La Crosse Tribune Sports News

PHOENIX (AP) — Archie Bradley had a simple explanation for his shortest start of the season. He was just hit hard by a good team.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy capped a late see-saw game with the Angels with a two-run homer in the eighth to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-5 victory Saturday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After nearly 10 years and 1,070 minor-league games, Paul Molitor figured the least he could do for Minnesota rookie James Beresford was give him a game ball on Saturday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Almost having a perfect game pitched against them was stinging enough for the Miami Marlins. Squandering another opportunity to remain in wild-card contention hurt even more.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A rainy Saturday night was dreary for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they lost another game as well as more ground in the standings and possibly leadoff hitter Josh Harrison for an extended period.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Elmore felt helpless in the top of the eighth. It just got worse for the Milwaukee Brewers in the bottom of the frame.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jon Gray didn't have his good slider Saturday night, which led to a short night for the right-hander against the San Diego Padres.

ATLANTA (AP) — Bartolo Colon tried not to put too much blame on himself for two mistake pitches that resulted in solo homers for Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis.

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Joshua Dobbs threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores Saturday as Tennessee erased an early 14-point deficit and beat Virginia Tech 45-24 in front of an NCAA-record crowd of 156,990 at Bristol Motor…

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CHICAGO (AP) — In what has been a lost season for him to this point, Chicago White Sox pitcher James Shields believes there's still time to take something positive out of it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Adrian Peterson can hardly sleep, so eager for the Minnesota Vikings to finally open the season after their playoff loss last January.

HIGHLAND, Wis. — The first three weeks of the high school football season has, in many ways, been a breeze for Bangor High School.

DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann is making $18 million this season, which is a lot to pay a player to watch a pennant race from the bullpen.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff matched Nationals ace Max Scherzer and struck out Bryce Harper swinging three straight times. When Eickhoff left, Harper struck back against Philadelphia's bullpen.

PHOENIX (AP) — Hunter Pence had three hits, including a solo homer, and Johnny Cueto pitched seven solid innings to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 11-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper looked simply bewildered during his first three at-bats against the Phillies, all ending in swinging strikeouts. He came through big in his fourth plate appearance.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Left-hander Christian Friedrich matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts in seven brilliant innings to win for the first time since June 23, leading the San Diego Padres to a 6-3 victory against the Colorado Rockies on…

GWINNETT, Ga. (AP) -- Blake Lalli hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, driving in Mel Rojas with the go-ahead run, as the Gwinnett Braves topped the Columbus Clippers 5-4 on Saturday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Kyle Farmer doubled twice and singled, and Alfredo Figaro allowed just five hits over seven innings as the Oklahoma City Dodgers beat the Nashville Sounds 7-1 on Saturday.