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Midwest Sports Headlines: 7/24/18

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July 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cardinals starter Daniel Poncedeleon was sensational 14 months after suffering a severe head injury, throwing no-hit ball for seven innings before Eugenio Suarez led the Cincinnati Reds’ rally in the ninth for a 2-1 victory. The 26-year-old right-hander was hit on the right temple by a line drive while pitching for Triple-A Memphis on May 9 last year, fracturing his skull and causing bleeding in the brain. He had emergency surgery followed by months of slow recovery.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jim Adduci delivered a two-run double in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run on James McCann’s double as the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. After Adduci’s double off Brandon Maurer tied it, Jason Hamel replaced Maurer and gave up a first-pitch RBI double to McCann, his third hit, to put the Tigers ahead.

CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Frost thinks he can return Nebraska to its lofty status as one of college football’s marquee programs by incorporating some of the same principles that former coach Tom Osborne used while Frost played quarterback for the Cornhuskers. Frost looks quite comfortable back at his alma mater after a successful stint with Central Florida.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa football player faces a public intoxication charge after police say he drunkenly mistook a police car for an Uber. University police say 22-year-old Brady Reiff was arrested in Iowa City around 2 a.m. Saturday. According to police records, Reiff tried to open the front and rear doors of the parked cruiser. An officer says when he asked Reiff what he was doing, Reiff told him he was looking for a ride.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jacksonville State is the preseason pick to win the Ohio Valley Conference as the Gamecocks chase their fifth consecutive league title. OVC coaches and sports information directors gave Jacksonville State 14 of their 18 first-place votes in their preseason poll. Austin Peay got the other four first-place votes and was picked second.