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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miles Mikolas outpitched Max Scherzer, Marcell Ozuna had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 for their fifth straight win. Jose Martinez drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 11. Washington has lost the first three games of the series and six of their last seven overall, and fell to 12-17.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kelvin Gutierrez hit his first big league homer, Kansas City pounded AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell for the second time in a week, and the Royals routed the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 to wrap up a doubleheader sweep. Adalberto Mondesi homered in the opener to help Kansas City to a 3-2 victory. The finale of the four-game series is Thursday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Kansas to remember a Washburn University football player who was killed in a shooting that also wounded a friend who had been drafted hours earlier by the New York Giants. The Kansas City Star reports that coach Craig Schurig said at Tuesday’s vigil for 23-year-old Dwane Simmons that the football field was his “piece of heaven.” The university plans to create a scholarship in his name.