softball

LEWISTON PARKS AND RECREATION

Coed - Average Joes Gym 8, Inland Cellular 3; Mike's Pole Barn 11, Rosauers 7; Club 301 def. Sensative Warriors by forfeit; Sweatwater Junction 17, Battles and Ells 3; Lewis-Clark Credit Union 15, Canters Inn 5; Columbia Paint 20, Bulldogs 14; Columbia Paint 18, Budweiser 8.

baseball

American League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 76 45 .628 -

Boston 68 51 .571 7

Tampa Bay 65 54 .546 10

Toronto 55 63 .466 191/2

Baltimore 48 72 .400 271/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 63 56 .529 -

Chicago 62 59 .512 2

Minnesota 58 62 .483 51/2

Cleveland 51 68 .429 12

Kansas City 47 73 .392 161/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 45 .619 -

Texas 67 52 .563 61/2

Seattle 62 58 .517 12

Oakland 53 67 .442 21

Wednesday's Games

Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 2

L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0

Seattle 3, Detroit 1

Boston 6, Toronto 1

Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1

Minnesota 5, Texas 4

N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 2

Today's Games

Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1) at Detroit (Washburn 8-7), 10:05 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Lackey 8-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 3-4), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Lester 9-7) at Toronto (Cecil 5-1), 4:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Matusz 1-2) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 7-9), 4:08 p.m.

Minnesota (Swarzak 3-6) at Texas (Holland 6-7), 5:05 p.m.

National League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 68 49 .581 -

Florida 64 56 .533 51/2

Atlanta 63 57 .525 61/2

New York 56 64 .467 131/2

Washington 43 77 .358 261/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 69 53 .566 -

Chicago 61 57 .517 6

Houston 58 62 .483 10

Milwaukee 58 62 .483 10

Cincinnati 50 69 .420 171/2

Pittsburgh 49 70 .412 181/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 71 50 .587 -

Colorado 67 53 .558 31/2

San Francisco 66 54 .550 41/2

Arizona 54 67 .446 17

San Diego 51 71 .418 201/2

Wednesday's Games

Philadelphia 8, Arizona 1

Colorado 5, Washington 4

Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 1

Atlanta 15, N.Y. Mets 2

San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 0

Houston 6, Florida 3

Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 1

St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

Today's Games

San Francisco (Cain 12-4) at Cincinnati (Harang 6-14), 9:35 a.m.

Arizona (D.Davis 7-10) at Philadelphia (Blanton 7-6), 4:05 p.m.

Colorado (Hammel 7-7) at Washington (Mock 2-4), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Kawakami 5-9) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 13-8), 4:10 p.m.

Florida (Jo.Johnson 12-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 11-7), 5:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Pineiro 11-9) at San Diego (Stauffer 1-5), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 5-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Jef.Weaver 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Basketball

WNBA

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Indiana 19 5 .792 -

Atlanta 13 11 .542 6

Connecticut 13 11 .542 6

Chicago 13 13 .500 7

Washington 12 13 .480 71/2

Detroit 9 14 .391 91/2

New York 9 16 .360 101/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Phoenix 18 8 .692 -

Seattle 14 11 .560 31/2

Los Angeles 11 13 .458 6

San Antonio 11 13 .458 6

Minnesota 11 14 .440 61/2

Sacramento 7 18 .280 101/2

Wednesday's Games

Connecticut 74, New York 69

Los Angeles 78, Minnesota 63

Today's Games

San Antonio at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Friday's Games

Connecticut at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Golf

Quail Ridge Golf Course

Ladie's Golf Association

Flight A - Gross: Barb Brown, 74; Net: Carmen Lucas, 74

Flight B - Gross: Lois Wildman, 110; Net: Sharon Armour, 80

CLARKSTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Ladies' Day

"A" Division - Gross: Sharon Vahlkamp, 34; Net: Alice Gwinn, 27.5

"B" Division - Gross: Marge Freeberg, Rae Alisch, 43; Net: Esther Avrey, 32

"C" Division" - Gross: Denise Beale, Phyllis Himmelright, 44; Net: Pam Jacobs, Alison Spellman, 31.5

Tennis

ATP WORLD TOUR Cincinatti Master

At The Lindner Family Tennis Center

Mason, Ohio

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Chris Guccione, Australia, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7), France, 7-6 (12), 6-2.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-6 (9), 6-4.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5.

Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Track and Field

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Olympic Stadium

Berlin

Men

1,500 - 1, Yusuf Saad Kamel, Bahrain, 3:35.93; 2, Deresse Mekonnen, Ethiopia, 3:36.01; 3, Bernard Lagat, United States, 3:36.20

Discus Throw - 1, Robert Harting, Germany, 227-9; 2, Piotr Malachowski, Poland, 226-10; 3, Gerd Kanter, Estonia, 219-5

Women

800 - 1, Caster Semenya, South Africa, 1:55.45; 2, Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, Kenya, 1:57.90; 3, Jennifer Meadows, Britain, 1:57.93

100 Hurdles - 1, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaica, 12.51; 2, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Canada, 12.54; 3, Delloreen Ennis-London, Jamaica, 12.55

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended Seattle minor league LHP Daniel Christensen (West Tennessee-SL) and Houston minor league LHP Gabriel Garcia (Greeneville-Appalachian) 50 games for testing positive in violation of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Placed OF Trevor Crowe on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 17. Recalled INF-OF Matt LaPorta from Columbus (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS-Traded RHP Ruben Flores to Milwaukee for 3B Bill Hall.

TEXAS RANGERS-Recalled RHP Willie Eyre from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed LHP Eddie Guardado on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 15.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS-Placed CF Willy Tavares on the 15-day DL. Called up OF Drew Stubbs from Louisville (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Agreed to terms with RHP John Smoltz.

American Association

EL PASO DIABLOS-Signed C Carl Johnson.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS-Released RHP Jose Cordero.

PENSACOLA PELICANS-Signed RHP Francisco Butto.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS-Signed RHP Jason Herman.

ST. PAUL SAINTS-Signed LHP Dave Wagner.

WICHITA WINGNUTS-Released RHP Ryan Ashner.

Can-Am League

NEW HAMPSHIRE AMERICAN DEFENDERS-Signed INF Mike O'Malley.

WORCESTER TORNADOES-Signed C Peter Gilardo.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

MIAMI DOLPHINS-Released CB Eric Green.

NEW YORK GIANTS-Activated DT Rocky Bernard from the non-football injury list.

NEW YORK JETS-Signed S Nate Ness.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Signed S Steve Cargile. Released S C.J. Byrd, CB Mike Hawkins and WR Joel Filani.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES-Agreed to terms with C Stephane Yelle.

American Hockey League

MANITOBA MOOSE-Re-signed RW Mike Keane. Signed G John Murray and G Daren Machesney.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS-Announced the resignation of assistant coach Alan May.

ECHL

IDAHO STEELHEADS-Agreed to terms with F Marty Flichel on a one-year contract.

HORSE RACING

GULFSTREAM PARK-Named Dan Bork racing secretary.

LACROSSE

Major Lacrosse League

TORONTO NATIONALS-Placed A Colin Doyle and M Dan Dawson on waivers.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLUMBUS CREW-Signed F Emilio Renteria.

COLLEGE

SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE-Named Jay Jones commissioner.

COAST GUARD-Named Kevin Jaskiewicz men's interim basketball coach.

HAMILTON-Named Caitlin Gillard women's assistant basketball coach, Andrew Kelleher men's assistant lacrosse coach, Jenna Henderson women's assistant volleyball coach and Paige Mullin sports information assistant.

HOLY CROSS-Named Bryan Hill equipment manager.

NORTH DAKOTA-Dismissed junior F Matt Frattin from the hockey team for violating team rules.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-Named Dana Ingraham graduate assistant for media relations.

SPRINGFIELD-Named Kristen Mullady women's lacrosse coach.