La Crosse Tribune Sports News

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Missouri man fatally beaten in 2013 outside of Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, is suing the NFL franchise.

TROON, Scotland — Rory McIlroy still considers himself a full-fledged member of the Fab Four.

TROON, Scotland — So much for golf's triumphant return to the Olympics.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Athletics' search for a new ballpark will be confined to Oakland, and Major League Baseball will put off any expansion talks until it solves its two outstanding stadium issues.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Defenseman Korbinian Holzer has agreed to a one-year, $700,000 deal to return to the Anaheim Ducks.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As Major League Baseball prepares for talks about the 2020 Olympics, Commissioner Rob Manfred said "from a calendar prospective, the dates of the Tokyo Games are not ideal."