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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty struck out a career-high 13 to earn his first major league win and Tyler O’Neill homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1. Making his ninth big league start, Flaherty gave up just two hits and walked one in 7 2/3 dominant innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Austin hit a pair of two-run homers, Sonny Gray pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1 Sunday to win their eighth consecutive series. Miguel Andujar and Austin Romine added back-to-back homers in the ninth for the Yankees. Eric Skoglund was pounded for six runs over five innings for Kansas City.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The running back who won the Heisman for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against Mississippi has died. Billy Cannon was 80. LSU says Cannon died at his home in St. Francisville. Cannon led the Tigers to a national championship in 1958. The following year, his tackle-breaking 89-yard punt return led LSU to a 7-3 victory over Ole Miss. That helped Cannon win LSU’s only Heisman. He went on to play for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.

TOKEKA, Kan. (AP) — Courtney Force reached the Funny Car semifinals Sunday in the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals before dewy conditions postponed the eliminations at Heartland Motorsports Park. Force, the points leader and No. 1 qualifier, will face J.R. Todd when action resumes Monday.