In Brief
La Roche reaches D-III semifinalsAPPLETON, Wisc. — La Roche College's record-setting baseball season ended with a 5-4, 10-inning loss to Keystone College in the NCAA Division III national semifinals Monday.The Redhawks were 42-12 this season — a school record win total — under head coach Chase Rowe, a Knoch High School and Slippery Rock University graduate.Butler graduate Colin Williamson completed his senior season at La Roche with a .351 batting average, six homers, 14 doubles and 32 RBI.
SRU's Walters gets 2nd A-A honorSLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University sophomore designated hitter Tyler Walters has received his second All-America honor, being named to the American Baseball Coaches Association second team.The Saegertown native hit .439 this season with 42 runs, 12 homers and 45 RBI in 46 games.Only one other PSAC West player — Seton Hill first baseman Zac Heide — made the team. He was a third-team selection.
Betts hits 3 HRs in Red Sox victoryBALTIMORE — For one glorious night, Mookie Betts discarded his label as leadoff hitter and slipped into the role of slugger.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.
Commissioner needed for college footballDESTIN, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban wants a college football commissioner.Speaking at the Southeastern Conference annual meetings, Saban said satellite camps are “bad for college football” and added “there needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big Ten or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football — the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players and the people that play it. That’s bigger than all of this.”
Tigers’ Rodriguez contracted Zika virusDetroit Tigers closer Francisco Rodriguez says he contracted the Zika virus over the offseason in Venezuela and advises potential Olympic athletes to educate themselves on the virus before heading to Rio de Janeiro.Rodriguez told ESPN.com that he wouldn’t blame athletes for skipping the Olympics, and that “if they have plans to have kids, you’ve got to think about it.”
Collison arrested on domestic chargeGRANITE BAY, Calif. — Sacramento Kings point guard Darren Collison was arrested on a charge of domestic violence after deputies responded to a report of a woman being assaulted inside a California home, authorities said.
