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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, Matt Carpenter homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-0. Flaherty allowed just two hits while striking out seven in five innings, but he walked three and hit two batters and was pulled after throwing 97 pitches. John Brebbia gave up two hits in a scoreless sixth to earn his first major league win. Austin Gomber, Jordan Hicks and Bud Norris each pitched a hitless inning to end the Cardinals’ four-game losing streak.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez left in the top of the third inning against the Cardinals after being hit in the left elbow by a pitch from St. Louis starter Jack Flaherty. Baez, who leads the Cubs with 14 home runs, was replaced by Addison Russell.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros won their 11th straight game, finishing off a dominant 10-0 road trip by rallying past the Kansas City Royals 7-4. The World Series champion Astros swept their swing through Texas, Oakland and Kansas City, outscoring opponents 74-35. Last season, Houston had an 11-game winning streak end in Kansas City. This time, the Astros trailed 4-3 in the eighth inning before Correa led off with a tying homer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi is back with the Kansas City Royals as part of a roster shuffle. The Royals made six moves before playing Houston. Mondesi, the first player to make his major league debut in a World Series game, was recalled from Triple-A Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gabe Holt hit a tiebreaking single in the fifth inning and drove in an insurance run in the ninth, leading Texas Tech to a stunning 6-3 win over defending national champion Florida in the College World Series. The Red Raiders won their CWS opener for the first time in their three appearances. They did it against the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and a first-round draft pick in starting pitcher Brady Singer.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Luke Bonfield hit the go-ahead home run in the fifth inning and Arkansas broke open the game with an eight-run sixth on its way to an 11-5 win over Texas in the College World Series. The Razorbacks scored double-digit runs for the fourth time in six NCAA Tournament wins and had their highest total in 28 CWS games. The Longhorns lost their third straight Omaha opener since 2011.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Justin Allgaier won all three stages and the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway for his second victory of the season. Allgaier led 182 of 250 laps and survived an unlucky late caution by winning the restart.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Justin Allgaier won all three stages and the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway for his second victory of the season. Racing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in JR Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro, Allgaier led 182 of 250 laps and survived an unlucky late caution by winning the restart.

Allgaier also won last month at Dover. He has seven career victories — but few of those runs were as dominant as the one Allgaier pulled off in the searing heat on Iowa’s short track. Despite Allgaier’s dominance, Christopher Bell made him work to keep the lead throughout the final stage — at times closing to within a tenth of a second of taking the lead — before finishing second.

Daniel Hemric was third, followed by Cole Custer and Brandon Jones, and Riley Herbst was sixth in his series debut. Points leader Elliott Sadler lost a tire at the end of stage one. He finished 28th and saw his lead dwindle to just four points.

Fort Dodge Tournament

Atlantic 5, Bishop Heelan 0
Columbus Catholic 1, Atlantic 0
Clear Creek-Amana 2, Harlan 1
Newell-Fonda 3, Sioux City East 2
Sioux City East 3, Harlan 2

ACGC Tournament

Boyer Valley 14, Audubon 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Audubon 4
MVAOCOU 10, Boyer Valley 5
MVAOCOU 4, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Panorama 11, Audubon 0
Panorama 9, West Harrison 2
Underwood 5, Coon Rapids-Bayard 3
Underwood 11, Panorama 8
West Harrison 8, MVAOCOU 7

Denison-Schleswig Tournament

Denison-Schleswig 11, Sioux City North 2
Denison-Schleswig 10, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9
Logan-Magnolia 15, Sioux City North 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6, Logan-Magnolia 5

Griswold Tournament

Exira/EHK 12, Southwest Valley 1
Griswold 22, Southwest Valley 0
Consolation: Mount Ayr 10, Exira/EHK 0
Championship: Mount Ayr 9, Griswold 6

Kuemper Catholic Tournament

East Sac County 4, Kuemper Catholic 1
East Sac County 4, Glidden-Ralston 3
Kuemper Catholic 8, Glidden-Ralston 7

Martensdale-St. Marys Tournament

Southeast Valley 4, Martensdale-St. Marys 2
Webster City 12, Martensdale-St. Marys 10

Orient-Macksburg Tournament

East Union 12 Diagonal 0
Lenox 2 Murray 1
Nodaway Valley 11 Melcher-Dallas 2
Consolation: Diagonal 17, Mormon Trail 5
Consolation: East Union 13, Orient-Macksburg 2
3rd Place: Melcher-Dallas 8, Murray 7
Championship: Lenox 12, Nodaway Valley 0

Oskaloosa Tournament

Albia 13, Creston 0
Knoxville 8, Creston 7

Shenandoah Tournament

Shenandoah 12, Stanton 0
Shenandoah 14, Missouri Valley 4
Missouri Valley 16, Stanton 4

Thomas Jefferson Tournament

CB Abraham Lincoln 15, Sidney 3
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Bedford 10
Earlham 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 3
Earlham 10, St. Albert 0
Glenwood 8, Sidney 5
Glenwood 10, Central Decatur 1
Lewis Central 9, Bedford 1
Lewis Central 14, Fremont-Mills 7
St. Albert 12, Fremont-Mills 1
Thomas Jefferson 7, Central Decatur 5
9th Place: Sidney 11, Fremont-Mills 0
7th Place: Central Decatur 13, Bedford 1
5th Place: Thomas Jefferson 12, St. Albert 2
3rd Place: Lewis Central 10, Abraham Lincoln 0
Championship: Earlham 6, Glenwood 5

Burlington 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Clarinda 19, East Mills 4
Glenwood 10, ADM 7
Glenwood 6, LeMars 4
Norwalk 5, Creston 3
Sioux City North 7, Lewis Central 4
St. Albert 10, Clear Lake 2
Waukee 12, CB Abraham Lincoln 3
West Harrison 10, West Monona 9 (WH Tournament)
West Harrison 13, Sidney 2 (WH Tournament)

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

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Addison Russell and Jason Heyward homered and Ian Happ’s double broke a 3-all tie as the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings, snapping a career-high three game losing streak. Brandon Morrow got the last three outs for his 16th save in 17 chances. Chicago trailed 2-0 and then 3-2 before Kyle Schwarber’s RBI single in the fifth tied the score and Happ’s double in the seventh put the Cubs ahead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Houston Astros won their 10th straight game, with Dallas Keuchel getting three-run homers from Max Stassi and Alex Bregman to rout the Kansas City Royals 10-2. Jose Altuve hit a two-run double in the first inning to send the World Series champions on their way. The Astros had an 11-game win streak last season that ended in Kansas City. The Royals have lost five in a row and are just 2-12 since the calendar flipped to June.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals outfielder Jorge Soler will miss at least six weeks after breaking a bone in his left foot while leaving the batter’s box in Kansas City’s series opener against Houston. Soler had provided some much-needed punch to a struggling Kansas City offense. He’s third on the team with a .265 average, nine homers and 28 RBIs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — North Carolina knocked Oregon State ace Luke Heimlich out of the game during a five-run third inning and went on to beat the Beavers 8-6 in the opening game of the College World Series. The Tar Heels used six pitchers in a four-and-a-half-hour slog in 95-degree heat. They turned back threats from one of the nation’s most potent offenses in the sixth and seventh innings.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Luke Alexander’s drive to right field got past Christian Jones in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Hunter Stovall to score from second base and give Mississippi State a 1-0 win over Washington in the College World Series. It was the Bulldogs’ third walk-off win, and fourth on their last at-bat, in their last eight NCAA Tournament games.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck Series race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway, his hometown track. The 25-year-old Moffitt is from nearby Grimes.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It took nearly 4 1/2 hours in 95-degree heat to play the opening game of the College World Series. Time flew for North Carolina coach Mike Fox. He was having fun. The Tar Heels knocked out Oregon State ace Luke Heimlich during a five-run third inning and went on to beat the Beavers 8-6 on Saturday.

The Tar Heels (44-18) used six pitchers in a 4-hour, 24-minute slog that was the longest nine-inning game in CWS history. They turned back threats in the sixth and seventh innings and prevailed against an opponent they hadn’t faced since losing to the Beavers in the 2006 and ’07 CWS finals.

The Beavers were uncharacteristically sloppy while losing their third straight game over two years in Omaha. Carolina scored on a passed ball, and the Beavers committed three errors after making one in their first five NCAA Tournament games.
Then there was Heimlich (16-2), the two-time Pac-12 pitcher of the year who lasted just 2 1/3 innings — his shortest start in two years.
GRIEVING TAR HEELS
Fox said his team played with a heavy heart after learning former North Carolina pitcher Zach Attianese and his father died in a car accident in Michigan on Friday night. Attianese left after his freshman year in 2017, pitched at a junior college and was committed to playing at Florida State next season.
UP NEXT
North Carolina plays the Mississippi State-Washington winner on Monday night. Oregon State meets the Mississippi State-Washington loser on Monday.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Brett Moffitt won the NASCAR Truck series race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway, his hometown track. The 25-year-old Moffitt, from nearby Grimes, led 76 laps for his second victory of the season in the No. 16 truck. He started 16th, the lowest spot on the grid for a race winner in 2018.

Noah Gragson was second. He briefly passed Moffitt on the final lap, but his bold effort on the back stretch sent him into the wall and allowed Moffitt to cross first. Harrison Burton was third, followed by David Gilliland. Johnny Sauter, who was seeking his third straight win, was fifth.

John Hunter Nemechek and Stewart Friesen, the first two stage winners, were caught in a multi-car wreck early in the final stage that knocked each of them out of contention.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State and local officials in Nebraska have announced an effort to combat sex trafficking in Omaha during the NCAA Men’s College World Series this month. The Omaha World-Herald reports that a panel of officials — including Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, Gov. Pete Ricketts and state Attorney General Doug Peterson — introduced Thursday the Not On My Watch effort. Volunteers will pass out informational cards around TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, where the series is played. A message is already being regularly displayed on a large electronic billboard in the area listing indicators of someone trafficking a victim.

According to the Women’s Fund of Omaha, which is leading the effort, 900 people are sold for sex online in Nebraska every month. The group says about 75 percent show signs of being trafficked.

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