1, 170, $241,850.

3. (8) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 367, 116.5, 170, $194,236.

4. (2) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 367, 117.7, 165, $138,100.

5. (15) David Ragan, Ford, 367, 97.5, 160, $123,375.

6. (34) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 367, 89.7, 155, $146,016.

7. (21) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 367, 99.1, 151, $131,941.

8. (24) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 367, 94.8, 147, $121,789.

9. (13) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 367, 100.4, 138, $111,283.

10. (12) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 367, 89.4, 134, $134,858.

11. (25) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 367, 80.9, 135, $95,925.

12. (5) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 367, 95.9, 132, $87,650.

13. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 367, 98.0, 124, $137,061.

14. (22) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 367, 100.8, 126, $116,383.

15. (38) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 367, 67.6, 118, $99,750.

16. (27) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 367, 70.7, 115, $117,908.

17. (9) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 367, 74.1, 112, $99,008.

18. (10) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 367, 75.0, 109, $119,011.

19. (30) David Reutimann, Toyota, 367, 74.9, 106, $81,300.

20. (33) David Gilliland, Ford, 367, 63.4, 108, $97,333.

21. (4) Tony Stewart, Toyota, 366, 53.8, 100, $125,061.

22. (42) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 366, 60.3, 102, $109,091.

23. (19) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 366, 46.6, 94, $107,183.

24. (37) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 365, 51.1, 91, $86,008.

25. (28) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 365, 67.0, 88, $76,950.

26. (31) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 365, 57.3, 90, $84,675.

27. (26) AJ Allmendinger, Toyota, 364, 48.2, 82, $72,475.

28. (18) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 364, 48.5, 79, $85,872.

29. (16) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 363, 58.5, 76, $82,625.

30. (20) Bill Elliott, Ford, 363, 38.1, 73, $92,795.

31. (17) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 363, 49.9, 70, $71,200.

32. (39) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 362, 34.4, 67, $98,239.

33. (40) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 361, 46.8, 64, $79,800.

34. (14) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 350, 50.3, 61, $78,725.

35. (29) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 341, 63.0, 58, $88,475.

36. (41) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 340, 40.2, 55, $78,325.

37. (32) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 295, 39.0, 52, $112,200.

38. (23) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 270, 33.2, 49, $115,475.

39. (11) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 265, 71.7, 46, $116,711.

40. (43) Patrick Carpentier, Dodge, engine, 261, 42.1, 48, $69,625.

41. (35) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 250, 25.3, 40, $69,500.

42. (7) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 247, 26.4, 37, $95,750.

43. (1) Greg Biffle, Ford, Engine, 234, 108.6, 39, $83,164.

Race statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 140.350 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 34 minutes, 19 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 3.115 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes: 35 among 15 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1; D.Earnhardt Jr. 2-16; Ky.Busch 17-39; G.Biffle 40-59; Ku.Busch 60; T.Kvapil 61-62; M.Kenseth 63-64; K.Kahne 65; J.Yeley 66; P.Carpentier 67-69; D.Gilliland 70; Ky.Busch 71-109; G.Biffle 110-121; J.Gordon 122; D.Hamlin 123; P.Carpentier 124; Ky.Busch 125; G.Biffle 126-127; Ky.Busch 128-140; G.Biffle 141; D.Earnhardt Jr. 142-159; G.Biffle 160-193; M.Truex Jr. 194-201; D.Earnhardt Jr. 202; M.Kenseth 203; D.Ragan 204-205; J.McMurray 206-208; G.Biffle 209-233; M.Truex Jr. 234-236; D.Hamlin 237-250; J.Gordon 251-269; Ky.Busch 270-280; J.Gordon 281-284; Ky.Busch 285-302; D.Earnhardt Jr. 303; Ky.Busch 304-367.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Kyle Busch 7 times for 169 laps; Greg Biffle 7 times for 95 laps; Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4 times for 35 laps; Jeff Gordon 3 times for 24 laps; Denny Hamlin 2 times for 15 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 2 times for 11 laps; Patrick Carpentier 2 times for 4 laps; Matt Kenseth 2 times for 3 laps; Jamie McMurray 1 time for 3 laps; Travis Kvapil 1 time for 2 laps; David Ragan 1 time for 2 laps; Kurt Busch 1 time for 1 lap; David Gilliland 1 time for 1 lap; Kasey Kahne 1 time for 1 lap; J.J. Yeley 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: 1, Ky.Busch, 1,690; 2, J.Burton, 1,611; 3, D.Earnhardt Jr., 1,556; 4, D.Hamlin, 1,500; 5, C.Bowyer, 1,490; 6, J.Johnson, 1,442; 7, C.Edwards, 1,400; 8, T.Stewart, 1,397; 9, K.Harvick, 1,396; 10, J.Gordon, 1,326.

Indianapolis 500 Partial Lineup

Saturday Qualifying Positions 1-11

Positions 12-22 Sunday; Positions 23-33 May 17

At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis

(Car numbers in parentheses; r-rookie; all engines Honda)

Row 1

1. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara, 226.366 mph

2. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara, 226.110

3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara, 226.080

Row 2

4. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara, 225.733

5. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara, 225.197

6. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara, 224.794

Row 3

7. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara, 224.417

8. (4T) Vitor Meira, Dallara, 224.346

9. (27) r-Hideki Mutoh, Dallara, 223.887

Row 4

10. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara, 223.835

11. (12) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara, 223.496

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Purchased the contract of INF Alex Cintron from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Bob McCroy to Norfolk.

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Purchased the contract of OF Jason Tyner from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Tom Mastny to Buffalo.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Placed INF Chone Figgins on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Kendry Morales from Salt Lake (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES-Placed RHP Jonathan Albaladejo and INF Wilson Betemit on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chris Britton and INF Alberto Gonzalez from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Activated RHP Rich Harden from the 15-day DL. Activated OF Travis Buck from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Placed OF Chris Denorfia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 7.

TEXAS RANGERS-Placed RHP Kevin Millwood on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Doug Mathis from Oklahoma (PCL). Released RHP Kazuo Fukumori,

TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Placed OF Vernon Wells and RHP Jeremy Accardo on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Joe Inglett from Syracuse (IL). Purchased the contract of RHP Armando Benitez from Syracuse. Designated RHP Tracy Thorpe for assignment.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES-Placed RHP Buddy Carlyle on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Chuck James from Richmond (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES-Purchased the contract of RHP Greg Reynolds from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned LHP Mark Redman to Colorado Springs.

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Sent LHP Glendon Rusch outright to Portland (PCL). Acquired RHP Bryan Corey from Boston for a player to be named or cash. Optioned LHP Joe Thatcher to Portland.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-Activated SS Omar Vizquel from the 15-day DL. Optioned SS Brian Bocock to Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Optioned LHP Mike O'Connor to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Chris Schroder from Columbus.












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