ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have placed third baseman Matt Carpenter on the paternity list and recalled infielder Greg Garcia from Triple-A Memphis. Carpenter, the leadoff man, is first on the team with nine homers and 32 RBIs and is batting .250 with a .378 on-base percentage.

The 26-year-old Garcia was on the opening day roster and appeared in 10 games before being optioned to Memphis on April 17. He batted .600 (6 for 10) with a home run and two RBIs in his earlier stint with St. Louis and was batting .269 with eight RBIs in 30 games in the minors.

Garcia has been one of the team’s best pinch hitters with a career .335 average (11 for 31), including two homers.

SOFTBALL

Atlantic 4, Missouri Valley 2
Adair-Casey 10, Audubon 1
A-D-M, Adel 14, Carroll 0
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 14, Denison-Schleswig 9
Interstate 35, Truro 11, Lenox 1
Harlan 8, Bishop Heelan 0
Glidden-Ralston 13, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 0
Griswold 8, CAM 7
Logan-Magnolia 4, Charter Oak-Ute 0
Nodaway Valley 10, Stanton 0
River Valley 2, Boyer Valley 1
Shenandoah 8, Essex 2
Westwood, Sloan 12, Whiting 2

BASEBALL

Atlantic 16, Logan-Magnolia 0 (4 Innings)
Audubon 12, Adair-Casey 0 (5 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, IKM-Manning 4
Denison-Schleswig 10, Carroll 0 (Final 5 innings)
Griswold 5, CAM, Anita 1
Indianola 11, Creston 0
Interstate 35, Truro 6, Lenox 5 (8 innings)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7, Missouri Valley 5
Orient-Macksburg 9, Melcher-Dallas 8
Shenandoah 5, Red Oak 1

Boys Soccer Sub-State Semi-Finals

Class 1A Substate 7

Des Moines Christian 1, Atlantic 0
Pella Christian 2, AHSTW 1

Class 1A Substate 8

Underwood 5, Riverside 1
Tri-Center 3, St. Albert 2 (OT/PK)

Class 1A Substate 1

Kuemper Catholic 2, West Sioux 1
Unity Christian 3, MOC Floyd Valley 2 (OT)

Class 2A Substate 8

Denison-Schleswig 3, Glenwood 2
Bishop Heelan 3, Harlan 1

Class 3A Substate 8

WDM Valley 5, Lewis Central 0
Des Moines Lincoln 2, Urbandale 1

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten on the season despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Wednesday.

Arrieta (9-0) joined the White Sox’s Chris Sale as the only nine-game winners in the majors.

Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.

Arrieta became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the franchise since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.

Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two for the Cubs.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals acquired outfielder Jose Martinez from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations on Wednesday. Martinez, 27, was playing for Triple-A Omaha and has been assigned to Triple-A Memphis. He was hitting .298 with three home runs and 18 RBIs at Omaha. The Cardinals moved right-handed pitcher Mitch Harris (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Martinez on the 40-man roster.

GIRLS

Perry 7, Atlantic 1 (Trojans end regular season 5-11)
Boone 5, Carroll 2
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1
Glenwood 3, Tri-Center, Neola 2 (2OT)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5, Denison-Schleswig 3 (PKs 3-1)
Lewis Central 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV 6, Harlan 0

Softball

Carroll 8, Denison-Schleswig 5
Creston 11, Glenwood 2
IKM-Manning 11, AHSTW 0
Kuemper Catholic 8, Harlan 1
Lewis Central 9, St. Albert 5
Logan-Magnolia 13, Griswold 1
Missouri Valley 8, Tri-Center, Neola 0
Mount Ayr 16, East Mills 1
OA-BCIG 12, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 9 (8)
Panorama 16, Des Moines Christian 9
Shenandoah 3, Red Oak 2
Sidney 13, Stanton 4
Treynor 10, Riverside, Oakland 0
Underwood 16, Audubon 6

Baseball

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2, Atlantic 0
Audubon 3, Underwood 2
Creston 4, Glenwood 0
Des Moines Christian 8, Panorama, Panora 2
East Union 4, Orient-Macksburg 1
Glidden-Ralston 13, East Mills 3 (6 inn)
Glidden-Ralston 15, East Mills 3 (5 inn)
Griswold 6, Logan-Magnolia 3
Harlan 17, Kuemper Catholic 5
IKM-Manning 4, AHSTW, Avoca 0
Lewis Central 9, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 7, OA-BCIG 4
Murray 13, Lamoni 0 (6 innings)
Norwalk 3, Nodaway Valley 2
Shenandoah 13, Bedford 9
Southwest Valley 14, Essex 1
Spencer 13, Denison-Schleswig 1
Stanton 15, Sidney 3
Treynor 15, Riverside 3
Tri-Center, Neola 3, Missouri Valley 2
West Central Valley, Stuart 3, Guthrie Center 2

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The Iowa Western Community College baseball team won’t need Google Maps or GPS to find its way to Grand Junction, Colorado. The Reivers are headed to the NJCAA Division I World Series for the 10th time in the last 14 years and while the 11 and a half hour route remains the same, it never gets old. The Reivers not only have experience playing in the World Series but winning it as well. The will be in search of their fourth title since 2010.

Iowa Western plays Santa Fe College out of Florida in Saturday morning’s tournament opener. Coach Marc Rardin says the key is to not get caught up in the moment. Iowa Western is 50-13 on the season.

(Learfield Sports)