AUTO RACING
SPRINT CUP
POINT LEADERS
Through Sunday
1. Greg Biffle 226
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 220
3. Tony Stewart 214
4. Matt Kenseth 214
Scoreboard
April 11, 2012 at 8:44PM
5. Kevin Harvick 214
6. Martin Truex Jr. 214
7. Denny Hamlin 210
8. Ryan Newman 202
9. Clint Bowyer 192
10. Jimmie Johnson 189
11. Carl Edwards 179
12. Brad Keselowski 175
13. Joey Logano 167
14. Paul Menard 166
15. Jeff Burton 164
16. Kyle Busch 151
17. Juan Pablo Montoya 146
18. Regan Smith 146
19. Aric Almirola 144
20. A J Allmendinger 143
21. Jeff Gordon 136
22. Bobby Labonte 135
23. Marcos Ambrose 134
24. Jamie McMurray 130
25. Mark Martin 129
NASCAR NATIONWIDE
POINT LEADERS
Through Sunday
1. Elliott Sadler 214
2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 196
3. Austin Dillon 187
4. Trevor Bayne 180
5. Sam Hornish Jr. 160
6. Cole Whitt 151
7. Michael Annett 148
8. Tayler Malsam 144
9. Justin Allgaier 126
10. Mike Bliss 119
NASCAR TRUCKS
POINT LEADERS
Through Sunday
1. John King 82
2. Timothy Peters 81
3. Justin Lofton 81
4. Ty Dillon 78
5. Jason White 74
6. James Buescher 69
7. Parker Kligerman 66
8. Nelson Piquet Jr. 61
9. Ron Hornaday Jr. 58
10. Todd Bodine 57
IRL
POINT LEADERS
Through Sunday
1. Helio Castroneves 86
2. Scott Dixon 84
3. Will Power 77
4. James Hinchcliffe 60
5. Simon Pagenaud 58
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay 53
7. Graham Rahal 50
8. Ryan Briscoe 46
9. Mike Conway 38
10. (tie) Rubens Barrichello 37
10. Dario Franchitti 37
FORMULA ONE
POINT LEADERS
Through Sunday
1. Fernando Alonso 35
2. Lewis Hamilton 30
3. Jenson Button 25
4. Mark Webber 24
5. Sergio Perez 22
6. Sebastian Vettel 18
7. Kimi Raikkonen 16
8. Bruno Senna 8
9. Kamui Kobayashi 8
10. Paul di Resta 7
BASEBALL
TWINS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
ROCHESTER RED WINGS (CLASS AAA)
Rochester 5, Buffalo (Mets) 3
Buffalo210000000 -- 391
Rochester10010300x -- 5101
W: Walters (1-0, 2.70). L: Stevens (0-1, 0.00). Sv: Robertson (1). HR: Buffalo, Pascucci (3); Rochester, Dinkelman (1). Highlights: Brian Dinkelman hit a three-run homer and P.J. Walters pitched six innings to earn the victory for the Red Wings.
NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS (CLASS AA)
Harrisburg (Nationals) 7, New Britain 2
Harrisburg000000214 -- 7120
New Britain010001000 -- 271
W: Gilliam (1-1, 3.75). L: Perdomo (0-1, 2.70). HR: NBR, Hicks (2). Highlights: Aaron Hicks hit a solo homer for the Rock Cats.
FORT MYERS MIRACLE (CLASS A)
Fort Myers 3, Jupiter (Marlins) 2, 13 inn.
Jupiter011000000000 0 -- 280
Fort Myers000010010000 1 -- 3120
W: Hauser (1-0, 5.40). L: Donatello (0-1, 2.45). HR: JUP, Realmoto (1). Highlights: Daniel Rohlfing doubled in the 13th and later scored on a wild pitch to lift the Miracle.
BELOIT SNAPPERS (CLASS A)
Kane County (Royals) 8, Beloit 3
Beloit000001011 -- 351
Kane County00025010x -- 890
W: Brooks (1-0, 6.75). L: Summers (0-1, 3.18). HR: Beloit, Ortiz (1). Highlights: Miguel Sano had two hits, including a triple, and Daniel Ortiz hit a solo homer for the Snappers.
COLLEGE
BIG TENConf.Overall
WLWL
Purdue72245
Nebraska542312 Ohio State541912
Indiana541418 Michigan State332010
Illinois331812 Gophers331716
Iowa451416Northwestern361019Michigan241518 Penn State241318
RESULTS TUESDAY
Nonconference
Bowling Green 2, Michigan 1
Illinois 10, E. Illinois 3
Iowa 8, W. Illinois 7
Michigan State 8, Notre Dame 2
Nebraska 5, Creighton 3
Ohio State 6, Ohio 5
St. Xavier 9, Northwestern 3
GAMES TODAY
Nonconference
Gophers at South Dakota State, 3 pm
Indiana State at Indiana, 2 pm
E. Michigan at Michigan State, 2:05 pm
Purdue at Ball State, 3 pm
Penn State at Pittsburgh, 5 pm
Toledo at Michigan, 5:05 pm
Akron at Ohio State, 5:35 pm
Illinois at Missouri, 6:30 pm
MIAC
Augsburg 4-5, St. Olaf 3-5
Carleton 1-3, Hamline 0-5
Concordia 22-4, St. Mary's 2-3
Macalester 6-5, Bethel 5-4
St. Thomas 3-5, St. John's 1-0
UMAC
Bethany Lutheran 13-22, Martin Luther 3-2
Presentation 21-2, Minn.-Morris 10-3
Northwestern (Roseville) 10-5, Crown 1-3
St. Scholastica 8-19, Northland 5-3
BASKETBALL
TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS
(Through Tuesday)PlayerGMinPtsRebAstLove5439.626.513.52.1Pekovic3926.213.47.10.6Ridnour5333.012.12.74.8Beasley3922.911.54.30.9Rubio4134.210.64.28.2Barea3322.49.92.74.5Williams5821.88.94.80.6Webster3922.96.53.60.7Johnson5722.76.12.80.9Ellington4618.86.01.70.7Randolph2611.75.32.70.4Milicic2916.34.63.30.6Tolliver4317.54.43.00.4Lee1212.12.91.51.6Miller127.62.00.81.3Team58241.798.544.019.4Opponents58241.799.743.121.5 DENVER STATISTICS
(Through Tuesday)PlayerGMinPtsRebAstLawson5235.015.63.76.7Gallinari3431.315.24.92.7Afflalo5333.114.73.12.3Harrington5727.814.56.21.4McGee5226.211.38.30.6Chandler729.610.75.92.4Miller5727.710.13.46.4Faried3721.49.97.30.6Brewer5022.09.02.71.4Fernandez3122.98.62.12.4Mozgov4016.25.54.20.5Koufos3916.45.45.40.3Andersen3215.25.34.60.2Hamilton2310.54.52.50.7Stone208.41.81.21.7Team57243.5103.543.423.7Opponents57243.5101.740.523.3 GOLF
PGA
FEDEX CUP STANDINGS
Through Sunday
PlayerPtsMoney
1. Hunter Mahan1,379$3,094,040
2. Bubba Watson1,322$3,124,138
3. Phil Mickelson1,136$2,515,481
4. Johnson Wagner1,056$2,008,193
5. Rory McIlroy1,045$2,424,000
6. Kyle Stanley954$1,996,550
7. Justin Rose948$2,175,206
8. Mark Wilson887$1,880,375
9. Tiger Woods876$1,811,000
10. Bill Haas865$1,806,659
11. Brandt Snedeker835$1,672,314
12. Keegan Bradley795$1,609,692
13. Steve Stricker734$1,497,210
14. Luke Donald674$1,355,196
15. Ben Crane627$1,268,431
16. Louis Oosthuizen623$1,462,839
17. Carl Pettersson611$1,119,253
18. Martin Laird556$1,162,429
19. John Huh547$1,189,980
20. Graeme McDowell530$1,117,360
21. Matt Kuchar523$1,088,486
22. Kevin Na517$1,074,587
23. Lee Westwood509$1,271,425
24. Robert Garrigus504$935,363
25. Sang-Moon Bae498$941,146
26. Charles Howell III485$775,972
27. Jim Furyk465$967,916
28. Webb Simpson451$853,350
29. George McNeill437$810,214
30. Sean O'Hair432$645,544
Also:
103. Tim Herron159$222,295
LPGA
TOUR MONEY LEADERS
Through Sunday
PlayerTrnMoney
1. Yani Tseng6$924,604
2. Sun Young Yoo6$488,987
3. Ai Miyazato5$374,783
4. Na Yeon Choi5$300,984
5. Jiyai Shin6$283,592
6. Angela Stanford6$277,807
7. Shanshan Feng4$272,959
8. I.K. Kim5$259,218
9. Stacy Lewis6$249,246
10. Hee Kyung Seo6$201,474
11. Jenny Shin6$188,834
12. Amy Yang5$187,670
13. So Yeon Ryu5$179,942
14. Jessica Korda3$165,000
15. Hee Young Park6$145,827
16. Se Ri Pak5$142,002
17. Caroline Hedwall5$127,751
18. Brittany Lincicome6$126,304
19. Julieta Granada6$121,759
20. Karrie Webb6$111,557
CHAMPIONS
SCHWAB CUP STANDINGS
Through Sunday
PlayerPtsMoney
1. Bernhard Langer387$439,369
2. Michael Allen380$421,782
3. Dan Forsman307$333,732
4. Fred Couples288$333,125
5. Corey Pavin270$322,350
6. Loren Roberts263$336,660
7. Mark Calcavecchia246$290,842
8. Kenny Perry240$266,420
9. Jeff Sluman233$286,150
10. Jay Haas203$254,678
11. John Cook200$282,193
11. Peter Senior200$219,960
13. Jay Don Blake186$244,702
14. Bill Glasson161$195,383
15. Brad Bryant148$181,470
16. Gary Hallberg144$193,137
17. Tom Kite128$156,067
18. Bobby Clampett114$119,752
19. Tom Pernice Jr.105$105,200
20. Tom Lehman95$177,420
20. Mike Goodes95$154,844
LACROSSE
NLL
EASTWLPCTGB x-Toronto76.538--
x-Philadelphia77.500 1/2Buffalo58.3852Rochester58.3852 WESTWLPCTGB
x-Calgary113.786--x-Colorado103.769 1/2Swarm67.4624 1/2Edmonton48.3336Washington49.3086 1/2Key: x-clinched playoff spotGAMES SATURDAYCalgary at Rochester, 6:30 pmWashington at Swarm, 7 pmBuffalo at Edmonton, 8 pmToronto at Colorado, 8 pm SOCCER
MLS
EASTERNWLTPtsGFGASporting K.C.5001581New York3209148Houston210622Columbus220646New England230646D.C. United122555Chicago111423Montreal1414512Philadelphia031126Toronto FC040029WESTERNWLTPtsGFGAReal Salt Lake51015114San Jose4101282Colorado320977Vancouver212843Seattle211752FC Dallas221768Chivas USA230634Portland131478Los Angeles130358 Note: Three points for victory, one for tie.
GAMES SATURDAY
Columbus at Philadelphia, 2:30 pm
Colorado at Seattle FC, 3 pm
D.C. United at New England, 3 pm
Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 3:30 pm
San Jose at New York, 6 pm
Montreal at FC Dallas, 7:30 pm
Real Salt Lake at Sporting K.C., 7:30 pm
Portland at Los Angeles, 9:30 pm
GAME SUNDAY
Houston at Chicago, 6 pm
NASL
WLTPtsGFGAFort Lauderdale100310Puerto Rico100310Atlanta001100Carolina001100Minn. Stars FC001100San Antonio001100FC Edmonton010010Tampa Bay010010 Note: Three points for victory, one for tie.
GAMES SATURDAY
Minn. Stars FC at Fort Lauderdale, 6:30 pm
Atlanta at Carolina, 6 pm
Puerto Rico at San Antonio, 6 pm
FC Edmonton at Tampa Bay, 6:30 pm
SOFTBALL
COLLEGE
BIG TENConf.Overall
WLWL
Michigan712610
Purdue722412 Nebraska722414
Wisconsin632212 Ohio State532313
Iowa541520 Indiana451918
Northwestern451620 Gophers362113
Penn State361122 Illinois271618
Michigan State091026 RESULTS TUESDAY
Nonconference
Wisconsin 12-7, W. Illinois 11-1
W. Michigan at Michigan, ppd.
GAMES TODAY
Nonconference
Green Bay at Gophers (2), 2 pm
Temple at Penn State (2), 2 pm
E. Michigan at Michigan State, 3 pm
Indiana at Indiana State, 3 pm
Dayton at Ohio State, 5 pm
Creighton at Nebraska, 6 pm
W. Michigan at Michigan, 6 pm
UMAC
Martin Luther 9-4, Presentation 6-5
Minn.-Morris 7-7, Bethany Lutheran 2-3
St. Scholastica 22-27, Crown 2-1
UPPER MIDWEST
Augustana 11-2, Chadron State 2-5
Northern State 10-4, Sioux Falls 2-0
Wis.-River Falls 12-20, Hamline 0-4
TENNIS
PRO MEN
U.S. CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS
First round Houston
Igor Kunitsyn def.
Xavier Malisse, 6-4, 6-2
Paolo Lorenzi def.
Wayne Odesnik, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3
Horacio Zeballos def.
Adrian Ungur, 6-3, 6-3
Tatsuma Ito def.
Go Soeda, 6-4, 7-5
Ryan Sweeting def.
Ricardo Mello, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
GRAND PRIX HASSAN II
First round Casablanca, Morocco
Jeremy Chardy def.
Federico Delbonis, 6-4, 7-5
Albert Ramos (7) def.
Pere Riba, 6-2, 6-3
Victor Hanescu def.
Malek Jaziri, 6-2, 3-0, retired
Paul-Henri Mathieu def.
Mehdi Ziadi, 6-3, 6-1
Matthias Bachinger def.
Filippo Volandri, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Potito Starace def.
Roberto Bautista-Agut, 6-4, 7-5
Flavio Cipolla def.
Yassine Idmbarek, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol def.
Rui Machado, 6-2, 6-1
Lamine Ouahab def.
Robin Haase (6), 6-3, 6-2
PRO WOMEN
BARCELONA OPEN
First round Barcelona, Spain
Dominika Cibulkova (3) def.
Iryna Bremond, 6-0, 6-3
Klara Zakopalova def.
Laura Thorpe, 6-3, 6-4
Flavia Pennetta (5) def.
Lara Arruabarrena-Veci, 6-0, 6-4
Yuliya Beygelzimer def.
Alexandra Cadantu, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Carla Suarez Navarro def.
Annalisa Bona, 6-3, 6-1
Laura Pous-Tio def.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycov, 6-1, 6-2
Estrella Cabeza Candela def.
Nina Bratchikova, 6-2, 7-5
Julia Goerges (3) def.
Aravane Rezai, 6-4, 6-0
Olga Govortsova def.
Francesca Schiavone (1), 6-4, 6-3
Lourdes Dominguez Lino def.
Silvia Soler-Espinosa, 6-1, 6-2
e-Boks Open
First round Copenhagen, Denmark
Mona Barthel (6) def.
Johanna Larsson, 6-3, 6-4
Monica Niculescu (4) def.
Valeria Savinykh, 6-2, 6-2
Anne Keothavong def.
Melinda Czink, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Kaia Kanepi (5) def.
Anastasia Rodionova, 6-3, 6-4
Alize Cornet def.
Malou Ejdesgaard, 6-0, 6-0
Caroline Wozniacki (1) def.
Urszula Radwanska, 7-6 (4), 6-2
Petra Martic def.
Annika Beck, 6-4, 6-4
Johanna Konta def.
Ksenia Pervak (7), 6-3, 1-0 retired
Pauline Parmentier def.
Anna Chakvetadze, 7-5, 6-1
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner def.
Sofia Arvidsson (8), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
Angelique Kerber (2) def.
Stehanie Foretz Gacon, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago: Acquired INF Jose Castro from Cincinnati for cash considerations.
Cleveland: Agreed to terms with C Carlos Santana on a five-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta: Activated 3B Chipper Jones from the 15-day DL.
Cincinnati: Signed 2B Brandon Phillips to a six-year contract.
Miami: Suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games because of his comments about Fidel Castro.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Saints: Signed OF Jim Rapoport.
BASKETBALL
NBA
Golden State: Assigned F Chris Wright to Dakota (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
NFL
Vikings: Signed LB Marvin Mitchell.
Carolina: Agreed to terms with WR Steve Smith on a three-year contract extension through the 2015 season.
Miami: Signed DL Phillip Merling and OT Lydon Murtha to restricted free agent tenders.
Pittsburgh: Signed TE Leonard Pope to a one-year contract.
St. Louis: Named John Fassel special teams coach and Paul Boudreau Jr. assistant special teams coach.
Tampa Bay: Terminated the contract (failed physical) of S Tanard Jackson.
Washington: Re-signed DE Kedric Golston. Signed CB Leigh Torrence.
HOCKEY
NHL
Boston: Signed D Tommy Cross and assigned him to Providence (AHL).
Carolina: Signed D Brian Dumoulin to a three-year contract and assigned him to Charlotte (AHL).
N.Y. Rangers: Agreed to terms with F Chris Kreider.
St. Louis: Recalled G Jake Allen from Peoria (AHL).
Washington: Recalled C Mattias Sjogren from Farjestad (Swedish Elite).
COLLEGE
Arkansas: Fired football coach Bobby Petrino.
Connecticut: Announced sophomore G Jeremy Lamb is entering the NBA draft.
Duquesne: Named Jim Ferry men's basketball coach.
Hamline: Announced men's soccer coach Jon Lowery has resigned.
Long Island: Promoted men's assistant basketball coach Jack Perri to men's basketball coach.
Macalester: Announced men's and women's soccer coach Martha Nause will resign at the end of the spring season.
North Carolina State: Named Pat Popolizio wrestling coach.
Texas: Announced freshman basketball G Sterling Gibbs is transferring.
AWARDS
MIAC: Named the following athletes of the week: Hamline's David Croonquist (men's tennis); Carleton's Anne Lombardi (women's tennis).
NSIC: Named the following athletes of the week: Northern State's Luke Hauert (men's track); St. Cloud State's Dustin McColley (men's field); Wayne State's Paige Pollard (women's track); and Winona State's Michelle Potter (women's field).
UMAC: Named the following athletes of the week: St. Scholastica's Kyle Moody (baseball player); St. Scholastica's Mickie Kuening (baseball pitcher); Minn.-Morris' Jordan Iverson (softball player); Northwestern (Roseville)'s Molly Johnsen (softball pitcher); Northwestern (Roseville)'s Jimmy Ekman (men's tennis); Northwestern (Roseville)'s Amy Knight (women's tennis); Minn.-Morris' Ryan DeRoeck (men's track and field); and the St. Scholastica 4x100 relay team of Brianna Buske, Laurel Ohaju, Rachel Thelen and Maggie Bair (women's track and field).
TODAY'S LINE
MLB
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOGTODAY American League
Los Angeles-155/+145TWINSCLEVELAND-140/+130ChicagoBoston-130/+120TORONTODETROIT-180/+170Tampa BayOAKLAND-120/+110Kansas CityNew York-165/+155BALTIMORETEXAS-230/+210Seattle National League
CINCINNATI-140/+130St. LouisWashington-120/+110NEW YORKCHICAGO-110/+100MilwaukeeSAN DIEGO-115/+105ArizonaPHILADELPHIA-155/+145MiamiAtlanta-120/+110HOUSTONSan Francisco-125/+115COLORADOLOS ANGELES-155/+145Pittsburgh NBA
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOGDENVER8 1/2TimberwolvesPhiladelphia5TORONTOIndiana6 1/2CLEVELANDBOSTON3 1/2AtlantaMILWAUKEE4New YorkHOUSTON5UtahNEW ORLEANS2SacramentoMEMPHIS5PhoenixOKLA. CITY9L.A. ClippersSAN ANTONIO8L.A. LakersPORTLAND6 1/2Golden State NHL PLAYOFFS
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG TODAY
PITTSBURGH-170/+150PhiladelphiaNASHVILLE-130/+110DetroitVANCOUVER-170/+150Los Angeles THURSDAY
N.Y. RANGERS-180/+160OttawaBOSTON-180/+160WashingtonST. LOUIS-150/+130San JosePHOENIX-125/+105Chicago Note: Home teams in capital letters.
about the writer
Twins need to play better to keep position players off mound.
