La Crosse Tribune Sports News

If hitting truly is infectious, Mitch Ghelfi has certainly caught the contagion in recent weeks.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Matt Railey hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the 11th inning to lead the Kane County Cougars to a 3-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Saturday.

His power surge backs a strong outing by pitcher Zach Davies

MILWAUKEE — Mired in a 0-for-18 slump entering the game, Kirk Nieuwenhuis broke out in a big way.

CIUDAD DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) -- Jose Luna hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, leading the Broncos de Reynosa to an 8-2 win over the Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen on Saturday.

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Pinch hitter Sergio Contreras drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the ninth inning to score the winning run, as the Tigres de Quintana Roo topped the Vaqueros de la Laguna 6-5 on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Cueto feels slighted the Kansas City Royals didn't invite him to come along when they were honored at the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Schimpf extended San Diego's franchise-record run of games with a home run with a second-inning blast off Washington's Max Scherzer on Saturday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Rob Segedin hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the Oklahoma City Dodgers defeated the New Orleans Zephyrs 4-3 on Saturday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Arizona isn't doing anything right during its season-breaking swoon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Hicks was at third base in the 10th inning, 90 feet from scoring the run that would raise the New York Yankees three games over .500 for the first time this year and keep up…

CAMPECHE, Mexico (AP) -- Alex Valdez hit a two-run home run and had two hits, driving in three, and Javier Solano allowed just three hits over seven innings as the Sultanes de Monterrey beat the Piratas de Campeche 4-2 on…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Raul Mondesi hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning, leading the Omaha Storm Chasers to a 6-4 win over the Nashville Sounds on Saturday.

YUCATAN, Mexico (AP) -- Jonathan Castellanos and four other pitchers combined for a shutout as the Leones de Yucatan beat the Acereros del Norte 6-0 on Saturday.

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) -- Mark Laird hit an RBI single in the top of the 10th inning to help lead the Williamsport Crosscutters to a 5-3 win over the Batavia Muckdogs on Saturday. With the victory, the Crosscutters swept the…

Fifteen hits were evenly shared — for the most part — by the La Crosse Loggers and the Eau Claire Express on Saturday, with the latter racking up seven to the former’s eight during a nine-inning, Northwoods League showdown.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Alexis Rivera had three hits and scored two runs, and Luis Pena pitched five scoreless innings as the Burlington Bees defeated the West Michigan Whitecaps 8-5 on Saturday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale was scratched from his start against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night after he was involved in what the team said was a "non-physical clubhouse incident."

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Kevin Cron hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, leading the Mobile BayBears to a 3-1 win over the Jacksonville Suns in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Hamels allowed one unearned run in 5 1/3 innings, Nomar Mazara and Adrian Beltre homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Saturday night.