La Crosse Tribune Sports News

DENVER (AP) — Braden Shipley made his first start at hitter-friendly Coors Field a memorable one.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates missed a chance to pick up ground in the NL wild-card race. They might have also lost their top set-up reliever.

SEATTLE (AP) — Kole Calhoun and Albert Pujols both homered twice, Mike Trout also went deep, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 10-3 Saturday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rick Porcello didn't allow a baserunner until Jake Smolinski's one-out double in the sixth on the way to his majors-leading 19th victory, and the Boston Red Sox routed the Oakland Athletics yet again with an 11-2…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vince Velasquez plans to spend the rest of the season watching old videos of Zack Greinke.

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- Marc Wik scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning, leading the Lancaster JetHawks to a 7-6 win over the Inland Empire 66ers on Saturday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Kyle Johnson homered and had two hits, driving in two, and Darin Gorski allowed just five hits over 7 1/3 innings as the Las Vegas 51s defeated the Salt Lake Bees 12-3 on Saturday.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Markus Solbach pitched seven scoreless innings, leading the Visalia Rawhide over the San Jose Giants in a 2-1 win on Saturday.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The Santa Clara police chief has vowed to continue providing a safe environment at San Francisco home games after the union representing his officers threatened to boycott policing the stadium if the 49ers don't discipline…

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- Alan Sharkey doubled and singled twice, driving home three runs as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Beloit Snappers 8-4 on Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Detroit Tigers had plenty of runners on base against Kansas City Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura, but failed to come up with a big hit.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — James Shields didn't feel quite right warming up before the game. Then his back tightened on him after yet another early exit.

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) -- Ty France hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, driving in Ruddy Giron with the go-ahead run, as the Lake Elsinore Storm beat the High Desert Mavericks 2-1 on Saturday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Patrick Mazeika scored the winning run on a forceout in the 14th inning, as the Columbia Fireflies topped the Charleston RiverDogs 5-4 on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rich Hill pitched six sparkling innings, Yasmani Grandal hit a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 Saturday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lena Dunham is apologizing to New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. for making "narcissistic assumptions" about his motivations in an article published Friday on her website Lenny Letter.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Rayder Ascanio was a home run short of the cycle, scoring a pair of runs while also driving home a couple as the Clinton LumberKings beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 8-5 on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Struggling rookie Orlando Arcia had three hits, including a tiebreaking single in Milwaukee’s four-run eighth inning, and the Brewers beat Pittsburgh 7-4 on Saturday night to extend the Pirates’ losing streak to five games.

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) -- Donnie Dewees hit an RBI single in the top of the 14th inning to lead the Myrtle Beach Pelicans to a 5-4 win over the Potomac Nationals on Saturday.