WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

The Reading Phillies are ready for the 2008 season. The team held its annual Media Day Wednesday at First Energy Stadium. The R-Phils are a young squad, and had a very productive spring, especially at the plate. Manager PJ Forbes said that the early part of the season will be a time for adjustments:

FORBES

The Reading Phillies finished 71 and 72 in 2007. They open their season on the road at Altoona tonight. Their home opener is Friday, April 11th against the Curve at First Energy Stadium at 7:05pm.

Major League Baseball scores

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City Royals 4 Detroit Tigers 0
Boston Red Sox 5 Oakland Athletics 0
Toronto Blue Jays 5 N.Y. Yankees 2
Baltimore Orioles 9 Tampa Bay Rays 6
Cleveland Indians 7 Chicago White Sox 2
Los Angeles Angels 1 Minnesota Twins 0
Seattle Mariners 4 Texas Rangers 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee Brewers 8 Chicago Cubs 2
Washington Nationals 1 Philadelphia Phillies 0
N.Y. Mets 13 Florida Marlins 0
Atlanta Braves 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Cincinnati Reds 6 Arizona Diamondbacks 5
St. Louis Cardinals 8 Colorado Rockies 3
Houston Astros 9 San Diego Padres 6
San Francisco Giants 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 1

NCAA Women's Tournament Scores and Schedule (all times EDT)

FINAL FOUR
At St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, Fla.
National Semifinals
Sunday, April 6
Connecticut (36-1) vs. Stanford (34-3), 7 or 9:30 p.m.
LSU (31-5) vs. Tennessee (34-2), 7 or 9:30 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday, April 8
Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA men's basketball Final Four schedule (All times EDT)

FINAL FOUR
At The Alamodome
San Antonio
National Semifinals
Saturday, April 5
Memphis (37-1) vs. UCLA (35-3), 6:07 p.m.
North Carolina (36-2) vs. Kansas (35-3), 40 minutes following

National Championship
Monday, April 7
Semifinal winners

NBA Scores and Schedule (all times EDT)

Wednesday's Games
Atlanta Hawks 127 Toronto Raptors 120, OT
Boston Celtics 92 Indiana Pacers 77
Milwaukee Bucks 110 Washington Wizards 109
Cleveland Cavaliers 118 Charlotte 114
New Orleans Hornets 106 Miami Heat 77
Memphis Grizzlies 130 New York Knicks 114
Utah Jazz 117 Minnesota Timberwolves 100
Dallas Mavericks 111 Golden State Warriors 86
Los Angeles Clippers 102 Seattle SuperSonics 84
Los Angeles Lakers 104 Portland Trail Blazers 91

Thursday's Games
Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Clippers at Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m.
Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Scores and Schedule (all times EDT)

Wednesday's Games
Carolina Hurricanes 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 2
New Jersey Devils 3 Boston Bruins 2, SO
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Philadelphia Flyers 2
Chicago Blackhawks 6 Detroit Red Wings 2

Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at New York Islanders, 7 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators, 8 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Minnesota Wild, 8 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Phoenix Coyotes, 10 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings, 10:30 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, 10:30 p.m.

MLS scores and schedule (all times EDT)

Thursday's Games
New England at Chicago, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5
Columbus at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at CD Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 6
FC Dallas at Houston, 3 p.m.

NIT Schedule

At Madison Square Garden
New York
Championship
Thursday
Massachusetts (25-10) vs. Ohio State (23-13), 7 p.m