La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SAN DIEGO (AP) — David Ortiz ended his All-Star Game career with quite a walk off.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA owners reached no decision Tuesday on whether to move next year's All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina's law limiting protections for LGBT people.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Natanael Delgado homered and singled twice, driving in three runs as the Delmarva Shorebirds topped the Columbia Fireflies 7-3 on Tuesday.

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Josh Tobias, Damek Tomscha and Cornelius Randolph each had three hits, as the Lakewood BlueClaws beat the Hickory Crawdads 6-4 on Tuesday.

NILES, Ohio (AP) -- Jodd Carter hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the Mahoning Valley Scrappers defeated the Tri-City ValleyCats 4-3 on Tuesday.

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- Kane Sweeney hit a run-scoring double in the third inning, leading the Staten Island Yankees to a 3-1 win over the Lowell Spinners on Tuesday.

The La Crosse North Stars certainly had the talent to be a special team and make some noise during the summer American Legion baseball season.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) -- Nick Sergakis hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, leading the Brooklyn Cyclones to a 6-1 win over the Aberdeen IronBirds on Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Chris Gittens had three hits and two RBI, and Nestor Cortes allowed just four hits over 6 2/3 innings as the Charleston RiverDogs defeated the Rome Braves 9-0 on Tuesday.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) -- Blake Perkins hit a two-run triple in the eighth inning, leading the Auburn Doubledays to a 3-1 win over the Vermont Lake Monsters on Tuesday.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) -- Scott Blewett struck out 10 hitters over seven innings, and Sam Lewis was also effective on the mound, as the Lexington Legends shut down the Kannapolis Intimidators in a 3-2 win on Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Gage Hinsz allowed just six hits over seven innings, leading the West Virginia Power over the Augusta GreenJackets in a 1-0 win on Tuesday.

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) -- Oswaldo Castillo and three other pitchers combined for a shutout as the Connecticut Tigers beat the State College Spikes 2-0 on Tuesday.

A look at what's happening all around the majors Wednesday:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. candidly declared two weeks ago that he has too good of a race team to be worried about making NASCAR's playoffs.

With its top players deciding to forego the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Australia announced its men's golf team of Scott Hend and Marcus Fraser on Wednesday. The country's most successful women's player, Karrie Webb, was missing for a different reason…

REVEL, France (AP) — After so much bad luck at the Tour de France, Michael Matthews believed he was jinxed.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — If baseball players want to shorten the schedule, management says they should accept a reduction in pay.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the Baltimore Orioles eventually will be forced to take their television dispute with the Washington Nationals back to a committee of baseball executives.