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Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/11/18

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June 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman homered leading off the eighth, moments after shortstop Marcus Semien’s defensive gem, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2. Stephen Piscotty and Jonathan Lucroy both drove in runs for the A’s, who squandered numerous scoring chances before Chapman came through with a solo home run off Royals reliever Jason Adam.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Center fielder Billy Hamilton made a bunch of key defensive plays and the Cincinnati Reds ended their 13-game losing streak to St. Louis, beating the Cardinals 6-3. Hamilton threw out two runners, then made outstanding catches against the wall in the eighth and ninth innings. He also tripled and scored twice. The Cardinals’ overall winning streak against Cincinnati was their longest since the 1930-1931 seasons. The Reds had lost 11 straight home games to St. Louis.

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Clint Bowyer won his second NASCAR Cup Series race of the season when the event at Michigan was called early because of rain. Bowyer beat out Kevin Harvick on a restart to begin the third stage. Then the race went under caution when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went into the wall. Rain put a stop to the race.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tom Lehman was standing outside of a Des Moines-area makeup shop waiting for his daughter/caddie when he got the call to head back to Wakonda Club. Lehman told Rachael Chapman to pay her bill at Sephora as quickly as possible _ because dad had a trophy waiting for him at the course. Lehman, the second-round leader, took the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic after weather washed out the final round.