ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Lester smothered St. Louis on four hits into the eighth, David Ross hit a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run seventh inning off Adam Wainwright and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 World Series lead. David Ortiz’s RBI double in the first put the Red Sox ahead until Matt Holliday hit his second home run of the Series in the fourth, ending a 16 1-3 inning Series scoreless streak for Lester dating to 2007.

Lester beat Wainwright for the second time this Series, striking out seven and walking one in 7 2-3 innings, and Koji Uehara finished the four-hitter for his second save. Wainwright allowed all three runs and eight hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and a walk. He also gave up Jacoby Ellsbury’s RBI single in the seventh.

Boston can win its third title in a decade on Wednesday night, when the Series resumes at Fenway Park

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press final Iowa high school football polls of the 2013 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A

Record Pts Prv

1. West Des Moines Dowling (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Pleasant Valley 9-0 115 2

3. Ames 9-0 106 3

4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 8-1 74 5

5. Waukee 8-1 71 4

6. West Des Moines Valley 7-2 63 8

7. Iowa City West 8-1 54 7

8. Davenport Assumption 8-1 48 9

9. Urbandale 7-2 31 10

10. Bettendorf 7-2 13 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Iowa City High 6. 12, Southeast Polk 2. 13, Sioux City East 1. 13, Cedar Rapids Washington 1.

Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Sioux City Heelan (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Decorah 9-0 113 2

3. Pella 9-0 105 3

4. Clear Lake 9-0 91 4

5. Harlan 8-1 76 5

6. Washington 8-1 56 7

7. Solon 8-1 42 8

8. Carroll 7-2 40 9

9. Dallas Center-Grimes 8-1 31 NR

10. Webster City 8-1 18 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Boone 6. 12, Spencer 4. 13, Manchester West Delaware 3.

Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Carroll Kuemper (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Albia 9-0 102 4

3. New Hampton 9-0 100 6

4. Mediapolis 9-0 87 5

5. Boyden-Hull-RV 8-1 75 7

6. Waukon 8-1 71 2

7. Spirit Lake 8-1 48 8

8. State Center West Marshall 8-1 31 3

9. Sioux Center 8-1 30 NR

10. Alleman North Polk 8-1 20 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Dyersville Beckman 7. 12, Wellman Mid-Prairie 5. 12, Central Lyon-GLR 5. 14, Bondurant Farrar 4.

Class 1A

Record Pts Prv

1. Iowa City Regina (13) 9-0 130 1

2. Dike-New Hartford 9-0 105 2(tie)

3. Council Bluffs St. Albert 9-0 100 2(tie)

4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 9-0 82 5

5. Delhi Maquoketa Valley 9-0 72 6

6. Wilton 8-1 68 7

7. Van Meter 9-0 59 8

8. West Union North Fayette 9-0 34 4

9. Paullina South O’Brien 8-1 24 9

10. Ogden 8-1 15 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Guttenberg Clayton Ridge 13. 12, Calmar South Winneshiek 11. 13, Ridge View 2.

Class A

Record Pts Prv

1. Inwood West Lyon (8) 9-0 123 1

2. Brooklyn BGM (3) 9-0 114 2

(tie) Fairbank Wapsie Valley (2) 9-0 114 3

4. Avoca AHST 9-0 91 5

5. Hinton 7-2 56 7

6. Algona Garrigan 7-2 49 8

(tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 7-2 49 9

8. Lisbon 7-2 41 10

9. Ackley AGWSR 9-1 30 4

10. Packwood Pekin 7-2 22 6

Others receiving votes: 11, East Mills 18. 12, Lawton-Bronson 6. 13, Audubon 2.

Class 8-Man

Record Pts Prv

1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (5) 9-0 119 2

(tie) Elk Horn-Kimballton(Exira (6) 8-0 119 1

3. Newell-Fonda (2) 9-0 100 3(tie)

4. Adair-Casey 9-0 94 3(tie)

5. Springville 9-0 87 6

6. Janesville 8-1 52 7

7. Marcus MMC 8-1 50 8

8. West Bend-Mallard 9-1 43 5

9. Glidden-Ralston 8-1 30 9

10. Correctionville River Valley 8-1 20 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Sidney 1.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Lost in the uproar over Iowa State’s controversial loss to Texas earlier this month was that it appeared to show that the Cyclones could hang with the best of the Big 12.  Not anymore.  A thin and inexperienced roster was decimated by injuries, and the bottom soon fell out for Iowa State. The Cyclones have lost their last two games by a combined 95 points and appear headed for their worst season under fifth-year coach Paul Rhoads.

Iowa State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) heads to Kansas State on Saturday needing to win every game left on its schedule for bowl eligibility. Rhoads says quarterback Sam Richardson is expected to play against the Wildcats. But running back Aaron Wimberly is “day to day” with a hamstring injury.

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Class 3-A

• Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic
• Greene County @ West Central Valley
• Clarinda @ Shenandoah
• Clarke @ Red Oak

Class 4-A

• Carroll @ Denison
• Creston @ Glenwood

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jonny Gomes hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Sunday night, tying the World Series at two games each. David Ortiz added three hits and also encouraged the Red Sox, shouting at his teammates from second base after a double and later gathering them for a huddle in the dugout.

Inserted into the starting lineup about 75 minutes before gametime because Shane Victorino had a stiff back, Gomes was 0 for 9 in the Series before connecting off reliever Seth Maness. Felix Doubront won in relief of starter Clay Buchholz. John Lackey made a rare relief appearance to set up for Koji Uehara’s save.

Game 5 is tonight (Monday), with Jon Lester starting for Boston against Adam Wainwright.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Cardinals’ wild 5-4 win in Game 3 of the World Series received a 7.4 rating on Fox, up 21 percent from the record low set last year for San Francisco’s 2-0 victory over Detroit.  Saturday night’s game ended on an obstruction call against Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Nielsen Media Research said Sunday the game received a 14 share and was watched by 12.5 million viewers. Game 3 last year received a 6.1/11, matching the record low for any Series game – Philadelphia’s rain-delayed 5-4 win over Tampa Bay in the third game in 2008.

The three-game average of 8.1/14 is up 13 percent over the first three games last year. The rating is the percentage of U.S. television households tuned to a program. The share is the percentage watching a broadcast among those homes with TVs on at the time.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Smith threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns, and the Kansas City Chiefs held off the scrappy Cleveland Browns late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 23-17 victory Sunday and remain the NFL’s lone undefeated team. The Chiefs (8-0), off to their best start since 2003, built a 20-7 lead late in the first half before the Browns (3-4) made it a game.

Jason Campbell, starting in place of the ineffective Brandon Weeden, threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns for the Browns.The second scoring pass, a 17-yarder to Fozzy Whittaker out of the backfield, got Cleveland within a field goal early in the third quarter. The Chiefs kept stopping the Browns down the stretch, though. They forced a turnover on downs with just over 2 minutes left, and Ryan Succop kicked his third field goal in the closing seconds to help seal the victory.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Game 3 of the World Series ended on a bizarre play that allowed to St. Louis Cardinals to take a two-games-to-one lead over the Boston Red Sox. Third baseman Will Middlebrooks was called for obstruction in the bottom of the ninth, allowing Allen Craig to score the winning run in the Cardinals’ 5-4 victory against the Red Sox. Yadier Molina started the winning rally with a single and moved to third on Craig’s double off Koji Uehara before craziness ensued.

Jon Jay hit a grounder right at second baseman Dustin Pedroia with the Red Sox playing the infield in. Pedroia threw a strike to the plate to get Molina, and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia fired to third in an attempt to nail Craig and end the inning. Saltalamacchia’s throw sailed over the head of Middlebrooks and down the left-field line, prompting Craig to make a dash for home. But Middlebrooks got tangled up with Craig, who tripped before he was tagged out by Saltalamacchia. Third base umpire Jim Joyce made the obstruction call and allowed the run to count.

The Cardinals blew a pair of two-run leads before winning. Matt Holliday hit an RBI single in a two-run first and doubled home a pair to make it 4-2 in the seventh. The Red Sox tied it in the eighth as Daniel Nava hit an RBI grounder and Xander Bogaerts singled home the tying run. Trevor Rosenthal blew the save in the eighth but picked up the victory. Uehara was tagged with the loss.

Game 4 is this (Sunday) evening in St. Louis, where Lance Lynn will start for St. Louis against Clay Buchholz. Pre-game coverage begins at 6-p.m. on KJAN.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran has received the Roberto Clemente Award, given to the player whose contributions on and off the field best represent the game. Beltran has contributed more than $4 million to his Carlos Beltran Academy in Puerto Rico and has hosted fundraising efforts throughout the year.