Tyler Chatwood picked up his first victory in two months by working into the sixth inning of the Cubs’ 7-2 decision over the Cardinals in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Chatwood hit a batter and issued six walks, but he allowed just one hit over 5 1/3 innings. Ben Zobrist went 4-for-4 and scored twice for Chicago, while Javier Baez had three hits and two RBIs.

The Cardinals placed right-hander Carlos Martinez on the 10-day disabled list with a right oblique strain. St. Louis also activated right-hander Miles Mikolas from the paternity list and recalled reliever John Brebbia from Triple-A Memphis. Right-hander Luke Weaver was added to the roster as the 26th man for Saturday’s day-night doubleheader at Wrigley Field.

Class 3A Third Place Game
2:30 p.m. – Diamond 2
Humboldt 5,  Albia 4

Class 3A Championship
3:30 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Davenport Assumption 4, Roland-Story 2

Class 4A Third Place
4:45 p.m. – Diamond 2
Newton 7, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 6 (8 innings)

Class 4A Championship
5:45 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Des Moines Hoover 8, ADM 3

Class 5A Third Place
7:00 p.m. – Diamond 2
Cedar Rapids Jefferson 2, West Des Moines Valley 0

Class 5A Championship
8:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Pleasant Valley 3, Indianola 0

CLASS 1A
Quarterfinals – Friday, July 20

Newman Catholic, Mason City 10, Tri-Center, Neola 0 (5 innings)

Martensdale-St. Marys 3 St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter hit three home runs and two doubles in just six innings, tying the major league record for extra-base hits in a game, and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Chicago Cubs 18-5 Friday.

Carpenter went 5 for 5 and drove in seven runs at Wrigley Field. He led off the game with a home run and was pulled after adding a three-run drive in the sixth.

Carpenter became the 14th player with five extra-base hits in a game, and the first to do it for the Cardinals.

Trailing 15-1 after Carpenter’s third homer, the Cubs used three position players to pitch the rest of the way — infielder Tommy La Stella, backup catcher Victor Caratini and versatile Ian Happ. La Stella and Caratini gave up homers as the Cubs became the first team since the 1979 Milwaukee Brewers to use three position players on the mound in a game.

The NL Central-leading Cubs lost for just the fourth time in their last 17 games.

Carpenter joined Cubs star Kris Bryant as the only players in the majors to hit three home runs and two doubles in a game. Bryant homered in this game, too, as did teammate Willson Contreras.

Carpenter has homered in four straight games. During that stretch, he is 9 for 16 with six home runs, three doubles and 10 RBIs.

The leadoff homer by Carpenter was his team-record sixth of the season and 21st of his career, matching the club mark held by Hall of Famer Lou Brock.

Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the second inning off Jon Lester (12-3). Carpenter doubled twice in the fourth and hit a three-run drive, his 23rd this year, off reliever Brian Duensing in the sixth.

Carpenter has faced Lester more than any other pitcher during his career, but was just 7 for 50 (.140) with 14 strikeouts and one home run against the lefty until breaking loose.

Lester (12-3) was tagged for a season-high eight runs on seven hits and five walks in three innings. It was his first loss since a 1-0 loss to Cleveland on May 23.

The Cardinals tied a season high with 18 hits as they bounced back after dropping the first game of the five-game series. The teams play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday and in order to save his bullpen, Cubs manager Joe Maddon used other parts of his roster.

It was the first time two position players were used to pitch for the Cubs since at least 1907, according to Cubs historian Ed Hartig.

La Stella allowed one run in 1 1-3 innings, a homer by Greg Garcia. Caratini gave up a pinch-hit, two-run homer to Yairo Munoz in the eighth and Happ pitched a scoreless ninth.

Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty (4-4) pitched five innings. He allowed one run and two hits, while pitching around four walks with nine strikeouts.

UP NEXT

Cardinals interim manager Mike Shildt is scheduled to start RHP Luke Weaver (0-1) in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader with RHP John Gant (3-3) starting the nightcap. Gant has made two starts in the majors this season. He allowed 10 runs in eight innings.

Maddon said RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-5) will start the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and LHP Mike Montgomery (3-3) will start the second game. Chatwood is 0-3 against the Cardinals with a 6.41 ERA, three games as a starter and three games as a reliever.

CHICAGO (AP) — The All-Star break is over. It’s right about now when the Chicago Cubs usually take off.

Jason Heyward had three hits and two RBIs, Ian Happ belted a two-run homer and the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6 on Thursday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Chicago and St. Louis returned a day earlier than the rest of the majors, but it sure looked like business as usual for the NL Central leaders. The Cubs improved 150-73 after the All-Star break since 2015, baseball’s best such record over that stretch.

Anthony Rizzo added two doubles from the leadoff spot as Chicago moved a season-high 18 games over .500. Victor Caratini had three hits and scored three times in the opener of a five-game series, and Ben Zobrist delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the Cubs’ five-run fifth inning.

With the abbreviated break, Maddon held All-Stars Willson Contreras and Javier Baez out of the starting lineup. Caratini and Zobrist picked up the slack quite nicely as Chicago increased its advantage to a season-high three games over idle Milwaukee.

Yadier Molina matched a career high with four hits for St. Louis, but interim manager Mike Shildt was handed his first loss in his second game in charge after Mike Matheny was fired Saturday night. Tommy Pham and Matt Carpenter each hit a solo homer.

The Cardinals had a 3-1 lead before the Cubs started teeing off on Carlos Martinez (6-6) in the fifth.

Martinez allowed six runs, five earned, and seven hits in five innings. The right-hander went 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA in his previous four starts.

Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks also struggled, yielding nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. But he wiggled out of a couple jams while limiting the Cardinals to three runs.

UP NEXT

Cubs ace Jon Lester and Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty get the ball on Friday afternoon. Lester (12-2, 2.58 ERA) is 8-0 with a 2.80 ERA in his last nine starts. Flaherty (3-4, 3.24 ERA) pitched five shutout innings in a no-decision against Cincinnati in his previous start on Saturday.

The State Baseball Tournament gets underway today for a few Class 1A teams at Principal Park in Des Moines. Tri-Center and St. Albert will be playing today in the first two Class 1A Quarterfinal round games. The final two 1A Quarters will be contested on Saturday.

Class 1A Quarterfinals – Friday, July 20
11:00—#1 Newman Catholic, Mason City (37-1) vs. #8 Tri-Center, Neola (21-1)

1:30—#4 Martensdale-St. Marys (36-6) vs. #5 St. Albert, Council Bluffs (31-9)

Quarterfinals – Saturday, July 21
11:00—#2 Lisbon (34-0) vs. #7 Don Bosco, Gilbertville (25-8)

1:30—#3 North Linn, Troy Mills (40-3) vs. #6 St. Mary’s, Remsen (27-3)

Class 3A Third Place Game
2:30 p.m. – Diamond 2
Humboldt (31-4) vs. Albia (32-5)

Class 3A Championship
3:30 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Davenport Assumption (38-3) vs. Roland-Story (30-4)

Class 4A Third Place
4:45 p.m. – Diamond 2
Newton (25-8) vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (24-14)

Class 4A Championship
5:45 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
ADM (35-7) vs. Des Moines Hoover (21-7)

Class 5A Third Place
7:00 p.m. – Diamond 2
Cedar Rapids Jefferson (35-9) vs. West Des Moines Valley (32-10)

Class 5A Championship
8:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Indianola (36-3) vs. Pleasant Valley (35-7)

Class 1A Third Place Game
5:00 p.m. – Diamond 2 – Lisbon 9,  Akron-Westfield 7

Class 1A Championship
6:00 p.m. – Buena Vista University Diamond
Collins-Maxwell 1, AGWSR 0

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball program and head coach Bill Fennelly announced today an addition to the 2018 signing class, as Inès Nezerwa signed on to play for the Cyclones. With the signing of Nezerwa, Iowa State now has five new additions this season, joining Maddie Frederick, Ashley Joens, Morgan Kane and Jade Thurmon who are all signed on to compete for the Cyclones next season and enrolled in classes.

“We are excited to add Inès to our Cyclone family,” Fennelly said. “Adding a player with her length and size is a major bonus for this year’s team. Inès is a hard worker in all she does and will be fun for our fans to get to know on and off the court.”

Nezerwa is a 6-3 forward who hails from Nyakabiga, Burundi, but has spent the 2017-18 season at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas. Last season, she netted 18.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, while shooting 51.7 percent from the floor. She earned NJCAA All-Conference honors and was named an NJCAA All-American in 2017-18. In addition to her honors on the court, Nezerwa was named the NJCAA Region XIV Academic team. Nezerwa will join the Cyclones as a senior.

Prior to the addition of Nezerwa, Iowa State’s class ranked 15th nationally, marking the second time the Cyclones have secured a top-15 class in the last four years.

2018 Recruiting Class

• Maddie Frederick, G, 6-0, Tipp City, Ohio, Tippecanoe High School
• Ashley Joens, G, 5-9, Iowa City, Iowa, City High School
• Morgan Kane, F, 6-3, Riverton, Utah, Riverton High School
• Inès Nezerwa, F, 6-3, Nyakabiga, Burundi, Jacksonville College (EE-niss Nez-eh-quah)
• Jade Thurmon, G, 5-8, Ferris, Texas, Kilgore College

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Kyle Kempt is one of 26 quarterbacks named to the 2018 Davey O’Brien Award watch list, announced today by the Davey O’Brien National Selection Committee.

The Davey O’Brien Award is given annually to the nation’s best quarterback and is named after the 1938 Heisman Trophy QB from TCU.

Kempt, a former walk-on, emerged as ISU’s starter in the fifth game of the 2017 season and directed the Cyclones to a victory in the Liberty Bowl.

Kempt was 5-3 as a starter, including two wins over top-five opponents (Oklahoma, TCU).

In just eight games played, the Massillon, Ohio native broke ISU’s single-season completion mark (66.3) and tossed 15 TDs to just three interceptions, tying for fifth on ISU’s season TD pass chart.

Kempt threw a TD pass in all eight games and posted a pair of 300-yard outings, including 343-yard effort in the OU win to earn Davey O’Brien National QB of the Week honors.

Kempt enters his senior season as ISU’s career leader in completion percentage (66.5) and with a streak of 130 consecutive passes without an interception, the sixth-best string in school history.