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Wednesday, September 9, 2009








SCOREBOARD
Area events

Wednesday

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Central Lakes at Hibbing 6:30 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), 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)

Wednesday

CYCLING

Midnight, VERSUS: Tour of Missouri, third stage

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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

6 p.m., ESPN: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees

9 p.m., ESPN: L.A. Dodgers at Arizona

SOCCER

5:30 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: Men's national teams, World Cup qualifier, U.S. vs. Trinidad & Tobago

TENNIS

10 a.m., ESPN2: U.S. Open, quarterfinals

6 p.m., ESPN2: U.S. Open, quarterfinals

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 90 50 .643 -

Boston 80 58 .580 9

Tampa Bay 72 67 .518 17 1/2

Toronto 62 76 .449 27

Baltimore 56 82 .406 33

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 75 62 .547 -

Minnesota 69 69 .500 6 1/2

Chicago 69 71 .493 7 1/2

Cleveland 60 78 .435 15 1/2

Kansas City 53 85 .384 22 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 81 55 .596 -

Texas 78 60 .565 4

Seattle 72 66 .522 10

Oakland 62 76 .449 20

Monday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1, 1st game

Minnesota 6, Toronto 3

Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 1

Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3

Texas at Cleveland, ppd., rain

N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game

Tuesday's Games

Texas 11, Cleveland 9, 1st game

N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2

Toronto 6, Minnesota 3

Boston 10, Baltimore 0

Kansas City 7, Detroit 5

Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 3

Texas 10, Cleveland 5, 2nd game

Seattle at L.A. Angels

Wednesday's Games

Texas (Feldman 15-4) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-9), 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 8-5), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 11-11) at Toronto (Halladay 14-8), 6:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Berken 4-11) at Boston (P.Byrd 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 16-7) at Kansas City (Tejeda 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Cahill 8-12) at Chicago White Sox (Garcia 1-2), 7:11 p.m.

Seattle (Snell 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 14-5), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 78 58 .574 -

Florida 73 65 .529 6

Atlanta 71 67 .514 8

New York 62 76 .449 17

Washington 47 91 .341 32

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 82 57 .590 -

Chicago 70 67 .511 11

Houston 67 71 .486 14 1/2

Milwaukee 66 71 .482 15

Cincinnati 63 75 .457 18 1/2

Pittsburgh 54 83 .394 27

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 82 57 .590 -

Colorado 79 60 .568 3

San Francisco 76 62 .551 5 1/2

Arizona 61 78 .439 21

San Diego 61 78 .439 21

Monday's Games

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 2

Houston 4, Philadelphia 3

St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0

Colorado 4, Cincinnati 3

L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 2

San Francisco 9, San Diego 4

Tuesday's Games

Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 4

Philadelphia 5, Washington 3

Florida 4, N.Y. Mets 2

Atlanta 2, Houston 1

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

Colorado 3, Cincinnati 1

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona

San Diego at San Francisco

Wednesday's Games

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-6) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-5), 11:35 a.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 17-7) at Milwaukee (Suppan 6-8), 1:05 p.m.

San Diego (LeBlanc 1-1) at San Francisco (Zito 9-11), 2:45 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 5-2) at Washington (Mock 3-7), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 10-8) at N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hanson 9-3) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 13-9), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-12) at Colorado (Hammel 8-7), 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Garland 9-11) at Arizona (Haren 13-8), 9:10 p.m.

League leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING-Mauer, Minnesota, .368; ISuzuki, Seattle, .362; MiCabrera, Detroit, .338; Bartlett, Tampa Bay, .331; Jeter, New York, .327; MYoung, Texas, .322; Cano, New York, .316.

RUNS-Figgins, Los Angeles, 103; Damon, New York, 100; Jeter, New York, 97; Pedroia, Boston, 97; BRoberts, Baltimore, 96; Scutaro, Toronto, 95; Cano, New York, 92.

RBI-Teixeira, New York, 106; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 103; CPena, Tampa Bay, 100; Morneau, Minnesota, 99; Bay, Boston, 98; KMorales, Los Angeles, 95; AHill, Toronto, 94; Lind, Toronto, 94.

HITS-ISuzuki, Seattle, 195; Jeter, New York, 183; Cano, New York, 177; MiCabrera, Detroit, 172; AHill, Toronto, 168; Markakis, Baltimore, 168; MYoung, Texas, 168.

DOUBLES-BRoberts, Baltimore, 49; Lind, Toronto, 45; Butler, Kansas City, 42; Pedroia, Boston, 42; Cano, New York, 41; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 41; Markakis, Baltimore, 41.

TRIPLES-DeJesus, Kansas City, 9; Ellsbury, Boston, 9; Span, Minnesota, 9; Andrus, Texas, 8; EAybar, Los Angeles, 8; Bloomquist, Kansas City, 7; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; Figgins, Los Angeles, 7; Granderson, Detroit, 7.

HOME RUNS-CPena, Tampa Bay, 39; Teixeira, New York, 35; Bay, Boston, 31; Branyan, Seattle, 31; NCruz, Texas, 31; AHill, Toronto, 31; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 30; KMorales, Los Angeles, 30.

STOLEN BASES-Ellsbury, Boston, 60; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 55; Figgins, Los Angeles, 39; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 37; RDavis, Oakland, 32; BAbreu, Los Angeles, 28; Kinsler, Texas, 28.

PITCHING -Verlander, Detroit, 16-7; Sabathia, New York, 16-7; Feldman, Texas, 15-4; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-5; JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 14-5; Beckett, Boston, 14-6; Halladay, Toronto, 14-8.

STRIKEOUTS-Verlander, Detroit, 222; Greinke, Kansas City, 210; Lester, Boston, 204; FHernandez, Seattle, 185; Sabathia, New York, 177; Beckett, Boston, 176; Halladay, Toronto, 174.

SAVES-MaRivera, New York, 39; Fuentes, Los Angeles, 39; Nathan, Minnesota, 37; Papelbon, Boston, 34; Aardsma, Seattle, 34; Rodney, Detroit, 32; Jenks, Chicago, 28.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING-HaRamirez, Florida, .358; Pujols, St. Louis, .328; Sandoval, San Francisco, .325; Helton, Colorado, .325; DWright, New York, .320; LCastillo, New York, .315; Braun, Milwaukee, .311.

RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 112; Braun, Milwaukee, 96; Utley, Philadelphia, 96; Zimmerman, Washington, 96; Victorino, Philadelphia, 91; HaRamirez, Florida, 88; Bourn, Houston, 87; Reynolds, Arizona, 87.

RBI-Fielder, Milwaukee, 123; Pujols, St. Louis, 120; Howard, Philadelphia, 116; DLee, Chicago, 96; Braun, Milwaukee, 95; HaRamirez, Florida, 94; Zimmerman, Washington, 93.

HITS-HaRamirez, Florida, 177; Braun, Milwaukee, 165; Tejada, Houston, 165; FLopez, Milwaukee, 160; CaLee, Houston, 159; Kemp, Los Angeles, 158; Pujols, St. Louis, 158; Zimmerman, Washington, 158.

DOUBLES-Tejada, Houston, 40; HaRamirez, Florida, 39; Sandoval, San Francisco, 39; Ethier, Los Angeles, 38; Hawpe, Colorado, 38; Pujols, St. Louis, 37; Rollins, Philadelphia, 36.

TRIPLES-Bourn, Houston, 11; Victorino, Philadelphia, 11; SDrew, Arizona, 9; Fowler, Colorado, 9; Pagan, New York, 9; Counsell, Milwaukee, 8; GParra, Arizona, 8; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 8.

HOME RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 44; Reynolds, Arizona, 41; Howard, Philadelphia, 38; Fielder, Milwaukee, 37; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 36; ADunn, Washington, 35; Werth, Philadelphia, 32.

STOLEN BASES-Bourn, Houston, 52; Morgan, Washington, 42; Kemp, Los Angeles, 31; Fowler, Colorado, 26; Pierre, Los Angeles, 25; Rollins, Philadelphia, 25; Taveras, Cincinnati, 25.

PITCHING -Wainwright, St. Louis, 17-7; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 16-3; JoJohnson, Florida, 14-4; Pineiro, St. Louis, 14-9; De La Rosa, Colorado, 14-9; Marquis, Colorado, 14-10; Cain, San Francisco, 13-4.

STRIKEOUTS-Lincecum, San Francisco, 233; JVazquez, Atlanta, 208; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 192; Haren, Arizona, 188; Wainwright, St. Louis, 169; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 167; Jimenez, Colorado, 167.

SAVES-Franklin, St. Louis, 37; HBell, San Diego, 35; BrWilson, San Francisco, 34; Street, Colorado, 33; Cordero, Cincinnati, 33; Broxton, Los Angeles, 33; FrRodriguez, New York, 30; Hoffman, Milwaukee, 30.

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended Detroit RHP Fernando Rodney for three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for throwing a ball toward the stands following a Sept. 4 game against Tampa Bay.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Recalled RHP Bob McCrory, RHP Chris Lambert and LHP Chris Waters from Norfolk (IL). Purchased the contracts of INF Justin Turner and C Guillermo Rodriguez from Norfolk. Placed OF Adam Jones on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 2. Transferred OF Lou Montanez and RHP Brad Bergesen to the 60-day DL.

BOSTON RED SOX-Activated SS Jed Lowrie from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Dusty Brown from Pawtucket (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Purchased the contract of INF Niuman Romero from Columbus (IL). Agreed on a four-year extension to their player development contract with Lake County (SAL) through the 2014 season.

DETROIT TIGERS-Promoted Tom Osowski to central regional crosschecker.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Recalled 3B Alex Gordon from Omaha (PCL). Purchased the contract of LHP Lenny DiNardo from Omaha. Placed RHP Doug Waechter on the 60-day DL.

MINNESOTA TWINS-Activated 3B Joe Crede from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Armando Gabino from Rochester (IL). Purchased the contract of 1B Justin Huber from Rochester.

TEXAS RANGERS-Activated OF Andruw Jones from the 15-day DL.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Purchased the contract of C-1B Kyle Phillips from Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Jeremy Accardo and LHP David Purcey from Las Vegas.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS-Recalled RHP Jeff Samardzija from Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS-Recalled RHP Matt Maloney from Carolina (SL).

FLORIDA MARLINS-Activated RHP Brendan Donnelly from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chris Volstad and INF Gaby Sanchez from New Orleans (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Activated RF Corey Hart from the 15-day DL. Recalled 3B Mat Gamel from Nashville (PCL).

NEW YORK METS-Activated OF Carlos Beltran from the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Tobi Stoner from Buffalo (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Recalled RHP Eric Hacker, SS Brian Bixler and C Robinzon Diaz from Indianapolis (IL). Activated LHP Donnie Veal from the 15-day DL.

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Named Laura Broderick senior vice president, brand development. Recalled LHP Aaron Poreda and LHP Cesar Ramos from Portland (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Recalled INF Ian Desmond, LHP Ross Detwiler and RHP Marco Estrada from Syracuse (IL). Purchased the contracts of RHP Logan Kensing and RHP Zack Segovia from Syracuse. Designated RHP Jorge Sosa for assignment. Transferred LHP Scott Olsen to the 60-day DL.

Football

NFL

Thursday's Games

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Miami at Atlanta, noon

N.Y. Jets at Houston, noon

Detroit at New Orleans, noon

Denver at Cincinnati, noon

Kansas City at Baltimore, noon

Dallas at Tampa Bay, noon

Minnesota at Cleveland, noon

Philadelphia at Carolina, noon

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:15 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 3:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

Chicago at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m.

Monday's Game

Buffalo at New England, 6 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 9:15 p.m.

College

AP top 25

Record Pts Pvs

1. Florida (56) 1-0 1,493 1

2. Texas (2) 1-0 1,424 2

3. Southern Cal 1-0 1,355 4

4. Alabama (2) 1-0 1,331 5

5. Oklahoma St. 1-0 1,201 9

6. Mississippi 1-0 1,095 8

7. Penn St. 1-0 1,082 9

8. Ohio St. 1-0 985 6

9. BYU 1-0 984 20

10. California 1-0 971 12

11. LSU 1-0 890 11

12. Boise St. 1-0 882 14

13. Oklahoma 0-1 782 3

14. Virginia Tech 0-1 652 7

15. Georgia Tech 1-0 630 15

16. TCU 0-0 523 17

17. Utah 1-0 404 19

18. Notre Dame 1-0 383 23

19. North Carolina 1-0 338 21

20. Miami 1-0 315 -

21. Georgia 0-1 294 13

22. Nebraska 1-0 266 24

23. Cincinnati 1-0 248 -

24. Kansas 1-0 196 25

25. Missouri 1-0 126 -

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 113, Michigan St. 83, Pittsburgh 82, Texas Tech 53, Oregon 47, Clemson 40, Florida St. 39, West Virginia 32, Tennessee 30, Iowa 24, Michigan 18, UCLA 18, Baylor 17, Boston College 14, Arizona 12, East Carolina 6, Air Force 4, Auburn 4, Colorado St. 4, Arkansas 3, South Carolina 3, Houston 1, South Florida 1, Southern Miss. 1, Tulsa 1.

Area standings

Central Lakes Conference

Conf All

Brainerd 1-0 1-0

Rocori 1-0 1-0

Sartell 1-0 1-0

Sauk Rapids 1-0 1-0

Willmar 0-0 1-0

Alexandria 0-1 0-1

Little Falls 0-1 0-1

St. Cloud Apollo 0-1 0-1

St. Cloud Tech 0-1 0-1

Fergus Falls 0-0 0-1

Section 8-5A

All Pts

Brainerd 1-0 3

Buffalo 1-0 2

Moorhead 1-0 2

Cambridge-Isanti 1-0 2

St. Cloud Tech 0-1 0

Elk River 0-1 0

Central Minnesota

Team Conf. Overall

Pierz 0-0 1-0

Kimball 0-0 1-0

Eden Valley-Watkins 0-0 1-0

Howard Lake-Waverly 0-0 1-0

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 0-0 0-1

Holdingford 0-0 0-1

Maple Lake 0-0 0-1

Rockford 0-0 0-1

Great Polar Alliance

Blue

Team Conf. Overall

Aitkin 0-0 1-0

Crosby-Ironton 0-0 1-0

Rush City 0-0 1-0

Braham 0-0 0-1

Hinckley-Finlayson 0-0 0-1

Pine City 0-0 0-1

Heart O'Lakes

North Division

Team Conf. Overall

Park Rapids 0-0 1-0

Perham 0-0 1-0

Thief River Falls 0-0 1-0

Crookston 0-0 0-1

East Grand Forks 0-0 0-1

Pequot Lakes 0-0 0-1

Roseau 0-0 0-1

South Division

Team Conf. Overall

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 0-0 1-0

Staples-Motley 0-0 1-0

Warroad 0-0 1-0

West Central Area 0-0 1-0

Breckenridge 0-0 0-1

Pelican Rapids 0-0 0-1

Wadena-Deer Creek 0-0 0-1

Northern Plains

Team Conf. Overall

Barnesville 0-0 1-0

Frazee 0-0 1-0

Hawley 0-0 1-0

Lake of the Woods 0-0 1-0

Bagley 0-0 0-1

Blackduck 0-0 0-1

Pine River-Backus 0-0 0-1

W-H-A 0-0 0-1

Pheasant Conference

North

Team Conf. Overall

Bertha-Hewitt 0-0 1-0

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 0-0 1-0

Verndale 0-0 1-0

Ashby 0-0 0-1

Underwood 0-0 0-1

Eagle Valley 0-0 0-1

South

Team Conf. Overall

CAHN 0-0 1-0

CGB 0-0 1-0

Lincoln 0-0 1-0

Hancock 0-0 0-1

Wheaton 0-0 0-1

Brandon-Evansville 0-0 0-1

Prairie

North

Team Conf. Overall

Ottertail Central 0-0 0-1

Parkers Prairie 0-0 0-1

United North Central 0-0 0-1

New York Mills 0-0 0-1

Pillager 0-0 0-1

South

Team Conf. Overall

K-M-S 0-0 1-0

Osakis 0-0 1-0

Upsala/Swanville 0-0 1-0

Browerville 0-0 1-0

Royalton 0-0 1-0

Volleyball

Minnesota high school rankings

Class 3A

1. Shakopee (11) 165

2. Chaska 152

3. Eastview 142

4. Stillwater 133

5. Eden Prairie 110

6. Wayzata 94

7. Lakeville South 90

8. Andover 83

9. Apple Valley 63

10. Prior Lake 50

Also receiving votes: Lakeville North (33), Alexandria (14), Burnsville (12), Woodbury (9), Waconia (9), Bloomington Jefferson (8), Robbinsdale Armstrong (7),Moundsview (5).

Class 2A

1. Marshall (8) 132

2. Hibbing 120

3. Delano 108

4. Stewartville 106

5. Jackson County Central 94

6. Lesuer-Henderson 72

7. Jordan 69

8. Hutchinson (1) 61

9. New London-Spicer 58

10. Wadena-Deer Creek 45

Also receiving votes: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (37), Belle Plaine (14), Chatfield(7), Esko (6), Roseau (6).

Class 1A

1. Bethlehem Academy (11) 132

2. Minneota 154

3. Martin County West 124

4. Windom 112

5. Lake of the Woods 101

6. Northern Freeze 96

7. Bertha-Hewitt 93

8. Southwest Christian 73

9. Meadow Creek Christian 49

10. Mabel-Canton 31

Also receiving votes: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (26), Canby (19), Leroy-Ostrander (18), Underwood (17), Mayer-Lutheran (15), SW Star County (12), Murray County Central (11), Nevis (7), Parkers Prairie (7), Win-E-Mac (6).













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