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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Baseball teams in the NCAA Tournament already have hit more home runs in regional play than in the entire 2015 tournament. There were 159 homers hit in 91 games through Sunday. That compares to 150 hit in 136 tournament games through the College World Series last year.
This year’s total also is the highest since new bat standards went into effect in 2011. This is the second season a flat-seam ball has been used. The new ball was put into play to increase the amount of offense in the college game. In 2014, the last year for the raised-seam ball, a total of 87 home runs were hit in 139 tournament games.
Clemson led the regionals with 12 home runs in four games before being eliminated Sunday.
The Cardinals optioned second baseman Kolten Wong to Memphis (AAA) following Sunday night’s 6-3 win over San Francisco. The move opens up space on the team’s 25-man active roster for the anticipated activation off the disabled list of infielder Jhonny Peralta.
Wong, 25, appeared in 49 games, starting 35, with St. Louis this season, batting .222 (28-126).
Peralta injured his left thumb on March 5 during a Spring Training game and underwent surgery shortly after to repair ligament damage. He played nine games during an injury rehabilitation assignment with stops in Single-A Peoria (five games, 3-for-13), Double-A Springfield (one game, 0-for-2) and High-A Palm Beach (three games, 3-for-11).
2016 IHSBCA Baseball Rankings
June 5 Rankings
Class 4A (Record on June 5)
1. Iowa City, West (7-2)
2. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines (5-0)
3. Valley, West Des Moines (3-1)
4. Cedar Rapids, Prairie (9-0)
5. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson (5-3)
6. Johnston (7-1)
7. Urbandale (6-2)
8. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy (7-2)
9. Mason City (7-2)
10. Waukee (4-2)
Others:
Lewis Central (5-2); Cedar Falls (5-2); Ankeny Centennial (3-1); Muscatine (8-2); Fort Dodge (4-4)
Class 3A (Record on June 5)
1. Pella (7-1)
2. Harlan (6-2)
3. Wahlert, Dubuque (8-2)
4. Davenport, Assumption (5-2)
5. Central DeWitt (7-2)
6. Fairfield (6-2)
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (6-3)
8. Saydel (7-0)
9. Boone (7-1)
10. Estherville Lincoln Central (9-0)
Others:
Vinton-Shellsburg (4-4); Benton Community (7-3); Waverly-Shell Rock (3-3); Mount Vernon (4-4); Dallas Center-Grimes (2-4)
Class 2A (Record on June 5)
1. Clear Lake (7-1)
2. Wilton (12-0)
3. New Hampton (7-2)
4. Hinton (4-1)
5. Treynor (5-1)
6. Monticello (6-1)
7. Van Meter (5-0)
8. Roland-Story (8-2)
9. Northeast, Goose Lake (6-3)
10. Beckman, Dyersville (5-3)
Others:
Mediapolis (5-2); Dike-New Hartford (9-0); Pleasantville (4-3); Southeast Valley (6-3); Saint Ansgar (6-2)
Class 1A (Record on June 5)
1. Newman Catholic, Mason City (6-2)
2. Don Bosco, Gilbertville (9-1)
3. West Sioux, Hawarden (7-0)
4. Coon Rapids-Bayard (6-2)
5. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (6-0)
6. Alburnett (7-2)
7. North Linn (10-3)
8. Jesup (6-1)
9. Lawton-Bronson (8-1)
10. St. Mary’s, Remsen (3-2)
Others:
St. Edmond, Fort Dodge (5-2); Akron-Westfield (8-2); North Tama (6-2); BGM, Brooklyn (6-2); Glidden-Ralston (6-4); Audubon (6-1)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Aledmys Diaz, Matt Adams and Yadier Molina each had an RBI during a four-run sixth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals came from behind for the second straight game to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Sunday night.
The tiebreaking run came on an RBI fielder’s choice with the bases loaded by Molina, who entered the at-bat in an 0-for-20 skid. Shortstop Brandon Crawford made an error on the play when he dropped the ball on the exchange trying to flip to second to start a double play.
Carlos Martinez (6-5) allowed three runs in six innings and Matt Carpenter had three hits and an RBI for St. Louis. Trevor Rosenthal earned his 10th save in 11 chances. Giants manager Bruce Bochy used three relievers in the sixth trying to preserve the lead for Jake Peavy (2-6), who missed a chance at his 150th career victory.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Scott McCarron won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory. The 50-year-old McCarron finished at 15-under 201 at Wakonda Club to edge Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Andrade. Making his 17th start on the 50-and-over tour, McCarron won for the first time since taking the 2001 Bellsouth Classic for the last of his three PGA Tour titles.
Andrade had a 68 after shooting a course-record 63 on Saturday. Jimenez shot a 67. Duffy Waldorf (67) and Joe Durant (71) tied for fourth at 11 under, and Tom Lehman (71) and Senior PGA winner Rocco Mediate (70) were 10 under.
(Click on the Score to view individual results. Winning team members are listed first.)
Class 1A Championship: – Waterloo Columbus 5, Creston/Orient-Macksburg 0
Class 1A 3rd Place – Decorah 5, Camanche 1
Class 2A Championship: Cedar Rapids Prairie 5, Pleasant Valley 3
Class 2A Third Place: Urbandale 5, Boone 4
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Billy Andrade shot a course-best 9-under 63 at Glen Oaks in Des Moines for a share of the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Andrade broke the course record of 64 set by Bart Bryant in 2013 and matched by Bill Glasson in 2014
Joe Durant and Todd Hamilton share first with Andrade at 10-under, two strokes ahead of Miguel Angel Jimenez and Tom Lehman.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Aledmys Diaz lined a tying, three-run shot off the foul pole in the fifth inning, one of four homers in a span of nine at-bats against Jeff Samardzija, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Saturday night.
Brandon Moss got the long-ball binge started with his 11th leading off the fifth. Stephen Piscotty and Matt Adams hit consecutive homers in a matter of three pitches to open the sixth for a 6-4 cushion. The rally rescued Michael Wacha, who left trailing 4-0 after five seemingly on track for a seventh consecutive loss. Wacha has allowed 23 earned runs in his last 23 innings.
Samardzija (7-4) had given up five homers in 80 innings all season, and just one in his previous five outings. He opened with four routine innings, permitting three singles and no runner past first base. Tyler Lyons (2-0), Seung Hwan Oh and Kevin Siegrist each worked a hitless inning before Trevor Rosenthal set the side down in order in the ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances.
Akron-Westfield 1, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 16, Bishop Garrigan, Algona 5 (CYO Tourney)
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 6, Gehlen Catholic, LeMars 2 (CYO)
Clear Lake 14, Lewis Central 8
Coon Rapids-Bayard 4, ADM, Adel 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 4, Pleasantville 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3, Bondurant-Farrar 2
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 4, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3
Lewis Central 7, Fort Dodge 6
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8, River Valley, Correctionville 7
Missouri Valley 21, East Mills 6
Missouri Valley 7, Red Oak 0
Newell-Fonda 10, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 3
Nodaway Valley 13, Orient-Macksburg 6
Pleasantville 11, ADM, Adel 6 (8 innings)
Southeast Polk 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2
Treynor 13, East Mills 6
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