La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chad Kuhl's fan club brought the noise.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Evan Longoria homered and drove in five runs, and the last-place Tampa Bay Rays again played the spoiler's role in a 7-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has hit his 537th home run, moving past Mickey Mantle for 17th on baseball's career list.

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) -- Walker Buehler, Leo Crawford and Dean Kremer combined for a shutout as the Great Lakes Loons beat the Clinton LumberKings 4-0 on Thursday.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills retired Bruce Smith's No. 78 at halftime of their game against the New York Jets on Thursday night.

GWINNETT, Ga. (AP) -- Donovan Solano doubled and singled, and Brady Lail allowed just three hits over 6 1/3 innings as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Gwinnett Braves 3-0 on Thursday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — American soccer player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women's national team match against Thailand on Thursday night, expressing solidarity with NFL player Colin Kaepernick.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Chase Johnson-Mullins got Wilson Garcia to hit into a double play in the eighth inning, leading the Rome Braves to a 2-0 win over the Lakewood BlueClaws on Thursday.

DETROIT (AP) — The Minnesota Twins are finally seeing the Hector Santiago they expected when they acquired him from the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline.

ATLANTA (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 31 points and the Atlanta Dream beat Washington 94-91 on Thursday night to stay in contention for a double-bye while eliminating the Mystics from the playoff race.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York Jets receiver Brandon Marshall has taken to locker room after twisting his left knee following a catch against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Brian Dozier's two-run single highlighted a four-run second inning, and the Minnesota Twins handed the Detroit Tigers a crucial loss by beating them 5-1 on Thursday.

MADISON — It was only natural to expect a major drop-off from the University of Wisconsin football team’s secondary this season.

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's bullpen is doing everything it can to help the Tigers get into the postseason.

CHICAGO (AP) — Two U.S. Army teams have excelled at the World Parachuting Championships, with the 8-way formation skydiving team trouncing the competition in record-breaking style and the women's 4-way team taking gold after a nail-bitingly close contest.

GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers' roster is running short on healthy cornerbacks going into an important game this weekend at Minnesota.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — It hasn't taken long for the Raiders to get a pretty good feel for how teams plan to counter the tandem of Khalil Mack and Bruce Irvin.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Green Bay Packers will be wise to treat Cordarrelle Patterson carefully this weekend.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson insists he'll be ready to play against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dez Bryant smiled as he looked down at his phone and listened to reporters offer ideas for how the Dallas Cowboys could get their top receiver the ball more often.