La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CHICAGO (AP) — Less heralded than the other starters in the Pittsburgh Pirates' rotation, Jeff Locke is happy to do his part along with his more famous and accomplished teammates.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shut out and limited to two hits by Virginia two nights earlier, Florida's offense was back to its usual prolific self against Miami.

NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Yelich saved Joe Girardi from a difficult decision.

La Crosse Loggers manager Bill Sandillo said he’ll keep his word. You can bet Ronnie Gideon will hold him to it.

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. — The Aquinas High School baseball team is playing for a WIAA Division 3 championship today for a number of reasons.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joe Blanton picked up his first victory in nearly two years with five solid innings and Alcides Escobar equaled his career high with four RBIs as the Kansas City Royals…

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. — Players moved one base at a time to slowly take hope away from the Marathon High School baseball team.

LEGION BASEBALL

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tommy Milone gave up one run in seven innings and the Minnesota Twins squeaked out a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.

BASEBALL

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Thursday:

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kris Bryant had a grand slam and Kyle Schwarber was 4 for 5, including his first major league hit and RBI, and the Chicago Cubs hit four home runs to rout the Cleveland Indian…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Souza Jr. hit his 13th home run of the season and Curt Casali blasted the first of his career to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Wednesday night.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Upstart Colombia will be the next opponent for the U.S. national team at the Women's World Cup.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Glenn Burke's sister had a tough time even coming to the Oakland Coliseum for Athletics Pride Night. Her brother's death remains painful 20 years later, though Carol Wil…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Soo-yun Kim scored the winner in the 78th minute to cap South Korea's 2-1 comeback over Spain Wednesday night at Ottawa, Ontario, to reach the knockout stage of the Wome…

NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Yelich homered on the first pitch of the seventh inning, ending a no-hit bid by New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda against the Miami Marlins.

James Lockley first coached Hannah Nelson in soccer when she was 9 years old.

The Aquinas High School girls soccer team was in trouble as the season approached.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — These might be some of the longest rounds in the U.S. Open, and it won't all be down to slow play.