WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Leake outpitched 2016 NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, Stephen Piscotty homered and had five RBIs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Leake (1-1) gave up four hits, struck out seven and walked none over seven shutout innings. The right-hander allowed hits to the first two batters, then picked off a runner before getting 19 straight outs. The streak ended when Daniel Murphy singled with two outs in the seventh. By that time, St. Louis had taken a 3-0 lead against Scherzer, who yielded only one earned run. He did, however, throw three wild pitches — two in the third inning — after tossing only two all last year while going 20-7.

Scherzer (1-1) allowed three runs, four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out 10, the 50th time in his career he reached double figures in strikeouts. Piscotty hit RBI singles in the first and fifth innings before launching a three-run drive in the ninth off Joe Blanton. The five RBIs tied a career high.

CAM senior Marcus Daugherty signed a letter of intent to play football and baseball at Briar Cliff University.

Daugherty rushed for 242 yards, had 294 yards receiving, and scored 9 touchdowns for the Cougars last year. Daugherty also finished as CAM’s 3rd leading tackler.

As a Junior baseball player Daugherty hit .380 with an on base percentage of .483. He’s been a four-year starter for CAM.

Daugherty joins the Chargers this fall.

A couple of other Southwest Iowa athletes signed to continue their athletic careers in college on Wednesday.

Nodaway Valley multi-sport star Jared Corder signed with Briar Cliff University to play both football and track. Corder signed with family and coaches present at Nodaway Valley High School. Corder caught 37 passes for 463 yards and 6 touchdowns and also rushed 52 times for 333 yards and 1 touchdown this past season for the Wolverines. He also currently holds the third fastest time in the 400 meter dash in Class 1A.

Also Wednesday Fremont-Mills basketball player Dalian Melgoza signed to play hoops for the Doane Tigers.  Melgoza averaged 11 points per game for the Knights this past season on 41% shooting.

Atlantic senior track and field member Alexis Brockman announced her decision to continue her career at Missouri Western State University on Wednesday. Alexis signed her letter of intent with family present at the Atlantic High School on Wednesday morning.

Brockman competes in the high jump for the Trojans and will compete for the Griffons in the same event next year.  Alexis will be part of the first ever track and field team at Missouri Western State as Coach Marc Bierbaum is just starting the program this upcoming year.  The Griffons compete in NCAA Division II and are members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).

Brockman said she has family connections to Griffons Coach Marc Bierbaum and that helped make her feel comfortable with the decision.

Brockman has a personal best jump of 4’10” so far in her career. She hopes to clear 5′ this season and qualify for state. She said she has gained a lot of great experience in high school but is excited to work with a jump coach at the next level.

Girls Team Scores

1. Panorama 150
2. Harlan 119
3. AC/GC 91
4. West Central Valley 73
5. Van Meter 71
6. Des Moines Christian 43
7. Earlham 42
8. Nodaway Valley 42
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 39
10. Colo-NESCO 36
11. Southeast Warren 32
12. Exira-EHK 10

Full results: EarlhamGirls2017

Boys Team Scores

1. Earlham 165
2. Des Moines Christian 97.5
3. AC/GC 82
4. Van Meter 79
5. Nodaway Valley 73.5
6. Colo-NESCO 60.5
7. Panorama 55
8. Exira-EHK 49
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 33.5
10. West Central Valley 19
11. Iowa Christian Academy 12
12. Orient-Macksburg 8
13. Grand View Christian 6

Full results: EarlhamBoys2017

Girls Team Scores

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Boys Team Scores

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Team Scores

1. Logan-Magnolia 130
2. KPWC 90
3. Lawton-Bronson 83
4. OA-BCIG 67
5. Missouri Valley 54
6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 45
7. Woodbine 20
8. Westwood 19
9. Whiting 7
10. West Monona 6
11. West Harrison 5
12. River Valley 4
13. Missouri Valley JV 4
14. Boyer Valley 3
15. Charter Oak-Ute 2
16. Ar-We-Va 1

Full results: WestMononaGTrk2017

Boys Golf

Shenandoah Invitational

1. Atlantic 292
2. Glenwood 307
3. Maryville 313
4. Clarinda 317
5. Shenandoah 317
6. Denison 329
7. Red Oak 423

Medalist: Jake Olsen, Atlantic, 70.
Other Atlantic Scores: Ben Renaud, 73, 5th. Zac Stork, 75, 8th. Matt Gearheart, 78, 12th. Cyle Renaud, 74, 7th. Nate Gifford, 83.

Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “Probably the best weather we have had in Shenandoah and all year.  I think it helped that we played the ball up.  There were some tough lies out there.  It was great to score below 300.  That was our goal and we were 8 shots better.  Even though we had a great score, I think we had a few putts that should have fallen and shot even better.  However, we also had some great recovery shots and won’t always go our way.”

Other Scores

• AHSTW 162, Exira-EHK 193, AC/GC 243. Medalist: Erik Jorgensen, AHSTW, 36.
• Harlan 165, Lewis Central 179. Medalist: Kevin Campbell, Harlan, 39.
• Kuemper Catholic 144, Norwalk 159. Medalist: Jacob Schleisman, Kuemper Catholic, 34.
• Winterset 152, Creston 165, Clarke 194. Medalist: Kyle Somers, Creston, 35.
• Woodbine 189, Heartland Christian 201.

Girls Golf

• Atlantic 173, Glenwood 213. Medalist: Alyssa Ginther, Atlantic, 40. Runner-Up Brooke Newell, Atlantic, 43.
  Other Atlantic scores:  Baylee Newell – 44.  Sarah Fixmer – 46.  McKenna DenBeste – 47. Mary Hayes – 54

  Glenwood top score:  Garret Reich – 46

  Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “What a difference in 24 hours.  It was an absolute beautiful night to be on the golf course. Alyssa Ginther’s 40 very deserving of being medalist. She was very consistent from hole to hole; solid from the box – long and straight. Also, very proud of Baylee’s game tonight – this was her best score of our season so far.

  It wasn’t one of Brooke’s better rounds if you just look at the score but she only struggled on a couple of holes and recovered from both of them to finish strong.”

• AHSTW 219, Exira-EHK NTS, AC/GC NTS. Medalist: Emma Jorgensen, AHSTW, 52.
• Boyer Valley 214, Denison-Schleswig 217, IKM-Manning NTS. Medalist: Anna Puck, Boyer Valley, 43.
• Clarke 197, Creston 206, Winterset 224. Medalist: Ashton Carter, Creston, 39.
• Harlan 227, Lewis Central 268. Medalist: Maggie Landenfeld, Harlan, 54.

Boys Tennis

• Glenwood 5, Atlantic 4. Atlantic Winners: Luke Hohenberger, Caleb Williams, Nile Petersen, Hohenberger/Petersen.
• Harlan 8, Lewis Central 1.
• Kuemper Catholic 9, Abraham Lincoln 0.
• Red Oak 9, Audubon 0.
• Southwest Valley 8, Clarinda 1.

Girls Tennis

• Lewis Central 8, Harlan 1.
• Shenandoah 8, St. Albert 1.

Boys Soccer

• Atlantic 7, Carroll 3.
• AHSTW 5, Riverside 1.
• Creston 6, Underwood 0.
• Denison-Schleswig 3, Sioux City West 2 OT
• Sioux City North 1, Abraham Lincoln 0.
• St. Albert 1, Tri-Center 0.
• West Central Valley 3, Treynor 2

Girls Soccer

• Creston 3, Kuemper Catholic 2 OT
• Treynor 2, Nodaway Valley/WCV/ACGC 0
• St. Albert 3, Tri-Center 0

Team Scores

1. Missouri Valley 155
2. Boyer Valley 116
3. Logan-Magnolia 110
4. West Harrison 97
5. Ar-We-Va 69
6. Whiting 30

Full results: BobEvans2017

Division A Team Scores

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Division AA Team Scores

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