La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CHICAGO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays loaded the bases in the ninth inning with the heart of their order coming to the plate.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals are on a tough 10-game trip.

SEATTLE (AP) — Adam Lind hit a game-winning three-run home run in the ninth inning off St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal, and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 4-3 win over the Cardinals on Friday night to snap a six-game…

CHICAGO (AP) — Called on to protect a one-run lead for the Chicago White Sox in the ninth inning, David Robertson sure made things interesting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Edinson Volquez has made 234 starts in the majors — none as bad as Friday night.

VIROQUA — The Viroqua American Legion baseball team beat Union Grove 3-1 behind the three-hit pitching of Zach Trautsch on Friday at the Viroqua Tournament.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — George Springer was more than just a tablesetter as the Houston Astros' leadoff hitter.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Washington 5-3 on Friday night to extend the Nationals’ losing streak to a season-worst six games.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Tepesch had mixed emotions after returning to the major leagues for the first time in nearly 21 months.

SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart made five 3-pointers and tied a career high with 29 points and the Seattle Storm used a big first half to beat the Connecticut Sun 98-81 on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Dustin Pedroia scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch as the Boston Red Sox rallied for an 8-7 win over the Texas Rangers on…

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins erased an early four-run deficit with Justin Bour's first-inning grand slam, and then managed only one hit the rest of the night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman combined for three innings of perfect relief for the second straight game, Rob Refsnyder hit a tiebreaking single and the New York Yankees took advantage of three errors to…

BALTIMORE (AP) — For a while, the Tampa Bay Rays appeared poised to end their miserable losing streak.

When the St. Cloud Rox visited La Crosse three weeks ago, they were soundly swept in a two-game series, sent hobbling home with their winless record still intact.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee got an unexpected power surge Friday night at Miller Park.

ATLANTA (AP) — Aaron Blair's ERA keeps going up, possibly forcing the Braves to conclude it may be time to send the rookie down.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With time running out, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman isn't ready to give up on the possibility of re-signing captain Steven Stamkos.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers thought they might finally have a chance to beat the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Washington 5-3 on Friday night to extend the Nationals' losing streak to a season-worst six games.