ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peter Bourjos hit a game-tying RBI triple, then scored the go-ahead run by beating the throw home on an infield tapper to fuel a four-run fifth inning in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. Carlos Martinez (3-0) allowed two runs in six innings and Matt Adams doubled twice with an RBI.

Ryan Howard hit his 20th career homer against St. Louis, 11 coming in his hometown, and Odubel Herrera had two hits and an RBI. Aaron Harang (2-2) surrendered five runs in six innings, ending a career-best run of eight consecutive quality starts dating to last September. Bourjos entered 7 for 15 against Harang with a homer and four RBIs, no doubt factoring into his second start considering he was just 1 for 10 on the season.

The 15th ranked Iowa baseball team won another extra-innings game Tuesday, this time downing Sacramento State 4-3 in 18 innings. The Hawkeyes used extra innings to win one of their games in a three-game weekend sweep over Nebraska. Rick Heller’s team has put in a lot of work in a short amount of time after weather forced them to play a single game Saturday and a double-header with the Huskers Sunday.

“It’s tough to deal with in the early part of the weekend and obviously that’s always a stressful situation when you are the home team trying to make those tough decision on when to play,” Heller says. “And ending up having to play three nine-inning games in a 24-hour period is never easy, and for our guys to find way to beat Nebraska three times and not have a let down in any of those games says a lot about our team.” Heller says they were expecting to get back to normal with the single game Tuesday.

“Thinking you are going to have a nice single game on a beautiful night against Sacramento State turns into 18 innings and a lot of stressful innings during that one. But that one was extras special to be able to win that, if you play 18 innings, you certainly don’t want to lose it,” Heller says. Iowa had to come back a couple of times to win the game.

“If you keep playing the game, the game usually comes back to you in some way. When you just give up and let down is when you are beat, and this team just doesn’t give up,” Heller says. “It isn’t just recently that that’s been happening. We had some games early in the season where we hung around and came back and won, and I think that’s important in your first 10-15 games to win some games like that.” Iowa has had some injuries to key players, but also has had some come back and start to round into form, such as junior Jimmy Frankos.

“He’s just now three-quarters of the way into the season back into shape where he is turning into his old self. It was nice to have Jimmy swinging the bat well against Nebraska and he ended up being the co-conference player of the week. Getting some added punch from him has really helped,” Heller says. “Dan Potempa has had a good stretch — same thing with him –he got off to a slow start. He was an all-Big Ten D-H last season. Dan is really starting to swing the bat a lot better.” The extra-inning win moves the Hawkeyes to 31-11 overall. They return to conference action Friday afternoon with the start of a three-game series at Michigan.

(Learfield Sports)

Iowa State guard Naz Long will have arthroscopic surgery performed on his right hip on Thursday, May 7. The surgery will replicate the previous procedure that was performed on April 1 on his left hip, alleviating chronic pain that worsened throughout his junior season. The surgery will again be performed by Dr. Bryan Warme at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames and the recovery time is expected to be 3-5 months.

Iowa State men’s basketball athletic trainer Vic Miller says that Long’s recovery from his first surgery has went well.

“Naz is ahead of schedule on his recovery from his first surgery on his left hip and our hope is the second hip will respond in the same way,” Miller said. “Naz was so strong going into the first surgery, which always helps in a recovery.”

Long looks forward to getting the surgeries behind him and becoming an even bigger threat on the court.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to where I was and being able to do things from a mobility standpoint that I haven’t been able to do,” Long said. “I’ve been lifting for two weeks now and they tell me I am ahead of schedule. I’ve been blessed with a good body, one that has allowed me to heal faster. I’m excited to get this second surgery behind me.”

Long, a Mississauga, Ontario, native, started 33 of 34 games for the Cyclones in 2014-15. He averaged 10.1 points and hit a team-high 77 three-pointers. Long’s 2.3 three-pointers per game was second among Big 12 players.

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Audubon Wheeler Relays (CLICK HERE for complete results)

Girls:

1. Panorama  168
2. Griswold  108
3. Missouri Valley  62
4. Underwood  51
5. IKM-Manning  48
6. Exira/EHK  46
7. Coon Rapids-Bayard  38
8. Audubon  31
9. Guthrie Center  30
10. CAM  6
11. Adair-Casey  1

1st Place:

• High Jump – Sydney Obermeier, Audubon
• Discus – Shelby Lane, Panorama
• Long Jump – Asia Hughes, Missouri Valley
• Shot Put – Dezirae Klinkefus, Panorama
• 3000 – Alyx Flippin, Griswold
• 4 x 800 – Underwood
• Shuttle Hurdle – Panorama
• 100 – Jade Hays, Coon Rapis-Bayard
• Distance Medley – Underwood
• 400 – Devyn Kemble, Panorama
• 4 x 200 – Panorama
• 100 Hurdles – Miranda Mleynek, Panorama
• 800 – Shyanne Sporrer, IKM-Manning
• 200 – Miranda Mleynek, Panorama
• 400 Hurdles – Devyn Kemble, Panorama
• Sprint Medley – Exira/EHK
• 1500 – Alyx Flippin, Griswold
• 4 x 100 – Panorama
• 4 x 400 – Panorama

Boys:

1. Panorama  114
2. IKM-Manning  76
3. Audubon  75
4. Tri-Center  49
5. Underwood  49
6. Adair-Casey  40
7. Griswold  38
8. Treynor  38
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard  36
10. Exira/EHK  31
11. CAM  7
12. Guthrie Center  5

1st Place:

• High Jump – Gabe Richey, Panorama
• Discus – Matt Webner, Panorama
• Long Jump – Emmitt Wheatley, Adair-Casey
• Shot Put – Marcus Boldy, Panorama
• 4 x 800 – Tri-Center
• 3200 – Evan Wilson, Exira/EHK
• Shuttle Hurdle – Panorama
• 100 – Emmitt Wheatley, Adair-Casey
• 400 – Nick Pedersen, Underwood
• 4 x 200 – IKM-Manning
• 110 Hurdles – Mitchell Nelsen, Audubon
• 1600 – Trey Castle, Treynor
• 200 – Emmitt Wheatley, Adair-Casey
• 400 Hurdles – Brett Daley, Treynor
• Distance Medley – Tri-Center
• 800 – Gavin Richey, Panorama
• 4 x 100 – Panorama
• 4 x 400 – IKM-Manning

A-H-S-T-W Invitational (2015 AHSTW Coed Results (1))

Girls:

1. Fremont-Mills  207
2. Kuemper Catholic  186
3. A-H-S-T-W  118
4. Heartland Christian  74

Boys:

1. Denison  149
2. Van Meter  134
3. A-H-S-T-W  125
4. Fremont-Mills  115
5. Kuemper Catholic  76
6. East Mills  56
7. Heartland Christian  10
8. Denison JV  9

Girls Golf:
Creston 195 Atlantic 200 (Medalist: Madison Hance, Creston 45; Runner-Up: Erin Olsen, Atlantic 45)
CAM 209, Lenox 230 (Medalist: Brooklyn Wendt, CAM 47)
Audubon 238, Riverside NTS (Medalist: Alyssa Brink, Riverside 47)
A-H-S-T-W 211, IKM-Manning 221 (Medalist: Nicole Tiarks, A-H-S-T-W 47)
Shenandoah 201, Glenwood 239
Clarinda 213, Red Oak 237
Southwest Valley 224, Mount Ayr 229
Southwest Iowa 214, Nishnabotna 227, East Mills 285, Heartland Christian 299

Boys Golf:
Atlantic 154, Creston 155 (Medalist: Ben Renaud, Atlantic 34)
Riverside 154, Audubon 177 (Medalist: Dylan McClain, Riverside 36)
Lenox 176, CAM 195, Adair-Casey 238
IKM-Manning 177, A-H-S-T-W 178
Shenandoah 168, Glenwood 172
Clarinda 157, Red Oak 178
Treynor 175, St. Albert 181
Mount Ayr 191, Southwest Valley 217
East Mills 176, Nishnabotan 182, Southwest Iowa 216, Heartland Christian 235

Girls Tennis:
Atlantic 7, Audubon 2
Shenandoah 7, Glenwood 2
Red Oak 5, Clarinda 4
Creston 7, Indianola 4

Boys Tennis:
Atlantic 8, Audubon 1
Shenandoah 6, Glenwood 3
Clarinda 6, Red Oak 3

Girls Soccer:
St. Albert 10, Atlantic 0
Harlan 5, A-H-S-T-W 0
Tri-Center 1, Nodaway Valley/WCV/AC 0
Treynor 10, Riverside 0
Carroll 4, Denison-Schleswig 2

Boys Soccer:
Glenwood 5, Tri-Center 2
Harlan 6, Riverside 1
Carroll 2, Nodaway Valley 1
Creston 2, Lewis Central 0
Denison-Schleswig 6, Missouri Valley 0
St. Albert 3, Abraham Lincoln 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs and team president Mark Donovan have agreed to a contract extension. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. Donovan spent six years with the Eagles before joining the Chiefs as their chief operating officer in 2009. He was promoted to president two years later.

Donovan has been instrumental in updating the fan experience at Arrowhead Stadium, creating new membership programs, implementing new technology and building the season-ticket base. He has also helped to bring several events to the Chiefs’ stadium, including numerous college football games and concerts involving the Rolling Stones and Kenny Chesney.

Before joining the Eagles, Donovan spent several years working as the NFL’s senior director of sales and marketing. He also worked for the NHL and in the private sector.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter tripled and doubled, and the St. Louis Cardinals had season highs in runs and hits to help Michael Wacha remain unbeaten with an 11-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. Matt Holliday and Matt Adams each added three hits for the Cardinals, who finished with 15 hits. Jason Heyward reached base four times and Jon Jay drove in two runs.