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

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich hit his fourth homer in the first inning and a two-run double in the ninth, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a dramatic 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Ben Gamel led off the ninth with a pinch-hit double and advanced on Lorenzo Cain’s infield single off reliever Jordan Hicks’ glove. Yelich then hit a liner into the gap in left-center, driving in Gamel and Cain.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Giolito took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his first start of the season, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series. Giolito walked Whit Merrifield on four pitches to begin the game, but then retired 19 straight before Alex Gordon’s single with one out in the seventh. Gordon fouled off four consecutive pitches before lining a curveball into center field.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Half of the Final Four is set and the other two teams will be decided Monday night. UConn extended its record run of consecutive appearances in the Final Four to 12 while Oregon reached its first national semifinals with victories on Sunday. Notre Dame, Baylor, Stanford and Iowa will try to join them in Tampa, Florida.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Top overall seed Baylor might actually face its first challenge of the women’s NCAA Tournament: slowing Iowa star Megan Gustafson. The nation’s leading scorer faces off against the Bears’ elite front line in an intriguing Greensboro Regional final matchup. The Bears haven’t been to the Final Four since 2012 while second-seeded Iowa hasn’t made it that far since 1993.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Auburn is going to the Final Four for the first time after knocking off Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament. Bryce Brown scored 24 points, Jared Harper and Anfernee McLemore made the plays that mattered in overtime fifth-seeded Auburn rallied from a 10-point hole to beat second-seeded Kentucky 77-71 on Sunday. Auburn beat bluebloods Kansas and North Carolina earlier in the Midwest Region before trumping the winningest program of all in the finals.

UNDATED (AP) — It’s common for baseball’s top prospects to spend a bit of time in the minors at the beginning of the season, but the Padres and White Sox put Fernando Tatis Jr. and Eloy Jimenez on the big league roster for opening day. Tatis, a shortstop, had two hits in San Diego’s win over San Francisco. Jimenez, an outfielder, had a run and an RBI in Chicago’s loss to Kansas City.