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

DENVER (AP) — Pinch-hitter Matt Holliday launched his first home run of the season in the seventh inning, Carlos Gonzalez sparked an eight-run eighth with a tiebreaking double and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 in a matchup of NL playoff contenders. The loss snapped St. Louis’ nine-game road winning streak. The surging Cardinals had won four straight and eight of 10 overall.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy decided against using starters in what is normally a dress rehearsal preseason game, and backup quarterback Chase Daniel made like a starter by leading three first-half touchdown drives in a 27-20 victory over Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rookie Heath Fillmyer pitched six strong innings, Lucas Duda homered and the Kansas City Royals beat Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians 7-1. Fillmyer limited the AL Central leaders to three hits and two walks, striking out three, as the Indians lost their fourth straight, matching their longest skid of the season. Kansas City pounded out 14 hits, nine against Kluber, who went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs with two walks and six strikeouts.

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Will Power got the fuel strategy right to win Saturday night’s IndyCar race at Gateway Motorsports Park, giving team owner Roger Penske another win at the track and keeping his championship hopes alive. The Indy 500 winner took a splash of fuel late in the race, allowing Power to go wide open. That was enough to stay in front of Alexander Rossi, who tried to conserve fuel for more than 60 laps and wound up making one less stop to finish second.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Yohan Croizet scored his second MLS goal and Johnny Russell had two assists to help Sporting Kansas City beat Minnesota United 2-0. Tim Melia had eight saves in his fourth consecutive shutout and career-best 11th of the season.