ST. LOUIS (AP) – Cardinals pitching prospect Marco Gonzales won’t throw for about three weeks because of a shoulder injury. St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak said Tuesday an MRI showed the 23-year-old left-hander has an impingement. Gonzales is on the roster of Triple-A Memphis, and he skipped a start in late April.

Mozeliak says Gonzales will be re-evaluated in a week to 10 days. Selected with the 19th overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft, Gonzales was among the spring-training contenders for the fifth starting. Gonzales was 4-2 with a 4.19 ERA in five starts for St. Louis last year and pitched in relief in the postseason. He is 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA in six minor league starts this year.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jaime Garcia won for the first time in nearly a year, working six solid innings, and Randal Grichuk homered for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Tuesday night. Grichuk and Jhonny Peralta had two RBIs each for the Cardinals, who are a major league-best 30-16. Garcia (1-1) hadn’t won since June 15 at home against the Nationals.

Rookie Yasmany Tomas had two doubles and three RBIs for Arizona, but also made two big outs. He struck out against Matt Belisle with the bases loaded to end the seventh and hit a ground ball for the final out with the tying runs in scoring position against Seth Maness, who earned his third save in four chances. Nick Ahmed homered for the Diamondbacks, who have lost eight of their last nine against St. Louis.

Matt Adams of the St. Louis Cardinals strained his right quadriceps while running out a double in the fifth inning and has been removed from the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Adams grabbed his right hip area rounding first base after his hit off reliever Vidal Nuno on Tuesday night. Mark Reynolds pinch ran for Adams.

A longtime coach for the Simpson College baseball team was killed in a car crash Monday night. An Iowa State Patrol crash report indicates 65-year-old Joe Blake of Indianola lost control of his vehicle around a curve shortly after 8 p.m. The car rolled and Blake, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the car. He died at the scene.

Joe Blake – Simpson College

Joe Blake, who was drafted by the New York Yankees and played in their minor league system in early 70s, was in his 30th season as the pitching coach for Simpson. All four of Blake’s sons played professional baseball, including Casey, who retired as a Los Angeles Dodger in 2011. Ben Blake, also Joe’s son, is the head baseball coach at Simpson.

(Learfield Sports)

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Class 1-A @ Crestwood Hills, Anita
CAM – 445
Griswold – 448
River Valley – 418
Boyer Valley – 457
Pleasantville – 360
Mt. Ayr – 443

Individuals:
Miranda Scroggie, Nishnabotna – 95
Brooklyn Wendt, CAM – 103
Marla Rossell, Griswold – 103
Morgan Ferguson, CAM – 105
Hattie Dalke, Griswold – 107
Jenna Knaack, River Valley – 101
Alyssa Trapp, River Valley – 104
Maddie Shook, Westwood – 105
Alycen Knaack, River Valley – 106
Makenna Thomas, River Valley – 107
Bailey Oliva, Pleasantville – 87
Alli Friday, Pleasantville – 90
Hannah Gordon, Pleasantville – 91
Avari Heinz-Pence, Pleasantville – 92
Tessa Shields, Mt. Ayr – 93

Class 3-A @ 5 x 80, Menlo:
Atlantic – 384
Shenandoah – 424
Centerville – 401
Nevada – 421

Individuals:
Brooke Newell, Atlantic – 89
Erin Olsen, Atlantic – 91
Anna Carlson, Shenandoah – 94
Sarah Fixmer, Atlantic – 96
Sabrina Hernandez, Southwest Iowa – 96
Katie Jenkins, Gilbert – 92
Amy Stock, Bondurant-Farrar – 93
Claire Ausman, Nevada – 93
Madeline McDonald, Centerville – 95
Leah Scott, Centerville – 99

Class 1-A:

1. Alburnett
2. Mason City Newman Catholic
3. Van Buren
4. Martensdale-St. Marys
5. Pleasantville
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard
7. St. Albert
8. Logan-Magnolia
9. Lisbon
10. Lenox

Class 2-A:

1. Clear Lake
2. Beckman Catholic
3. Cascade
4. Wilton
5. Treynor
6. New Hampton
7. Hinton
8. Mount Vernon
9. Kuemper Catholic
10. Iowa City Regina

Class 3-A:

1. Davenport Assumption
2. Dallas Center-Grimes
3. Fairfield
4. Norwalk
5. Pella
6. Central DeWitt
7. Cedar Rapids Xavier
8. Denison-Schleswig
9. Harlan
10. Carroll

Class 4-A:

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2. Johnston
3. Sioux City North
4. Waukee
5. Southeast Polk
6. Iowa City West
7. WDM Valley
8. Des Moines East
9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson
10. Dowling Catholic

Baseball:

• Harlan 4, Carroll 0 (5 innings)
• Martensdale-St. Marys 3, Guthrie Center 2

Softball:

• Harlan 11, Underwood 3

For the first time since 1990 the Iowa baseball team is headed to an NCAA Regional. The Hawkeyes are the two-seed in a regional hosted by Missouri State and open Friday at noon against third seeded Oregon. The Hawkeyes finished the regular season with a record of 39-16.

Iowa coach Rick Heller envisioned this day when he took the job two years ago and is not surprised it happened this quickly. Heller says it was no fluke and the Hawkeyes earned their bid to the tournament.

Host and top seeded Missouri State will host Canisius in the other first round game.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jhonny Peralta hit a game-ending homer in the 10th inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
Peralta’s leadoff drive to left on a 1-2 pitch from J.C. Ramirez (1-1) was his fourth career game-winning homer. The Cardinals improved to 4-1 in five extra-inning home games in May, including a sweep against the Pirates at the beginning of the month.

Mark Trumbo hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth for Arizona, but the Diamondbacks stranded five the last two innings. The Cardinals wasted two hits to open the ninth when Ramirez struck out Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday and Matt Adams.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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