La Crosse Tribune Sports News

HOUSTON (AP) — Pete Rose has plenty of respect for Ichiro Suzuki.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It was quite an opportunity for Pat Dean, a chance to start a major league game against the team he grew up rooting for as a kid in Connecticut.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jake Smolinski thought he caught it. Billy Burns knew otherwise. The outfielders are able to joke about it after they came through with big at-bats.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros lamented missed opportunities after an extra-inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

The owner likes the way his team has been playing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Candace Parker had 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Phoenix Mercury 77-71 on Friday night to match the best start in WNBA history at 11-0.

The La Crosse Loggers wore a different uniform than Mackeral Jordan, a highly entertaining costume fish named after a famous hoops player who was part of between-innings entertainment Friday night at Copeland Park.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kings point guard Darren Collision has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Detroit Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer wasn't thinking about his impressive scoreless innings streak evaporating into the hot Kansas City night, not as he watched Salvador Perez's home run fly over the wall in left field.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals starter Michael Wacha can't buy a break.

HOUSTON (AP) — Eugenio Suarez hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 11th inning, and the Cincinnati Reds held on for a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Rarely humbled, David Ortiz spoke almost reverently about the company he joined with his latest career milestone.

Aquinas High School girls soccer coach James Lockley didn’t grow up wearing blue.

NEW YORK (AP) — All those positive strides Matt Harvey seemed to be making suddenly unraveled with a slew of misplaced sliders and fastballs.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka pitched eight sparkling innings, Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8-2 on Friday night.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — Prairie du Chien High School graduate Brooke Trautsch made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points to lead the North to a 78-72 win over the South in the WBCA Division 3 All-Star girls basketball game Friday…

Logan High School graduate Jordyn Kleman earned a spot on the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association’s All-State teams that were released on Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered to end Michael Fulmer's long scoreless innings streak, Yordano Ventura kept the Tigers' big bats off balance and the Kansas City Royals routed Detroit 10-3 on Friday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Starting a trip after an off day, the Colorado Rockies had an off night.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jose Quintana's lack of run support is a disappointing trend for the Chicago White Sox.