BASEBALL
TWINS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
ROCHESTER (CLASS AAA)
• Columbus (Nationals) 5, Rochester 1, 1st
• Columbus 6, Rochester 4, 2nd
Rochester 000 100 0--1 7 2
Columbus 003 110 x--5 6 2
W: C. Balester (3-2, 3.41). L: K. Mulvey (2-4, 4.03). HR: Columbus, R. Olmedo (2). Highlights: Rochester starter Kevin Mulvey allowed five runs (three earned) in five innings.
Rochester 001 100 2--4 7 0
Columbus 400 110 x--6 8 1
W: T. Clippard (2-3, 4.34). L: H. Totten (0-1, 4.12). S: C. Manning (4). HR: Rochester, J. Morales (2). Columbus, J. Dubois 2 (3). Highlights: Jason Dubois clubbed two homers and had four RBI to lead Columbus to the doubleheader sweep.
NEW BRITAIN (CLASS AA)
• Bowie (Orioles) 9, New Britain 7
Bowie 024 110 001--9 13 0
New Britain 040 001 200--7 11 1
W: J. Berken (3-2, 3.26). L: J. Rainville (2-4, 10.01). S: J. Manon (10). HR: Bowie, J. Nettles (6), L. Montanez (5), R. Finan (4). NB, E. Lis (3), M. Moses (2). Highlights: New Britain starter Jay Rainville allowed seven runs and three home runs in 3 2/3 innings to raise his season ERA to 10.01. Rainville has allowed 51 hits and 33 earned runs in 29 2/3 innings this season.
FORT MYERS (CLASS A)
• Fort Myers 7, St. Lucie (Mets) 2
Fort Myers 020 020 030--7 11 0
St. Lucie 200 000 000--2 6 2
W: D. Guerra (3-1, 4.32). L: D. Gee (2-3, 4.54). S: M. Fox (1). HR: FM, W. Ramos (2), W. Robbins (2). Highlights: Wilson Ramos and Whitney Robbins homered and Deolis Guerra allowed two runs in six innings to gain the win for Fort Myers.
BELOIT (CLASS A)
• Beloit 8, Burlington (Royals) 6
Beloit 032 000 012--8 12 3
Burlington 004 020 000--6 14 0
W: B. Tippett (2-1, 3.86). L: H. Arias (2-2, 4.66). S: M. Williams (3). HR: Beloit, G. Yersich (3). Highlights: Garrett Olson and Chris Cates had RBI singles in the top of the ninth for Beloit.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
RESULTS THURSDAY
Saints 10, Grand Prairie 3
Pensacola 10, Lincoln 7
Shreveport 21, El Paso 5
Sioux Falls 9, Fort Worth 2
Wichita 7, Sioux City 4
GAMES TODAY
Grand Prairie at Saints, 7:05 pm
Sioux City at Wichita (2), 5:05 pm
Lincoln at Pensacola, 6:35 pm
Sioux Falls at Fort Worth, 7:05 pm
Shreveport at El Paso, 8:05 pm
Thursday's Saints linescore:
Grand Prairie 003 000 000 3 12 4 Saints 102 000 52x 10 11 2• Drucker, Brockman (4), Garcia (6), Smith (7), DeChrist (7), Homer (8) and Tucker; Villarreal, Bille (7), Molldrem (9) and Sullivan. W: Bille (1-0). L: Smith (0-1). T: 3:05. A: 5,092.
COLLEGE
BIG TEN
Games today
• Michigan at Gophers, 7:30 pm
• Indiana at Northwestern, 3 pm
• Michigan State at Purdue, 3 pm
• Illinois at Ohio State, 5:35 pm
• Iowa at Penn State, 5:35 pm
MIAC PLAYOFFS
Games today
• Game 1: St. Thomas vs.
Gustavus at Dundas, 3:30 pm
• G2: St. Olaf vs.
Hankube at Northfield, 3:30 pm
• G3: Winner G1 vs.
winner G2 at Dundas, 7 pm
• G4: Loser G1 vs.
loser G2 at Northfield, 7 pm
Games Saturday • at Dundas
• G5: Loser G3 vs. winner G4, 1 pm
• G6: Winner G3 vs. winner G5, 5 pm
Game Sunday • at Dundas
• G7: Winner G6 vs.
loser G6, 1 pm (if nec.)
NCC TOURNAMENT
At Neb.-Omaha
First round
• Augustana 10, Minn. Duluth 3
• St. Cloud State 8, North Dakota 4
Second round
• MSU Mankato 6, St. Cloud State 2
• Neb.-Omaha 2, Augustana 1, 10 inn.
NSIC PLAYOFFS
At Wayne, Neb.
First round • Thursday
• Bemidji St. 5, Upper Iowa 2
• Concordia 2, SW Minnesota St. 1
• Wayne St. 6, Winona St. 3
UMAC TOURNAMENT
First round
• Northland 10, Bethany Lutheran 8, 13 inn.
• St. Scholastica 5, Martin Luther 0
Second round
• Bethany Lutheran 10, Martin Luther 1
• St. Scholastica 14, Northland 1
BASKETBALL
NBA • 2008 ALL-NBA TEAMS
(With first-place votes in parentheses)
First Team
F--Kevin Garnett, Boston (118), 612
F--LeBron James, Cleveland (117), 610
C--Dwight Howard, Orlando (86), 546
G--Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (127), 635
G--Chris Paul, New Orleans (124), 629
Second Team
F--Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (1), 189
F--Tim Duncan, San Antonio (25), 397
C--Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix (30), 412
G--Steve Nash, Phoenix (2), 311
G--Deron Williams, Utah, 228
Third Team
F--Carlos Boozer, Utah, 174
F--Paul Pierce, Boston (2), 151
C--Yao Ming, Houston (2), 71
G--Tracy McGrady, Houston (1), 137
G--Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 123
• Others: Allen Iverson, Denver, 116; Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 89; Marcus Camby, Denver, 59; Chauncey Billups, Detroit, 38; Baron Davis, Golden State, 32; David West, New Orleans, 24; Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 22; Tyson Chandler, New Orleans, 18; Antawn Jamison, Washington, 15; Al Jefferson, Timberwolves, 14; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 11.
HOCKEY
IIHF MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFYING ROUND
Group E GP W L OW OL GF GA Pt
Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 16 10 6
Switzerland 3 2 1 0 0 6 8 6Russia 2 1 0 1 0 9 5 5
Czech Rep. 3 2 0 0 1 11 12 5Belarus 2 0 2 0 0 6 8 0
Denmark 3 0 3 0 0 4 17 0Group F GP W L OW OL GF GA Pt
Canada 3 3 0 0 0 14 5 9
U.S. 3 2 1 0 0 14 9 6Finland 2 1 0 1 0 8 3 5
Norway 3 1 1 0 1 6 7 4Latvia 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
Germany 3 0 3 0 0 7 14 0Note: Three points for a win (W); two for an overtime/shootout win (OW); one for an overtime/shootout loss (OL).
RESULTS THURSDAY
United States 6, Germany 4
Canada 2, Norway 1
Czech Republic 5, Switzerland 0
Sweden 8, Denmark 1
GAMES TODAY
At Halifax, Nova Scotia
Finland vs. Latvia, 10:30 am
At Quebec City
Russia vs. Belarus, noon
United stateS 6, Germany 4 United States 312--6 Germany 211--4First period: 1. US--Parise 3 (Martin, Pominville) :26. 2. US--O'Sullivan 3 (Backes, Kessel), 2:10. 3. US--Wisniewski 1 (Stafford, Stempniak), 2:52. 4. Germany--Hackert 3 (Wolf, Gogulla), 14:03. 5. Germany--Schmidt 1 (Seidenberg, Tripp), 17:52, pp. Penalties--Wisniewski, US (hooking), 17:28; Ustorf, Ger (hooking) 18:18.
Second period: 6. US--Pominville 2 (Kane, Mueller), 6:32, pp. 7. Germany--Busch 2 (Schmidt, Sturm), 10:48. Penalties--Bakos, Ger (boarding), 5:22; Hordler, Ger (hooking), 5:22; Wolf, Ger (tripping), 11:09; Schubert, Ger (high-sticking), 15:43.
Third period: 8. Germany--Bakos 1 (Ullmann, Seidenberg), 4:55, pp. 9. US--Parise 4 (Martin, Kane), 11:04, pp. 10. US--Brown 3 (Parise), 18:24, en. Penalties--Leopold, US (slashing), 4:09; Backes, US (roughing), 8:11; Osterloh, Ger, double minor-misconduct (checking to head, roughing), 8:11; Schubert, Ger (cross-checking), 9:57; Seidenberg, Ger (delay of game), 13:31; Kessel, US (hooking), 15:20; Greene, US (hooking), 18:43.
Shots on goal: US 13-19-10--42. Germany 4-5-6--15. Power-play opportunities: US 2 of 7; Germany 2 of 4. Goalies: US, Anderson (9 shots-5 saves), Esche 1-0 (4:55 third, 6-6). Germany, Patzold 0-2 (41-36). A: 7,352. Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov, Alexzander Poliakov. Linesmen: Sylvan Losier, Fredrik Ulriksson.
RUNNING
LOCAL
THE MEDTRONIC TC 1-MILE
At Minneapolios
Men's elite
• 1. Josephat Kichii, West Chester, PA., 4:09; 2. Haron Lagat, Sante Fe, N.M., 4:09; 3. Jordan Fife, Bloomington, IN, 4:10.
Women's elite
• 1. Rose Kosgei, Sante Fe, N.M., 4:37; 2. Marina Muncan, Gray, TN., 4:41; 3. Emily Brown, Team USA Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN., 4:43.
SOCCER
USL • FIRST DIVISION
RESULT THURSDAYRochester 0, Portland 0, tie
GAME TODAY Miami FC at Charleston, 7 pm GAMES SATURDAY Montreal at Thunder, 7 pm Atlanta at Carolina, 6:30 pm Portland at Seattle, 9 pm Rochester at Vancouver, 9 pmMLS
RESULT THURSDAY
Chicago 2, D.C. United 0
GAMES SATURDAY
Colorado at Houston, 7:30 pm
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 8 pm
Columbus at San Jose, 9 pm
New York at Los Angeles, 9:30 pm
GAME SUNDAY
New England at CD Chivas USA, 2 pm
SOFTBALL
COLLEGE
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
At Evanston, Ill.
Results Thursday
• Michigan State 2, Michigan 1
• Northwestern 8, Ohio State 0
Games today
• G3: Iowa vs. Illinois, 9 am
• G4: Gophers vs. Purdue 11:30 am
• G5: Michigan State vs. G3 winner, 2 pm
• G6: Northwestern vs. G4 winner, 4:30 pm
Game Saturday
• G7: Championship, noon
NCAA DIV. II NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL
At Emporia, Kan.
Results Thursday
• Winona St. 2, C. Missouri State 1
• SW Minn. St. 3, NW Missouri St. 2, 8 inn.
• Neb.-Omaha 1, MSU Mankato 0
• Emporia State 5, Washburn 3
• NW Missouri St. 1, Cent. Missouri St. 0, 11 inn.
NCAA III REGIONALS
At Eau Claire, Wis.
• St. Thomas 8, Ripon 0
• Simpson 1, Illinois Wesleyan 0
• Wis.-Eau Claire 10, North Central (Ill.) 0
• Wis.-Oshkosh 5, Aurora 0
At Rock Island, Ill.
• Wis.-Whitewater 9, Coe 1
TENNIS
COLLEGE • WOMEN
NCAA II NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL
First round
• Washburn 6, St. Cloud State 0
• NW Missouri State 5, Winona State 0
Pro • men
INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA
Third round • At Rome
• Novak Djokovic (3) def.
Igor Andreev, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
• Radek Stepanek def.
Luis Horna, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
• Nicolas Almagro def.
Fernando Gonzalez (12), walkover.
• Roger Federer (1) def.
Ivo Karlovic, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
• Andy Roddick (6) def.
Simone Bolelli, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
• James Blake (8) def.
Fernando Verdasco, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
• Stanislas Wawrinka def.
Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-4, 6-3.
• Tommy Robredo (14) def.
Nikolay Davydenko (4), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
PRO • WOMEN
GERMAN OPEN
Third round • At Berlin
• Elena Dementieva def.
Vera Dushevina, 7-5, 6-3.
• Dinara Safina (13) def.
Justine Henin (1), 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
• Victoria Azarenka def.
Gisela Dulko, 6-3, 6-1.
• Alona Bondarenko (15) def.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
• Serena Williams (5) def.
Agnieszka Radwanska (11), 6-3, 6-1.
• Agnes Szavay (10) def.
Marion Bartoli (8), 7-5, 7-5.
• Jelena Jankovic (4) def.
Maria Kirilenko, 6-2, 6-4.
• Ana Ivanovic (2) def.
Sybille Bammer, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland: Optioned LHP Dallas Braden to AAA Sacramento (PCL).
Texas: Activated LHP Kason Gabbard and INF Travis Metcalf from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP A.J. Murray to AAA Oklahoma (PCL). Designated 1B Ben Broussard for assignment.
Toronto: Placed SS David Eckstein and SS John McDonald on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Joe Inglett from AAA Syracuse (IL).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta: Activated INF Omar Infante from the 15-day DL. Placed C Brayan Pena on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 5.
San Diego: Placed RHP Kevin Cameron on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP Shawn Estes from AAA Portland (PCL).
BASKETBALL
NBA
New Jersey: Named Kiki Vandeweghe general manager.
Seattle: Named Troy Weaver assistant general manager.
FOOTBALL
NFL
Florida: Agreed to terms with D Keaton Ellerby.
N.Y. Giants: Signed P Owen Tolson and TE Eric Butler.
Washington: Signed OL Andrew Crummey and TE Jason Goode.
HOCKEY
NHL
Florida: Agreed to terms with D Keaton Ellerby.
COLLEGE
Alcorn State: Named Larry Smith men's basketball coach.
Concordia (St. Paul): Announced Kelly Supernaw (Delavan, Wis.) has signed a women's basketball letter of intent. Said Shandrell Duncan (Oakdale) will transfer from IUPUI to join the women's basketball team.
Duke: Reinstated OT Cameron Goldberg to the football program.
Manhattan: Named C.J. Council coordinator of men's basketball operations.
MSU, Mankato: Named Peter McCahey soccer coach.
AWARDS
MIAC: Named the following athletes of the week: Augsburg's Andrew Womeldorf and St. Thomas' Sean Barrett (men's golf) and Gustavus' Katie Schenfeld (women's golf).
NSIC: Announced the following baseball awards: Wayne State's Nick Schumacher (Pitcher of the Year); Wayne State's Marc Manganaro and Northern State's Adam Kampsen (Player of the Year); Upper Iowa's Mark Danker (Coach of the Year) and Wayne State's Nick Bidroski and Minn.-Crookston's Jake Poehler (Freshman of the Year). Named the following to the all-conference baseball team: Joe Abellera, Brendon Furrows, Chris Herbert, Jake Schmidt and Jake Waldman (Concordia-St. Paul); Mike Feldman (Mary); Kampsen (Northern State); Brandon Wilhelmi (SW Minnesota State); Nick Fjelland (Upper Iowa); Mitch Herrick, Alex Koch, Manganaro, Schumacher and Joe Wendte (Wayne State); Andrew Kes and Bryan Ruff (Winona State).
WIAC: Announced the following softball awards: Wis.-Oshkosh's Ronessa Stampfli and Wis.-Whitewater's Jessica Stang (Co-Pitchers of the Year); Wis.-River Falls' Emily Howlett (Position Player of the Year) and Wis.-Whitewater's Brenda Volk (Coach of the Year). Named the following to the all-conference softball team: Michelle Butkus, Jill Janke, Casey Leisgang and Jenny Ross (Eau Claire); Liz Bradley (La Crosse); Dani Olsen, Stampfli, Amy Sullivan and Whitney Tornow (Oshkosh); Tera Burr and Amy Sullivan (Platteville); Keri Feller, Howlett and Mindy Rudiger (River Falls); Laura Van Abel (Stevens Point); Becky Crane (Superior); Lauren Cruz, Amy Gahl, Amanda LeBeau and Stang (Whitewater).
LATEST LINE
MLB
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American League
Boston -120/+110 TWINS DETROIT -130/+120 New York CLEVELAND -120/+110 Toronto TAMPA BAY -145/+135 Los Angeles Oakland -115/+105 TEXAS KANSAS CITY -135/+125 Baltimore SEATTLE -130/+120 ChicagoNational League
CHICAGO -115/+105 Arizona PITTSBURGH -110/+100 Atlanta NEW YORK -165/+155 Cincinnati WASHINGTON -140/+130 Florida MILWAUKEE -120/+110 St. Louis SAN DIEGO -165/+155 Colorado Philadelphia -165/+155 SAN FRAN. LOS ANGELES -170/+160 HoustonNBA • PLAYOFFS
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UTAH 4 215 1/2 L.A. LakersNHL • PLAYOFFS
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PITTSBURGH -175/+155 Philadelphia Odds to win series Pittsburgh -200/+170 Philadelphia Key: O/U-Total points over or under. Home team in capital letters.
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