Seattle enters their home game tonight (Tuesday night) against St. Louis, as losers of their last four games. The Mariners are 17-25 in home games. Seattle has hit 150 home runs this season, second in the MLB. Daniel Vogelbach leads them with 20, averaging one every 12.9 at-bats. The Cardinals are 17-23 in road games. The St. Louis pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 4.15. Dakota Hudson leads the team with a 3.40 earned run average. This is the first meeting of the season for these two teams. Game time is 9-p.m. Central Time. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 8:15-p.m.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vogelbach leads the Mariners with 20 home runs and is batting .244. J.P. Crawford is 17-for-42 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games for Seattle.

Paul DeJong leads the Cardinals with 80 hits and is batting .260. Tommy Edman is 8-for-27 with a triple, two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

The Atlantic softball team picked up two wins over the Red Oak Tigers on Monday night at Darrell Eblen Field. The Trojans won the first half of the double-dip 7-3 and took the second game 3-1.

The first game began with a large number of flyouts and quick moving innings until the fourth when Atlantic finally got a rally going. Olivia Engler got it started with a base hit and Madison Botos and Alyssa Derby followed with hits to load up the bases. Kennedy Goergen was hit by a pitch to bring a run home and Mackenzie Waters later brought two more home on a 2 RBI single.  The Trojans backed that inning up with three more runs in the 5th thanks to a couple of fielding errors from the Tigers and some opportunistic base-running by the Trojans. The Tigers scored all three of their runs in the 6th off of back to back hits from Chloe and Lexi Johnson. Atlantic tacked on one more in the 6th on an RBI double by Engler to bring the final margin. Engler got the win in the circle, allowing three runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and no walks.

Kennedy Goergen got the start in the circle in the second game and had a nice outing. She went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 7 hits with 1 strikeout and no walks. Engler came on in the 6th to finish up the game. Atlantic grabbed two runs in the first, taking advantage of 5 walks from Emma Bierbaum who got the start in game 2 for the Tigers. Atlantic tacked on one more in the 4th but left the bases loaded in that frame and the 5th. Red Oak’s lone run came in the 5th on an RBI double from Kendall Kells.

At the end of the night Goergen said she felt really good in the circle and the team played together well.

Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann thought the pitching was some of the best Atlantic has had all season.

Atlantic improved to 25-8 on the season. Red Oak falls to 9-19.

The Atlantic Trojans (22-8) softball team hosts the Red Oak Tigers (9-17) for a double-dip tonight and we’ll have coverage on KJAN.

The Trojans will be trying to build on a couple of wins over the weekend at the Tiger-Knight Tournament in Carroll. The Trojans had lost 5 in a row prior to those weekend wins.

Red Oak split a doubleheader with Kuemper Catholic this past Friday and were on a 9 game slide prior to that.

First pitch is slated for 5:30pm for game 1 tonight and we’ll start pregame coverage at 5:15pm tonight.

HERAKLION, Greece – Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton scored a team-high 21 points and dished out eight assists in leading USA Basketball to a 102-84 win Sunday against Lithuania at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Greece.

Haliburton was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field in the first half and finished with 19 points as the United States opened up a 51-41 lead at the break.

In the game, Haliburton was 8-for-9 from the field and 4-for-5 behind the arc. He also had five steals in 35 minutes as the Americans improved to 2-0 in Group A.

The United States faces Senegal in the final game of group action Tuesday at 8 a.m. (CT). The game can be streamed on FIBA’s YouTube channel.

2019 IHSBCA Baseball Rankings
Week 6 Rankings (Released June 30, 2019)

Class 4A (Record)

1.      Johnston (22-3)
2.      Iowa City West (21-6)
3.      Epworth, Western Dubuque (21-5)
4.      Des Moines, Roosevelt (20-4)
5.      Linn-Mar, Marion (20-5)
6.      Urbandale (18-9)
7.      Ankeny Centennial (19-8)
8.      Southeast Polk (21-9)
9.      Dowling Catholic (17-9)
10.    Mason City (18-8)

Others: Ankeny; Iowa City High; Marshalltown; Sioux City East; Waukee

Class 3A (Record)

1.      Xavier, Cedar Rapids (24-2)
2.      Davenport, Assumption (21-3)
3.      Central DeWitt (22-0)
4.      Marion (20-3)
5.      Harlan (18-4)
6.      Ballard (17-3)
7.      Gilbert (19-2)
8.      Bishop Heelan, Sioux City (20-6)
9.      Centerville (17-3)
10.    Fairfield (16-3)

Others: MOC-Floyd Valley; Mt. Pleasant; North Polk; Oskaloosa; Waverly-Shell Rock

Class 2A (Record)

1.      Wilton (17-1)
2.      Dike-New Hartford (23-2)
3.      North Linn (31-4)
4.      Treynor (22-3)
5.      West Lyon (23-0)
6.      Van Meter (21-3)
7.      New Hampton (23-4)
8.      Beckman Catholic, Dyersville (21-8)
9.      Hinton (22-1)
10.    Estherville, Lincoln Central (22-2)

Others: Cascade; MVAOCOU; Pochantas; Underwood; West Marshall

Class 1A (Record)

1.      Newman Catholic, Mason City (21-3)
2.      Martensdale-St. Mary’s (25-3)
3.      Alburnett (24-4)
4.      Calamus-Wheatland (24-3)
5.      Southeast Warren (22-2)
6.      Don Bosco (21-4)
7.      Saint Ansgar (19-6)
8.      Kingsley-Pierson (21-4)
9.      Coon Rapids-Bayard (21-3)
10.    St. Mary’s, Remsen (18-6)

Others: CAM; HLV; Kee; St. Albert, Council Bluffs; South Winneshiek; West Fork; Woodbury Central

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

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Wieters hit a two-run home run with two outs in the 11th inning and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 and snap a five-game losing streak. Wieters’ shot off Brad Wieck reached the balcony on the fourth level of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner. Manny Machado hit a two-run homer for the Padres, giving him 20 this season.

DETROIT (AP) — Nate Lashley completed an unlikely wire-to-wire victory in the Rocket Mortgage Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Lashley closed with a 2-under 70 to finish at 25-under 263 and win by six shots, the margin he took into the day after opening with rounds of 63, 67 and 63.

JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) — Toronto coach Nick Nurse’s improbable path to the NBA title began in Iowa as a guard for Carroll Kuemper High way back in the 1980s. Carroll returned to his home state this weekend for a celebration of a career _ a weekend that included a family reunion on a farm outside of tiny Churdan, Iowa, where the late mother grew up. Carroll was feted by local celebrities and scores of folks he grew up with in Carroll at the Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson

TORONTO (AP) — Jorge Soler homered and had two RBIs, Brad Keller pitched five innings to win for the first time since May 22 and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6. Soler reached base three times as the Royals snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the first time in six games north of the border. Whit Merrifield reached base three times and Alex Gordon drove in a pair for Kansas City.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed outfielder Marcell Ozuna on the injured list with a fracture at the base of his right middle finger. Ozuna was injured Friday night when he dived back into the bag as he was being picked off.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 11th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 Sunday and snap a five-game losing streak. Wieters’ shot off Brad Wieck (0-1) reached the balcony on the fourth level of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left-field corner. It was his fourth and came with Kolten Wong aboard on an infield single.

Carlos Martínez (2-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief for the win and Dominic Leone got the final two outs for his first save.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty (4-5, 4.75) is scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Seattle.

Hinton 9, Woodbury Central, Moville 1
Sioux City, East 5, Lewis Central 3
Treynor 7, Creston 0
West Harrison, Mondamin 13, Westwood, Sloan 9

Atlantic 22, East Sac County 3
Atlantic 7, Gilbert 6
Carroll 1, Kuemper Catholic 0
Carroll 11, Sioux City West 1
Exira-EHK 15, Audubon 1
Harlan 14, St. Albert 0
Lenox 3, Wayne 2
Martensdale-St Marys 13, Orient-Macksburg 1
Mount Ayr 11, Lenox 10
Mount Ayr 6, Murray 3
Orient-Macksburg 15, Bedford 6
Panorama 12, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 0
Treynor 1, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Treynor 3, Kingsley-Pierson 0
Treynor 3, Sioux City North 0
West Monona 11, Storm Lake 1
West Monona 6, Bishop Heelan 1