La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur is known for his strong throwing arm, but it let him down Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals.

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) -- Drew Ferguson hit two home runs and drove in six runs, as the Lancaster JetHawks defeated the Modesto Nuts 13-8 on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — After losing four of their first five games in August, the Cleveland Indians lead second-place Detroit by just two games in the AL Central.

DENVER (AP) — Martin Prado hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a four-run rally in the ninth inning that sent the Miami Marlins over the Colorado Rockies 5-3 Friday night in a matchup of NL wild-card contenders.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Alex Jackson tripled and doubled as the Clinton LumberKings beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-3 on Friday.

Father Time isn’t nipping at Eric Haug’s heels as much as it is poking him in the back.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Yeison Asencio hit a three-run home run in the first inning, and Roman Pena hit a two-run home run and had three hits as the Tigres de Quintana Roo defeated the Guerreros de Oaxaca 7-0 on…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Matt Olson hit a two-run single in the fourth inning, leading the Nashville Sounds to a 12-7 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Friday.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Austin Allen hit an RBI single in the top of the 15th inning to lead the Fort Wayne TinCaps to a 4-3 win over the South Bend Cubs on Friday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Price has watched the same thing over and over.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Austin Hedges hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, leading the El Paso Chihuahuas to a 7-5 win over the Tacoma Rainiers on Friday.

TABASCO, Mexico (AP) -- Ronny Paulino had two hits and two RBI, and Nestor Molina struck out nine over 5 2/3 innings as the Olmecas de Tabasco topped the Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen 7-4 on Friday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rays left-handed reliever Xavier Cedeno has been in the wrong place at the wrong time twice this week.

HOUSTON (AP) — Martin Perez threw six solid innings for Texas on Friday night. It was one bad inning that cost him and the Rangers.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Ryan Jackson hit a three-run double in the fourth inning, leading the Salt Lake Bees to a 5-1 win over the Reno Aces on Friday.

YUCATAN, Mexico (AP) -- Alejandro Soto allowed just two hits over six innings, leading the Leones de Yucatan over the Pericos de Puebla in a 1-0 win on Friday.

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- Mott Hyde hit an RBI single in the top of the 11th inning to lead the Corpus Christi Hooks to a 3-2 win over the Midland RockHounds on Friday.

MONCLOVA, Mexico (AP) -- Cristhian Presichi doubled twice and singled, scoring a run and also driving one home as the Rieleros de Aguascalientes beat the Acereros del Norte 7-4 on Friday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Pedro Alvarez hit two solo shots to extend his homer streak to three games and the Baltimore Orioles had 16 hits to overpower the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Friday night and keep pace with Toronto for…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Andy Oliver and four other pitchers combined for a shutout as the Norfolk Tides defeated the Charlotte Knights 6-0 on Friday.