La Crosse Tribune Sports News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Mets were up four runs early with Noah Syndergaard pitching in the opener of a three-game series against the Washington Nationals.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals looked in trouble early. The New York Mets' Noah Syndergaard was in big trouble a couple of innings later.

WATERLOO, Iowa — The La Crosse Loggers aren’t hitting the panic button just yet.

DENVER (AP) — Carlos Gonzalez homered, Jon Gray tossed seven solid innings and the Rockies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Monday night to spoil Troy Tulowitzki's return to Colorado.

ONALASKA — Fresh off of a Viroqua tournament title, Onalaska, the No. 1 ranked American Legion baseball team in Class AA, was able to hang on and fend off a Sparta late rally to take home a 4-3 win.

ATLANTA (AP) — There were no official announcements on John Gant's status after he left his fourth major league start in the third inning.

BUCKS 7, LOGGERS 1

ATLANTA (AP) — Trevor Bauer complained that he wasn't as sharp as in recent outings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Duffy matched a career best with eight sharp innings, the Royals kept swinging hot bats and Kansas City routed the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Monday night to open a four-game, two-city series.

A look at what's happening all around the majors on Tuesday:

Landon Donovan keeps thinking back to a lesson from the teacher in his high school speech class: "Speaking is 10 percent what you actually say, and 90 percent how you're presenting it."

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nick Franklin homered and drove in a career-high five runs to help Tampa Bay end an 11-game losing streak with a 13-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals dealt Noah Syndergaard his first loss in more than a month, an 11-4 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series between the division rivals.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Kris Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game, and Jake Arrieta added a solo shot in the ballpark where he threw a no-hitter in April, leading the Chicago…

SONOMA, Calif. — Tony Stewart sat slumped on the stairs inside his team transporter a year ago reflecting on the worst slump of his NASCAR career.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cubs' Kris Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game on Monday night against the Cincinnati Reds.

ATLANTA (AP) — Home plate umpire Jerry Layne has left the game between the Indians and Braves after being hit by a foul tip.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt's family said Sunday that the last few days have been difficult for the former Tennessee women's basketball coach as her Alzheimer's disease progresses.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are planning to keep their training camp in West Virginia after recent flooding in the state killed at least 23 people.