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Thursday, June 5, 2008








Scoreboard
Area events

Thursday

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Class 1A state tournament

At Caswell Park, North Mankato

Verndale vs. Littlefork-Big Falls, 1 p.m.

Semifinals, 5 p.m., 7 p.m.

Consolation, 5 p.m., 7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

Class 2A state tournament

Ridges at Sand Creek, Jordan

Girls tee off, 7:30 a.m.,

Boys tee off, 11:40 a.m.

Class 1A state tournament

Pebble Creek, Becker

Girls tee off, 7:30 a.m.,

Boys tee off, 11:40 a.m.

BOYS TENNIS

Class 1A state doubles tournament

Aitkin, Staples-Motley at Reed Sweatt Family Tennis Center, Minneapolis

Northwoods League baseball

Rochester vs. Brainerd Blue Thunder, Mills Field, 6:35 p.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), 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).

Thursday

GOLF

8 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Bank Austria GolfOpen, first round

11:30 a.m., TGC: LPGA, McDonald's Championship, first round

2:30 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, St. Jude Championship, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Noon, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Baltimore at Twins

1 p.m., ESPN2: Draft

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE

8:30 p.m., ESPN2: Philadelphia at Long Island

NBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m., ABC: Playoffs, finals, game 1, Lakers at Celtics

2 a.m., ESPN: Playoffs, finals, game 1, Lakers at Celtics (delayed tape)

SOCCER

6:30 p.m., ESPN2: MLS, CD Chivas USA at New York

TENNIS

7 a.m., ESPN2: French Open, women's semifinals

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

1 p.m., KVKK: Verndale vs. Littlefork-Big Falls

Transactions

Wednesday

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Agreed to terms with RHP Esteban Loaiza on a one-year contract. Optioned RHP Ehren Wassermann to Charlotte (IL). Assigned OF DeWayne Wise outright to Charlotte.

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Purchased the contracts of RHP Brian Slocum and RHP Rick Bauer from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Tom Mastny and RHP Jensen Lewis to Buffalo.

NEW YORK YANKEES-Activated C Jorge Posada from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Dan Giese to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS-Placed 1B Carlos Pena on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Justin Ruggiano from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS-Placed LHP A.J. Murray on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Travis Metcalf to Oklahoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Kameron Loe from Oklahoma. Purchased the contract of RHP Elizardo Ramirez from Oklahoma.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Activated RHP Brian Wolfe from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Syracuse of the (IL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES-Placed RHP John Smoltz on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Phil Stockman from Richmond (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS-Placed INF-OF Ryan Freel on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Corey Patterson from Louisville (IL). Assigned OF Drew Anderson outright to Louisville.

FLORIDA MARLINS-Recalled C Paul Hoover from Albuquerque (PCL).

NEW YORK METS-Placed C Raul Casanova on the bereavement list. Purchased the contract of C Robinson Cancel from New Orleans (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS-Named Dave Hanners assistant coach, LaSalle Thompson strength and conditioning coach and Steve Stricker trainer.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL-Suspended Tampa Bay TE Jerramy Stevens, without pay, for the first two games of next season and fined him an additional game check for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Named Khai Harley director of football administration. Fired Rick Mueller, vice president of player personnel.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES-Signed OL Mike McGlynn to a four-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Released WR Anthony Russo. Signed WR Trent Shelton.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES-Agreed to terms with RW Patrick Eaves on a three-year contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS-Traded the rights to D T.J. Fast to St. Louis for a 2009 fifth-round draft pick.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 37 25 .597 -

Tampa Bay 35 24 .593 1/2

Toronto 32 29 .525 4 1/2

New York 29 30 .492 6 1/2

Baltimore 28 30 .483 7

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 31 26 .544 -

Minnesota 31 28 .525 1

Cleveland 27 32 .458 5

Detroit 24 35 .407 8

Kansas City 23 35 .397 8 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 37 24 .607 -

Oakland 33 27 .550 3 1/2

Texas 30 31 .492 7

Seattle 21 39 .350 15 1/2

Late Tuesday games

Oakland 5, Detroit 4, 11 innings

L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 4

Wednesday's games

Oakland 10, Detroit 2

L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 4

Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1

N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 1

Cleveland 15, Texas 9

Minnesota 7, Baltimore 5

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:11 p.m.

Thursday's games

Toronto (McGowan 4-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 6-2), 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Olson 4-1) at Minnesota (Baker 2-0), 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Shields 4-3) at Boston (Lester 3-3), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 3-7) at Texas (Millwood 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Meche 3-7) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 5-3), 7:11 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 35 26 .574 -

Florida 32 26 .552 1 1/2

Atlanta 31 29 .517 3 1/2

New York 30 28 .517 3 1/2

Washington 24 35 .407 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 38 21 .644 -

St. Louis 35 25 .583 3 1/2

Milwaukee 32 28 .533 6 1/2

Houston 31 29 .517 7 1/2

Cincinnati 29 31 .483 9 1/2

Pittsburgh 28 31 .475 10

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 32 28 .533 -

Los Angeles 28 31 .475 3 1/2

San Francisco 25 35 .417 7

San Diego 23 37 .383 9

Colorado 22 38 .367 10

Late Tuesday games

St. Louis 6, Washington 1

Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1

Chicago Cubs 9, San Diego 6

Colorado 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

N.Y. Mets 9, San Francisco 6

Wednesday's games

Florida 6, Atlanta 4

Milwaukee 10, Arizona 1

Colorado 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 3

Pittsburgh 5, Houston 2

Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 0

St. Louis at Washington, ppd., rain

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

Thursday's games

Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-4), 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Parisi 0-2) at Washington (Redding 6-3), 12:10 p.m., 1st game

Houston (Backe 4-6) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-5), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wellemeyer 6-1) at Washington (Lannan 4-5), 6:10 p.m., 2nd game

Florida (Nolasco 5-3) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 5-3), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 2-6) at San Diego (Banks 2-0), 9:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 7-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-6), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit 000 002 000 - 2 4 2

Oakland 000 121 60x - 10 14 0

NRobertson, Dolsi (7), Fossum (7), ALopez (7) and IRodriguez; Duchscherer, Embree (7), Ziegler (8), Calero (9) and Bowen. W-Duchscherer 5-4. L-NRobertson 3-6. HR-Oakland, TBuck (2).

Los Angeles 300 200 000 - 5 9 0

Seattle 110 200 000 - 4 12 0

Weaver, Oliver (7), JSpeier (8), FRodriguez (9) and Napoli; Silva, Morrow (9) and Johjima. W-Weaver 5-6. L-Silva 3-6. Sv-FRodriguez (24). HR-Seattle, JoLopez (5).

Toronto 000 001 000 - 1 6 0

New York 001 201 10x - 5 12 0

Litsch, Camp (6), Downs (7), Benitez (8) and Barajas, Thigpen (6); Mussina, Ohlendorf (7), Farnsworth (8), MRivera (9) and JMolina. W-Mussina 9-4. L-Litsch 7-2. HR-New York, Betemit (2).

Tampa Bay 000 100 000 - 1 8 1

Boston 003 100 10x - 5 11 0

EJackson, Hammel (6), TMiller (8) and Navarro; Beckett, Delcarmen (7), Okajima (8), Hansen (9) and Varitek. W-Beckett 6-4. L-EJackson 3-5.

Cleveland 040 205 400 - 15 17 0

Texas 104 010 003 - 9 13 3

CLee, RBetancourt (6), Kobayashi (7), Bauer (9) and VMartinez; Ponson, ElRamirez (5), Loe (7) and Laird. W-CLee 9-1. L-ElRamirez 0-1. HRs-Cleveland, Sizemore (12), Dellucci (7). Texas, Bradley (12).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Florida 101 000 004 - 6 10 0

Atlanta 120 001 000 - 4 9 0

Hendrickson, JuMiller (7), Gregg (9) and Rabelo; Glavine, Boyer (6), Ohman (8), Acosta (9), Ring (9) and McCann. W-JuMiller 2-2. L-Acosta 3-3. Sv-Gregg (11). HRs-Florida, HRamirez 2 (11), Rabelo (3).

Arizona 001 000 000 - 1 6 3

Milwaukee 104 500 00x - 10 14 0

Owings, EGonzalez (4), Slaten (7), Lyon (8) and CSnyder; Parra, Tavarez (8), Villanueva (9) and Kendall. W-Parra 4-2. L-Owings 6-4. HRs-Milwaukee, Hart (7), Branyan (4).

Colorado 020 000 000 - 2 8 0

Los Angeles 000 001 000 - 1 6 0

Cook, Fuentes (9) and Iannetta; Kershaw, Park (6), Beimel (9), Broxton (9) and Martin. W-Cook 8-3. L-Kershaw 0-1. Sv-Fuentes (8). HR-Colorado, JBaker (1).

New York 300 200 000 - 5 8 1

San Francisco 001 001 010 - 3 9 0

Maine, DSanchez (7), BWagner (9) and Schneider; Cain, Taschner (6), Yabu (7), TWalker (9) and Holm, BMolina (8). W-Maine 6-4. L-Cain 2-4. Sv-BWagner (13). HR-New York, JReyes (8).

Houston 001 001 000 - 2 8 2

Pittsburgh 000 310 01x - 5 10 0

Oswalt, Geary (7), Byrdak (8), Villarreal (8) and Ausmus; Duke, DMarte (8), Capps (9) and RChavez. W-Duke 3-4. L-Oswalt 4-6. Sv-Capps (12). HR-Houston, Wigginton (3).

Cincinnati 000 000 101 - 2 3 2

Philadelphia 000 000 000 - 0 2 0

Volquez, Bray (8), FCordero (8) and Bako; Myers, JRomero (8), Madson (9) and Coste. W-Volquez 8-2. L-Myers 3-7. Sv-FCordero (12).

NHL

STANLEY CUP FINALS

Detroit vs. Pittsburgh

May 24: Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 0

May 26: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 0

May 28: Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2

Saturday: Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 1

Monday: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 3, 3OT

Wednesday: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 2, Detroit wins series 4-2

Wednesday's summary

At Pittsburgh

Detroit 1 1 1 - 3

Pittsburgh 0 1 1 - 2

First Period-1, Detroit, Rafalski 4 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk), 5:03 (pp). Penalties-Sydor, Pit (interference), 4:17; Drake, Det (charging), 8:28; Draper, Det (roughing), 8:55; Hall, Pit (high-sticking), 11:15.

Second Period-2, Detroit, Filppula 5 (Samuelsson, Kronwall), 8:07. 3, Pittsburgh, Malkin 10 (Crosby, Hossa), 15:26 (pp). Penalties-Lilja, Det (slashing), 2:06; Datsyuk, Det (interference), 14:22; Roberts, Pit (high-sticking), 16:13; Franzen, Det (roughing), 17:58; Orpik, Pit (roughing), 17:58.

Third Period-4, Detroit, Zetterberg 13 (Datsyuk, Kronwall), 7:36. 5, Pittsburgh, Hossa 12 (Gonchar, Malkin), 18:33 (pp). Penalty-Hudler, Det (hooking), 18:13.

Shots on Goal-Detroit 9-9-12-30. Pittsburgh 8-8-6-22.

Power-play opportunities-Detroit 1 of 3; Pittsburgh 2 of 5.

Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 14-4 (22 shots-20 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 14-6 (30-27).

A-17,132 (16,940). T-2:27.

Referees-Brad Watson, Marc Joannette. Linesmen-Pierre Racicot, Jean Morin.

Tennis

Minnesota Boys' High School Tennis Tournament

Boys' Class A Team Results

Tuesday's Results

Quarterfinals

Rochester Lourdes def. Foley 7-0

Thief River Falls def. Duluth Marshall 4-3

Breck def. St. Peter 7-0

St. Paul Academy-Summit def. Luverne 7-0

Wednesday's Results

Semifinals

Rochester Lourdes def. Thief River Falls 6-1

St. Paul Academy-Summit def. Breck 4-3

Third Place

Breck def. Thief River Falls 6-1

Championship

St. Paul Academy-Summit def. Rochester Lourdes 6-1

Boys Class AA Team Results

Tuesday's Results

Quarterfinals

Mounds View def. Wayzata 6-1

Eagan def. Mahtomedi 4-3

Edina def. Rochester Mayo 6-1

Elk River def. Duluth East 5-2

Wednesday's Results

Semifinals

Mounds View def. Eagan 7-0

Edina def. Elk River 6-1

Third Place

Elk River def. Eagan 4-3

Championship

Edina def. Mounds View 5-2

Golf

2008 Minnesota High School Golf Tournament Results

At Bunker Hills Golf Course, Coon Rapids, Minn.

Class 3A Girls' Team Final Results

Yardage: 5,809, Par: 73

Rank First Day Second Day Total

1 Woodbury 81-84-87-93, 80-81-82-90, 678

2 Forest Lake 77-77-93-99, 82-82-85-97, 692

3 Alexandria 77-87-90-98, 80-86-87-94, 699

3 Eden Paririe 87-89-89-89, 84-86-87-88, 699

5 Lakeville North 83-89-90-95, 83-84-85-91, 700

6 Hopkins 80-87-89-92, 83-86-91-93, 701

7 Irondale, New Brighton 82-89-92-95, 76-86-89-96, 705

8 Benidle-St. Margaret's 89-93-95-96, 90-90-97-97, 747

Class 3A Boys' Team Final Results

Yardage: 6,535, Par: 72

1 Park, Cottage Grove 72-73-78-78, 69-72-74-80, 596

2 Edina 72-75-77-78, 73-75-77-77, 604

3 Forest Lake 75-76-79-81, 70-71-76-77, 605

4 Chaska 72-72-79-79, 75-76-77-79, 609

5 Alexandria 70-80-80-81, 72-74-77-79, 613

6 Lakeville North 75-77-78-80, 76-76-76-78, 616

7 White Bear Lake Area 74-77-78-81, 76-79-81-81, 627

8 Anoka 76-81-81-83, 75-81-81-82, 640

Class 3A Girls' Individual Final Results

1 Ali Nelson, Moorhead, 39-39-35-37-150

2 Catherine Wagner, Austin, 35-40-38-38-151

3 Lizzy Carl, Henry Sibley, 37-39-36-40-152

4 Natalie Samb, Burnsville, 39-41-36-37-153

4 Steffi Neisen, New Prague, 35-36-39-43-153

6 Gretchen Huhnerkock, Burnsville, 42-38-38-39-157

6 Kelly O'Brien, Maple Grove, 39-42-39-37-157

8 Katie Bolling, Irondale, 42-40-38-38-158

9 Aubrie Nelson, Edina, 41-41-41-36-159

9 Betsy Kelly, Forest Lake, 38-39-40-42-159

Class 3A Boys' Individual Final Results

1 Billy Barnhart, Park-Cottage Grove, 35-37-36-33-141

2 Gordy Diekman, Alexandria, 35-35-37-35-142

2 Tyler Ekenberg, Apple Valley, 35-36-33-38-142

4 Beau Anderson, Park-Cottage Grove, 38-35-35-37-145

4 Ben Kline, Faribault, 32-40-37-36-145

4 Mike Tuel, Fergus Falls, 36-40-35-34-145

7 Peter Follese, Forest Lake, 35-41-35-35-146

8 Ben Polland, Bloomington Jefferson, 35-36-38-38-147

8 John Pavelko, Chaska 36-36-37-38-147

10 Alex Robb, Chaska 33-39-37-39-148

10 Ben Westley, Minneapolis Southwest, 37-38-37-36-148

NBA

NBA FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Boston vs. L.A. Lakers

Thursday: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m.

Sunday: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m.

Tuesday: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

June 12: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary

June 17: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m., if necessary

June 19: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m., if necessary












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