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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Funeral services are being planned for Oscar Taveras in his hometown in the Dominican Republic following his death in a weekend car crash The young St. Louis Cardinals prospect is to be buried Tuesday in Sosua. Among those expected are Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and teammates Yadier Molina and Carlos Martinez. The 22-year-old Taveras was killed along with 18-year-old girlfriend Edilia Arvelo when his 2014 Chevy Camaro ran off the road between Sosua and Caberete.
A funeral for Arvelo was held Monday in her hometown of Moca. Highway police spokesman Col. Diego Pesqueira says the road was wet from a recent rain but the cause of the crash is under investigation. An autopsy was done Monday but results weren’t available.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith played through a sprained throwing shoulder that he sustained just before halftime of Sunday’s 34-7 rout of the St. Louis Rams. Smith never mentioned the injury in his postgame remarks, and it wasn’t until Chiefs coach Andy Reid brought it up Monday that anybody learned of it outside the Kansas City locker room.
Reid said that Smith landed on his shoulder but played through the pain. The game was still very much in the balance when the injury happened, the Chiefs leading just 10-7 at the break. Smith went through a series of examinations Monday. Reid said the quarterback is “tender” and declined to say whether he will miss any practice time this week.
The Chiefs play the New York Jets on Sunday.
Iowa Prep Football Poll
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 (6) 9-0 116 1
2. West Des Moines Dowling (6) 8-1 113 3
3. Cedar Rapids Washington (1) 9-0 110 2
4. West Des Moines Valley 8-1 99 4
5. Waukee 8-1 81 5
6. Marion Linn-Mar 8-1 58 6
7. Ankeny 7-2 52 7
8. Ankeny Centennial 7-2 33 8
9. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 8-1 25 9
10. Eldridge North Scott 7-2 12 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Pleasant Valley 7. 12, Southeast Polk 3. 12, Cedar Falls 3. 14, Johnston 2. 15, Muscatine 1.
Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (12) 9-0 129 1
2. Sioux City Heelan 8-1 113 2
3. Solon (1) 8-1 103 3
4. Carroll 8-1 85 4
5. Dallas Center-Grimes 8-1 76 5
6. Cedar Rapids Xavier 6-3 56 7
7. Manchester West Delaware 8-1 49 6
8. Humboldt 8-1 40 9
9. Carlisle 7-2 32 10
10. Waverly-Shell Rock 7-2 25 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Gilbert 4. 12, Huxley Ballard 2. 13, Clear Creek-Amana 1.
Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Clear Lake (11) 9-0 127 1
2. Spirit Lake (2) 9-0 119 2
3. Williamsburg 9-0 91 3
4. Sioux Center 8-1 78 4
5. West Union North Fayette 8-1 74 5
6. Hampton-Dumont 8-1 58 7
7. Baxter CMB 9-0 56 6
8. Cascade 8-1 39 8
9. Albia 8-1 32 9
10. Mediapolis 8-1 14 10(tie)
Others receiving votes: 11, Clarinda 12. 12, Central Lyon-GLR 8. 13, Dyersville Beckman 6. 14, Tama South Tama 1.
Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (10) 8-1 124 1
2. Calmar South Winneshiek 9-0 112 2
3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (2) 9-0 106 3
4. West Branch (1) 9-0 93 4
5. St. Ansgar 9-0 78 5
6. IKM Manning 9-0 69 6
7. Inwood West Lyon 8-1 55 7
8. Stanwood North Cedar 8-1 38 8
9. Hinton 8-1 22 10
10. Dike-New Hartford 7-2 14 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, South Central Calhoun 2. 12, Leon Central Decatur 1. 12, Ogden 1.
Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Logan-Magnolia (6) 9-0 118 1
2. Delhi Maquoketa Valley (4) 9-0 115 2
3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3) 8-1 101 4
4. Packwood Pekin 9-0 99 3
5. Montezuma 9-0 70 5
6. Ackley AGWSR 8-1 64 6
7. Nashua-Plainfield 8-1 55 7
8. Mount Ayr 8-1 45 8
9. Moville Woodbury Central 8-1 33 9
10. Audubon 7-2 5 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Bedford 4. 12, Paullina South O’Brien 2. 13, Hawarden West Sioux 1. 13, Keosauqua Van Buren 1. 13, Brooklyn BGM 1. 13, Algona Garrigan 1.
Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (10) 9-0 127 1
2. Fremont Mills, Tabor (2) 9-0 107 2
3. Janesville (1) 9-0 98 3
4. Glidden-Ralston 9-0 89 4
5. Elkader Central 9-0 88 5
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-1 50 8
7. HLV, Victor 8-1 45 9
8. Graettinger-Terril Ruthven-Ayrshire 8-1 40 10
9. West Bend-Mallard 8-1 36 NR
10. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 8-1 25 NR
Others receiving votes: 11, Newell-Fonda 4. 12, Marcus MMC 3. 13, Lamoni 1. 13, Lenox 1. 13, Dunlap Boyer Valley 1.
(All begin at 7:00 pm)
Class 3-A
Atlantic @ Red Oak
East Sac County @ Kuemper Catholic
Clarinda @ Shenandoah
Saydel @ West Central Valley
Class 4-A
Denison @ Carroll
Glenwood @ Creston
Norwalk @ Winterset
Class 5-A
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Sioux City West
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner smothered the Kansas City Royals for the second time in a week, pitching a four-hitter that led the San Francisco Giants to a 5-0 victory Sunday night and a 3-2 World Series lead. Bumgarner struck out eight and walked none in improving to 4-0 in four World Series starts. He has allowed one run in 31 Series innings, an astonishing 0.29 ERA.
Brandon Crawford drove in three runs and Juan Perez hit a two-run double for the Giants, seeking to become only the second NL team to win three titles in a five-year span. James Shields lost to Bumgarner for the second time, allowing eight hits and two runs in six innings.
In the 41 previous instances the World Series was 2-2 in the best-of-seven format, the Game 5 winner has taken the title 27 times. After a day off, the Series resumes Tuesday night at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. In a rematch of Game 2 starters, Jordano Ventura pitches for the Royals and Jake Peavy for the Giants.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras died Sunday in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic.
The crash happened on a highway between the beaches of Sosua and Cabarete in Puerto Plata, about 215 miles north of the capital of Santo Domingo.
“I spoke to the mayor of Sosua, Ylana Newman … and she confirmed to us that Taveras lost control of his vehicle and went off the road,” police spokesman Jacobo Mateo Moquete told The Associated Press.
Angel Ovalles, the Cardinals’ representative in the Caribbean country, said late Sunday that Taveras was driving the car along with a young woman. Erico Rosario, one of Taveras’ representatives, also confirmed his death.
“He was killed in an accident,” Rosario said, weeping.
The 22-year-old Taveras made his major league debut this year. The promising slugger hit .239 with three homers and 22 RBIs in 80 games for the NL Central champions.
“I think he can be a star,” manager Mike Matheny said last Monday at his season-ending press conference. “He proved that at times. Right to the end, he was very, very much into the competition. Yes, he wanted to be the guy out there every day. You see some things offensively that absolutely excite you.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis Rams lost wide receiver Brian Quick and right guard Rodger Saffold to injuries just two plays apart early in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Chiefs.
Quick hurt his shoulder while getting tackled near the Kansas City sideline on the first play of the Rams’ drive, and Saffold hurt his shoulder while blocking for running back Zac Stacy. Both of the players were questionable to return.
The Rams’ offensive line continued to sustain injuries later in the game. Center Scott Wells left in the third quarter with an elbow injury, shortly before left tackle Jake Long walked slowly off the field with an undisclosed injury. The Rams were already playing with a depleted defensive backfield. Starting cornerback Janoris Jenkins and backup Trumaine Johnson were inactive with knee injuries.
The Chiefs lost cornerback Jamell Fleming to a hamstring injury early in the second half.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamaal Charles ran for two touchdowns, Knile Davis returned a kick 99 yards for another score and the Kansas City Chiefs trounced the St. Louis Rams 34-7 on Sunday. Cairo Santos added a pair of field goals for Kansas City (4-3), including a career-best 53-yarder. Alex Smith was 24 of 28 for 226 yards, while Davis capped a run of 34 unanswered points with a short touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
Justin Houston had three of the Chiefs’ seven sacks. The banged-up Rams (2-5) lost their sixth straight to Kansas City dating to Sept. 25, 1994, when they were still in Los Angeles. Austin Davis threw for 160 yards with a touchdown and a pick.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The World Series is tied at two games apiece after the San Francisco Giants turned an early 4-1 deficit into an 11-4 pounding of the Kansas City Royals. Pablo Sandoval singled home a pair to snap a 4-4 tie and spark a three-run sixth. Joe Panik added a two-run double while the Giants scored four times in the seventh to go ahead 11-4.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Mississippi State was a winner in its first game since climbing to the top of The Associated Press college football poll two weeks ago. Dak Prescott accounted for three touchdowns and Josh Robinson rushed for two TDs to lead the Bulldogs’ offense in a 45-31 win against Kentucky. Prescott ran for TDs of 2 and 11 yards, and hit Brandon Hill for an 8-yard TD.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — No. 3 Mississippi has fallen from the unbeaten ranks with a 10-7 loss at LSU. Ole Miss was lining up for a potential tying field goal from 42 yards, but was called for delay of game just before Bo Wallace’s pass was intercepted by Ronald Martin with two seconds left. Anthony Jennings’ short touchdown pass to tight end Logan Stokes gave the Tigers the lead late in the fourth quarter.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers have exercised the fourth-year contract option on guard Dion Waiters. The fourth overall pick in the 2012 draft by Cleveland, Waiters will start in the Cavs backcourt with Kyrie (KY’-ree) Irving. The Cavs were expected to pick up the option worth $5.1 million on Waiters, who averaged 15.3 point last season.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — There’s a two-way tie for the lead after the third round of the PGA’s McGladrey Classic in South Carolina. Andrew Svoboda and Will MacKenzie each finished play at 12-under-par. MacKenzie earned his share of the lead by shooting a 5-under-65, while Svoboda shot a 4-under-66.
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