7/7 Suspended Games:

• Bedford vs. Diagonal will resume @ 7:00 p.m. at Bedford tonight (7/8). Bedford leads 3-1 in the bottom of the 2nd inning.
• Mount Ayr vs. East Union will resume @ 7:00 p.m. at Mount Ayr (7/8). Mt. Ayr leads 2-0 in the top of the 2nd inning.

7/7 Postponed Game:

• Sidney vs. Essex game at Sidney will be made up tonight (7/8) as a part of a doubleheader at Macedonia. Sidney & Essex game will start @ 5:30 p.m. Riverside vs. Treynor 2A first round game will now start @ & 7:30 p.m.

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Class 4-A:

1. Dubuque Hempstead
2. Waukee
3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
4. Iowa City West
5. DM East
6. Urbandale
7. Dowling Catholic
8. Sioux City North
9. Fort Dodge
10. Cedar Falls

Class 3-A:

1. Clear Lake
2. Waverly-Shell Rock
3. Bishop Heelan
4. West Delaware
5. Fairfield
6. Harlan
7. Assumption
8. Centerville
9. Perry
10. Williamsburg

Others receiving consideration: Saydel, Winterset, Algona

Class 2-A:

1. North Polk
2. Van Meter
3. Beckman, Dyersville
4. Wilton
5. Roland-Story
6. St. Albert
7. Mt. Vernon
8. South Winneshiek
9. Cascade
10. Alburnett

Others receiving consideration: Monticello; New Hampton, Treynor; Clayton Ridge/Central; Regina, Iowa City

Class 1-A:

1. Twin Cedars
2. Mason City Newman
3. Van Buren (Keosauqua)
4. St. Mary’s, Remsen
5. LeMars Gehlen
6. Don Bosco (Gilbertville)
7. BGM (Brooklyn)
8. Martensdale-St. Mary’s
9. Exira/EHK
10. Coon Rapids-Bayard

Others receiving consideration: Janesville; Glidden-Ralston; Lawton-Bronson, Lisbon; Pleasantville; Logan-Magnolia; Underwood

Hawkeye 10:

• Harlan 6, Atlantic 5 (8 innings)
• Harlan 15, Shenandoah 1 (4 innings)
• Creston 12, St. Albert 0 (3 innings)

Hawkeye 10:

• Harlan 6, Denison-Schleswig 1
• St. Albert 6, Creston 5 (Completed from 6/26)
• Clarinda 12, Fremont-Mills 1

Western Iowa:

• IKM-Manning 3-6, Missouri Valley 1-3
• Logan-Magnolia 6-11, Audubon 3-5

Rolling Valley:

• Coon Rapids-Bayard 18, Panorama 3
• Glidden-Ralston 9, West Harrison 6
• Guthrie Center 12, CAM 5
• Nodaway Valley 11, Adair-Casey 1
• Ar-We-Va 11, Boyer Valley 1 (5 inn)

Others:

• West Central Valley 4, Ogden 2
• Mount Ayr 4, Orient-Macksburg 0 (5 inn)

CLASS 2-A – START TIME IS 7 PM UNLESS NOTED
At Greenfield – Nodaway Valley vs. Southwest Valley
At Macedonia – Riverside vs. Treynor
At Missouri Valley – Missouri Valley vs. Tri-Center
At Panora – Panorama vs. South Central Calhoun
At Underwood – Underwood vs. Council Bluffs St. Albert
At Van Meter – Van Meter vs. Audubon
CLASS 3-A
At Adel – ADM vs. West Central Valley
At Atlantic – Atlantic vs. Red Oak
At Sergeant Bluff – Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Kuemper Catholic
At Shenandoah – Shenandoah vs. Clarinda

Class 1-A 1st Round Scores

• CAM 16, Orient-Macksburg 4 (3)
• Glidden-Ralston 8, Boyer Valley 3
• Guthrie Center 9, Adair-Casey 0
• West Harrison 5, Whiting 4
• Stanton 12, Nishnabotna 0 (3)
• Fremont-Mills 7, East Mills 1
• Woodbine 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
• Bedford 3, Diagonal 1 (suspended in bottom 2nd)
• Mount Ayr 2, East Union 0 (suspended in top 2nd)
• Sidney vs. Essex (PPD to 7/8/14)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Adams hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series with the NL Central rival they topped in the division series last fall.

Matt Carpenter walked to lead off the ninth and Matt Holliday flied out. Adams then hit his 10th homer on an 0-1 pitch from Justin Wilson for his first career game-winning homer. It was the Cardinals’ first game-winning homer since Skip Schumaker connected against the Kansas City Royals on June 19, 2011.

Charlie Morton allowed one hit in seven innings for Pittsburgh, which stranded 12 runners. Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals’ 11-game winner, scattered seven hits in seven scoreless innings. Pat Neshek worked a perfect ninth against the top of the order for St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals recalled left-hander Tyler Lyons from Triple-A Memphis and optioned fellow lefty Marco Gonzales to the minors, a day after he started against the Marlins. The 26-year-old Lyons was 0-3 with a 6.12 ERA in six appearances, including four starts, earlier this season. He went on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain on May 13 and has made three starts since being reinstated on June 19.

The 22-year-old Gonzales made three starts for the Cardinals and was 0-2 with a 7.07 ERA, allowing one run in 4 2-3 innings Sunday while walking five. He was a first-round pick last year and is 5-4 with a 1.89 ERA in 13 starts at Class A Palm Beach and Double-A Springfield, and is at the Triple-A level for the first time.

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The St. Louis Cardinals say an MRI exam on right-hander Michael Wacha’s injured shoulder showed progress, but not enough for him to resume throwing. General manager John Mozeliak said Monday that Wacha, the NL championship series MVP last fall, will be evaluated again in two weeks. He said continued treatment along with weight training to strengthen the area around the stress fracture was in the pitcher’s best interests.

Wacha has been on the 15-day disabled list since June 18. He’s 5-5 with a 2.79 ERA for the defending National League champions. Mozeliak said Joe Kelly, on the DL since April 17 with a left hamstring strain, could return to the rotation Friday at Milwaukee.