La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ST. LOUIS (AP) — George Springer hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Houston Astros completed a two-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shortstop Andrelton Simmons has returned to the Los Angeles Angels' lineup after a 34-game injury absence.

BOSTON (AP) — Hanley Ramirez hit his first homer in more than a month, knuckleballer Steven Wright was solid into the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Wednesday night.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Marco Estrada had another sharp outing, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson hit solo homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 on Wednesday night.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chicago Cubs has just wasted a strong start by Jason Hammel and blown two late leads in a disappointing loss to the Washington Nationals.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James has watched "The Godfather" trilogy over and over during these playoffs. The Oscar-winning films about crime, family, honor — and revenge — soothe and motivate him. He can't get enough.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Luis Perdomo took another step forward for the San Diego Padres during Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Milwaukee Brewers already were facing one of San Francisco's top pitchers in Johnny Cueto, a day after losing to Madison Bumgarner. Then they hurt themselves with a season-high four errors.

La Crosse Loggers outfielder Griffin Conine has one of the smoothest and prettiest swings you will ever see.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Longtime Trail Blazers television broadcasters Mike Barrett and Mike Rice will not return to the team next season.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Three more women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on Wednesday, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth singled in the winning run with two outs in the 12th inning, giving the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday long after starters Stephen Strasburg and Jason Hammel dueled to…

PHOENIX (AP) — In the past 10 days, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Jake Arrieta and Jose Fernandez.

Aquinas High School’s girls soccer team continues to dominate. That’s been the case for a while, really.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Gerrit Cole expects to come back from a strained right triceps in time to pitch "a majority of the season."

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers already were facing one of San Francisco's top pitchers in Johnny Cueto, a day after losing to Madison Bumgarner. Then they hurt themselves with a season-high four errors.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays say their Pride Night game on Friday, dedicated to the victims of last Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, is sold out.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California coroner says imprisoned former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips had a "Do Not Resuscitate" note taped to his chest when he was found hanging in his cell.