La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been off to a slow start in defense of their World Series championship.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Holland was encouraged after one of his best outings of the season. The Rangers were even happier that they'll get their former ace, Yu Darvish, on the mound Saturday.

San Jose Sharks center and former University of Wisconsin standout Joe Pavelski scored two goals in the Sharks' 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Monday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Another dominant outing for Chicago Cubs starter John Lackey against his former team was spoiled by one swing of the bat.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw tossed a two-hitter for his third shutout of the season, pitching the Los Angeles Dodgers past Cincinnati 1-0 Monday night for their eighth straight win over the Reds.

BANGKOK (AP) — Of all the various fighting styles that combine to create the burgeoning sport of Mixed Martial Arts, it is Thai kickboxing which is at the core of the new discipline. Yet it has taken until this week…

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.