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BASEBALL

MLB Playoffs

All Times PDT

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7)

American League

Sunday, Oct. 16

Chicago 6, Los Angeles 3, Chicago wins series 4-1

National League

Monday, Oct. 17

St. Louis 5, Houston 4, Houston leads series 3-2

Wednesday, Oct. 19

Houston at St. Louis, 5:28 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20

Houston at St. Louis, 5:28 p.m., if necessary

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7)

Saturday, Oct. 22

Houston-St. Louis winner at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 23

Houston-St. Louis winner at Chicago, 5:10 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Chicago at Houston-St. Louis winner, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 26

Chicago at Houston-St. Louis winner, 5:25 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 27

Chicago at Houston-St. Louis winner, if necessary, 5:25 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 29

Houston-St. Louis winner at Chicago, if necessary, 4:55 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 30

Houston-St. Louis winner at Chicago, if necessary, 4:55 p.m. PST

Cardinals 5, Astros 4

HOUSTON LEADS SERIES 3-2

a-grounded out for Qualls in the 7th. b-struck out for Luna in the 9th. c-grounded out for Bruntlett in the 9th. E—Luna (2), Lamb (1), AEverett (1). LOB—St. Louis 8, Houston 7. 2B—YMolina (3), Ausmus (2). HR—Pujols (2), off Lidge; Berkman (1), off Carpenter. RBIs—Pujols 3 (6), Grudzielanek 2 (2), Biggio (2), Berkman 3 (3). SB—Eckstein (1), RSanders (1). CS—Eckstein (1). S—Burke, Pettitte. Runners left in scoring position—St. Louis 5 (RSanders, LWalker 2, YMolina, Carpenter); Houston 5 (Biggio 2, Burke, Lamb 2). Runners moved up—Pujols, Ensberg.

Pettitte pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored—Qualls 1-0. HBP—by Carpenter (Lane), by Pettitte (Eckstein). T—3:19. A—43,470 (40,950).

BASKETBALL

NBA preseason

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Southeast Division

Central Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

Northwest Division

Pacific Division

Monday’s Games

Charlotte 94, Atlanta 88

Houston 93, Seattle 85

Minnesota 97, Chicago 89

Phoenix 106, Utah 95

Tuesday’s Games

Orlando at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

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

San Antonio at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Atlanta vs. New Orleans at North Little Rock, Ark., 5 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 7 p.m.

Washington vs. Lakers at Bakersfield, Calif., 7:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

South

North

West

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

South

North

West

Monday’s Game

Indianapolis 45, St. Louis 28

Sunday, Oct. 23

Kansas City at Miami, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Houston, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Washington, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Chicago, 1:15 p.m.

Denver at N.Y. Giants, 1:15 p.m.

Tennessee at Arizona, 1:15 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.

Open: New England, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Carolina

Monday, Oct. 24

N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Colts 45, Rams 28

First Quarter

StL—S.Jackson 21 run (Wilkins kick)

StL—FG Wilkins 29

StL—Curtis 57 pass from Bulger (Wilkins kick)

Second Quarter

Ind—James 1 run (Vanderjagt kick)

Ind—Wayne 3 pass from Manning (Vanderjagt kick)

StL—FG Wilkins 49

Third Quarter

Ind—FG Vanderjagt 22

Ind—James 8 run (Vanderjagt kick)

Fourth Quarter

Ind—Rhodes 1 run (Vanderjagt kick)

Ind—Harrison 6 pass from Manning (Vanderjagt kick)

Ind—James 1 run (Vanderjagt kick)

StL—Cleeland 9 pass from Martin (M.Faulk run)

A—57,307.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—St. Louis, S.Jackson 17-88, M.Faulk 4-17. Indianapolis, James 23-143, Rhodes 11-29, Manning 2-6, Sorgi 2-(minus 2).

PASSING—St. Louis, Bulger 6-8-1-121, Martin 17-21-2-134. Indianapolis, Manning 22-32-0-191, Sorgi 0-0-0-0.

RECEIVING—St. Louis, Holt 6-70, S.Jackson 5-39, M.Faulk 4-21, Curtis 3-73, Looker 2-25, Cleeland 2-18, Manumaleuna 1-9. Indianapolis, Wayne 7-59, Harrison 4-39, Stokley 4-38, Clark 3-31, James 3-16, Rhodes 1-8.

MISSED FIELD GOAL—Indianapolis, Vanderjagt 48 (WL).

CFL

x-clinched playoff spot

Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Friday’s Game

Ottawa at Hamilton

HOCKEY

NHL

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

Southeast Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

Northwest Division

Pacific Division

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 4, Florida 0

Detroit 3, San Jose 2, OT

Phoenix 2, Calgary 0

Tuesday’s Games

Boston at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Rangers 4, Panthers 0

First Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Tyutin 1 (Hossa, Rucinsky), 19:00 (pp).

Second Period—2, N.Y. Rangers, Jagr 5 (Straka, Rucinsky), 14:30 (pp). 3, N.Y. Rangers, Jagr 6 (Straka, Rucinsky), 15:12 (pp). 4, N.Y. Rangers, Prucha 1 (Rozsival), 18:27.

Third Period—None.

Shots on goal—Florida 8-4-11—23. N.Y. Rangers 17-21-11—49.

Power-play opportunities—Florida 0 of 6; N.Y. Rangers 3 of 8.

Goalies—Florida, Luongo 4-3-0 (38 shots-34 saves), McLennan (0:00 Third, 11 shots-11 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 3-0-1 (23-23).

A—16,351 (18,200). T—2:21.

Red Wings 3, Sharks 2 (OT)

First Period—1, San Jose, Ekman 3, 12:29. 2, Detroit, Shanahan 4 (Woolley, Schneider), 15:10 (pp). 3, Detroit, Samuelsson 5 (Williams, Shanahan), 19:07 (pp).

Second Period—4, San Jose, Sturm 4 (McLaren, Marleau), 10:50 (pp).

Third Period—None.

Overtime—5, Detroit, Fischer 3 (Schneider, Zetterberg), 4:09.

Shots on goal—San Jose 9-11-8-0—28. Detroit 12-11-9-2—34.

Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1 of 8; Detroit 2 of 7.

Goalies—San Jose, Nabokov 3-1-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Legace 6-1-0 (28-26).

A—20,066 (19,983). T—2:23.

Coyotes 2, Flames 0

First Period—None. Second Period—None.

Third Period—1, Phoenix, Ricci 1 (Sjostrom, Mara), 7:14. 2, Phoenix, Devereaux 1 (Doan), 19:24 (pp-en). Shots on goal—Phoenix 8-4-9—21. Calgary 11-7-7—25.

Missed Penalty Shot—Saprykin, Phoenix, 10:31, 3rd.

Power-play opportunities—Phoenix 1 of 5; Calgary 0 of 7. Goalies—Phoenix, Joseph 2-2-0 (25 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kiprusoff 2-4-1 (20-19).

A—19,289 (17,409). T—2:10.

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

East Division

Central Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

B.C. Division

U.S. Division

Note: Two points awarded for a win shootout loss.

Monday Games

No games scheduled.

Tuesday Games

Saskatoon at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince George, 7:30 p.m.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders

Through Oct. 15

Points

1, Tony Stewart, 5777. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 5777. 3, Greg Biffle, 5766. 4, Ryan Newman, 5760. 5, Mark Martin, 5726. 6, Carl Edwards, 5723. 7, Rusty Wallace, 5685. 8, Jeremy Mayfield, 5662. 9, Matt Kenseth, 5653. 10, Kurt Busch, 5635.

11, Elliott Sadler, 3507. 12, Kevin Harvick, 3496. 13, Joe Nemechek, 3490. 14, Jamie McMurray, 3486. 15, Brian Vickers, 3444. 16, Dale Jarrett, 3392. 17, Jeff Gordon, 3385. 18, Jeff Burton, 3227. 19, Kyle Busch, 3215. 20, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 3210.

Money

1, Tony Stewart, $6,207,330. 2, Kurt Busch, $6,099,718. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $6,089,409. 4, Jeff Gordon, $5,995,199. 5, Mark Martin, $5,084,253. 6, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $5,049,417. 7, Ryan Newman, $4,924,634. 8, Greg Biffle, $4,923,228. 9, Matt Kenseth, $4,913,994. 10, Elliott Sadler, $4,394,839.

11, Kevin Harvick, $4,350,494. 12, Kasey Kahne, $4,346,128. 13, Rusty Wallace, $4,329,811. 14, Dale Jarrett, $4,129,471. 15, Jeremy Mayfield, $4,062,948. 16, Bobby Labonte, $4,018,254. 17, Michael Waltrip, $3,862,373. 18, Carl Edwards, $3,782,793. 19, Ricky Rudd, $3,768,892. 20, Joe Nemechek, $3,730,722.

GOLF

College men Tillinghast Tournament

At Fenway Golf Club; Scarsdale, New York

First round

Team scores—St. John’s 297, Villanova 301, Iona 305, Cincinnati 309, Gonzaga 311, Florida Gulf Coast 312, St. Thomas Aquinas 313, Niagara 316, Fordham 325.

Top individuals—1, Georga Zolotas, (SJ) 71. 2, Paul Selvaggio (Io) 72; George Slattery, (StA) 72. Also: 5, Colin Floyd 74.

SOCCER

MLS Playoffs

All Times PDT

Conference Semifinals

(Two-leg Aggregate Score Series)

Eastern Conference

MetroStars vs. New England

Saturday, Oct. 22

New England at MetroStars, 4 p.m.

Chicago vs. D.C. United

Friday, Oct. 21

D.C. United at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Western Conference

Los Angeles vs. San Jose

Sunday, Oct. 23

San Jose at Los Angeles, noon

Colorado vs. FC Dallas

Saturday, Oct. 22

FC Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m.

High school boys Idaho 5A Region I Tournament

Coeur d’Alene 6, Lewiston 1

First half — 1, CdA, Lowell (Honsaker) 29:00. 2, CdA, Lowell (Hathaway) 31:00. 3, CdA, Lowell (Wise) 35:00.

Second half — 4, CdA, Lowell, (Jerde) 43:00. 5, CdA, Honsaker (Johnson) 52:00. 6, CdA, Nelson (Jerde) 70:00. 7, Lew, scorer not available, 78:00

Shots on goal — Lewiston 4, Coeur d’Alene 13. Saves — Lewiston, Robinson 7. Coeur d’Alene, Olmstead 2, Hilbert 1.

High school girls Idaho 4A Region I Tournament

Sandpoint 3, Post Falls 0

First half — 1, San, Stone (Wohlschlager) 26:00. 2, San, Tori Smith (Betts) 32:00.

Second half — 3, San, Adams (Bell) 79:00.

Shots on goal — Post Falls 7, Sandpoint 14. Saves — Post Falls 6, Sandpoint 4.

Lakeland 4, Moscow 0

First half — 1, Lak, Stiegemeier (Natalie Nichols) 2:00. 2, Lak, Ward 15:00. 3, Puckett (Nichols) 38:00.

Second half — 4, McCullough (Steurmer) 58:00.

Shots on goal — Moscow 4, Lakeland 19. Saves — Moscow, Quinn 9. Lakeland North 4.

Greater Spokane League Central Valley 8, Clarkston 0

First half — 1, CV, Nordstrom (Roberts) 4:00. 2, CV, Pavlischak (Simpson) 12:00. 3, CV, King (Nordstrom, Bowman) 17:00. 4, CV, Lochikar (Weisbeck) 35:00.

Second half — 5, CV, Weisbeck (Doak) 43:00. 6, CV, Bowman (Wells, Willard) 53:00. 7, Davis 58:00. 8, CV, Cook 71:00.

Shots on goal — Clarkston 1, Central Valley 26. Saves — Clarkston, Schrock 7. Central Valley, Flesher 0, Lochikar 1.

SOFTBALL

High school District 81 Slowpitch Ferris 6, Lewis and Clark 2

Moravec and Horton; Sposito and Hire. W—Sposito. L—Moravec.

HITS: Lewis and Clark—Bemis 3, Urgeleit, Narris, Deater, Olmstead, Endore, Moravec 2. Ferris—Allen 2, Krahn 3, Tangvald, Rose 2, Viau, Hill, Breland. 2B—Bemis. 3B—Allen. HR—Allen.

VOLLEYBALL

College This week’s schedule

Tonight

Gonzaga at Eastern Washington, 7 p.m.

Thursday

Idaho State at Eastern Washington, 7 p.m.

Idaho at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.

Friday

CC of Spokane at Blue Mountain, 3 p.m.

Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m.

Washington State at Oregon State, 7 p.m.

Whitworth at Linfield, 7 p.m.

North Idaho at Snow, 7 p.m.

Saturday

CC of Spokane at Treasure Valley, 3 p.m.

North Idaho at Eastern Utah, 3 p.m.

Whitworth at Pacific, 5 p.m.

Weber State at Eastern Washington, 7 p.m.

Gonzaga at Pepperdine, 7 p.m.

Washington State at Oregon, 7 p.m.

Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 10/16/2005 and year-to-date totals:

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Announced Elrod Hendricks, bullpen coach, was reassigned to other duties.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Exercised their contract option on OF Jay Payton and declined their contract option on RHP Keiichi Yabu.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with Bryan Price, pitching coach, on a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Designated RHP Brian Cooper, C Yamid Haad, OF Doug Clark, OF Julio Ramirez and OF Adam Shabala for assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Fired Adam Wogan, player development director.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Released C Marcus Campbell and C Matt Nelson.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived C Mamadou Ndiaye.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Announced the retirement of G Allan Houston.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Waived F Herve Lamizana.

SACRAMENTO KINGS—Waived F Erik Daniels and G Rickey Paulding.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Named Ron Ganulin coordinator of player development.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Terminated the contract of S Michael Jameson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released RB Bobby Purify. Signed RB Sam Gado to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Dismissed Arnold Fielkow, executive vice president of administration.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed OL Michael King to the practice squad. Released RB Terry Butler.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ers—Signed LB Jim Maxwell.

NFL Europe

RHEIN FIRE—Announced the resignation of Pete Kuharchek, coach.

Arena Football League

AUSTIN WRANGLERS—Signed FB-LB R.J. Luke.

CHICAGO RUSH—Signed QB Nick Rolovich to a two-year contract and OS Bo Smith to a three-year contract.

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS—Signed WR-DB Lincoln Dupree, WR-LB Eddie Galles and OL-DL Kelvin Kinney.

DALLAS DESPERADOS—Signed OL-DL Evan Cardwell, OL-DL Jeff Chase, QB Clint Dolezel, WR-DB Derin Graham, WR-DB Matt Jackson, OL-DL Norris McCleary, FB-LB Mike Pruitt, FB-LB Merrill Robertson and OL-DL Daleroy Stewart. Re-signed WR-DB Will Pettis.

GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Signed OL-DL Winfield Garnett.

KANSAS CITY—Signed WR-LB John Booth, DS Calvin Coleman, DS Travis Coleman, OL-DL Jon McCall, FB-LB Travis McDonald, WR-DB Lamont Moore, OL-DL Abdul-Salaam Noah, OL-DL Kyle Rasmussen, QB Chris Sanders, OS Sam Simmons, DS Cedrick Williams, OL-DL Louis Williams.

NEW YORK DRAGONS—Signed FB-LB Joe Massey.

PHILADELPHIA SOUL—Signed FB-LB Chris Robinson.

UTAH BLAZE—Signed OL-DL Doug Kaufusi.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Suspended Ottawa F Martin Havlat five games for a kicking incident during an Oct. 15 game against Boston.

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Assigned G Adam Berkhoel to Chicago of the AHL.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Placed C Dan Fritsche on injured reserve.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned G Wade Dubielewicz to Bridgeport of the AHL.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled G Chris Holt from Hartford of the AHL.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Reassigned G Marc-Andre Fleury to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

COLLEGE

ARMY—Named Nick Schnabel assistant baseball coach.

MONMOUTH—Named Jewonda Bright women’s assistant basketball coach, Scott Day athletics communications assistant, and Erin Riordan women’s assistant lacrosse coach.

QUINNIPIAC—Named Leslie Malerich assistant softball coach.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Announced the resignation of Brett Bridel, women’s tennis coach.

THE CITADEL—Named Joe Privitere assistant wrestling coach.

VIRGINIA—Agreed to contract extensions with Brian Boland, men’s tennis coach, through 2008, and Brian O’Connor, baseball coach, through 2009.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, there is no line on the Vikings - Packers game due to possible Minnesota suspensions; the Steelers - Bengals game due to Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger (questionable) and WR Hines Ward (questionable); the Raiders - Bills game due to Oakland WR Randy Moss (questionable).

All other no line games are for teams that played late last night.

NFL

College football

Note: Open is the opening line, current is the up to date line, and O/U is the over/under point total for each game.

Note: The (C) after the opening line denotes that Connecticut opened as a favorite.