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CHICAGO (AP) — Welington Castillo homered and drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single, giving the Chicago Cubs a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that tightened the NL Central race Tuesday night. St. Louis’ lead was reduced to 1 1/2 games over second-place Pittsburgh, which clinched a playoff berth by beating Atlanta. With four games to play, the Cardinals, who secured a postseason spot last weekend, still have a magic number of four to wrap up their second consecutive division crown.
Castillo finished 2 for 5 with three RBIs. Zac Rosscup (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for his first major league win. Pat Neshek (7-2) took the loss.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says quarterback C.J. Beathard will open this week’s practices as the starter ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten opener at Purdue. But that’s only because junior Jake Rudock is “day-to-day” because of a leg injury.
Beathard, a sophomore, finally got his shot at extended playing time last weekend. He gave the struggling Hawkeyes (3-1) a major boost in leading them back from 10 points down to beat Pittsburgh, 24-20. Beathard was 7 of 8 passing for 98 yards in relief of Rudock.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue is making progress. The Boilermakers already have won twice – one more than in 2013 – and have beaten an FBS school, something they did not achieve during coach Darrell Hazell’s first season as head coach. When Iowa (3-1) comes to West Lafayette on Saturday, Purdue has a big chance to win its first Big Ten game in the Hazell era and to achieve that milestone on homecoming.
Hazell made no attempt to downplay this game’s significance on Tuesday. Since a 38-17 loss on Sept. 6 to Central Michigan, Purdue (2-2) has played well in a 30-14 loss to unbeaten Notre Dame and then scored the game’s first 25 points Saturday in a 35-13 victory against previously unbeaten Southern Illinois.
(2-1) Bedford 23-25-15, Rock Port, MO 25-20-11
(2-0) Fairfax, MO 25-25, South Page 21-13
(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25, Bedford 21-20
(3-1) Stanton 16-25-27-25, Southwest Valley 25-23-25-17
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Bettendorf (11) 4-0 135 2
2. Cedar Rapids Washington (2) 4-0 128 3
3. West Des Moines Dowling (1) 3-1 104 1
4. West Des Moines Valley 3-1 99 7(tie)
5. Waukee 3-1 91 6
6. Sioux City East 4-0 62 9
7. Ankeny Centennial 3-1 38 4
8. Ames 3-1 34 NR
9. Johnston 3-1 33 5
10. Eldridge North Scott 3-1 9 7(tie)
Others receiving votes: 11, Cedar Falls 8. 12, Southeast Polk 5. 13, Pleasant Valley 4. 14, Ottumwa 3. 14, Marion Linn-Mar 3. 14, Burlington 3. 14, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 3. 18, Des Moines North 2. 18, Ankeny 2. 18, Muscatine 2. 21, Dubuque Senior 1. 21, Dubuque Hempstead 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (7) 4-0 130 1
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6) 3-1 128 2
3. Manchester West Delaware (1) 4-0 111 3
4. Carroll 4-0 99 4
5. Sioux City Heelan 3-1 73 6
6. Huxley Ballard 4-0 69 9
7. Solon 3-1 54 7
8. Waverly-Shell Rock 3-1 42 10
9. Gilbert 3-1 28 5
10. Newton 4-0 17 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9. 12, Humboldt 3. 13, Decorah 2. 13, Dallas Center-Grimes 2. 15, Davenport Assumption 1. 15, Clear Creek-Amana 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Clear Lake (13) 4-0 138 1
2. Spirit Lake 4-0 122 2
3. Sioux Center (1) 4-0 94 4
4. Williamsburg 4-0 87 5
5. Albia 4-0 74 6
6. Hampton-Dumont 4-0 68 7
7. Center Point-Urbana 4-0 55 8
8. New Hampton 3-1 43 3
9. North Fayette 3-1 40 9
10. Mediapolis 3-1 15 10
Others receiving votes: 11, Cascade 12. 12, Clarion-Goldfield 8. 13, Union, La Porte City 5. 13, Central Lyon-GLR 5. 15, Baxter CMB 4.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (9) 3-1 135 1
2. South Winneshiek (1) 4-0 118 3
3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (3) 4-0 117 2
4. West Branch (1) 4-0 91 4
5. St. Ansgar 4-0 89 5
6. IKM Manning 4-0 59 6
7. Ogden 4-0 58 7
8. Hinton 4-0 33 8
9. West Lyon 3-1 32 9
10. Bellevue 4-0 19 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, South Central Calhoun 7. 12, Dike-New Hartford 6. 13, Stanwood North Cedar 3. 14, Avoca AHST 1. 14, O-A/BCIG 1. 14, Riverside Highland 1.
Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Logan-Magnolia (6) 4-0 128 2
2. Maquoketa Valley (8) 4-0 126 1
3. AGWSR 4-0 103 4
4. Nashua-Plainfield 4-0 96 3
5. Pekin 4-0 93 5
6. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3-1 67 6
7. Council Bluffs St. Albert 3-1 38 7
8. Montezuma 4-0 35 9
9. Belle Plaine 4-0 26 10
10. Bedford 4-0 19 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Sloan Westwood 16. 12, Hawarden West Sioux 9. 13, Algona Garrigan 7. 14, Mount Ayr 4. 15, Moville Woodbury Central 1. 15, Belmond-Klemme 1. 15, Fairbank Wapsie Valley 1.
Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (6) 4-0 130 2
2. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7) 4-0 118 1
3. Fremont Mills (1) 4-0 116 3
4. Janesville 4-0 77 5
5. Coon Rapids-Bayard 4-0 61 9
6. HLV 4-0 56 6
7. Glidden-Ralston 4-0 54 8
8. Turkey Valley 4-0 53 7
9. Elkader Central 4-0 29 NR
10. MMC 3-1 28 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Lamoni 18. 12, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 12. 13, East Mills 10. 14, West Bend-Mallard 6.
Elyse Prescott of Urbandale won the Girls Class A title over Tiffany Williams of Atlantic at the Kuemper Catholic Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Urbandale won the team title. Rebekah Topham of Griswold was the girls Class B champion with Griswold winning the team crown. Eldon Warner of CB Thomas Jefferson won the Boys Class A title with Sioux City North capturing the team title. North Polk won the Boys Class B division with Cody Fredericks of OA-BCIG the individual champ. See the complete results by clicking the links below:
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Alex Smith shook off five sacks to throw three touchdown passes and help the Kansas City Chiefs earn their first victory by beating the Miami Dolphins 34-15 on Sunday. Smith led touchdown drives of 62, 76 and 66 yards in a span of four possessions as Kansas City took leads of 14-0 and 21-10. The Chiefs improved to 1-2 and won for only the third time in their past 11 games, including postseason.
The Dolphins fell to 1-2, another wobbly start for a team that hasn’t won a postseason game since 2000. Smith, who ranked 35th and last in the NFL in passing after two weeks, went 19 for 25 for 186 yards, with three of his incompletions dropped. He threw scoring passes of 11 and 4 yards to Joe McKnight, and 20 yards to Travis Kelce.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have clinched a playoff spot for the fourth straight season. The Cardinals were assured of at least an NL wild-card spot when Milwaukee lost to Pittsburgh on Sunday. St. Louis led the NL Central by three games over the Pirates going into its game Sunday night at home against Cincinnati.
Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina and the Cardinals went to the World Series last year and lost in six games to Boston. The previous two seasons, St. Louis made the playoffs as a wild-card team.
The Cardinals are the fifth team this season to clinch a playoff slot. Baltimore, Washington, the Los Angeles Angels and the Dodgers already won spots.
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