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Midwest/Regional Sports headlines, 4/19/18

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April 19th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernandez had four hits, including a two-run home run, Curtis Granderson hit his ninth career grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays routed Kansas City 15-5 to complete a three-game sweep of the Royals. Hernandez singled and scored in the first, homered in the third, flied out in the fourth, singled in the sixth and hit a two-run triple in the seventh. It was the first four-hit game of his career. Kansas City has lost eight straight.

CHICAGO (AP) — The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs was called off Wednesday, because of wintry weather, the 25th postponement in the first three weeks of the major league season. The total matches 2007 for the most weather-related postponements through April since Major League Baseball started keeping records in 1986. The game will be made up today, beginning at 1:15, with the pre-game at 12:25 on KJAN