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CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have optioned right-hander Roel Ramírez to their alternate training site a day after he surrendered four consecutive homers in his major league debut. The 25-year-old Ramírez will remain with the team in Chicago on its taxi squad. He yielded consecutive drives by Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez in the fifth inning of the Cardinals’ 7-2 loss to the White Sox on Sunday.
St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Roel Ramirez heads to the dugout after giving up four home runs in a row to the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Chicago. Manager Mike Shildt, (8) and catcher Andrew Knizner wait on the mound for reliever Seth Elledge. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Right-hander Nabil Crismatt was promoted from the team’s training site in Springfield, Missouri. St. Louis also announced that right-hander Jake Woodford will serve as the 29th man for its doubleheader against the Cubs.
(Radio Iowa) – The Harlan High School football team will open the season at home against Grinnell on August 28. Today, The Cyclones traveled to Grinnell to help with clean up after that city suffered extensive damage in last week’s storm. Chris Coffman is the athletic director at Grinnell.
Coffman says a former Grinnell standout is a coach in Harlan.
Coffman says several of their athletic facilities suffered damage.
Coffman says with no power in the high school the volleyball team has not been able to practice for a week.
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The St. Louis Cardinals square off against the Chicago Cubs this Monday (Afternoon). The Cubs went 37-39 in division play in 2019. Chicago pitchers struck out 8.9 hitters per game last season with a staff ERA of 4.10.
The Cardinals went 46-30 in division play in 2019. St. Louis pitchers struck out 8.6 hitters per game last season with a staff ERA of 3.80. The teams meet for the first time this season.
We’ll have the coverage for you beginning at 3:20, with the first pitch slated for around 4:15, here on KJAN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Injuries are beginning to mount for the Kansas City Chiefs just three days into padded practices at training camp. Already with holes at cornerback, the Chiefs are down three promising options after Alex Brown tore his ACL on Saturday and Lavert Hill and Antonio Hamilton were held out Sunday. Hamilton has a groin strain and Hill a hamstring injury. Two other crucial pieces to their Super Bowl run last season also are out. Left tackle Eric Fisher sustained a concussion and is going through the league’s protocol, while wide receiver Sammy Watkins has been slowed by a groin strain.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against reliever Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2. Ramirez is the first pitcher to allow four straight homers in his debut. Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez connected during a six-run fifth inning. Ramirez took the mound in the fifth with Chicago leading 1-0. He struck out Luis Robert to start, but things went south quickly. After two singles, a caught stealing and a walk, Moncada smacked a three-run homer to right.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler hit a two-run homer to support another strong start from Randy Dobnak, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2. Dobnak, the surprise right-hander who was promoted four levels last season before making a postseason start, continued his impressive run in 2020 with two runs allowed, both on solo homers, in 5 1/3 innings. Dobnak gave up just three hits, while his ERA rose from a majors-best 0.90 to 1.42. Alex Avila doubled, walked twice and scored a pair of runs for Minnesota, which has won four of six after being swept in Kansas City last week.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored 15:06 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Schenn, circling in the neutral zone, took a stretch pass, raced in and fired a shot high past Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom for the defending champion Blues’ first win this postseason. David Perron and Justin Faulk also scored, and Jake Allen stopped 39 shots as St. Louis pulled to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Monday night. Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller scored for the Canucks, and Markstrom finished with 46 saves.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill homered, and St. Louis beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 for a doubleheader sweep in the Cardinals’ long-awaited return from a coronavirus outbreak. Playing for the first time since July 29, St. Louis used solid performances by Dexter Fowler and Adam Wainwright to post a 5-1 victory in Game 1. Then it battered Chicago’s bullpen in the second seven-inning game — part of shortened doubleheaders in the pandemic-delayed season. The reigning NL Central champions improved to 4-3 with the sweep. Every other team in the majors had played at least 13 games coming into the day.
CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are back. They have returned to the field for the first time in 17 days after their season was derailed by a coronavirus outbreak. The reigning NL Central champions played a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, kicking off an extended stay in the Windy City and a busy finish to the pandemic-shortened season. Manager Mike Shildt says it’s easy to complain and he recognizes the challenges, “But we accept them and we move forward.”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Whit Merrifield had three hits, including a three-run homer, to back Danny Duffy’s strong start as the Kansas City Royals came back to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 and split Saturday’s doubleheader. Duffy (1-2) allowed two runs – one earned – on just two hits in five innings. José Berríos (1-3) surrendered four runs in four innings for Minnesota. Nelson Cruz homered in both games of and now has 407 career home runs, tying Duke Snider for 56th on the all-time list. The Twins won Saturday’s first game 4-2.
UNDATED (AP) — The last two games of this weekend’s series between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh were called off after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball is awaiting further testing. The Reds are the third team to have a game postponed because someone on their roster tested positive, joining the Marlins and Cardinals. It’s the second time a Reds player has tested positive during the season.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers have advanced to the NBA playoffs by winning their play-in series against the Memphis Grizzlies. CJ McCollum scored 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of big jumpers to lead the Blazers past the Grizzlies, 126-122. Damian Lillard dropped in 31 points for the Trail Blazers, who won their last four games in down-to-the-wire finishes.
CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill homered, and St. Louis beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 for a doubleheader sweep in the Cardinals’ long-awaited return from a coronavirus outbreak. Playing for the first time since July 29, St. Louis used solid performances by Dexter Fowler and Adam Wainwright to post a 5-1 victory in Game 1.
St. Louis Cardinals Paul Goldschmidt (46) heads heads home after his fourth inning home run against the Chicago White Sox in game two of a double-header baseball game Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Mark Black)
Then it battered Chicago’s bullpen in the second seven-inning game — part of shortened doubleheaders in the pandemic-delayed season. The reigning NL Central champions improved to 4-3 with the sweep. Every other team in the majors had played at least 13 games coming into the day.
CHICAGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals are returning to the field for the first time in 17 days after their season was derailed by a coronavirus outbreak. The reigning NL Central champions were all clear for a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, kicking off an extended stay in the Windy City and a busy finish to the pandemic-shortened season.
CHICAGO, Ill., August 15, 2020 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced five roster additions for this weekend’s series with the Chicago White Sox by selecting to the Major League roster from the Alternate Training Site OF Dylan Carlson, 1B John Nogowski, RHP Seth Elledge, LHP Rob Kaminsky and recall LHP Ricardo Sánchez as the 29th man for Saturday’s doubleheader. All five players would be make their Major League debut when they first appear in a game.
The Cardinals placed LHP Austin Gomber on the Injured List although he has not tested positive for COVID-19, but was a factored in a recent investigation of contact tracing. Gomber joins OF Austin Dean, OF Lane Thomas and RHP Ryan Helsley announced on the Injured List earlier this week.
Carlson, 21, entered the 2020 campaign as the No. 1 prospect in the Cardinals organization by Baseball America and MLB.com, and earned the Cardinals 2019 Minor League Player of the Year. The switch-hitting outfielder batted .292 with 26 home runs, 68 RBI, 28 doubles, eight triples, 20 stolen bases and 95 runs scored in 126 games between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA) in 2019.
Nogowski, 27, was originally a 34th round pick of the Oakland Athletics in 2014 out of Florida State University, before the Cardinals signed him as a free agent in 2017. Baseball America voted him “Best Defensive First Baseman” in the Pacific Coast League in 2019 by Baseball America and had the “Best Strike Zone Discipline”. Nogowski batted .295 with 15 HR, 75 RBI and a .413 OBP in Memphis in 2019.
Kaminsky, 25, was originally a Cardinals first round draft pick (28th overall) in 2013, but was traded to the Cleveland Indians in 2015 for OF/1B Brandon Moss, and was re-acquired as a free agent signee by the Cardinals this past December.
Elledge, 24, is a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher acquired in a trade with the Seattle Mariners in 2018 for RHP Sam Tuivailala.
Sánchez, 23, was a waiver claim by the Cardinals in February after spending time with the Angels, Braves and recently Mariners organizations, leading the Texas League with 27 games started in 2019.
Joining the coaching staff in Chicago will be José Oquendo and Roberto Espinoza. Oquendo, 57, a veteran of 12 Major League seasons as a player, was coaching the Cardinals Alternate Training Site in Springfield, Mo., and was added to the current coaching roster as the third base coach, a position he held on the Major League staff from 1999-2015 and 2018 under managers Tony La Russa and Mike Matheny. Espinoza, 31, was manager of the 2019 Appalachian League Champion Johnson City Cardinals and has previous Major League experience on the 2014 St. Louis Cardinals as the bullpen assistant and media translator for Spanish-speaking players.
RHP Nabil Crismatt, RHP Ryan Meisinger and RHP Jesús Cruz join C José Godoy on the Cardinals taxi squad with the team in Chicago.
The Cardinals added RHP Bryan Dobzanski, C Pedro Pages (pah-hez) and INF Kramer Robertson to the Alternate Training Site and report to Springfield.
Carlson (3) and Nogowski (34) will change uniform numbers, while Elledge (61), Sánchez (64), Kaminsky (67) and will retain their Spring Training numbers.
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