La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Washington 5-3 on Friday night to extend the Nationals’ losing streak to a season-worst six games.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Tepesch had mixed emotions after returning to the major leagues for the first time in nearly 21 months.

SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart made five 3-pointers and tied a career high with 29 points and the Seattle Storm used a big first half to beat the Connecticut Sun 98-81 on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Dustin Pedroia scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch as the Boston Red Sox rallied for an 8-7 win over the Texas Rangers on…

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins erased an early four-run deficit with Justin Bour's first-inning grand slam, and then managed only one hit the rest of the night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman combined for three innings of perfect relief for the second straight game, Rob Refsnyder hit a tiebreaking single and the New York Yankees took advantage of three errors to…

BALTIMORE (AP) — For a while, the Tampa Bay Rays appeared poised to end their miserable losing streak.

When the St. Cloud Rox visited La Crosse three weeks ago, they were soundly swept in a two-game series, sent hobbling home with their winless record still intact.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee got an unexpected power surge Friday night at Miller Park.

ATLANTA (AP) — Aaron Blair's ERA keeps going up, possibly forcing the Braves to conclude it may be time to send the rookie down.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With time running out, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman isn't ready to give up on the possibility of re-signing captain Steven Stamkos.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers thought they might finally have a chance to beat the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Keon Broxton each hit home runs off Max Scherzer and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Washington 5-3 on Friday night to extend the Nationals' losing streak to a season-worst six games.

It could be said that Jimmer DeBoer is on a roll entering Sunday’s Three Rivers Golf Association event at The Golf Club at Cedar Creek.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The 40,713 fans got to cheer Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine again. Beyond that, it was another lost evening.

Of the 81 players who teed off, 66 broke par, the fifth-highest total for any round in the 37-year history of the Champions tour.

Second-round tee times and pairings for the American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Course on Saturday.

They juggled the Olympic schedule for Michael Johnson and he delivered double gold at the Atlanta Games 20 years ago. Now the IAAF and IOC have done the same for Allyson Felix as she seeks the chance to go for…

MIAMI (AP) — Rookie Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs to help the Chicago Cubs break their longest losing streak of the season at four games by beating the Miami Marlins 5-4 Friday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kristi Toliver tied a career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat Minnesota 94-76 on Friday night, ending the defending champion Lynx's record season-opening winning streak at 13 games.