La Crosse Tribune Sports News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Starling Marte hit a solo home run in the 18th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 Sunday in a marathon game that lasted almost six hours.

ZEBULON, N.C. (AP) -- Braxton Davidson hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, leading the Carolina Mudcats to a 7-5 win over the Frederick Keys in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) -- Erlin Cerda hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, driving in Jodd Carter with the go-ahead run, as the Mahoning Valley Scrappers defeated the Auburn Doubledays 3-2 on Sunday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Robbie Ray pitched seven scoreless innings, Jake Lamb hit his 21st home run and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat Los Angeles 6-5 on Sunday to take two of three from the Dodgers.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Taylor Sparks hit a solo home run in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to a 7-6 win over the Jacksonville Suns in the second game of a doubleheader on…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Olympic committee has confirmed the selection of women's world No. 1 Lydia Ko for the Rio de Janeiro Games.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs came out of the All-Star break showing signs that their midseason skid is done.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Brad Peacock struck out nine over 7 2/3 innings, leading the Fresno Grizzlies over the New Orleans Zephyrs in a 2-0 win on Sunday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the ninth against his former team and the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday to avoid…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Wacha labored to get 12 outs and the lineup struck out 15 times. The bottom line: the St. Louis Cardinals' first series after the All-Star break was no fresh start.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Patrick Kivlehan homered twice as the Tacoma Rainiers topped the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 7-3 on Sunday. With the victory, the Rainiers swept the four-game series.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Manager Paul Molitor and general manager Terry Ryan look at Kyle Gibson's 6-foot-6 frame and arm action and see a pitcher who should be one of the Minnesota Twins' better starters.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Seimone Augustus hit a fade-away jumper in the paint with 15.3 seconds left in overtime to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Dallas Wings 98-97 on Sunday night.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jose Altuve homered among his four hits and drove in three runs, Collin McHugh escaped a pair of bases-loaded jams to pitch six scoreless innings, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Sunday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Seth Harrison singled three times, and Grant Watson allowed just three hits over 5 2/3 innings as the Augusta GreenJackets topped the Delmarva Shorebirds 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) -- Blaise Salter homered and singled twice, scoring a couple of runs while also driving home two as the Connecticut Tigers defeated the Vermont Lake Monsters 10-3 on Sunday.

CINCINNATI — Jonathan Lucroy slipped on his shirt, turned around and looked seriously at waiting reporters.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) -- Nick Buss and Kaleb Cowart scored on a double, and Carlos Perez scored on a balk in the top of the 12th inning to lead the Salt Lake Bees to a 6-3 win over the Omaha…

TROON, Scotland — Henrik Stenson is the champion golfer of the year, thanks to a final round for the ages.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Stedman Bailey will join West Virginia's staff as a student assistant coach.