La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SONOMA, Calif. — For at least one weekend, Smoke was back.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Phillies manager Pete Mackanin saw no reason to be upset with his team following a walk-off loss to the Giants.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander looked stunned after Sunday's loss to Cleveland, and it wasn't hard to understand why.

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

SEATTLE (AP) — James Paxton just couldn't find his command against the St. Louis Cardinals.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer left Sunday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of the first inning with head and right ear discomfort.

The second-round leader finishes tied for fourth place

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA President Lisa Borders marched in New York City's pride parade Sunday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Coco Crisp and the Oakland Athletics had a chance for a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. The bullpen just couldn't hold on.

DETROIT (AP) — Lonnie Chisenhall had four hits, including one of Cleveland's four home runs off Justin Verlander in the fifth inning, and the streaking Indians won their ninth straight game Sunday by beating Detroit 9-3 to remain unbeaten in…

Former Aquinas High School football coach Dan Coughlin has been selected to be part of the 2017 induction class to the WFCA Hall of Fame. Names were officially released on Sunday.

It's the fifth Champion Tour title for Triplett

MIAMI (AP) — It's late June and the Cubs are in first place, which means it must be time to talk about averting a collapse.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays had just completed a winless road trip, and the clubhouse was still and silent as the players packed for home.

SEATTLE (AP) — Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham each homered twice as the St. Louis Cardinals went deep six times in an 11-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

DENVER (AP) — Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 9-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Clay Buchholz allowed the first six Texas batters to reach in his second start since a brief demotion to the bullpen, and walked a season-high five.

MILWAUKEE — 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 at Miller Park.

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.