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Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/10/2019

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June 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks tossed one-run ball over seven innings to continue his dominance over St. Louis, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-1 win over the Cardinals. Carlos González hit his first homer with the Cubs and Kyle Schwarber went 2 for 3 with two RBIs as Chicago completed a three-game sweep of its NL Central rivals and a 6-1 homestand. Hendricks scattered eight hits in his seven innings to win his sixth straight decision.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eloy Jiménez launched a 471-foot home run, Reynaldo López bounced back with six effective innings and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2. Yoán Moncada had four hits for the White Sox, who lost the series opener but had back-to-back solid pitching performances to take the last two games. The Royals have lost 14 straight rubber games dating to May 30, 2018.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Boston Bruins have forced Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final against St. Louis. Boston got goals from stars Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara on the way to a 5-1 blowout of the Blues in Game 6. The deciding game of the best-of-seven series will be Wednesday night in Boston.

UNDATED (AP) — Florida State coach Mike Martin will get one more shot at winning his first national championship before he retires. The Seminoles continued their improbable postseason surge with a 5-4 win over LSU in 12 innings to complete a two-game super regional sweep. Michigan returning to CWS for first time since 1984. Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and Mississippi State also win super regionals to advance. Louisville earned a CWS spot Saturday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Steve Torrence earned his fifth straight Top Fuel victory, beating his father Billy Torrence at the NHRA Heartland Nationals. The younger Torrence _ the defending world champion _ raced his dragster to a run of 3.750 seconds at 326.16 mph, while the elder Torrence finished in 3.678 at 326 mph. Robert Hight won the Funny Car event in the 10th of 24 events on the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.