La Crosse Tribune Sports News

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The history of golf in Brazil would fit on the back of a scorecard.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Sam Gaviglio tossed a four-hit shutout, leading the Tacoma Rainiers to a 4-0 win over the Sacramento River Cats on Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Here's a secret about table tennis. The world's most prestigious tournament, the Olympics, is also one of the easiest.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kendall Graveman pitched seven strong innings, Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth and the Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore 3-2 on Monday night despite another home run from Orioles slugger Manny Machado.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Never has a 94 mile-per-hour fastball to the ribs felt so good for Yadier Molina as it did Monday night.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you strapped weights to Usain Bolt's chest, replaced his six-pack stomach with abs stretched out of shape, de-tuned his muscular frame and explosive power by jellifying his joints, and forced him to take the…

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Known simply by her first name, Marta Vieira da Silva is one of the best women to ever play the game of soccer.

MILWAUKEE — Matt Kemp scored from third after Keon Broxton dropped Gordon Beckham’s fly ball to center field in the 12th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Monday night.

BINDURA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Felistas Muzongondi used to be a house cleaner. She's now an office clerk for a sugar manufacturer, and also the captain of the Zimbabwe women's soccer team at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One long-held truism of the Olympics is there are no medals for fourth place, only the crushing disappointment of coming oh-so-close to a life-changing step up the podium.

The La Crosse Loggers bats fell silent for the second consecutive night as they fell to the Mankato MoonDogs 4-2 in front of 2,547 fans at Copeland Park.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A pair of mistakes was all it took for Zach Davies to have his three-start winning streak snapped by the Atlanta Braves.

DENVER (AP) — Elvis Andrus hit a two-run single, Mitch Moreland delivered a tiebreaking double and the Texas Rangers scored three times in the ninth inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Monday night.

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CAMPECHE, Mexico (AP) -- Jasson Atondo hit a walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning, as the Piratas de Campeche defeated the Tigres de Quintana Roo 6-5 on Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO — After all the bad blood, all the debate over Yulia Efimova being allowed to swim at the Olympics, Lilly King was the one wearing gold.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Juan Martin del Potro bounced the ball, waiting to try to serve out his second-round match at the Olympic tennis tournament.

REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) -- Jerome Pena was a home run short of the cycle, scoring a pair of runs while also driving home a couple as the Vaqueros de la Laguna topped the Broncos de Reynosa 12-1 on Monday.

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) -- Jose Almonte struck out nine hitters over six innings, leading the Kane County Cougars over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in a 6-2 win on Monday.

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) -- Jose Martinez hit a solo home run in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz to a 3-2 win over the Pericos de Puebla on Monday.