La Crosse Tribune Sports News

NEW YORK (AP) — After tumbling into a long losing streak by coughing up late leads, the Chicago White Sox ended it by coming from behind.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner scored a season-high 21 points and the Phoenix Mercury rallied to beat the Connecticut Sun 99-90 on Tuesday night.

DEFOREST, Wis. — The Holmen High School softball team is peaking at the perfect time.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a career-high three homers and drove in five runs, and the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 on Tuesday night to open a three-game lead in the AL East.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For the first time, one of the teams competing in the Olympic Games will be made up of refugees who hail from different countries they no longer call home.

DENVER (AP) — Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon each hit two of Colorado's team record-tying seven homers, powering the Rockies to a 17-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.

KENOSHA, Wis. – The La Crosse Loggers fell behind by three runs, rallied to tie the game in the eighth, then fell 4-3 in 10 innings to the Kenosha Kingfish in the Northwoods League season opener for both teams Tuesday…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain homered and drove in four runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-5 on Tuesday night, extending their winning streak to a season-best five games.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There's no secret to the Phillies' worst stretch of baseball this season — they struggle to get enough hits.

For a short period of time, you might not have blamed Mitch Stalsberg for checking in with a heating and air conditioning expert.

Wily Peralta struggles but keeps Milwaukee in the game, only for three relievers to give up seven runs.

MADISON, Wis. — Steve Stricker gets busier as he gets older.

Mason McCoy is human after all. Off the baseball diamond, that is.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin Gausman remains in search of his first win of the season following an outing that began miserably and improved too late to matter.

TORONTO (AP) — Once again, the offense came up empty for the New York Yankees.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tampa Bay reliever Brad Boxberger left with a strained muscle in his left side in his first game back from a stint on the disabled list Tuesday night.

MIAMI (AP) — Gerrit Cole nearly matched Jose Fernandez in a game between two of the top pitchers in the National League.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Daniel Murphy hit one of four Washington home runs, Joe Ross allowed three hits in seven innings and the Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 Tuesday night for their third straight win.

NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Moore scored 25 points and the Minnesota Lynx remained unbeaten with a 79-69 win over the New York Liberty on Tuesday night.