La Crosse Tribune Sports News

BOSTON (AP) — Adrian Sampson was cruising along in his major league debut. Seven batters later, he was out of the game in the fifth inning and on his way to a loss.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tim Lincecum made a winning return to the majors, restarting his career after nearly a year away with six sharp innings and several ovations to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday.

MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton singled in his first three at-bats to give his lowly average a boost, and the Miami Marlins totaled 17 hits while beating the Colorado Rockies 9-6 on Saturday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ian Desmond had a sacrifice fly to cap a two-run ninth-inning rally and the Texas Rangers overcame a late three-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Saturday.

ST. PETERBURG, Fla. (AP) — Joe Panik had four RBIs, including a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the ninth inning that sent the San Francisco Giants to their seventh straight win, 6-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.

HOUSTON (AP) — George Springer hit an RBI single in the 11th inning to give the Houston Astros a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension for charging the mound and will begin serving the punishment on Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies manager Pete Mackanin is nearly out of ideas to stop Philadelphia's slide.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bullpen troubles are a big reason the Minnesota Twins are a big league-worst 20-48.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed right-hander Juan Nicasio on the restricted list to tend to a family matter.

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks had yet to go through the formalities of breaking ground on their downtown arena when co-owner Jamie Dinan wondered what else might be in store: Maybe another celebration in a few years.

BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered, Rick Porcello pitched six solid innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Saturday.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jonathan Schoop went 3 for 4 with a home run, Yovani Gallardo and three relievers shut down the torrid-hitting Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles ended Toronto's four-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Saturday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry knows that the record-setting 73 wins, awards and memorable moments that highlighted Golden State's special season will only be footnotes if the Warriors can't quickly find their missing game.

MILWAUKEE — When the Aquinas High School girls soccer team first encountered The Prairie School this spring, it wasn’t a close contest.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Right near the start Saturday, LeBron James faced a question about whether his legacy might be riding on Game 7 of these NBA Finals.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Greinke won his seventh straight start, pitching three-hit ball for eight innings to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees, boosted by Alex Rodriguez's 695th career homer, rallied past the Minnesota Twins 7-6 Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has started serving his suspension after it was cut from nine games to eight.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala says he plans to play Game 7 of the NBA Finals despite a balky back that limited him the previous game.