DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander allowed one earned run in seven innings, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Verlander (7-4) retired 12 of the first 13 hitters he faced and worked out of a seventh-inning jam to help Detroit hold on. He struck out Allen Craig with the bases loaded with his final pitch. Verlander allowed five hits and walked four, striking out only three. Joaquin Benoit worked the eighth, and Phil Coke pitched a perfect ninth for his first save of the year. Lance Lynn (10-3) allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked two. Austin Jackson hit a two-run double for the Tigers, part of their three-run second inning.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Scott Sitz gave up five hits and struck out eight in a season-high 6 2-3 innings, and Florida State eliminated UCLA from the College World Series with a 4-1 victory Tuesday night. Florida State (50-16) plays Arizona on Thursday, needing to beat the Wildcats twice to reach the championship round. No. 2 national seed UCLA (48-16) was knocked out a day after No. 1 Florida was eliminated from the opposite bracket. Sitz (4-3) had not made it through five innings in six of his previous seven outings. The junior held the Bruins to two singles through five innings and struck out the side in the sixth after UCLA loaded the bases. UCLA starter Zack Weiss (3-3) was pulled after getting just one out. Bases-loaded walks in the opening inning produced the Seminoles’ first two runs.

w/ Jim Field

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (9.8MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 9, Kuemper Catholic 8 (Gunnar Blum 3-run HR)
• Clarinda 11, Red Oak 0 (5 inns)
• Harlan 11, Denison-Schleswig 1
• Shenandoah 9, East Mills 4
• Lewis Central 9, Thomas Jefferson 8

Western Iowa Tourney:

• Audubon 10, A-H-S-T 0
• Tri-Center 10, Griswold 2
• Missouri Valley 11, Riverside 1 (6 inn)

Rolling Hills:

• CAM 13, Orient-Macksburg 8
• Walnut 10, Adair-Casey 4

Others:

• ADM 3, Carroll 2
• IKM-Manning 10, Whiting 5
• Logan-Magnolia 5, West Harrison 3
• Madrid 4, Guthrie Center 1
• Nishnabotna 3, Lenox 2
• Van Meter 11, West Central Valley 2
• Villisca 8, Bedford 6

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 7, Kuemper Catholic 2
• Creston 6, Glenwood 0
• Denison-Schleswig 5, Harlan 3
• Red Oak 9 Clarinda 8
• Shenandoah 13, East Mills 4

Western Iowa:

• Griswold 18, Sidney 7
• Underwood 14, St. Albert 1

Rolling Hills:

• Orient-Macksburg 1, CAM 0
• Walnut 10, Adair-Casey 1

Others:

• Corning 12, Lamoni 5
• Abraham Lincoln 14, Sioux City North 5
• Logan-Magnolia 12, West Harrison 4
• Madrid 12, Guthrie Center 2
• Nodaway Valley 12, East Union 1
• Ogden 14, Panorama 3
• Van Meter 13, West Central Valley 3
• Villisca 14, Bedford 9

OMAHA, NE. (AP) — Ryne Stanek and Barrett Astin combined on a four-hitter and Arkansas beat South Carolina 2-1 at the College World Series on Monday night, ending the Gamecocks’ NCAA tournament record winning streak at 22 games. The Gamecocks (46-18) will have to beat Kent State on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of winning a third straight national title. The Razorbacks (46-20) earned two days off and need one more win to go to the best-of-three finals. Matt Vinson’s RBI single in the fourth inning gave Arkansas a 2-0 lead. Evan Marzilli’s two-out triple pulled the Gamecocks within a run in the fifth, but they got just one hit the rest of the way. Stanek (8-4) allowed three hits and turned the game over in the seventh inning to Astin, who earned his 11th save.Colby Holmes (7-2) allowed two runs on four hits in 3 2-3 innings.

Plans to reconstruct the tennis courts at Sunnyside Park in Atlantic continue to move forward, thanks to approval from the United States Tennis Association (USTA). Atlantic Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring said at Monday evening’s meeting of the Parks & Rec Board, that the USTA approved the plans last week. He says because the plans have been approved, the USTA will send the City an application for funding. Once that’s complete, Herring says he hopes to announce the letting of bids for the project within the next month. Herring said also, the City has “A shot at having some new courts, or at least starting on them, by this Fall.”

The tennis courts at Sunnyside Park are in poor condition, and need to be resurfaced, especially before district tennis action can be held. During their meeting on April 10th, the Atlantic Board of Education agreed to split the cost of resurfacing the tennis courts with the City, which in return will help with the future costs of refurbishing the Washington tennis courts. The USTA application should help the City to obtain a grant to pay for the Sunnyside court improvements, thereby reducing the costs.

On another note, Herring says improvements have been made to the tennis court restrooms. Instead of replacing the restrooms at a cost of about $200,000, Herring took some money from the Capital Improvements fund and the Sunnyside Park Improvement Fund, and “refurbished” the old restrooms. He says the toilets and sinks work fine, but the lighting was “absolutely horrendous.” Herring improved the lighting for as little as $60, by installing “vandal-proof” lights, which also increased the brightness. He says they also painted the restroom interior, which is something that had never been done. He said the concrete block “dungeon” look is gone, and it’s “100% better,” on the inside.” The restrooms will soon be open to the public.