La Crosse Tribune Sports News

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.

ATLANTA (AP) — James Loney hit a three-run homer, Travis d'Arnaud drove in three runs and the New York Mets survived Atlanta's six-run fifth inning to beat the Braves 8-6 on Friday night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Joyce homered and doubled among his three hits as Pittsburgh beat Los Angeles 8-6 on Friday night, ending the Dodgers' six-game winning streak and giving Pirates manager Clint Hurdle his 1,000th career victory.

MADISON — University Ridge Golf Course has mostly received rave reviews from PGA Champions Tour professionals as they participate in the American Family Insurance Championship.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Wil Myers drove in five runs and Melvin Upton Jr. had a pair of two-run homers on Friday night as the San Diego Padres scored in each of the first eight innings of a 13-4 victory that…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones homered to ignite a four-run sixth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles defeated Tampa Bay 6-3 on Friday night to extend the Rays' losing streak to eight games.

DETROIT (AP) — Jason Kipnis hit two of Cleveland's four triples and the Indians continued their season-long dominance of the Detroit Tigers with a 7-4 victory Friday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper has been ejected from Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

University Ridge Golf Course has mostly received rave reviews from PGA Champions Tour professionals as they participate in the American Family Insurance Championship.

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…

The Green Bay Packers have reported another year of record revenue.

NEW YORK — Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers and James Harrison will be interviewed next month by NFL officials in connection to a media report that linked them to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings gained salary-cap relief by trading veteran star Pavel Datsyuk's contract to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night at the NHL draft.

MIAMI (AP) — Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist has left his team's game at Miami after he was hit by a pitch on the left ankle.

They open the inaugural event with 9-under-par 63s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead New York to an 80-79 victory over the Chicago Sky on Friday night for the Liberty's sixth consecutive win.

A look at what's happening all around the majors on Saturday:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have placed right-hander Andrew Bailey on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain and promoted Edubray Ramos from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

CINCINNATI — More satisfying than hit No. 4,192? In some ways, it is for Pete Rose, who needed more time to get into the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame than it took to set baseball's hits record.

The Sudan native says he can't wait to learn from Milwaukee's young star.