MIAMI, Fla., June 10, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced that RHP Adam Wainwright has been placed on the 10-day Injured List with a left hamstring strain effective today.  Right-handed pitcher Ryan Helsley has been recalled from Memphis (AAA).

Wainwright, 37, was removed from last night’s game in Chicago during the 5th inning after injuring his left hamstring while reaching base on a double in the top half of the 5th inning.

The Cardinals veteran pitcher has made 13 starts this season, tied for the most on the club, while ranking second on the team in innings pitched (70.1) and strikeouts (61).  During last night’ game, Wainwright became the sixth pitcher in Cardinals franchise history to surpass 2,000 innings pitched.

The move to the Injured List is Wainwright’s first since last May 14-September 9, 2018, when he missed 104 games with right elbow inflammation.  This marks Wainwright’s ninth term on the Injured List over his 14-year Major League career.

Helsley, 24, has made six relief appearances for the Cardinals this season posting no record and a 2.70 ERA while holding his opposition to a .121 batting average (4-33).  The rookie right-hander is coming off back-to-back scoreless appearances this past weekend in Chicago, before being optioned back to Memphis on Sunday with the recall of RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon.  Today will mark Helsley’s fourth recall of the season to St. Louis.

Right-handed pitcher Merandy González has cleared waivers and will be out-righted off the St. Louis Cardinals 40-man roster.  He remains in Springfield (AA) on the Cardinals double-A active roster.

The Cass County Conservation Board held a youth fishing derby at Cold Springs Park on Saturday, June 8th. Prizes were awarded for the most overall weight: 1st place went to Tobin Juhl, 2nd place to Slade Sandbothe, and the 3rd place winner was Mason Daugherty. Awards also given for heaviest single fish: Slade Sandbothe; longest single fish: Carson Parks, and shortest single fish: Traven Thomas.

The CCCB wants to thank all those that donated items for the event: Weirich Welding for the trophies, Cappel’s Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart, Scheels, and Bass Pro Shops, for prizes. They also thank the Lewis Improvement Committee for making lunch available.

(Left) Mason Daugherty; Traven Thomas (1st from left); Slade Sandbothe (2nd from left); Tobin Juhl (3rd from left); Carson Parks (Right)

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

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks tossed one-run ball over seven innings to continue his dominance over St. Louis, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-1 win over the Cardinals. Carlos González hit his first homer with the Cubs and Kyle Schwarber went 2 for 3 with two RBIs as Chicago completed a three-game sweep of its NL Central rivals and a 6-1 homestand. Hendricks scattered eight hits in his seven innings to win his sixth straight decision.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eloy Jiménez launched a 471-foot home run, Reynaldo López bounced back with six effective innings and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2. Yoán Moncada had four hits for the White Sox, who lost the series opener but had back-to-back solid pitching performances to take the last two games. The Royals have lost 14 straight rubber games dating to May 30, 2018.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Boston Bruins have forced Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final against St. Louis. Boston got goals from stars Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Zdeno Chara on the way to a 5-1 blowout of the Blues in Game 6. The deciding game of the best-of-seven series will be Wednesday night in Boston.

UNDATED (AP) — Florida State coach Mike Martin will get one more shot at winning his first national championship before he retires. The Seminoles continued their improbable postseason surge with a 5-4 win over LSU in 12 innings to complete a two-game super regional sweep. Michigan returning to CWS for first time since 1984. Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and Mississippi State also win super regionals to advance. Louisville earned a CWS spot Saturday.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Steve Torrence earned his fifth straight Top Fuel victory, beating his father Billy Torrence at the NHRA Heartland Nationals. The younger Torrence _ the defending world champion _ raced his dragster to a run of 3.750 seconds at 326.16 mph, while the elder Torrence finished in 3.678 at 326 mph. Robert Hight won the Funny Car event in the 10th of 24 events on the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks tossed one-run ball over seven innings to continue his dominance over St. Louis, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-1 win over the Cardinals on Sunday night. Carlos González hit his first homer with the Cubs and Kyle Schwarber went 2 for 3 with two RBIs as Chicago completed a three-game sweep of its NL Central rivals and a 6-1 homestand.

All nine games between the Cardinals and Cubs this season have been won by the home team. The Cardinals swept the Cubs in St. Louis last weekend, and Chicago had another three-game sweep at Wrigley Field last month.

Hendricks (7-4) scattered eight hits to win his sixth straight decision. Steve Cishek worked a scoreless eighth, Carl Edwards got two outs in the ninth and Pedro Strop got the final out for his seventh save. Hendricks is now 7-0 with a 2.31 ERA in his last 10 starts against St. Louis. The Cubs have won all 10 games.

Before the game, the Cardinals recalled RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon from Triple-A Memphis and optioned RHP Ryan Helsley to Memphis. Cardinals C Yadier Molina (right thumb tendon strain) took batting practice Sunday and is expected to join the team in Miami on Monday. ”

Cardinals RHP Michael Wacha (3-2, 6.30 ERA) starts Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Miami. RHP Sandy Alcantara (3-5, 3.80) pitches for the Marlins. Pre-game is at 5:15-p.m. on KJAN.

NL Central rivals Chicago and St. Louis will meet tonight (Sunday night), at Wrigley Field. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 5:10-p.m., with the first pitch at around 6:05. The Cubs are 12-11 against the rest of their division. Chicago has a collective on-base percentage of .337, good for second in the National League. Anthony Rizzo leads the team with a mark of .392.

The Cardinals are 15-16 in division play. St. Louis has slugged .409 this season. Marcell Ozuna leads the team with a .526 slugging percentage, including 29 extra-base hits and 17 home runs. The Cubs won the last meeting 9-4. Jon Lester earned his fifth victory and Kyle Schwarber went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBIs for Chicago. John Brebbia took his third loss for St. Louis.

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (5-5, 4.34 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 59 strikeouts) Cubs: Kyle Hendricks (6-4, 3.16 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 71 strikeouts)

TOP PERFORMERS: Rizzo leads the Cubs with 16 home runs and is slugging .552. Schwarber is 10-for-35 with two doubles, three home runs and five RBIs over the last 10 games for Chicago.

Ozuna leads the Cardinals with 17 home runs and has 54 RBIs. Matt Wieters is 5-for-30 with two doubles, two home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 6-4, .232 batting average, 3.06 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

Cardinals: 5-5, .211 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outscored by nine runs

Cubs Injuries: Allen Webster: 60-day IL (hand), Brandon Morrow: 60-day IL (elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60-day IL (elbow), Xavier Cedeno: 10-day IL (wrist), Tony Barnette: 60-day IL (shoulder).

Cardinals Injuries: Miles Mikolas: day-to-day (forearm), Mike Mayers: 10-day IL (shoulder), Brett Cecil: 60-day IL (wrist/forearm), Jedd Gyorko: 10-day IL (back), Yadier Molina: 10-day IL (thumb).

Omaha 7, El Paso 6

Albuquerque 8, Iowa 7, 12 innings

Albuquerque at Iowa, 1:08 p.m.

El Paso at Omaha, 2:05 p.m.

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

CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Victor Caratini hit a tiebreaking bases-loaded double in Chicago’s four-run sixth inning and the Cubs rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4. The Cubs won for the fifth time in six games.

CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals placed infielder Jedd Gyorko on the 10-day injured list with a strained lower back before their game against the Chicago Cubs and purchased the contract of infielder Tommy Edman from Triple-A Memphis. The Cardinals also designated right-handed reliever Merandy Gonzalez for assignment. Gyorko said he first felt his back spasm in the third inning of Friday’s 3-1 loss to the Cubs when he fielded Anthony Rizzo’s grounder at third base. Gyorko left the game in the fifth.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Giolito worked into the eighth inning and had a career-high 11 strikeouts to win his seventh consecutive start, outdueling Brad Keller as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0. Giolito allowed three hits and two walks in 7 2/3 innings and lowered his ERA to 2.28. He has allowed no more than one run in six of his seven straight wins. Rookie Eloy Jiménez hit a two-run homer in the second inning off Keller, who otherwise was nearly as good as Giolito.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins are so tight that Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final like so many before in the playoffs is absolutely in danger of hinging on officiating. Changes are very likely coming to video review and how the NHL handles these situations moving forward, but none of that will affect the Blues and Bruins tonight (Sunday night), when the Stanley Cup could get wheeled onto the ice for a celebration or put on a plane back to Boston for a potential deciding Game 7.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Due to suspensions and injuries, the St. Louis Blues will have their sixth different lineup combination in six games during the Stanley Cup Final. Instead of interrupting continuity, the Blues’ game of musical jerseys of players in and out of the lineup has given them a variety of looks for the Bruins to contend with and contributed to St. Louis being on the verge of winning the Stanley Cup.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Steve Torrence led Top Fuel and J.R. Todd was tops in Funny Car after qualifying at the NHRA Heartland Nationals. Torrence, the defending champion and Top Fuel points leader, had a second run of 3.760 seconds at 325.45 miles per hour. Todd, the defending champion in Funny Car, earned his first No. 1 qualifying spot of the season after his run of 3.924 at 318.99 mph in Toyota Camry on Friday night stood remained the best.

Finals

CAM, Anita 13, Red Oak 3 (5 innings )
Carroll 10, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 14, Mount Ayr 4
Newman Catholic, Mason City 15, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 14
Treynor 15, Riverside, Oakland 5
Tri-Center, Neola 8, Stanton 2
Underwood 12, Carroll 5
West Harrison, Mondamin 11, EHK-Exira 8