La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Cody Decker hit two of the Portland Sea Dogs' season-high five home runs in a 16-1 win over the Erie SeaWolves on Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Jose Peraza hit a run-scoring single in the eighth inning to give the Louisville Bats a 3-2 win over the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Dedgar Jimenez allowed just five hits over 6 2/3 innings, leading the Greenville Drive over the Columbia Fireflies in a 7-3 win on Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered to back up a second straight dominant start by Jaime Garcia as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Wednesday night.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) -- Alejandro Juvier homered and had two hits as the Aberdeen IronBirds beat the Staten Island Yankees 7-3 on Wednesday.

BOWIE, Md. (AP) -- Richard Urena had three hits and scored three runs as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats defeated the Bowie Baysox 7-4 on Wednesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Ryan Nagle hit a walk-off three-run homer, as the West Virginia Power topped the Greensboro Grasshoppers 3-2 on Wednesday. The Power swept the three-game series with the win.

GREEN BAY — No matter what the plan is for Julius Peppers this season, the expectations aren’t changing for the oldest player on the Green Bay Packers roster.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Scott Diamond allowed just four hits over eight innings, leading the Buffalo Bisons over the Indianapolis Indians in a 1-0 win on Wednesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rodrigo Perrone, wearing a blue water polo cap, deftly made his way through the packed stands at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre. The 8-year-old Perrone then settled into his father's lap to watch his uncle…

TERREBONE, Quebec (AP) — Shea Weber knows all about the outrage Montreal Canadiens fans expressed when he was acquired from Nashville for P.K. Subban.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving had the answers in the first test for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With injuries and struggles decimating the Cleveland Indians' starting rotation, Josh Tomlin had been a rock.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Brate describes his unlikely journey from undrafted college free agent to starting NFL tight end as "pretty crazy." Now, the former Harvard standout is hoping to prove the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made a smart choice.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Seager gave the Dodgers quite a scare Wednesday in a 6-2 loss to the Phillies when he was hit by a pitch in the right wrist area and fell back in obvious pain.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Trailing by nearly a point entering the final rotation and his chances of a second Olympic all-around title very much in jeopardy, Kohei Uchimura pondered what for the last seven years has been unthinkable.

Although the battle between Alex Hornibrook and Bart Houston for the University of Wisconsin football team’s starting quarterback will receive most of the attention during fall training camp, several other position battles are underway, including the fight for the No.…

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — The last thing the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions wanted from their two-day joint training camp practices was a fight.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ken Whisenhunt returned to the San Diego Chargers and it's difficult telling who's happier: Whisenhunt or Philip Rivers?

BOSTON (AP) — Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi has been removed after one inning from a game against the Red Sox with right elbow discomfort.