La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Ben Rortvedt woke up feeling nervous Thursday morning and settled in for a long day that he hoped would end with his name being called in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

MILWAUKEE — In the nearly nine months since he was officially introduced as the Milwaukee Brewers’ general manager, David Stearns has aggressively overhauled the team’s entire baseball operation, from reshaping the front office structure to making nine trades for 16…

The pitcher limits Milwaukee to one run in seven innings

CHICAGO (AP) — The Washington Nationals' scoring surge was halted by an unlikely opponent.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Another in a season full of losses for the Minnesota Twins turned from ugly to scary in a flash when Phil Hughes was hit in the knee with a line drive in the ninth inning.

PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi scored 21 of her 31 points in the first half, Penny Taylor reached 1,000 career assists and the Phoenix Mercury beat the San Antonio Stars 90-75 on Thursday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting back to .500 for only the second time since mid-April was costly for the New York Yankees.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels' trip to Yankee Stadium turned into an experience much like the couple had in "The Out-of-Towners," where pretty much everything went wrong.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For whatever reason, the Miami Marlins were having a heck of a time with the American League's worst team 2 1/2 games into their three-game series.

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE

WILLMAR, Minn. – With Luis Trevino and David Jacob punching key hits, the La Crosse Loggers snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Willmar Stingers Thursday night.

LOGGERS 7, STINGERS 6

TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman is searching for a way to snap out of the toughest stretch of his career.

TORONTO (AP) — Chris Davis homered and hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, Pedro Alvarez also connected and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Thursday night for their fifth straight win.

Clair Shepardson and Zack Emery are just two of 11 La Crescent High School track and field athletes headed to Hamline University in St. Paul today for the two-day MSHSL state meet.

WEST SALEM — Nine-goal outputs aren’t common in sectional semifinals.

TORONTO (AP) — Chris Davis got the Baltimore Orioles off to a winning start in the first game of an important road swing.

She wound up her right leg and exploded through the ball as it reached her in front of the goal.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bartolo Colon pitched seven strong innings and Curtis Granderson set the tone with a leadoff home run as the New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Thursday night.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds couldn't stop the St. Louis Cardinal who gets booed at their ballpark like nobody else.