La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A minor hockey league's governing body has approved the sale of the Portland Pirates to a group of Springfield, Massachusetts, investors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez felt as though nothing he threw had anything behind it, and the New York Mets took advantage.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — The West Salem High School’s boys track and field team qualified a whopping 13 entrants into Thursday’s sectional meet as it won Monday’s Wisconsin Dells regional by a sizable margin.

BASEBALL

DETROIT (AP) — Odubel Herrera had three hits and still ended up being benched.

ST. LOUIS — Randal Grichuck hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Rookie Taylor Motter earned one RBI with a bases-loaded walk, another with a homer and a third with a double that put the Tampa Bay Rays ahead in the seventh inning.

SPARTA — As he began the last lap of the boys 3,200-meter run on Monday, Baraboo High School senior Joey Rausch turned his paced run into a sprint.

MIAMI (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is rapidly pulling away from Wee Willie Keeler on the all-time hit list with the same approach made famous by the late Hall of Famer.

WEST SALEM — With two outs and nobody on, West Salem High School’s baseball team was on the brink of defeat on April 15 against Westby.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Randal Grichuck hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored 35 points, including a driving layup in the final minute, and DeMar DeRozan had 32 as the Toronto Raptors evened the Eastern Conference Finals by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-99 in Game 4 on…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run, the 569th of his career, and Nick Tropeano threw 6 2/3 strong innings to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker homered on the day Mets slugger Lucas Duda went on the disabled list, leading New York past the Washington Nationals 7-1 Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker homered on the day Mets slugger Lucas Duda went on the disabled list, leading New York past the Washington Nationals 7-1 Monday night.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored two goals, including the go-ahead score in the opening minute of the third period, and the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western…

CHICAGO (AP) — Cleveland Indians rookie Mike Clevinger threw all his pitches in a long at-bat against Brett Lawrie in the fifth inning.

DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit two of Detroit's four solo homers, then scored a tiebreaking run on Victor Martinez's seventh-inning single to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.

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