La Crosse Tribune Sports News

CHICAGO (AP) — Shaun Marcum won his first start in almost two years, Michael Brantley had a two-run double in the seventh inning, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on We…

SOFTBALL

The Cashton High School softball team hasn’t lost a game this season.

DENVER (AP) — Rookie Severino Gonzalez pitched five solid innings, Ryan Howard homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Wednesday night for their seventh win in eight games.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta forward DeMarre Carroll left Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a left knee sprain, an injury that threatens…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper is not known for hiding his thoughts, and so he certainly did not shy away from sharing what was on his mind after getting ejected from a game for the second tim…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot off Antonio Bastardo in the 13th inning to help the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates o…

MIAMI (AP) — Chase Anderson worked diligently to improve his two-seam fastball during spring training and he used it to keep the Marlins' hitters off-balance.

DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a bases-loaded triple with two out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday night.

CALEDONIA — The Spring Grove/Caledonia softball team recorded all of its hits in two separate innings of its MSHSL Section 1AA tournament game against Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a bases-loaded triple with two out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Adams hit a long three-run homer, Jason Heyward also connected and the St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed their second consecutive offensive outburst, roughing up Bartolo Colon i…

ATLANTA (AP) — Williams Perez gave up one run over five innings in his first major league start and fellow rookie Todd Cunningham drove in the tiebreaking run with a groundout as the Atlanta B…

TORONTO (AP) — Marc Krauss hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Wednesday night, their seventh win in nine games.

MADISON -- Brett Favre has decided to spend another Sunday afternoon playing football in Wisconsin, so one question seems obvious.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Roenis Elias took a four-hitter into the eighth inning, Justin Ruggiano homered and the Seattle Mariners beat Wei-Yin Chen and the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Wednesday night.

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

INDIANAPOLIS — The specks of gray in Helio Castroneves' jet black hair tell one part of his legacy.

LONDON (AP) — FIFA came under pressure from sponsors Adidas, Coca-Cola and Visa on Wednesday to push Qatar to deliver reforms for migrant workers as the country rapidly expands to host the 202…