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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered to start a ninth-inning rally and Yadier Molina ended it with a single to drive in the winning run, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Greg Holland is out as the Cardinals’ closer and Bud Norris is in. John Mozeliak, the team’s president of baseball operations, made the announcement. The Cardinals signed Holland to a one-year, $14 million deal on opening day and the three-time All-Star is 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA in 10 appearances. He has one blown save. Norris has five saves in five opportunities with a 2.03 ERA.

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Gordon hit a tying home run off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning, Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer against Brian Johnson in the 13th and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox. Jon Jay had four singles and a sacrifice fly in the 12th that put Kansas City up 4-3. But Eduardo Nunez homered against Kelvin Herrera (1-0) in the bottom half.

BOSTON (AP) — Pitcher Clay Buchholz was released from a minor league contract by the Kansas City Royals. The 33-year-old right-hander signed with the Royals in March as he attempted to return from right forearm surgery that caused him to miss most of last season. Buchholz started for Triple-A Omaha on Saturday, allowing one earned run and four hits over five inning. In two appearances with Omaha and one with Double-A Northwest Arkansas, Buchholz had a 1.13 ERA but walked seven in 16 innings.

BOSTON (AP) — Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas was not in the starting lineup against Boston, a day after he was hit by a pitch from Eduardo Rodriguez. The Royals said after Monday’s game that Moustakas had a bruised right forearm. Yost was unsure whether Moustakas would return to the lineup for Wednesday’s final of the three-game series for Thursday’s homestand opener against Detroit. Moustakas is hitting .302 with eight homers and 19 RBIs in 28 games this season.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — After completing the draft without a fullback on their roster, the Atlanta Falcons have added two candidates who were undrafted college free agents. Among the 27 undrafted players who have agreed to terms with Atlanta are fullbacks Luke McNitt of Nebraska and Daniel Marx of Stanford. Fullback was a priority position in the Falcons’ search for college free agents because 2017 starter Derrick Coleman was not re-signed.