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Midwest/National Sports Headlines: 4/16/18

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April 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Martinez struck out a season-high 11 batters in seven shutout innings and Harrison Bader’s two-run home run helped the St. Louis Cardinals complete their first four-game sweep in Cincinnati since 1949 with a 3-2 win. The Reds are 2-13 for the first time since the 1931 Reds won two of their first 19 games.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels game with Japanese star Shohei Ohtani scheduled to pitch at Kansas City was postponed because of cold temperatures. The game will be made up on June 25 in Kansas City.

UNDATED (AP) — University of Oklahoma President David Boren is expected to make a full recovery after having a minor stroke minutes before the unveiling of a statue honoring former Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops on Saturday. The school sent the update in a statement on Sunday. It said Boren is expected to be released from the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City in the coming days. The 76-year-old Boren was a U.S. senator and Oklahoma governor before becoming the university’s president in 1994.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — After 15 spring practices, Chris Ash is still searching for a quarterback at Rutgers and he doesn’t expect to name a starter until a couple of weeks before the season opens. It’s no different than what he said when camp opened, even though freshman Artur Sitkowski gave the Scarlet Knights’ third-year coach a lot to think about in the annual spring game on Saturday.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The most important guy on Florida’s sideline during the spring game wasn’t coach Dan Mullen or quarterback Feleipe Franks. It’s strength and conditioning coordinator Nick Savage. He’s more critical to the program’s planned turnaround than anyone on the field. Savage has been working behind the scenes to return the Gators to form and could be the key to making them function. The early results show what Florida had been doing wrong and what Savage is doing right.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina star A’ja Wilson is chronicling her path from the end of her college career to the start of her WNBA career, including getting drafted. She’s projected as the top pick to Las Vegas in Thursday’s draft. She’s in New York this week ahead of her likely selection, hanging at the WNBA offices and going through rookie orientation.