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Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/8/18

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June 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas rebounded from his first loss of the season to pitch three-hit ball over seven innings and lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Miami Marlins 4-1. Mikolas allowed an unearned run, struck out five and walked one, improving to 7-1 and lowering his ERA to 2.27. Jordan Hicks and Bud Norris finished the four-hitter. Jose Martinez and Luke Volt homered. Trevor Richards gave up three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings. He was born in Aviston, Illinois, 50 miles from St. Louis.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning to make a winner of Paul Blackburn in his first start of the season, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1. Matt Olson hit his 13th home run, Stephen Piscotty singled three times and Marcus Semien added two hits and an RBI to help the A’s to their third win in four games against the Royals over the past seven days.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernhard Langer is once again finding success on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, ranking second on the money list through 11 events. Langer enters this weekend’s Principal Charity Classic at Wakonda Club in Des Moines with 37 career victories in the series. But the German has notched just two top-10s in five tries in Iowa.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Red Schoendienst, a Hall of Fame second baseman who managed the St. Louis Cardinals to two pennants and a World Series championship in the 1960s, has died. He was 95.