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Major League Scores

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers 2 Chicago White Sox 1
Minnesota Twins 6 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4
Boston Red Sox 6 Texas Rangers 4
Toronto Blue Jays 5 New York Yankees 4, 11 Innings
Kansas City Royals 9 L.A. Angels 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Mets 4 Cincinnati Reds 2, 10 Innings
Chicago Cubs 4 Houston Astros 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Florida Marlins 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 5 L.A. Dodgers 2
San Francisco Giants 9 San Diego Padres 3

Today's pitching probables and 2006 records (all times EDT)

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland Athletics (Danny Haren 6-8) at Detroit Tigers (Justin Verlander 11-4), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota Twins (Carlos Silva 5-9) at Cleveland Indians (C-C Sabathia 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
New York Yankees (Jaret Wright 6-5) at Toronto Blue Jays (A-J Burnett 1-3), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore Orioles (Eric Bedard 11-6) at Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Casey Fossum 3-3), 7:15 p.m.
Los Angeles Angels (Bartolo Colon 1-4) at Kansas City Royals (Scott Elarton 4-9), 8:10 p.m.
Texas Rangers (John Wasdin 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Mark Buehrle 9-7), 8:35 p.m.
Boston Red Sox (Kyle Snyder 1-1) at Seattle Mariners (Jamie Moyer 5-8), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta Braves (John Smoltz 7-5) at Philadelphia Phillies (Cory Lidle 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Mark Prior 0-4) at Washington Nationals (Livan Hernandez 6-8), 7:05 p.m.
Houston Astros (Taylor Buchholz 6-7) at New York Mets (Orlando Hernandez 5-8), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee Brewers (Chris Capuano 10-5) at Cincinnati Reds (Horacio Ramirez 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh Pirates (Paul Maholm 3-8) at Florida Marlins (Scott Olsen 7-4), 7:35 p.m.
Colorado Rockies (Aaron Cook 6-7) at Arizona Diamondbacks (Claudio Vargas 7-6), 9:40 p.m.
San Diego Padres (Jake Peavy 4-9) at San Francisco Giants (Matt Cain 6-6), 10:15 p.m.
St. Louis Cardinals (Jeff Suppan 6-5) at Los Angeles Dodgers (Brad Penny 10-3), 10:40 p.m.

W-N-B-A

Thursday's Scores
Charlotte 86, Seattle 72
Sacramento 71, New York 62
Connecticut 86, Chicago 72
Houston 78, Minnesota 55

Today's Games
Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

M-L-S
Thursday's Score
CD Chivas USA 3, Colorado 3, tie

No Games Today


Auto Racing Watch
Three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip willcome out of retirement this weekend to make his first Busch Seriesstart in eleven years. Waltrip, who has been making his living as a color analyst onFox television, will drive his brother Michael's car in the Goody's250 Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. The 59-year-old Waltrip doesn't have to worry about qualifyingsince other drivers have placed the car he'll drive high enough inowner points that it's guaranteed a starting spot. Waltrip has driven only a handful of truck races since retiringfrom the Cup circuit at the end of the 2000 season. He says he'sbeen working his tail off for the race, spending three days a weekin the gym the last two weeks. This is the first time the Busch series has raced atMartinsville Speedway since 1994. Nextel Cup regulars have won 18of the 20 events this season.

LONG POND, Pa. - Jimmie Johnson carries the Nextel Cuppoints lead into this weekend's Pennsylvania 500 at PoconoInternational. He has a 68-point advantage over Matt Kenseth.Defending series champion Tony Stewart has dropped out of the topten following last week's 37th-place finish at New Hampshire.Stewart is now eleventh in the standings with seven races remainingbefore the Chase for the Championship. Last year, Roush Racing swept the two Pocono races when KurtBusch won the Pennsylvania 500. Carl Edwards won the Pocono 500earlier in the year for Roush's first win at the track.