La Crosse Tribune Sports News

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Manager Bob Melvin recalls when the Athletics had a potent batting order like the one from Boston that keeps beating up on his club.

Sam Bradford isn’t a stopgap. Not just a rental quarterback.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) -- Josh Fuentes homered and had three hits, driving in three, and Parker French pitched five scoreless innings as the Modesto Nuts beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7-3 on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alexei Ramirez broke up Rich Hill's no-hit bid in the sixth inning, one of the few dents the Padres were able to make in a dominant outing by the Dodgers left-hander.

When a bunch of the Badgers Lambeau leaped into the student-section in the southwest corner of the hallowed stadium afterward, it was a sign of the jump the program has taken since two years ago.

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.