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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Speedway and the IndyCar series have reached a two-year extension through 2018. Iowa Speedway president Jimmy Small announced Saturday that the short track, which is owned and operated by NASCAR, will host races in 2017 and 2018. IndyCar has run races in Iowa since 2007, just a year after the Rusty Wallace-designed oval opened. The 10th annual Iowa race is set for Sunday.
Jay Frye, the president of competition and operations for IndyCar, says Iowa has become a staple of its schedule, adding that the track showcases some of the best racing the series offers. The 0.875-mile oval has also hosted a pair of NASCAR Xfinity events and one Camping World trucks series race in recent years.
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) – Simon Pagenaud will start on the pole for the fifth time this season at Sunday’s IndyCar series race at Iowa Speedway. Pagenaud, the series points leader, qualified with a two-lap time of 185.886 mph and gave Team Penske its 500th pole across all forms of motorsports. Josef Newgarden will join Pagenaud on the front row.
Helio Castroneves, Pagenaud’s teammate, will start third, followed by rookie Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball. Pagenaud will seek to become the first pole sitter to win in Iowa in 10 tries.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jhonny Peralta, Tommy Pham and Aledmys Diaz homered, helping Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 on Saturday. Peralta hit a leadoff drive in the second off Chase Anderson (4-10). Pham connected for a solo shot and Diaz belted a three-run homer during the Cardinals’ five-run ninth.
Martinez (8-6) struck out a season-high 11 in five innings in his first win since June 11. The right-hander allowed one run and four hits with four walks. Anderson lasted just four innings. Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI single in the third for Milwaukee’s only run.
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CAM, Anita 9, Tri-Center, Neola 7 (completion of suspended game from 7/7)
Carlisle 7, ADM, Adel 5
Creston 5, Lenox 4
Northeast, Goose Lake 3, Denison-Schleswig 1
Woodbury Central, Moville 9, Sioux City, West 5
The stage is set for Finals play in Regional Softball action. The finals in Class 1A, 2A and 3A take place 7-p.m. Monday. In the Class 3-A/Region 8, Kuemper Catholic plays host to Atlantic at Carroll. Elsewhere:
Class 2-A:
Region 1 – Logan-Magnolia vs. Alta-Aurelia, @ Logan
Region 8 – I-35/Truro vs. Underwood, @ Truro
Class 1A:
Region 2 – Newell/Fonda vs. Bishop Garrigan, @ Fonda
Region 6 – Martensdale/St. Marys vs. Colfax-Mingo, @ Martensdale
Region 7 – Exira/EHK vs. Charter Oak/Ute, @ Charter Oak.
Region 8 – West Harrison vs. Lenox, @ Lenox.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Villar hit a game-ending RBI single with two out in the ninth, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Villar’s hit, off Seung Hwan Oh, got past diving third baseman Greg Garcia. Left fielder Tommy Pham’s throw to the plate was on line and Yadier Molina slapped a quick tag on Kirk Nieuwenhuis as he slid. The home plate umpire ruled Nieuwenhuis safe, leading to an argument from Molina. The call was confirmed after a brief review.
Chris Carter homered twice for Milwaukee, and Jeremy Jeffress (2-4) got the win in relief. Nieuwenhuis led off the ninth with a walk off Trevor Rosenthal (2-4). He moved to second on a sacrifice by Hernan Perez. Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha left Friday’s game in the seventh inning after being struck on the lower right leg by a low liner off the bat of Milwaukee Brewers Jonathan Villar. With one out, Villar smashed a shot up the middle that struck Wacha just above his right ankle at Miller Park.
Atlantic 3, Shenandoah 2
Kuemper Catholic 8, Pocahontas Area Community Schools 4
Class 2A
Region 1
Logan-Magnolia 14, MV-AO @ Logan 4
Alta-Aurelia 6, West Lyon 2
Region 8
I-35/Truro 2, Earlham 0
Underwood 2, Treynor 0
Class 1A
Region 2
Newell-Fonda 10, Glidden-Ralston 7
Bishop Garrigan 8, Rockford 6
Region 6
Martensdale/St. Mary’s 8, Murray 4
Colfax-Mingo 5, Gladview-Reinbeck 0
Region 7
Exira/EHK 3, River Valley 2
Charter Oak/Ute 10, Lawton-Bronson 4
Region 8
West Harrison 2, Westwood 1
Lenox 13, Bedford 0
SAN DIEGO (AP) — St. Louis rookie shortstop Aledmys Diaz will replace his teammate, infielder Matt Carpenter, on the National League roster for next week’s All-Star game. The American League also made a change, with Cleveland right-hander Corey Kluber stepping in for Toronto pitcher Marco Estrada, who has been placed on the 15-day disabled list. The replacements were announced Thursday by NL manager Terry Collins of the New York Mets and AL manager Ned Yost of the Kansas City Royals.
Carpenter made his third All-Star team, but left Wednesday night’s game against Pittsburgh with an injury. Diaz is batting .319 with 12 home runs, 44 RBI, 22 doubles, 54 runs scored, a .382 on-base percentage and a .534 slugging percentage.
Kluber, the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner, will be making his All-Star debut in his sixth major league season. Kluber is 8-8 with a 3.79 ERA, striking out 114 batters in 114 innings.
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