La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- Miguel Olivo homered and singled, scoring three runs as the Sacramento River Cats defeated the Round Rock Express 11-4 on Friday.

DETROIT (AP) — A year after the Detroit Tigers traded away stars at the deadline, Justin Verlander is trying to prevent that from happening again.

MONCLOVA, Mexico (AP) -- Pinch hitter Hector Garanzuay hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, as the Acereros del Norte topped the Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen 4-2 on Friday.

CINCINNATI — Bases loaded, one out, down by a run with the heart of the order coming up. The Brewers had a great opportunity to pull one out, and all they managed were a couple of harmless pop-ups.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bases loaded, one out, down by a run with the heart of the order coming up. The Brewers had a great opportunity to pull one out, and all they managed were a couple of harmless pop-ups.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Napoli had three hits, including his 19th home run, Carlos Carrasco pitched into the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Friday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the progress starter Francisco Liriano showed Friday night, a seventh-inning defensive meltdown cost the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Washington Nationals.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seimone Augustus had 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting in her return from a knee injury, and Maya Moore added 15 to help the Minnesota Lynx cruise to an 88-70 victory over the New York Liberty on Friday…

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jantel Lavender scored a career-high 25 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 98-92 in overtime Friday night to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Ben Johnson homered, doubled and singled, driving in two runs as the Lexington Legends beat the Asheville Tourists 8-5 on Friday.

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Daniel Arribas hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and Logan Hill hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the West Virginia Power topped the Hickory Crawdads 8-1 on Friday.

PEARL, Miss. (AP) -- Dansby Swanson homered and had two hits, driving in two as the Mississippi Braves defeated the Jackson Generals 2-1 on Friday.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Ronald Guzman homered and had three hits, driving in two as the Frisco RoughRiders beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 6-1 on Friday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Juan Perez scored on a groundout in the third inning, leading the Iowa Cubs to a 7-2 win over the Las Vegas 51s on Friday.

A look at the eight consolation games Friday in the Las Vegas Summer League:

The game ends when Ryan Braun strikes out with the bases loaded.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Rhett Wiseman tripled and singled, and Jefry Rodriguez threw six scoreless innings as the Hagerstown Suns beat the Greenville Drive 4-1 on Friday.

SALEM, Va. (AP) -- Mike Meyers had three hits and scored three runs, and Travis Lakins allowed just four hits over six innings as the Salem Red Sox beat the Wilmington Blue Rocks 10-5 on Friday.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Chace Numata hit a two-run triple in the top of the 13th inning to help lead the Clearwater Threshers to a 5-3 win over the Palm Beach Cardinals on Friday.

BOWIE, Md. (AP) -- Brandon Bednar was a triple short of the cycle, scoring three runs while also driving in three as the Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Bowie Baysox 13-11 on Friday.