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

DENVER (AP) — Matt Carpenter tied a St. Louis record with four doubles, pitcher Austin Gomber had a two-run infield single in a six-run first inning and the Cardinals routed the Colorado Rockies 12-3. Carpenter matched a franchise mark that Joe “Ducky” Medwick set on Aug. 4, 1937.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jason Kipnis hit an inside-the-park homer and finished with four RBIs, Edwin Encarnacion added a two-run shot and Cleveland beat Kansas City 12-5. Shane Bieber only went 5 1/3 innings, but he was good enough to help the Indians snap a four-game skid. The Royals got homers from Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez and Lucas Duda.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — True freshman Adrian Martinez has been named Nebraska’s starting quarterback for the opener against Akron. Martinez beat out redshirt freshman Tristan Gebbia in a close competition. He was the prize of Scott Frost’s first recruiting class at Nebraska, signing with the Cornhuskers after de-committing from Tennessee. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder from Fresno, California, will be the first true freshman in program history to start an opener at quarterback.

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Scott Dixon hasn’t done anything wrong the past three IndyCar races, finishing in the top five in each of them. But that hasn’t prevented his lead in the IndyCar championship chase from shrinking from 62 to 26 points over fast-finishing Alexander Rossi, or from allowing Indy 500 winner Will Power to sneak into contention.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Robert Streb won the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship to regain full PGA Tour status, beating Peter Malnati with a par on the first hole of a playoff.