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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina had four hits and top prospect Dylan Carlson hit his first career homer, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, 6-2. Harrison Bader also connected for St. Louis, which won three of four in the series. Molina, Carlson and Bader each finished with two RBIs. The Cardinals scored the last six runs after Eugenio Suárez hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Reds.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kwang Hyun Kim pitched six sharp innings and earned his first major league win as the St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0. Kim gave up three hits, walked none and struck out three. The 32-year-old left-hander signed with the Cardinals in the winter after going 136-77 over 12 seasons in South Korea. Cardinals relievers John Gant, Andrew Miller and Giovanny Gallegos combined for three innings. Gallegos earned his first save by retiring all four batters he faced. Cincinnati totaled only four hits after getting just two in a win the previous night at Busch Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eddie Rosario hit a three-run homer, Miguel Sano homered and also drove in three runs, and the Twins beat the Royals 7-2 to even their series at a game apiece. Randy Dobnak pitched five innings of two-run ball, continuing his brilliant start to the season. The former undrafted free agent gave up a homer to Alex Gordon but otherwise kept dodging trouble on a hot, humid night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals’ Brady Singer (1-3) allowed four runs and six hits in four innings in his third straight start against Minnesota.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Heat enjoy a three-games-to-none lead in the NBA first-round series, and the Milwaukee Bucks went up 2-1 against Orlando. The Heat held off Indiana, 124-115 as Jimmy Butler provided 27 points and Goran Dragic (DRAH’-gihch) finished with 24. Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-toh-KOON’-poh) was unstoppable with the ball, scoring 35 points on 12 of 14 shooting in leading the Bucks to a 121-107 win over the Magic.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers lead their NBA first-round series, two games to one, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled within 2-1 in their series with Houston. LeBron James had 38 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the Lakers knocked off the Trail Blazers, 116-108. The Thunder earned a 119-107 win over the Rockets behind Chris Paul, who had 26 points and nailed a pair of three-pointers while Oklahoma City went on a 12-0 run to begin overtime.

DOVER, Del (AP) — Denny Hamlin zipped past teammate Martin Truex Jr. with less than 10 laps to go before winning Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. Hamlin matched Kevin Harvick for the season victory lead with six, equaling his total from last season and closing within two of his career high set in 2010. Truex snapped a streak of five straight third-place finishes and ended up second.

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Dustin Johnson closed with birdie-eagle for a 7-under 64 and a five-stroke advantage through three rounds of The Northern Trust, the FexEx Cup playoffs opener. Johnson pulled away from Harris English and Scottie Scheffler with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 17th and a 40-footer for eagle on the closing hole at the TPC Boston. Johnson was at 22-under 191, his lowest 54-hole score by three shots. English and Scheffler are minus-17.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues were managing their pursuit of a repeat well, carrying the best record in the Western Conference with largely the same roster. Then the global pandemic put the NHL on pause. When the Blues reconvened in Edmonton, they found nothing but trouble in the bubble. St. Louis was eliminated in six games in the first round by the younger, faster and apparently hungrier Vancouver Canucks. The most offseason uncertainty for the Blues is the status of defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, who will be an unrestricted free agent.

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UNDATED (AP) — Iowa will drop four sports programs as part of the athletic department’s response to a projected loss of $100 million in revenue because of the pandemic. Men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving will be discontinued after the 2020-21 academic year. The Big Ten’s decision to postpone football and other fall sports until the spring will create an overall budget deficit between $60-$75 million this year. Iowa is the second school in a Power Five conference to drop sports. Stanford announced last month that it would eliminate 11 sports.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pinch-hitter Matt Davidson delivered a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night. Davidson drove a 2-0 pitch from Tyler Webb to left field and into the Cincinnati bullpen. It was his third home run of the season, his second career grand slam and his first pinch-hit homer. Cincinnati is 2-2 after a three-game pause because of a positive COVID-19 test. St. Louis has lost four of six. The teams combined for only five hits. Michael Lorenzen earned the victory in relief. He went 1 2/3 innings. Raisel Iglasias pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Danny Duffy held the Twins in check over five, and the Kansas City Royals pounded the Twins 7-2 on Friday night to open the third straight weekend series between AL Central rivals. Hunter Dozier added a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs, and Whit Merrifield also drove in a run, as the Royals won for the sixth time in their last seven games at Kauffman Stadium. Jake Odorizzi took the loss after he was knocked from the game in the third inning by a line drive. X-rays on his abdomen taken at the ballpark were negative. The Royals placed catcher Salvador Perez on the injured list with lingering vision problems and recalled Randy Rosario to add a left-handed arm in the bullpen ahead of their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Perez woke up with vision problems Sunday and called Royals trainer Nick Kenney. He wound up at a specialist on Monday and was good enough to return to the lineup, but he’s been out with continued blurriness the rest of the week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has only a minor hamstring strain and the Kansas City Chiefs intend to be cautious with their dynamic playmaker. Hill missed practice Friday after pulling up while running a route the previous day. That wasn’t the only good news on the injury front for the Super Bowl champs. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins was back for the first time in nearly a week along with Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones. Both of them had groin strains.

UNDATED (AP) — Parents of Big Ten football players held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters. They are upset with the league’s decision to call off the fall season. Groups of player parents from several Big Ten schools have complained that Commissioner Kevin Warren was not forthcoming in explaining the process that led to the decision. Warren has said the decision will not be revisited. An attorney in Nebraska is threatening a lawsuit unless Warren turns over material illustrating how the decision was made.

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is going from playoff elimination on the PGA Tour to rookie on the PGA Tour Champions. Mickelson missed the cut in The Northern Trust. That all but assures he will not advance to the next FedEx Cup playoff event outside Chicago for the BMW Championship. Instead, Mickelson says he’ll head to Missouri and make his debut in the 50-and-over PGA Tour Champions circuit. Lefty turned 50 in June. The Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National starts Monday. It’s a 54-hole event with no cut. Mickelson says he’ll also play the Safeway Open the week before the U.S. Open.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Tyreek Hill has only a minor hamstring strain and the Kansas City Chiefs intend to be cautious with their dynamic playmaker. Hill missed practice Friday after pulling up while running a route the previous day. That wasn’t the only good news on the injury front for the Super Bowl champs. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins was back for the first time in nearly a week along with Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones. Both of them had groin strains.

(Radio Iowa) – Three weeks from kickoff and there is growing confidence at Iowa State that there will be a football season. The Cyclones are scheduled to open at home on September 12 against Louisiana. Senior tight end Chase Allen.

Allen admits there were times it did not look like there would be a season.

Senior safety Greg Eisworth (Eyes-worth) says the players are doing there part to help make sure there is a season.

(By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer) – Iowa will drop four sports programs as part of the athletic department’s response to a projected loss of $100 million in revenue because of the pandemic. Men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving will be discontinued after the 2020-21 academic year.

The Big Ten’s decision to postpone football and other fall sports until the spring will create an overall budget deficit between $60-$75 million this year. Iowa is the second school in a Power Five conference to drop sports. Stanford announced last month that it would eliminate 11 sports.