Baseball schedule

BASEBALL

MLB postseason

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

American League

Tuesday, Oct. 12

New York 10, Boston 7

Wednesday, Oct. 13

New York 3, Boston 1

Friday, Oct. 15

New York at Boston, ppd., rain, New York leads series 2-0

Saturday, Oct. 16

New York (Brown 10-6) at Boston (Arroyo 10-9)

5:19 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 17

New York (Hernandez 8-2) at Boston (Wakefield 12-10), 5:10 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 18

New York (Mussina 12-9) at Boston (Lowe 14-12 or Martinez 16-9), 2:10 p.m., if necessary

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Boston at New York, 5:19 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Boston at New York, 5:19 p.m., if necessary

National League

Wednesday, Oct. 13

St. Louis 10, Houston 7

Thursday, Oct. 14

St. Louis 6, Houston 4, St. Louis leads series 2-0

Saturday, Oct. 16

St. Louis (Suppan 16-9) at Houston (Clemens 18-4), 1:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 17

St. Louis (Marquis 15-7) at Houston (Oswalt 20-10), 1:35 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 18

St. Louis at Houston, 5:19 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Houston at St. Louis, 1:19 p.m., if necessary

Thursday, Oct. 21

Houston at St. Louis, 5:19 p.m., if necessary

WORLD SERIES

Saturday, Oct. 23

National League at American League, 5:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 24

NL at AL, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 26

AL at NL, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 27

AL at NL, 5:25 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 28

AL at NL, 5:25 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 30

NL at AL, 4:55 p.m., if necessary

Sunday, Oct. 31

NL at AL, 5 p.m. PST, if necessary

BASKETBALL

NBA preseason

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia 99, Toronto 97

Miami 95, Orlando 89

Chicago 103, New Orleans 100, OT

Saturday’s Games

San Antonio at New York, 10 a.m.

Boston vs. New Jersey at Albany, N.Y., 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers vs. New Orleans at Lafayette, La., 5 p.m.

Detroit vs. Miami at Little Rock, Ark., 5:30 p.m.

Chicago vs. Cleveland at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Portland, 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times EDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Sunday’s Games

Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Washington at Chicago, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Seattle at New England, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Dallas, 1:15 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Indianapolis, Arizona, N.Y. Giants, Baltimore

Monday’s Game

Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

CFL

All Times PDT

x-clinched playoff spot

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

Friday’s Game

Hamilton 20, Ottawa 17, OT

Saturday’s Game

Toronto at Calgary, noon

College

C.W. Post 14, S. Connecticut 7

Alabama-Birmingham 41, Texas Christian 25

HOCKEY

WHL

Eastern Conference

East Division

Central Division

Western Conference

B.C. Division

U.S. Division

Note: A team scoring a goal in overtime is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team giving up a goal in overtime gets one point and the game is counted in the OTL (Overtime Loss) column.

Friday Results

Everett 5 Portland 3

Kamloops 3 Swift Current 1

Medicine Hat 1 Calgary 0

Red Deer 4 Lethbridge 2

Saskatoon 6 Brandon 4

Seattle 4 Kelowna 0

Tri-City 4 Prince George 2

Vancouver 3 Spokane 2

Saturday Games

Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Portland (MC), 7 p.m.

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

Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Swift Current, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

KIJHL

Castlegar 2, Spokane 0

SCORING: Castlegar–Chad Mackenzie, Deryck Hamill. Spokane–none.

Saves–Castlegar, Grahan Fleming 11-8-11–30. Spokane, Jason Greenwell 9-11-8–28.

AUTO RACING

SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300

NASCAR BUSCH GRAND NATIONALS

At Lowe’s Motor Speedway

Concord, N.C.

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (7) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 200, $83,470.

2. (13) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 200, $48,500.

3. (20) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200, $35,800.

4. (3) Greg Biffle, Ford, 200, $30,175.

5. (18) Kyle Busch , Chevrolet, 200, $42,175.

6. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 200, $29,700.

7. (1) Casey Mears, Dodge, 200, $28,710.

8. (4) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 200, $19,295.

9. (14) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 200, $26,300.

10. (12) Clint Bowyer , Chevrolet, 200, $23,110.

11. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, $16,470.

12. (21) Mike McLaughlin, Ford, 200, $23,850.

13. (33) David Green, Chevrolet, 200, $27,295.

14. (16) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 200, $14,900.

15. (27) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 200, $25,490.

16. (22) Robert Pressley, Ford, 200, $20,040.

17. (36) Randy LaJoie, Ford, 200, $14,240.

18. (32) Justin Labonte, Dodge, 200, $14,045.

19. (40) Mike Wallace, Ford, 200, $24,570.

20. (39) Casey Atwood, Chevrolet, 200, $19,370.

21. (31) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 200, $13,985.

22. (25) Jimmy Spencer, Chevrolet, 200, $15,480.

23. (34) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 199, $13,705.

24. (24) Mark Green, Dodge, 198, $13,280.

25. (15) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 198, $13,185.

26. (35) Stacy Compton, Ford, 196, $17,210.

27. (5) Blake Feese, Chevrolet, 194, brakes, $20,570.

28. (42) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 184, engine failure, $14,915.

29. (2) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 179, tires, $13,135.

30. (19) Jason Keller, Ford, 179, $22,385.

31. (23) Tim Fedewa, Chevrolet, 168, accident, $16,735.

32. (30) Stanton Barrett, Chevrolet, 156, accident, $14,685.

33. (17) Aaron Fike, Dodge, 153, accident, $12,655.

34. (29) David Stremme, Dodge, 143, engine failure, $16,645.

35. (10) Ashton Lewis Jr., Chevrolet, 132, engine failure, $16,615.

36. (11) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 114, accident, $12,515.

37. (43) Steve Grissom, Chevrolet, 111, engine failure, $16,515.

38. (38) Derrike Cope, Ford, 108, engine failure, $16,470.

39. (41) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet, 102, engine failure, $16,435.

40. (28) Wally Dallenbach Jr., Ford, 98, engine failure, $12,395.

41. (37) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 91, engine failure, $16,395.

42. (26) Boston Reid, Chevrolet, 75, accident, $14,350.

43. (6) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 37, accident, $12,376.

Race Statistics

Time of Race: 2 hours, 43 minutes, 21 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.338 seconds.

Winner’s Average Speed: 110.193 mph.

Caution Flags: 12 for 54 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 11 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C.Mears 1-35; J.Nemechek 36; C.Mears 37-39; M.Wallace 40; M.Truex Jr. 41-54; C.Mears 55-77; H.Sadler 78; R.Gordon 79-82; J.Johnson 83-102; K.Busch 103-124; R.Pressley 125; J.Johnson 126-135; M.Kenseth 136-181; M.Bliss 182-200.

Point Standings: 1. M.Truex Jr., 4,367. 2. K.Busch, 4,223. 3. G.Biffle, 3,892. 4. J.Leffler, 3,661. 5. R.Hornaday, Jr., 3,660. 6. D.Green, 3,648. 7. J.Keller, 3,565. 8. M.Bliss, 3,499. 9. K.Wallace, 3,227. 10. A.Lewis, Jr., 3,193.

Chevy 500 lineup

INDY RACING LEAGUE

After Friday qualifying; race Sunday

At Texas Motor Speedway

Fort Worth, Texas

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Toyota, 215.996 mph.

2. (4) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 215.831.

3. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Toyota, 215.097.

4. (17) Vitor Meira, Panoz G Force-Honda, 214.316.

5. (15) Buddy Rice, Panoz G Force-Honda, 214.194.

6. (1) Scott Dixon, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 213.954.

7. (7) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 213.675.

8. (26) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 213.402.

9. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 213.219.

10. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 213.105.

11. (51) Alex Barron, Dallara-Chevrolet, 213.057.

12. (5) Adrian Fernandez, Panoz G Force-Honda, 212.959.

13. (2) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Chevrolet, 212.939.

14. (14) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Toyota, 212.855.

15. (55) Kosuke Matsuura, Panoz G Force-Honda, 212.713.

16. (8) Scott Sharp, Dallara-Toyota, 212.558.

17. (13) Mark Taylor, Panoz G Force-Honda, 212.324.

18. (20) Tomas Enge, Dallara-Chevrolet, 211.295.

19. (12) Tora Takagi, Dallara-Toyota, 211.284.

20. (52) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 210.852.

21. (24) Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Chevrolet, 209.304.

GOLF

World Match Play

At Wentworth Club, West Course

Virginia Water, England

Purse: $4.38 million

Yardage: 7,072; Par: 72

Quarterfinals

(36 holes)

Ernie Els (1), South Africa, def. Angel Cabrera (9), Argentina, 1-up.

Padraig Harrington (5), Ireland, def. Thomas Levet (13), France, 1-up.

Lee Westwood (11), England, def. Retief Goosen (3), South Africa, 2 and 1.

Miguel Angel Jimenez (7), Spain, leads Bernhard Langer (15), Germany, 3-up after 28 holes.

First Round:

(36 holes)

Ernie Els (1), South Africa, def. Scott Drummond (16), Scotland, 2 and 1.

Angel Cabrera (9), Argentina, def. K.J. Choi (8), South Korea, 1-up.

Padraig Harrington (5), Ireland, def. Chris Riley (12), United States, 2 and 1.

Thomas Levet (13), France, def. Mike Weir (4), Canada, 2 and 1.

Lee Westwood (11), England, def. Todd Hamilton (6), United States, 4 and 3.

Miguel Angel Jimenez (7), Spain, def. Steve Flesch (10), United States, 3 and 2.

Bernhard Langer (15), Germany, def. Vijay Singh (2), Fiji, 37 holes.

Retief Goosen (3), South Africa, def. Jeff Maggert (14), United States, 12 and 11.

Chrysler Classic of Greensboro

At Forest Oaks Country Club course

Greensboro, N.C.

Purse: $4.6 million

Yardage: 7,311; Par: 72

Second Round

Failed to Qualify

Samsung World Championship

LPGA TOUR

At Bighorn Golf Club, Canyons course

Palm Desert, Calif.

Purse: $825,000

Yardage: 6,472 Par: 72 (36-36)

Second Round

a-amateur

SBC Championship

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Oak Hills Country Club

San Antonio

Purse: $1.25 million

Yardage: 6,661 Par: 71 (35-36)

First Round

Hole-in-one

DOWNRIVER—Mike Fruedenthal, No. 16, 193 yards, 4-wood.

SOCCER

College men

West Coast Conference San Francisco 1, Gonzaga 0

Second half– 1, USF, Aguilar (Wollerman), 64:15.

Shots on goal–San Francisco 13, Gonzaga 8. Saves–San Francisco , Uhl 3. Gonzaga, Sosnovec 3.

NWAACC Wenatchee Valley 4, North Idaho 1

First half—1, WVC, Barajas (penalty kick) 6:00. 2, WVC, Alvarez 20:00. 3, WVC, Alvarez ( Richards) 21:00. 4, WVC, Alvarez ( Galvan) 39:00. Second half—5, NIC, Wold ( Walker) 48:00.

Shots on goal—NIC 4, WVC 9. Saves—NIC, Allen 2;Hildebrandt 2. WVC, Jacobs 3

Spokane 3, Skagit Valley 0

First half–1, SCC, Loyd (Wright), 6:30. Second half–2, SCC, Moe, (Mikkelsen), 57:00. 3, SCC, Loyd (Wright), 63:00.

Shots on goal–Skagit Valley 9, Spokane 15. Saves–Skagit Valley, Lockwood 4. Spokane, Wright 9.

College women

Big Sky Conference

Eastern Washington 1, Idaho State 0

First half–1, EWU, Hamann (Zegzula), 35:46. Second half–None.

Shots on goal–Idaho State 15, Eastern Washington 8. Saves–Idaho State, Boyle 2. Eastern Washington, Como 4.

Big West Conference UC-Irvine 3, Idaho 2

First half–1, UCI, Scachetti (Webster), 22:47. Second half– 2, UCI, Webster (Kelly), 73:10. 3, UI, April (Hodgin), 77:46. 4, UI, Martinazzi (Penalty kick), 80:25. 5, UCI, Beahm (Webster), 80:40.

Shots on goal–UC Irvine 15, University of Idaho 16. Saves–UC Irvine, Welliver 6. University Idaho, Smith 4.

Pac-10 Conference Washington St. 1, UCLA 0

First half–1, WSU, Rustrum (Alexander), 15:31. Second half–

Shots on goal–WSU 4, UCLA 17. Saves–WSU, Hultin 9. UCLA, Henderson 1.

Washington 2, USC 1 (2 OT)

Second half–1, USC, Tantillo (Cross), 49:23. 2, UW, Gamble (Dillon), 65:41. Second overtime–3, UW, Frimpong (Taylor), 109:18.

Shots on goal–USC 7, Washington 18. Saves–USC, Simonton 6. Washington, Rasmussen 2.

West Coast Conference Gonzaga 3, Loyola-Marymount 1

First half–1, GU, Horn, 27:01. 2, GU, Horn (Pryor), 38:43. Second half– 3, GU, Pryor (Hawkins), 49:33. 4, LMU, Schroeder (Baduria), 88:52.

Shots on goal–Loyola Marymount 19, Gonzaga 26. Saves–Loyola Marymount, Slovek 6, Yukihiro 4. Gonzaga, Haugen 8.

NWAACC North Idaho 6, Wenatchee Valley 1

First half—1, NIC, Strong ( Mapother) 2:00. 2, NIC, Petrie (Mapother) 7:00.

Second half—3, NIC, Kendall 47:00. 4, NIC, Ward 48:00. 5, NIC, Kendall 60:00. 6, NIC, Petrie 80:00. 7, WVC, Quintero ( Waller) 85:00.

Shots on goal—NIC 11, WVC 3. Saves—NIC, Walton 2. WVC, Williams 4.

CC Spokane 3, Skagit Valley 1

First half–1, CCS, Giroux (Bergstrom), 22:00. 2, CCS, May (Howard), 27:00. Second half–3, SVCC, Loving, 77:00. 4, CCS, May (Howard), 79:00.

Shots on goal–Skagit Valley 4, CC Spokane 19. Saves–Skagit Valley, Claybo 9. CC Spokane, Scott 1.

High school boys Northeast A/B

Northwest Christian 14, Kettle Falls 0

First half — 1, NWC, Shellerud (Hiembecker), 3:25. 2, NWC, Shellerud (Hiembecker), 5:29. 3, NWC, Shellerud (Hiembecker), 19:30. 4, NWC, Delamatter (McFall), 25:25. 5, NWC, Kelly, 35:00. 6, NWC, Delamatter (Kelly), 39:00. 7, NWC, Kelly (Shellerud), 40:00.

Second half — 8, NWC, McFall, 48:00. 9, NWC, Hiembecker (McFall), 59:40. 10, NWC, Hiembecker (Delamatter), 62:00. 11, NWC, Richardson (McFall), 72:00. 12, NWC, W.Carter, 75:00. 13, NWC, McFall, 79:00. 14, NWC, Grewe, 80:00.

Shots on goal — Northwest Christian 33, Kettle Falls 1.Saves — Northwest Christian, Richardson 0, Kelly 1. Kettle Falls, Graber 19.

High school girls Greater Spokane League

University 4, Central Valley 1

First half — 1, CV, Wilson (Simpson), 32:00.

Second half — 2, UHi, Goss (McElroy), 50:00. 3, UHi, Lopez (McElroy), 56:00. 4, UHi, Lopez (Marquard), 60:00. 5, UHi, Lopez (Schnibbe), 62:00.

Shots on goal — Universtiy 10, Central Valley 8.Saves —University, Meyer 5. Central Valley, Flesher 4.

Mead 4, Cheney 2

First half — 1, Mead, Smith (M.Mykineff) 6:00. 2, Mead, C.Mykineff (Smith) 9:00. 3, Che, Madison 12:00.

Second half — 4, Mead, Hughes (Smith) 43:00. 5, Che, Strampe (Whitfield) 49:00. 6, Hughes (M.Mykineff) Mead, 55:00.

Shots on goal — Mead, 13. Cheney, 6. Saves — Mead, Votney 2. Cheney, Wilson 5.

Lewis and Clark 4, East Valley 3

First half — 1, EV, Naomi Varney 9:00. 2, LC, Aubrey Bott (Maggie Yates) 20:00.

Second half — 3, LC, Bott 60:00. 4, EV, Lucy Giblette 62:00. 5, EV, Rachel Shaw (Giblette) 66:00. 6, LC, Katie Dittman (penalty kick).

Shots on goal — EV 11, LC 13. Saves — EV, Megan Como 5. LC, Annie Virnig 6.

Gonzaga Prep 2, West Valley 0

Second half — 1, GP, Hamer, 43:00. 2, GP, Davis, 78:00.

Shots on goal — West Valley 5, Gonzaga Prep 15. Saves — West Valley, Rouse 11. Gonzaga Prep, Kuhar-Pitters 4.

Shadle Park 7, Rogers 1

First half — 1, SP, A.Fenter (Bolding), 1:00. 2, SP, Margitich, 4:00. 3, SP, A.Fenter (Becker), 7:00. 4, SP, Bradshaw (Bolding), 11:00. 5, SP, Watson (L.Fenter), 13:00. 6, SP, Charboneau, 16:00. 7, SP, Smith, 20:00.

Second half — 8, Rog, Root (Mededovich), 44:00.

Shots on goal — Rogers 8, Shadle Park 23.Saves — Rogers, Williams 14. Shadle Park, Shorts 5, Fenter 2.

Mt. Spokane 4, North Central 0

First half — 1, MtS, Pittman (Ryan), 14:36. 2, MtS, Pittman (Ryan), 17:55. 3, MtS, St.Hopkins (Redmon), 24:06.

Second half — 4, MtS, Gumke, 63:02.

Shots on goal — North Central 9, Mt. Spokane 22.Saves — North Central, Scott 13. Mt. Spokane, Phillipy 3, Kane 4.

Ferris 5, Clarkston 1

First half — 1, Fer, Bafus (LaFleur), 2:00. 2, Cla, Mackay, 13:00. 3, Fer, Rubright (LaFleur), 18:00. 4, Fer, Duncan, 20:00. 5, Fer, LaFleur (Spear), 31:00. 6, Fer, E.Boyden (H.Boyden) 36:00.

Shots on goal — Ferris 12, Clarkston 6. Saves —Ferris, Greenberg 1, E.Boyden3. Clarkston, Roach 9.

SOFTBALL

District 81 slowpitch

Rogers 20, Lewis and Clark 4

Moravel and Ormsby; Trowbridge and Simonson. W–Trowbridge (7-1). L–Moravel (7-1).

HITS: Lewis and Clark–Grussling, Urgeleit, Bemis, Gadayan, Anthony 2. Rogers–Carlon 4, Taxter 3, Trowbridge 2, Labrum 3, D.Jones 2, Gracier, Brown, Shelton 2, Simonson, Scott 2, Schmeginske. 2B–Labrum 3. 3B–Anthony. HR–Taxter (4), Trowbridge (1), D.Jones (1).

TENNIS

Kremlin Cup

At Olympic Stadium

Moscow

Purse: Men, $1 million (Intl. Series); Women, $1.3 million (Tier I)

Surface: Carpet-Indoor

Men singles quarterfinals

Nikolay Davydenko (8), Russia, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-1.

Greg Rusedski, Britain, def. Joachim Johansson (2), Sweden, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7).

Dominik Hrbaty (3), Slovakia, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Mikhail Youzhny (5), Russia, def. Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Women singles quarterfinals

Elena Bovina, Russia, def. Venus Williams (7), United States, 6-3, 6-2.

Anastasia Myskina (3), Russia, def. Vera Zvonareva (6), Russia, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.

Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Russia, 6-1, 6-3.

Lindsay Davenport (2), United States, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.

Men doubles semifinals

Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Leos Friedl and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Women doubles semifinals

Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, and Paola Suarez (1), Argentina, def. Elena Dementieva, Russia, and Ai Sugiyama (3), Japan, 6-2, 6-1.

BA-CA Trophy

At Wiener Stadthalle

Vienna, Austria

Purse: $847,225 (Intl. Gold)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles quarterfinals

Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, def. Nicolas Massu (2), Chile, 6-4, 6-3.

Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Feliciano Lopez (8), Spain, def. Rainer Schuettler (3), Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Guillermo Canas (6), Argentina, def. David Nalbandian (1), Argentina, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Doubles semifinals

Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez (3), Argentina, def. Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, 6-4, 7-5.

Martin Damm and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic, def. Luis Horna, Peru, and Nicolas Massu, Chile, walkover.

Open de Moselle

At Palais Omnisports des Arenes de Metz

Metz, France

Purse: $446,050 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles quarterfinals

Richard Gasquet, France, def. Gael Monfils, France, 7-5, 6-1.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Ivan Ljubicic (1), Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Jerome Haehnel, France, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

Jeff Morrison, United States, def. Alex Corretja, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles semifinals

Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, and Uros Vico, Italy, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5).

VOLLEYBALL

College

Big Sky Conference

Eastern Washington def. Montana State 30-22, 27-30, 30-20, 30-17. Kills–Malyurek (MSU) 12, Kitterman (EWU) 13. Assists–Kam.Kelly (MSU) 39, C.Albers (EWU) 58. Aces–Malyurek (MSU) 1, Krier (MSU) 1, Kan.Kelly (MSU) 1, D.Albers (EWU) 3. Digs–Kan.Kelly (MSU) 16, Verdoljak (EWU) 18. Blocks–Zanto (MSU) 4, Sonderen (EWU) 5.

Big West Conference

Idaho def. UC Riverside 30-25, 30-18, 30-14. Kills–Meek (UI) 16, DeKiewiet (UCR) 18. Assists–Becker (UI) 40, Murphy (UCR) 29. Aces–Haebede (UI) 1, Chamberlain (UI) 1, Bueno (UCR) 2. Digs–M.Brown (UI) 14, Bueno (UCR) 18. Blocks–Meek (UI) 10, Halperin (UCR) 2.

Northwest Conference

Whitworth def. Pacific (Ore.) 30-23, 25-30, 30-21, 30-18. Kills–Cummings (Pac) 9, Marsh (WC) 16. Assists–Iseke (Pac) 19, Hornor (WC) 36. Aces–Twigg (Pac) 3, Hornor (WC) 1, Moore (WC) 1. Digs–Kennedy (Pac) 17, Hornor (WC) 12. Blocks–Cummings (Pac) 5, Graham (Pac) 5, Schrader (WC) 4.

Pac-10 Conference

Arizona def. WSU 30-18, 30-22, 30-19. Kills– Rosin (WSU) 14, Glass (AU) 15. Assists–Martin (WSU) 19, Butkus (AU) 34. Aces–Martin (WSU) 1, Glass (AU) 4, Mulvany (AU) 4. Digs–Camp (WSU) 9, Mulvany (AU) 14. Blocks– Todd (WSU) 3, Barcus (WSU) 3, Ladd (AU) 4.

West Coast Conference

Pepperdine def. Gonzaga 30-23, 30-22, 30-27. Kills–Armas (GU) 13, Daly (Pep) 13. Assists–Gihring (GU) 28, Mehlhorn (Pep) 43. Aces–Armas (GU) 2, Roberts (Pep) 2. Digs–Gihring (GU) 15, Hinds (Pep) 21. Blocks– Mueller (GU) 3, Milo (Pep) 6.

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Sent OF Darnell McDonald outright to Ottawa of the IL. Purchased the contract of RHP Jacobo Sequea from Bowie of the Eastern League and added him to the 40-man roster.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Declined to exercise their 2005 option on RHP Bob Wickman. Announced INF Lou Merloni and C Tim Laker declined outright assignments to Buffalo of the IL and elected to become free agents.

DETROIT TIGERS—Claimed OF Byron Gerris off waivers from the Kansas City Royals and OF DeWayne Wise off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Exercised their 2005 contract option on C Henry Blanco. Declined to exercise their 2005 contract option on SS Cristian Guzman. Announced INF Jose Offerman and C Pat Borders declined their assignment to Rochester of the IL and elected free agency.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Declined to exercice their 2005 contract options on OF Jermaine Dye and LHP Chris Hammond. Sent RHP Kirk Saarloos, C Mike Rose, INF Esteban German, INF Graham Koonce, OF Mike Edwards and OF Billy McMillon outright to Sacramento of the PCL. Purchased the contract of OF Nelson Cruz from Sacramento and added him to the 40-man roster.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Assigned RHP Tim Drew and RHP Travis Smith outright to their minor league camp and announced they will become free agents. Activated INF Carlos Guzman from the 15-day DL and released him.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Named Dave Clark manager for Corpus Christi of the Texas League.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Declined to exercise their 2005 contract option on RHP Elmer Dessens. Removed INF Jose Flores from the 40-man roster.

MONTREAL EXPOS—Assigned LHP Jeriome Robertson outright to Edmonton of the PCL.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Exercised their 2005 contract option on LHP Billy Wagner. Announced RHP Felix Rodriguez will exercise his 2005 contract option.

International League

ROCHESTER RED WINGS—Signed INF-OF Todd Dunwoody, C Chris Heintz, INF Luis Maza and C Gabby Torres. Announced the Minnesota Twins added INF Luis Rodriguez to their 40-man roster.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DENVER NUGGETS—Waived G Billy Keys, F Desmond Penigar and C Soumaila Samake.

American Basketball Association

COLORADO STORM—Named Sheldon Jones coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Drew Haddad from the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed LB Allen Augustin to the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Placed DL Lionel Barnes on injured reserve. Signed DE Elton Patterson from the Cincinnati Bengals’ practice squad.

Arena Football League

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS—Signed WR-LB Dre Fulgham and FB-LB J.R. Suguturaga. Waived OL-DL Bill Borchers.

GEORGIA FORCE—Signed K Ola Kimrin.

LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS—Signed DS Chris Canty.

NASHVILLE KATS—Signed WR-DB Fred Coleman, WR-DB Angel Estrada, QB Tim Hicks, DS DeRon Jenkins, OL-DL Joe Minucci, OL-DL Charlie Morris, FB-LB Kevin Nagle, OL-DL Chris Royle, OL-DL Henry Taylor and QB Bill Whittemore. Released QB John Fitzgerald.

NEW YORK DRAGONS—Signed DS John Barnes, OL-DL Stacy Evans, OL-DL Clyde Sanders and OL-DL Jerry Turner.

SAN JOSE SABERCATS—Signed WR-LB Calvin Schexnayder.

TAMPA BAY STORM—Signed OL-DL Ricky Hall.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

HERSHEY BEARS—Recalled RW Paul Cabana from Reading of the ECHL.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS—Recalled Eric Fortier from Reading of the ECHL.

PORTLAND PIRATES—Assigned F Rich Peverley to South Carolina of the ECHL.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Recalled G Phil Osaer from Texas of the ECHL.

WORCESTER ICECATS—Signed D Brendan Buckley and C Ryan Ramsay.

ECHL

JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS—Agreed to terms with F Joe Tallari.

Central Hockey League

LAREDO BUCKS—Placed D Josh Merson on waivers.

TOPEKA TARANTULAS—Placed C David Frawley and LW Rick McPherson on waivers.

TULSA OILERS—Signed C Jordan Jones.

WICHITA THUNDER—Placed D Len DeVuono on waivers. Signed F Tom Stone.

COLLEGE

MID-AMERICA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION—Announced that Fort Hays State will join the conference in the 2006-07 season.

QUINNIPIAC—Named Tom Wilkins assistant sports information director.

NORTH FLORIDA—Named Howard White men’s assistant basketball coach.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI—Named Ricky Wilson men’s assistant basketball coach.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NFL board, the Dolphins - Bills circle * is for Miami QB Jay Fiedler (questionable) and QB A.J. Feeley (questionable).

On the college football board, the Colorado - Iowa State circle is for Colorado QB Joel Klatt (questionable); the Washington - Oregon State circle is for Washington QB Carl Bonnell (questionable).

NFL

Bye week: Cardinals, Ravens, Colts, Giants.

College Football

e- East Rutherford, NJ. Home teams in capital letters. 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.