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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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