La Crosse Tribune Sports News

Prairie du Chien High School baseball player Peyton Hall was tired of losing. But for the third straight time, the Blackhawks had come up short in a bid to qualify for the WIAA Division 2 state tournament by losing a…

CHICAGO (AP) — Freddie Freeman, Tyler Flowers and Nick Markakis all homered off Chris Sale to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 11-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

TORONTO (AP) — Mike Pelfrey gave the Tigers the start they were looking for.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Villar's single drove in Kurt Nieuwenhuis from second base with two outs in the ninth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers got past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Friday night.

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico (AP) -- Eliezer Ortiz hit a walk-off single with one out in the 11th inning, as the Rieleros de Aguascalientes defeated the Acereros del Norte 2-1 on Friday.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- Luis Torrens hit a run-scoring double in the fifth inning, leading the Staten Island Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Friday.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rougned Odor and Elvis Andrus had RBI triples and the Texas Rangers overcame a struggling start by All-Star left-hander Cole Hamels in a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Strasburg stayed undefeated, winning a marquee pitching matchup against an ailing Noah Syndergaard by tossing seven innings of two-hit ball Friday night that sent the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 victory over the banged-up New…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Maikis De La Cruz singled three times, scoring two runs as the Binghamton Mets beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 9-7 on Friday.

PEARL, Miss. (AP) -- Patrick Leonard hit a grand slam in the first inning, leading the Montgomery Biscuits to a 9-7 win over the Mississippi Braves on Friday.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 21 points and seven rebounds, and the Seattle Storm ended a three-game losing streak with a 78-68 win over the San Antonio Stars on Friday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Simone Biles is just four rotations away from her long-awaited trip to Rio de Janeiro.

TORONTO (AP) — J.A. Happ got hit hard the last time he faced Detroit.

The La Crosse Loggers have had trouble getting their bats going lately, and that trend continued Friday at Copeland Park.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) -- Caleb Adams homered and had two hits, driving in two as the Arkansas Travelers beat the Frisco RoughRiders 10-5 on Friday.

KODAK, Tenn. (AP) -- Benji Gonzalez hit an RBI single in the top of the eighth inning to lead the Jackson Generals to a 2-1 win over the Tennessee Smokies on Friday.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Jose Paulino allowed just one hit over six innings, leading the Eugene Emeralds over the Everett AquaSox in a 5-0 win in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday.

ROME, Ga. (AP) -- Ti'Quan Forbes hit a three-run double in the third inning, leading the Hickory Crawdads to an 11-4 win over the Rome Braves on Friday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Chad Green was stellar in his last start for the New York Yankees against San Diego.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Nelson Ward homered and doubled, scoring two runs as the San Antonio Missions beat the Tulsa Drillers 10-5 on Friday.