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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kyle Schwarber says he’s not surprised the Chicago Cubs demoted him, saying that “the numbers spoke for themselves.” Schwarber’s October return following a knee injury helped fuel Chicago’s first World Series title in 108 years, but he was sent down to Triple-A Iowa on Thursday after hitting .171 in 64 games this season.
Schwarber joined Iowa in time for Monday’s home game against New Orleans, where he was scheduled to hit third and play left field. Schwarber says the Cubs haven’t given him a timeline for when he might rejoin them. He says he’s looking to recapture what made him successful in the first place.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Randal Grichuk and Jedd Gyorko each homered and drove in three runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 on Monday. It was a makeup for an April 29 game that was postponed because of severe weather.
Grichuk hit his second homer in two games since being recalled from Triple-A. The two-run drive in the fourth inning was his sixth of the season. Michael Wacha (4-3), who began the day with an 8.17 ERA over his last seven starts, limited the Reds to one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Brandon Finnegan (1-1) was activated off the disabled list after missing more than two months because of a shoulder problem. The lefty exited in the fourth with a strained left triceps. Finnegan gave up three runs in the first inning. He allowed three hits and four walks overall.
After tying for the SEC regular season championship LSU and Florida collide for the national championship beginning tonight (Monday night) in Omaha. The Tigers and Gators play game one of the best-of-three championship round of the College World Series in TD Ameritrade Park. The Gators took two of three games from the Tigers way back in March.
Florida advanced with a 3-0 win over TCU on Saturday night and the Gators have relied on pitching and defense to reach the title round.The Gators are 18-7 in one run games.
(Learfield Sports)
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Randal Grichuk homered in his return to the majors, Yadier Molina had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 last night. Grichuk, who was sent to the minors on May 29 after struggling with consistency, had two hits — including his solo homer in the sixth inning — and scored twice.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning a day after saying he was dealing with anxiety issues, and Toronto avoided a sweep by beating the Kansas City Royals 8-2 yesterday. Jose Bautista homered and drove in a season-high four runs and Francisco Liriano earned his 100th career victory.
CHICAGO (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, Adam Rosales and Matt Joyce hit back-to-back homers in the ninth, and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 yesterday. Gray picked up his first win since May 24.
MIAMI (AP) — The Chicago Cubs wasted a fine pitching performance by Mike Montgomery, stranding 11 runners and allowing three unearned runs to lose yesterday to the Miami Marlins, 4-2. Edinson Volquez gave up five hits and five walks in five innings, but he stranded eight runners and departed with a 3-2 lead.
Bedford 5, Stanton 2
Boyer Valley 2, West Monona 1
CAM, Anita 17, Nodaway Valley 3
Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 14, Creston 1
Central Decatur, Leon 4, Mount Ayr 3
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 8, Treynor 7
Earlham 13, Central Decatur, Leon 4
Griswold 3, Stanton 2
IKM-Manning 13, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 2
Indianola 7, Winterset 6
Lewis Central 4, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2
Lewis Central 5, Sioux City, North 3
Lewis Central 6, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 4
Logan-Magnolia 12, Van Meter 3
Newell-Fonda 12, Denison-Schleswig 2
Nodaway Valley 12, ACGC 1
Nodaway Valley 15, Orient-Macksburg 1
North Union 8, Denison-Schleswig 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4, Treynor 3
Sidney 4, Central Decatur, Leon 3
Stanton 5, Fremont-Mills 1
Treynor 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0
Tri-Center, Neola 4, CAM, Anita 3
Van Meter 16, CAM, Anita 4
Van Meter 23, Orient-Macksburg 0
West Monona 14, Charter Oak-Ute 13
Westwood, Sloan 13, Charter Oak-Ute 1
Westwood, Sloan 9, Trinity Christian, Hull 3
Winterset 8, Martensdale-St Marys 6
Greene County 5, Spencer 1 (Kuemper Invite)
Greene County 9, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 2 (Kuemper invite)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 6, Carroll 2
Lewis Central 3, Sioux City, West 1
Saydel 12, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1
South Hamilton, Jewell 13, ACGC 9
Southeast Valley 8, ACGC 2
Spencer 4, Carroll 1
Treynor 13, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1 (5 innings)
Treynor 8, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 3
Winterset 3, Pleasantville 2
Woodward-Granger 5, Creston 1
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison homered and starter Gerrit Cole pitched six innings, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday night. Cole extended his winning streak to three games, allowing five hits and one run with five strikeouts and two walks. Slumping St. Louis has dropped eight of its last 11.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jason Vargas earned his major league-leading 11th victory, pitching seven efficient innings to lead the surging Kansas City Royals over the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Saturday. The Royals won for the 11th time in 13 games.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) —Michael Papierski homered from both sides of the plate and LSU beat the Oregon State 6-1 Saturday to reach the College World Series finals. Caleb Gilbert held the Number 1 national seed Beavers to two hits in seven and one third innings in Omaha. The Tigers beat the Beavers 3-1 on Friday to force the second game.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Alex Faedo pitched three-hit ball for seven and one third shutout innings in a second straight strong performance against TCU, and Florida moved to the College World Series finals with a 3-0 win Saturday night. Number 3 national seed Florida will play Number 4 seed LSU in the best-of-three finals beginning Monday night.
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Rookie William Byron grabbed the lead with just over 20 laps and won the NASCAR Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway night for first series victory. A seven-time winner last year in the Truck Series, Byron, broke through just a week after an agonizingly close loss to Denny Hamlin at Michigan.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison homered and starter Gerrit Cole pitched six innings, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
Cole (6-6) extended his winning streak to three games, allowing five hits and one run with five strikeouts and two walks. In Cole’s four losing starts from May 22 through June 8, he surrendered 23 runs in 19 1/3 innings. Since then, he has reeled off three solid starts. Before Saturday, he allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings in each of his previous two starts.
Pittsburgh has won four of its last six games. Slumping St. Louis has dropped eight of its last 11. The 33-40 start for the Cardinals is their worst since 2007.
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