La Crosse Tribune Sports News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Doug Fister was working on a really nice outing before he got to the seventh inning.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Conor Gillaspie hit a game-ending RBI double with one out in the ninth inning to lift San Francisco past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Sunday and give manager Bruce Bochy his 800th win with the Giants.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Meesseman scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting, Tayler Hill added 17 points, five assists and four steals and the Washington Mystics never trailed in an 87-63 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jimmy Nelson kept the Washington Nationals from making solid contact on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike had 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting, and Candace Parker scored on back-to-back possessions late to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 80-73 on Sunday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jeffry Marte drove in Mike Trout with a game-ending sacrifice fly, and the Los Angeles Angels stopped a six-game losing streak with a 7-6 win against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tanner Roark did a stellar job in taking the place of Stephen Strasburg.

CHICAGO (AP) — Toronto right-hander Marcus Stroman knew he had to pitch well with Chris Sale on the mound for the Chicago White Sox.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsey Bone had a whirlwind 24 hours.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Reyes received a warm welcome from fans and played errorless defense at a new position in his first minor league game since rejoining the New York Mets.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Martin Perez pitched six solid innings for his sixth straight win, the first six Texas hitters reached for an early lead and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Meesseman scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting, Tayler Hill added 17 points, five assists and four steals and the Washington Mystics never trailed in an 87-63 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday.

ATLANTA (AP) — New York manager Terry Collins hopes rookie Brandon Nimmo got all the jitters out in his major league debut on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Dupree scored 26 points and Diana Taurasi added 24, including three key free throws near the end of regulation, to help the Phoenix Mercury rally to beat New York 104-97 in overtime on Sunday, ending…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tanner Roark pitched seven shutout innings in place of injured ace Stephen Strasburg, and the Washington Nationals ended a seven-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Chad Kuhl from Triple-A Indianapolis, and the right-hander is slated to make his major league debut Sunday night against Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

CINCINNATI (AP) — They won three games and they got to see a little history. All in all, the Padres had a wonderful time in Cincinnati.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ian Kennedy struck out 11 over seven innings, Kendrys Morales hit two home runs and the Kansas City Royals snapped the Houston Astros' seven-game winning streak with a 6-1 victory Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi suddenly went from throwing a pretty good game to throwing batting practice.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Davis hit his seventh career grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles completed an unprecedented sweep of Tampa Bay with a 12-5 victory Sunday that extended the Rays' losing streak to 11 games.