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CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant galloped home from first base on Anthony Rizzo’s bloop double, capping a three-run rally in the eighth inning that sent the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Saturday in the ever-tightening NL Central race.
A classic pitchers’ duel between Jon Lester and Adam Wainwright kept it scoreless into the eighth. The Cubs began the day one game behind shaky Milwaukee for the division lead, with the Cardinals 3 1/2 back of the Brewers.
After Paul DeJong and Randal Grichuk hit two-out homers off Lester for a 2-0 lead, the Cubs came back. Ben Zobrist’s RBI double with two outs made it 2-1 and chased Wainwright. Bryant greeted reliever Matt Bowman (2-4) with a broken-bat single that tied it. Brett Cecil then relieved and on a 3-2 pitch, Rizzo followed a looper toward left-center. Bryant ran hard the whole way and slid home as catcher Yadier Molina couldn’t control center fielder Dexter Fowler’s one-hop throw.
Lester (7-6), who had a perfect game until Wainwright singled with two outs in the sixth, struck out 10. Wade Davis walked a pair with two outs before striking out Molina for his 19th saves in 19 chances.
Martensdale-St.Marys 7, Hudson 4
Akron-Westfield 5, Lisbon 4 (11 innings)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs have signed quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a four-year rookie contract. Kansas City traded its first- and third-round picks this year and its first-round pick next year to the Buffalo Bills to grab the Texas Tech quarterback with the 10th overall selection. It was the first time Kansas City had taken a quarterback in the first round since Todd Blackledge in 1983.
The Chiefs sent the No. 27 and No. 91 overall picks in this year’s draft to Buffalo in order to acquire a successor to Alex Smith. The veteran starter has two years remaining on his contract, though Smith becomes inexpensive to release after next season.
CHICAGO (AP) – Paul DeJong hit a tiebreaking two-run double in St. Louis’ nine-run eighth inning, and the Cardinals cooled off the Chicago Cubs with an 11-4 victory on Friday. Chicago carried a 3-2 lead into the eighth, looking for its seventh consecutive win. But St. Louis sent 14 batters to the plate in its highest-scoring inning of the season, taking advantage of a combined six walks by three relievers while improving to 4-4 since the All-Star break.
Carl Edwards Jr. (3-2) was pulled after the first three batters reached. Hector Rondon then walked Jedd Gyorko, tying it at 3, and DeJong followed with a drive into the ivy in right-center for a ground-rule double. The Cardinals were off and running from there. Matt Bowman (2-3) got the final out of the seventh for the win.
The Cubs played without third baseman Kris Bryant, who sprained his left little finger on a headfirst slide on Wednesday. X-rays were negative, but Bryant is experiencing soreness and there is some concern about gripping a bat.
Newman Catholic, Mason City 10, CAM 2
Remsen St. Mary’s 5, North Linn 1
State Softball Championships Friday, July 21
Class 1A
3rd Place: Westwood 6, Sigourney 3 – Final
Championship: Kee 8, Clarksville 1 – Final
Class 2A
3rd Place: Durant 2 vs. Interstate 35 1 Final
Championship: Iowa City Regina 5, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 4 – Final
Class 3A
3rd Place – Center Point-Urbana 4, Mount Vernon 3 – Final
Championship: Davenport Assumption 8, Albia 0 Final
Class 4A
Friday, July 21
3rd Place: Oskaloosa 14, Charles City 1 Final
Box Score
Championship: Winterset 5, Ballard 2 Final
Box Score
Class 5A
3rd Place: Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5, Urbandale 3 Final
Box Score
Championship: Pleasant Valley 8, Waukee 2 Final
Box Score
The 2017 CAM Baseball team accomplished something that no team in school history had done, made it to the State tournament. On Friday that’s where the season would end with a 10-2 Quarterfinal round loss to Newman Catholic of Mason City at Principal Park in Des Moines.
The Cougars got off to a great start with Marcus Daugherty getting on base on a walk and Thomas Hensley following with a single. When Hensley tried to steal second, a poor throw to second base allowed Daugherty to come in to score and Hensley headed to third. Another Knight throwing error over to third allowed Hensley to come home on the same play. CAM didn’t allow a Newman Catholic run until the third and held a 2-1 lead into the 5th.
Newman Catholic then had the bats come alive in the bottom of the 5th, scoring 9 runs on 6 hits. Evan Paulus grabbed the lead for the Knights with a 2 run homer following Ben Fitzgerald’s lead-off double. The hit rally would 
continue and the Cougars pitching staff hurt themselves with 4 walks in the inning as well.
CAM couldn’t get anything going on offense in their final two innings and saw their dream season come to a close with the 10-2 loss. Mitchell Williamson took the loss in relief. He went 1 inning allowing 6 earned runs on 5 hits with 1 walk. Nick Holste went 3 1/3 innings to start the game allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Marcus Daugherty came on in the 5th to allow 3 runs on 1 hit with 2 walks. Austin Chester finished the game with 1 2/3 innings allowing 1 hit and 2 walks. Evan Paulus went the distance for Newman Catholic allowing 2 runs, 1 earned on 2 hits with 1 walk and 10 strikeouts.
CAM ends the season at 22-8. Newman Catholic improves to 33-3 and will head to the semifinals next Thursday at Principal Park.
Listen to full post-game interviews with CAM Head Coach Dan Daugherty and senior centerfielder Marcus Daugherty below.
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SEATTLE (AP) – The Seattle Mariners have acquired young left-hander Marco Gonzales from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for top outfield prospect Tyler O’Neill. The clubs pulled off the surprising deal Friday, the second move to add pitching help in as many days for the Mariners. Seattle acquired veteran reliever David Phelps from Miami on Thursday.
This time, Seattle added a young starter who will have a number of seasons of club control but paid a hefty price. O’Neill was considered one of the top prospects in Seattle’s farm system and had been on a tear of late at Triple-A Tacoma. The 22-year-old O’Neill had 19 home runs in 93 games at Triple-A.
Gonzales, 25, is still working his way back from missing all the 2016 season due to elbow surgery. He pitched in one major league game this season for the Cardinals.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardinals pitcher Trevor Rosenthal was late covering first base on a two-out grounder by Jose Reyes that turned into a game-winning single in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Mets over St. Louis 3-2 Thursday. Reyes’ fourth career walkoff RBI gave the Mets a split of the four-game series.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brandon Moss drove in four runs, Mike Moustakas had three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals routed the error-prone Detroit Tigers 16-4 Thursday night. Eric Hosmer and Whit Merrifield homered for the Royals, who moved within 1½ games of first-place Cleveland in the AL Central. The 16 runs and 19 hits were season highs for Kansas City.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s basketball team has added Zoran Talley, last season’s Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year, as a graduate transfer. The Cyclones announced Thursday that Talley, a 6-foot-7 forward who averaged 11.3 points in 2016-17 for Old Dominion, will join the team after he graduates in August.
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