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Thursday, July 2, 2009








SCOREBOARD
Area events

Thursday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers at Mankato 7:05 p.m.

LEGION BASEBALL

Staples-Motley vs. Crosslake-Fifty Lakes-Pequot Lakes at Pequot Lakes 6:30 p.m.

McGregor at Aitkin 5 p.m. (2)

Ironton at Pierz 6 p.m.

Friday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

Thunder Bay vs. Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers, Mills Field, 7:05 p.m.

DRAG RACING

Show and Go featuring Outlaw Racing, Brainerd International Raceway

Saturday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

Thunder Bay vs. Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers, Mills Field, 12:05 p.m.

DRAG RACING

Show and Go featuring Outlaw Racing, Brainerd International Raceway

STOCK CAR RACING

Kouba Memorial Sprints, North Central Speedway, Barrows, 6:45 p.m.

RUNNING

Feet for Fools, 5-kilometer walk/run, home of Bob and Jeanne Larson, 315 C Street, Brainerd, 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)

Thursday

AUTO RACING

3 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Coke Zero 400

4:30 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Subway Jalapeno 250

5:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Happy Hour Series, final practice for Coke Zero 400

GOLF

8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Open de France, first round

2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, AT&T National, first round

TENNIS

6 a.m., ESPN2: Wimbledon Championships, women's semifinal

11 a.m., NBC: Wimbledon Championships, women's semifinal

WNBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m., FSN: Sacramento at Lynx

Baseball

Northwoods League

Through Tuesday

North Division W L GB

Mankato 22 9 -

Rochester 17 13 4.5

Alexandria 18 14 4.5

Brainerd 15 16 7

Duluth 13 18 9

St. Cloud 13 18 9

Thunder Bay 6 25 16

South Division W L GB

Eau Claire 20 8 -

Battle Creek 20 11 1.5

LaCrosse 20 12 2

Madison 18 14 4

Green Bay 13 18 8.5

Wisconsin 12 20 10

Waterloo 10 21 11.5

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 48 30 .615 -

New York 45 32 .584 2 1/2

Tampa Bay 44 36 .550 5

Toronto 42 38 .525 7

Baltimore 35 43 .449 13

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 43 35 .551 -

Minnesota 41 39 .513 3

Chicago 40 38 .513 3

Kansas City 33 44 .429 9 1/2

Cleveland 31 49 .388 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 42 33 .560 -

Texas 41 35 .539 1 1/2

Seattle 39 38 .506 4

Oakland 33 44 .429 10

Tuesday's Games

Baltimore 11, Boston 10

Chicago White Sox 11, Cleveland 4, 7 innings

N.Y. Yankees 8, Seattle 5

Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 1

Texas 9, L.A. Angels 5

Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1

Detroit 5, Oakland 3

Wednesday's Games

Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0

Boston 6, Baltimore 5, 11 innings

Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1

Oakland 5, Detroit 1

Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 2

N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 2

L.A. Angels at Texas

Thursday's Games

Seattle (Vargas 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-4), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 7-2) at Kansas City (Chen 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Guthrie 6-7) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 2-3), 10:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 39 36 .520 -

Florida 41 39 .513 1/2

New York 38 39 .494 2

Atlanta 37 40 .481 3

Washington 22 54 .289 17 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 42 36 .538 -

St. Louis 42 38 .525 1

Cincinnati 38 38 .500 3

Chicago 37 38 .493 3 1/2

Houston 36 39 .480 4 1/2

Pittsburgh 36 42 .462 6

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 50 29 .633 -

San Francisco 42 35 .545 7

Colorado 41 37 .526 8 1/2

San Diego 34 42 .447 14 1/2

Arizona 31 47 .397 18 1/2

Tuesday's Games

Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 0

Arizona 6, Cincinnati 2

Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 4, 10 innings

Florida 7, Washington 5, 7 innings

Milwaukee 6, N.Y. Mets 3

San Francisco 6, St. Louis 3

San Diego 4, Houston 3

Colorado 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

Wednesday's Games

Florida 5, Washington 3

N.Y. Mets 1, Milwaukee 0

L.A. Dodgers 1, Colorado 0

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 1

Cincinnati 1, Arizona 0

Atlanta 11, Philadelphia 1

St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1, 10 innings

Houston at San Diego

Thursday's Games

Arizona (D.Davis 3-8) at Cincinnati (Harang 5-8), 11:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Redding 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-4), 11:35 a.m.

Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-6) at San Diego (Correia 5-5), 2:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Happ 5-0) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 5-7), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 4-7) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 6-7), 6:15 p.m.

Milwaukee (McClung 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

League leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING-ISuzuki, Seattle, .368; Rolen, Toronto, .333; MiCabrera, Detroit, .331; Crawford, Tampa Bay, .320; Lind, Toronto, .315; Youkilis, Boston, .314; VMartinez, Cleveland, .313.

RUNS-CPena, Tampa Bay, 58; Scutaro, Toronto, 58; Damon, New York, 57; BRoberts, Baltimore, 57; Pedroia, Boston, 56; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 55; Figgins, Los Angeles, 55; Kinsler, Texas, 55.

RBI-Bay, Boston, 69; Morneau, Minnesota, 64; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 63; Teixeira, New York, 60; TorHunter, Los Angeles, 57; VMartinez, Cleveland, 57; AHill, Toronto, 56.

HITS-ISuzuki, Seattle, 112; AHill, Toronto, 104; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 102; Lind, Toronto, 95; MiCabrera, Detroit, 94; VMartinez, Cleveland, 94; Cano, New York, 93; Markakis, Baltimore, 93; MYoung, Texas, 93.

DOUBLES-Lind, Toronto, 25; BRoberts, Baltimore, 25; Byrd, Texas, 24; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 24; Markakis, Baltimore, 24; MYoung, Texas, 24; Pedroia, Boston, 23; Rolen, Toronto, 23; Scutaro, Toronto, 23.

TRIPLES-DeJesus, Kansas City, 6; Andrus, Texas, 5; Bloomquist, Kansas City, 5; Crisp, Kansas City, 5; Cuddyer, Minnesota, 5; Figgins, Los Angeles, 4; Gardner, New York, 4; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 4.

HOME RUNS-CPena, Tampa Bay, 23; Teixeira, New York, 20; Bay, Boston, 19; Branyan, Seattle, 19; NCruz, Texas, 19; AHill, Toronto, 19; Kinsler, Texas, 19; Morneau, Minnesota, 19.

STOLEN BASES-Crawford, Tampa Bay, 40; Ellsbury, Boston, 33; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 29; Figgins, Los Angeles, 23; BAbreu, Los Angeles, 17; Bartlett, Tampa Bay, 17; Gardner, New York, 17; Jeter, New York, 17.

PITCHING -Halladay, Toronto, 10-2; Slowey, Minnesota, 10-3; Greinke, Kansas City, 10-3; Wakefield, Boston, 10-3; Beckett, Boston, 9-3; Pettitte, New York, 8-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-3.

STRIKEOUTS-Verlander, Detroit, 130; Greinke, Kansas City, 114; Lester, Boston, 114; FHernandez, Seattle, 107; Beckett, Boston, 99; Halladay, Toronto, 95; ABurnett, New York, 92.

SAVES-Fuentes, Los Angeles, 22; Nathan, Minnesota, 21; Papelbon, Boston, 20; MaRivera, New York, 20; Jenks, Chicago, 18; Rodney, Detroit, 17; Sherrill, Baltimore, 17.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING-HaRamirez, Florida, .348; DWright, New York, .340; Pujols, St. Louis, .337; Beltran, New York, .336; Hawpe, Colorado, .333; Tejada, Houston, .332; Sandoval, San Francisco, .332.

RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 61; Braun, Milwaukee, 56; Utley, Philadelphia, 53; Victorino, Philadelphia, 52; Werth, Philadelphia, 52; Zimmerman, Washington, 52; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 51.

RBI-Pujols, St. Louis, 77; Fielder, Milwaukee, 74; Howard, Philadelphia, 60; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 59; HaRamirez, Florida, 58; Braun, Milwaukee, 57; Dunn, Washington, 56; Hawpe, Colorado, 56; Reynolds, Arizona, 56.

HITS-HaRamirez, Florida, 101; Tejada, Houston, 100; DWright, New York, 98; Braun, Milwaukee, 95; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 95; Hudson, Los Angeles, 92; Zimmerman, Washington, 92.

DOUBLES-HaRamirez, Florida, 26; Tejada, Houston, 26; Hawpe, Colorado, 25; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 25; Sandoval, San Francisco, 23; DWright, New York, 23; Hudson, Los Angeles, 22; AdLaRoche, Pittsburgh, 22; Zimmerman, Washington, 22.

TRIPLES-Bourn, Houston, 6; Kemp, Los Angeles, 5; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 5; Morgan, Pittsburgh, 5; GParra, Arizona, 5; Victorino, Philadelphia, 5; 5 tied at 4.

HOME RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 30; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 24; Ibanez, Philadelphia, 22; Reynolds, Arizona, 21; Dunn, Washington, 20; Fielder, Milwaukee, 20; Howard, Philadelphia, 20.

STOLEN BASES-Bourn, Houston, 25; Pierre, Los Angeles, 22; DWright, New York, 20; Kemp, Los Angeles, 19; Morgan, Pittsburgh, 18; Bonifacio, Florida, 17; Taveras, Cincinnati, 15.

PITCHING -Marquis, Colorado, 10-5; Cain, San Francisco, 9-2; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 9-4; JSantana, New York, 9-6; Lincecum, San Francisco, 8-2; Cook, Colorado, 8-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 8-4.

STRIKEOUTS-Lincecum, San Francisco, 132; JVazquez, Atlanta, 125; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 114; Haren, Arizona, 113; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 110; JSantana, New York, 104; Wainwright, St. Louis, 101.

SAVES-Bell, San Diego, 22; BWilson, San Francisco, 21; FrRodriguez, New York, 21; Broxton, Los Angeles, 19; Street, Colorado, 19; Cordero, Cincinnati, 19; Franklin, St. Louis, 18; Hoffman, Milwaukee, 18; Capps, Pittsburgh, 18.

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended Kansas City C Miguel Olivo one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for making contact with the umpire in a game on June 27 at Pittsburgh.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX-Agreed to terms with OF Reymond Fuentes, OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, OF Shannon Wilkerson, C Michael Thomas and 1B Chris McGuiness and assigned Fuentes to the Red Sox (GCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES-Optioned INF Ramiro Pena to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Agreed to terms with RHP Connor Hoehn and RHP Chris Mederos.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS-Recalled INF Drew Sutton from Louisville (IL). Optioned RHP Jared Burton to Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES-Reinstated C Yorvit Torrealba from the MLB restricted list. Designated C Paul Phillips for assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Recalled INF Jarret Hoffpauir from Memphis (PCL). Optionded RHP Clayton Mortensen to Memphis.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Optioned OF Elijah Dukes to Syracuse (IL).

American Association

ST. PAUL SAINTS-Released INF Stephen Derrick.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS-Announced G Eddie House declined to exercise his option for free agency.

CHICAGO BULLS-Named Randy Brown director of player development.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS-Announced G Kobe Bryant has chosen not to terminate the final two years of his contract.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Named Mike O'Koren associate head coach. Retained Jim Lynam and Aaron McKie as assistant coaches.

TORONTO RAPTORS-Named Alvin Williams and Francesco Cuzzolin assistant coaches. Re-signed Eric Hughes assistant coach.

UTAH JAZZ-Signed G Eric Maynor to a two-year contract.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS-Signed C Erik Christensen to one-year contract extension and D Scott Niedermayer to a one-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES-Agreed to terms with D Steve Montador on a two-year contract.

BOSTON BRUINS-Signed F Byron Bitz to a multiyear contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES-Agreed to terms with F Erik Cole on a two-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed RW Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract and C Tomas Kopecky to a two-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE-Signed G Craig Anderson to a two-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed D Brent Regner and C Samuel Pahlsson to three-year contracts.

EDMONTON OILERS-Signed G Nikolai Khabibulin to a four-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS-Signed C Mike Cammaleri, D Jaroslav Spacek and D Hal Gill.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS-Re-signed D Andy Greene.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Signed G Dwayne Roloson to a two-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS-Agreed to terms with F Donald Brashear.

OTTAWA SENATORS-Signed C Martin St. Pierre and G Mike Brodeur to one-year contracts and RW Erik Condra.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Agreed to terms with G Brian Boucher and F Ian Laperriere.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Signed F Mike Rupp to a two-year contract. Signed D Brian Strait to a three-year.

ST. LOUIS BLUES-Signed G Ty Conklin.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Signed D Mattias Ohlund and D Matt Walker to multiyear contracts. Re-signed D Lukas Krajicek to a one-year contract.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Agreed to terms with F Colton Orr on a four-year contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Signed LW Daniel Sedin and C Henrik Sedin to five-year contract extensions.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Signed RW Mike Knuble to a two-year contract.

COLLEGE

CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION-Announced Chowan University has joined the conference as a full member.

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE-Announced the addition of Drake as a women's rowing member. Named Katie Miranto director of championships and special events and Tania Kennedy assistant director of championships.

APPALACHIAN STATE-Named Kyle Jahn assistant wrestling coach.

COLUMBIA-Named Shanna Cook women's assistant basketball coach.

DUKE-Named Cristina Pintilie assistant volleyball coach.

ELON-Named Will Roberson men's assistant basketball coach.

HOLY CROSS-Promoed Ann McInerney women's associate head basketball coach.

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-Named Colleen Mullen women's assistant basketball coach.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT-Named Chris Farr men's assistant basketball coach.

MARSHALL-Named David Steele interim athletic director.

MIAMI-Named Vernon Croft women's assistant soccer coach. Announced football S Joe Wylie will transfer to Tennessee State.

MONTANA-Named Bryan Schweyen director of track and field.

MONTANA STATE-Named Bryan Applewhite running backs coach.

NEW MEXICO-Named Wyking Jones men's assistant basketball coach.

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL-Named Reah Nicholson assistant sports information director.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE-Named Jeanine Gunther assistant softball coach.

OTTERBEIN-Announced the resignation of men's and women's golf coach Nathanael Petry.

PENNSYLVANIA-Named Andy Ma men's and women's fencing coach.

ST. EDWARD'S-Named Aimee Vaughn assistant softball coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA-Named Rick Pauly pitching coach for the softball team.

TULANE-Named Jake Gautreau assistant baseball coach.

UNC WILMINGTON-Named Henry Dickerson men's assistant basketball coach.













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