La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Crawford became the first major league player in 41 years to get seven hits in a game, putting the San Francisco Giants ahead to stay with an RBI single in the 14th inning of an 8-7…

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico (AP) -- Diory Hernandez hit a walk-off three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning, as the Rieleros de Aguascalientes beat the Diablos Rojos del Mexico 5-2 on Monday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds bullpen reverted back to its early season form Monday night.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Kaleb Cowart hit a run-scoring single in the sixth inning, leading the Salt Lake Bees to a 4-2 win over the Reno Aces on Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After spending much of the first half of the season in the cellar, the Minnesota Twins became an afterthought in the American League.

SEATTLE (AP) — Hisashi Iwakuma threw seven shutout innings for his seventh win in his last eight starts, Mike Zunino and Kyle Seager both had RBI singles off Michael Fulmer in the second inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the…

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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