Yankees mourning Lidle's death in plane crash...

NEW YORK - The New York Yankees are remembering Cory Lidle as a fun-loving teammate and are shocked at his deathafter a small plane he was piloting crashed into a New York Cityhigh-rise. The 34-year-old Lidle was 82-and-72 while playing forthe New York Mets, Tampa Bay, Oakland, Toronto, Cincinnati,Philadelphia and the Yankees.

NEW YORK - The New York Mets will try again Thursday nightto start their N-L-C-S against the St. Louis Cardinals. Wednesdaynight's opener was rained out, so the schedule now has the teamsplaying Thursday and Friday in New York before the series moves toSt. Louis Saturday for game three.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Detroit Tigers have a 2-to-0 lead inthe American League Championship Series after beating Oakland8-to-5 in game two. Tigers rookie Alexis Gomez homered and drove infour runs in his first postseason game.

Major League Playoffs
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
American League
Wednesday's Score
Detroit Tigers 8 Oakland Athletics 5
(Tigers lead series 2-0)

No Game Today Friday, Oct. 13
Oakland Athletics (Rich Harden 4-0) at Detroit Tigers (KennyRogers 17-8), 8:19 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14
Oakland Athletics (Danny Haren 14-13) at Detroit Tigers (JeremyBonderman 14-8), 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 15
Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 4:40 p.m., if necessary

Tuesday, Oct. 17
Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics, 8:19 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 18
Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics, 8:19 p.m., if necessary

National League
Yesterday's Game One - Postponed, rain

Today's Game
St. Louis Cardinals (Jeff Weaver 5-4) at New York Mets (TomGlavine 15-7), 8:19 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 12 St. Louis Cardinals (Jeff Suppan 12-7) at New York Mets (JohnMaine 6-5), TBA

Saturday, Oct. 14
New York Mets (Steve Tracshel 15-8) at St. Louis Cardinals(Chris Carpenter 15-8), 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 15
New York Mets (Oliver Perez 3-13) at St. Louis Cardinals(Anthony Reyes 5-8), 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16
New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:19 p.m., if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 18
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 4:19 p.m., if necessary

Thursday, Oct. 19
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 8:19 p.m.TBA, if necessary

WORLD SERIES
Saturday, Oct. 21
National League at American League, (n)
Sunday, Oct. 22
NL at AL, (n)
Tuesday, Oct. 24
AL at NL, (n)
Wednesday, Oct. 25
AL at NL, (n)
Thursday, Oct. 26
AL at NL, if necessary, (n)
Saturday, Oct. 28
NL at AL, if necessary, (n)
Sunday, Oct. 29
NL at AL, if necessary, (n)

NHL
Wednesday's Scores
Atlanta Thrashers 4 Boston Bruins 1
Detroit Red Wings 9 Phoenix Coyotes 2
Florida Panthers 6 Carolina Hurricanes 3
Montreal Canadiens 3 Philadelphia Flyers 1
New York Islanders 5 Anaheim Ducks 4, SO

Today
Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, 7 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Ottawa Senators, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils, 7:30 p.m.
Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues, 8 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild, 8 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers, 10 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings, 10:30 p.m.

Top-25 College Football
Today's Games
(12) Clemson vs. Temple at Charlotte, N.C., 7:30 p.m.
(22) Virginia Tech at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games
( 1) Ohio State at Michigan State, 3:30 p.m.
(2) Florida at (11) Auburn, 7:45 p.m.
( 3) Southern Cal vs. Arizona State, 8 p.m.
( 4) Michigan at Penn State, 8 p.m.
( 5) West Virginia vs. Syracuse, Noon
( 6) Texas vs. Baylor, 7 p.m.
( 7) Louisville vs. Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m.
(10) California at Washington State, 5 p.m.
(14) L-S-U vs. Kentucky, 8 p.m.
(15) Iowa at Indiana, Noon
(16) Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 12:30 p.m.
(17) Arkansas vs. Southeast Missouri, 2 p.m.
(18) Oregon vs. U-C-L-A, 3:30 p.m.
(19) Missouri at Texas A-and-M, 3:30 p.m.
(21) Nebraska at Kansas State, 7:10 p.m.
(23) Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 3:30 p.m.
(24) Rutgers at Navy, 1:30 p.m.
(25) Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, Noon

Sunday's Game
(20) Boise State at New Mexico State, 8 p.m.