La Crosse Tribune Sports News

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the resurgent Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman knows how well Ervin Santana commands his fastball on both sides of the plate.

WEST SALEM — The laws of racing tell him the streak, now pushing the better part of seven seasons, will eventually come to an end. Matthew Henderson knows fast cars with talented drivers eventually end up in Victory Lane.

Matt Johnson is ready to take snaps as quarterback for the Central High School football team again.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russia's one-woman track and field team qualified for the long jump final.

HOUSTON (AP) — Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko each homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 8-5 on Tuesday night.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) -- Alexeis Bell hit a run-scoring double in the seventh inning, leading the Frisco RoughRiders to a 4-3 win over the Springfield Cardinals on Tuesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles starts each year by pulling out a notebook to write down her goals for the next 12 months. When 2016 dawned, for once she didn't get too specific.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two days in a row, Thiago Braz da Silva was celebrated as a national hero in the Olympic Stadium. Both days, Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the home crowd.

NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Martin homered twice, including a go-ahead shot in Toronto's eight-run eighth inning, and Troy Tulowitzki had four hits as the Blue Jays erased a six-run deficit Tuesday night in their 12-6 victory over the New…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — France is headed back to a familiar place — the women's basketball semifinals.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Matt McBride hit a run-scoring single in the first inning, leading the Nashville Sounds to a 2-1 win over the Tacoma Rainiers on Tuesday.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mookie Betts is at his best when facing the Baltimore Orioles — especially in cozy Camden Yards.

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams defensive end Robert Quinn missed practice Tuesday to watch his sister Jasmine Camacho-Quinn compete in the 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Jon Berti hit a walk-off solo homer in the eighth inning, as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats defeated the Binghamton Mets 5-4 in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) -- Daric Barton homered and had two hits, and Orlando Lara allowed just two hits over seven innings as the Pericos de Puebla topped the Tigres de Quintana Roo 9-0 on Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Brandon Barnes hit a two-run home run and had three hits, driving in four as the Albuquerque Isotopes topped the Oklahoma City Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander has been one of the hottest pitchers in baseball for the last six weeks.

DETROIT (AP) — Raul Mondesi hit 271 home runs in 13 major league seasons.

SALEM, Va. (AP) -- Rafael Devers had a walk-off double in the 11th inning, as the Salem Red Sox defeated the Carolina Mudcats 7-6 on Tuesday.