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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Jack Flaherty tossed five innings of one-run ball Wednesday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the San Diego Padres 3-1. Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run home run for the Cardinals, who have won four straight games. Reliever Ryan Sherriff got the win and Tyler Lyons picked up the save.
DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice Wednesday night as the Kansas City Royals routed the Detroit Tigers 13-2. Whit Merrifield added three doubles and three RBIs for the Royals. Jason Hammell got the win after allowing just two runs in six innings.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired right-hander Juan Nicasio from Philadelphia in exchange for minor league infielder Eliezer Alvarez. The 31-year-old Nicasio joined the Phillies last week on a waiver claim from Pittsburgh. Nicasio won’t be eligible for postseason play.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Harrison scored his ninth goal of the season late in the game Wednesday night to give New York City FC a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. New York City is 8-0-2 in its last 10 home games. Both teams were short-handed. NYC’s David Villa was injured during his call-up for Spain’s World Cup qualifiers and Sporting KC had four players out on international duty.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired right-handed reliever Juan Nicasio from Philadelphia in exchange for minor league infielder Eliezer Alvarez.
The 31-year-old Nicasio had joined the Phillies last week on a waiver claim from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is 3-5 with a 2.79 ERA in a National League-leading 67 games this season. Nicasio has struck out 61 batters in 61.1 innings of work this season, walked 18 and held opponents to a .218 average.
The Cardinals entered Wednesday just three games out of the NL wild-card lead and four games back in the NL Central.
Nicasio is a free agent at the end of the season and would not be eligible for postseason play. In 260 career games (82 starts), the Dominican is 35-37 with a 4.60 ERA in 618.2 innings pitched.
Treynor Cross Country Invite
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Girls Individual
| 1 | Karley Larson | Underwood | 19:13.42 |
| 2 | Janette Schraft | East Mills Girls | 19:49.30 |
| 3 | Peyton Pogge | Tri-Center | 19:57.27 |
| 4 | Taylor Sporrer | Logan-Magnolia | 20:23.81 |
| 5 | Heidi Hall | Ahstw | 21:06.85 |
| 6 | Alexis Post | Riverside | 21:19.89 |
| 7 | Erica Rowe | Underwood | 21:45.79 |
| 8 | Payton Sporrer | Ikm-Manning | 21:55.52 |
| 9 | Gracie Springman | St. Albert | 22:01.49 |
| 10 | Charli Adams | Griswold | 22:08.63 |
Girls Team
| 1 | Logan-Magnolia | 124.00 |
| 2 | AHSTW | 128.00 |
| 3 | Underwood | 133.00 |
| 4 | Tri-Center | 150.00 |
| 5 | Griswold | 218.00 |
| 6 | CAM | 230.00 |
| 7 | St. Albert | 265.00 |
| 8 | Exira-EHK | 273.00 |
| 9 | Treynor | 298.00 |
| 10 | Riverside | 300.00 |
| 11 | West Harrison | 366.00 |
Boys Individual
Boys Team
Full results: 2017 Treynor XC Invite Results
The Atlantic Trojans cross country teams finished as runner-up at the Clarinda Co-Ed Cross Country Invite on Tuesday night. Gretna, NE was the winner in both the Girls and Boys team races.
Girls Individual
Girls Team
Full girls results: Clarinda girls results 2017
Boys Individual
Boys Team
Full boys results: Clarinda boys results 2017
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) Clarinda 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 17-16-17
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-25-25, Clarinda 9-22-23
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 12-13-9
(3-2) Red Oak 24-25-20-25-15, Glenwood 26-16-25-17-12
(3-0) Shenandoah 25-25-26, Harlan 23-20-24
(3-2) St. Albert 25-19-25-20-15, Lewis Central 20-25-23-25-10
Rolling Valley Conference
(3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25, Paton-Churdan 14-22-217
Corner Conference
(3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 11-15-23
(3-0) Essex 25-25-25, Clarinda Academy 1-3-3
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, South Page 11-3-13
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 12-20-14
Pride of Iowa Conference
(3-0) East Union 25-25-25, Lenox 21-16-18
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-22-25-25, Southwest Valley 15-25-18-16
(3-2) Bedford 9-17-25-25-15, Nodaway Valley 25-25-18-19-11
Other Scores
(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 14-16-14
(3-0) A-D-M, Adel 25-25-25, Perry 18-7-17
(3-1) Boone 17-25-25-25, Carroll 25-18-18-17
(3-0) OA-BCIG 25-25-26, Woodbury Central 21-23-24
(3-2) Ogden 19-24-25-25-18, Panorama 25-26-18-19-16
(3-0) Westwood, Sloan 25-25-25, Siouxland Christian 16-20-18
(3-1) Woodward-Granger 24-25-25-25, Earlham 26-17-15-14
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz shot back at former broadcaster Ed Cunningham on Tuesday, saying that allegations that the Hawkeyes would subject a player to possible long-term health issues “surprising and offensive.”
Cunningham said in a story in the New York Times last week that he retired from broadcasting because of his discomfort over the health risks associated with football. Cunningham said his last straw was watching limping Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard play in last year’s Outback Bowl until the closing moments, even though the game was a blowout.
Ferentz added that Iowa’s medical staff has the final say about whether a player is fit to compete. Beathard’s father, Casey, defended the Hawkeyes in a statement, saying that Iowa was “very thorough and diligent in addressing any injury situations.”
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jose Martinez hit two home runs, rookie Harrison Bader added a career-high three RBIs and Michael Wacha survived a shaky start to last six innings as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 8-4 on Tuesday night. Martinez added a double to go 3 for 3 and finish with three RBIs.
Bader, who was a September call-up on Friday, smacked his third home run and had his third multi-hit game since being summoned. Wacha (11-7), who blanked the Padres over his last four innings, was charged with four runs (three earned) and seven hits. He walked three and struck out six in winning for the second straight time after suffering three consecutive losses.
Three Cardinals relievers shut out the Padres in the final three innings.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Alabama (60) | 1-0 | 1524 | 1 |
| 2. Ohio St. (1) | 1-0 | 1445 | 2 |
| 3. Clemson | 1-0 | 1317 | 5 |
| 4. Penn St. | 1-0 | 1303 | 6 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 1-0 | 1253 | 7 |
| 6. Southern Cal | 1-0 | 1224 | 4 |
| 7. Washington | 1-0 | 1083 | 8 |
| 8. Michigan | 1-0 | 1051 | 11 |
| 9. Wisconsin | 1-0 | 979 | 9 |
| 10. Florida St. | 0-1 | 976 | 3 |
| 11. Oklahoma St. | 1-0 | 950 | 10 |
| 12. LSU | 1-0 | 898 | 13 |
| 13. Auburn | 1-0 | 873 | 12 |
| 14. Stanford | 1-0 | 772 | 14 |
| 15. Georgia | 1-0 | 685 | 15 |
| 16. Miami | 1-0 | 537 | 18 |
| 17. Louisville | 1-0 | 529 | 16 |
| 18. Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 490 | 21 |
| 19. Kansas St. | 1-0 | 398 | 20 |
| 20. Washington St. | 1-0 | 216 | 24 |
| 21. South Florida | 2-0 | 207 | 19 |
| 22. Florida | 0-1 | 164 | 17 |
| 23. TCU | 1-0 | 154 | – |
| 24. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 141 | – |
| 25. Tennessee | 1-0 | 124 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Utah 96, UCLA 82, West Virginia 70, Colorado 65, Maryland 45, Oregon 44, South Carolina 44, Boise St. 22, Northwestern 20, Houston 14, San Diego St. 11, Texas Tech 4, Kentucky 4, Iowa 3, California 2, Navy 1, Vanderbilt 1, Pittsburgh 1, Mississippi St. 1, Nebraska 1, Michigan St. 1.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 5, 2017 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have recalled infielder Breyvic Valera from Memphis (AAA) and that he will join the team for tonight’s game in San Diego.
Valera, 25, a non-drafted free agent (signed on May 13, 2010) from Montalban, Venezuela, played in 800 career minor league games over eight seasons before arriving in the Major Leagues.
The switch-hitting infielder batted .314 with eight home runs, 41 RBI and 11 stolen bases and led the Redbirds in batting average, hits (133) and triples (6) during the 2017 season. From July 4 through the end of the season, Valera ranked 12th among all minor leaguers with a .359 average, tallying 24 multi-hit games and ran off a 26-game on-base streak from July 30-August 29, batting .366 with a .415 OBP during that stretch. He was recognized as the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week for July 31-August 6.
The 5-10, 184-pound Valera struck out just 34 times in his 424 at-bats this season, and led Memphis down the stretch in their record-breaking 91-win season by batting .346 with 5 HR’s & 18 RBI in 25 games in August – earning the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month award for the month of August.
Over his 800 career minor league games, Valera has a .303 batting average including a .359 on-base percentage. He has been named to three mid-season All-Star Games (New York-Penn League 2012, Midwest League 2013 & Florida State League 2014) and was recognized as the 2016 Venezuelan Winter League Most Valuable Player.
Valera has been assigned uniform No. 41 and will become the 11th Cardinal to make his Major League debut this season.
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