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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Lance Lynn threw eight innings of two-hit ball and Matt Adams homered on his first swing since coming off the disabled list, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over Jordan Zimmermann and the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Lynn (7-4) struck out eight with no walks against the National League East leaders, who had won 10 of 13. Trevor Rosenthal added three more strikeouts in the ninth, working around rookie second baseman Kolten Wong’s two-out error on Dennard Span’s routine grounder for his 18th save in 21 chances.
Zimmermann (5-3) gave up three hits, two of them by Adams, in eight innings.
The Cardinals face the Nationals again today on KJAN with a 5:20pm pregame.
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. Low around 66. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.
Monday: A moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy.
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DAWN MICHELLE PIEPER, 57, of Stuart, died Thu., June 12th, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. A Celebration of Life service for DAWN PIEPER will be held 7-pm Tue., June 17th, at the Stuart-Mt.Vernon United Methodist Church, in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.
A visitation will be held from 5-to 8-pm Mon., June 16th, at the Stuart-Mt. Vernon UMC. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
A private, family burial is planned.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Dawn Pieper Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs released cornerback Brandon Flowers on Friday, shortly after finishing up three weeks of voluntary workouts in which the former starter was conspicuously absent.
Kansas City has been bumping up against the salary cap, so the move to part ways with Flowers was largely expected. He was due to make $5.25 million this season, and the former starter carried a salary cap number of $10.5 million next season.
The decision to release Flowers will save the Chiefs about $7.25 million this season and $7.5 million next season. That money could be used to help the Chiefs sign quarterback Alex Smith and linebacker Justin Houston to contract extensions.
Both of them are in the final year of their contracts.
Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resource reports the residents of Soldier in western Iowa’s Monona County can drink their tap water again, as the boil advisory that was issued earlier in the week was lifted Friday afternoon. The DNR and the city lifted the boil advisory after two sets of water samples tested clean of bacteria. The boil advisory was issued Wednesday after a hole in a well pipe drained the water tower. Loss of water pressure has the potential to allow bacteria to enter the water system.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — In Iowa for a “Field of Dreams” 25th anniversary celebration, actor Kevin Costner did the obvious. He played a little baseball Friday, this time with his two young sons. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports hundreds of onlookers watched as Costner played catch with his boys, 7-year-old Cayden and 5-year-old Hayes. The movie fans clapped when the boys made a play, prompting Costner to note, “We don’t usually have this many people when we do this.”
Costner and other actors traveled to the field near Dyersville in northeast Iowa to celebrate the 1989 movie about an Iowa farmer who carved a baseball field out of his corn crop. About 11,000 people were expected to join in events at the site Friday and Saturday.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs residents dropped off tons of tree and wet basement debris after the city offered to accept the items at no charge for a week following an intense storm. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports the city offered to take the items for free after a June 3 storm pounded parts of western Iowa with hail, rain and high winds.
Public health director Donn Dierks says people dropped off more than 100 tons of tree debris and 14 tons of wet basement items, such as carpeting and drywall. Dierks says he expected people to bring in more soaked basement items and thinks the relatively small amount reflects that the city’s storm sewers worked well.
The special offer ended Wednesday.
A Pottawattamie County town is filling up their streets with antiques for the entire weekend. The Walnut Antique show began this (Friday) morning and runs through Sunday. Vendors from around the United States will fill up the streets with all types of antiques to buy, sell and trade. Gene Larson, Post Commander for the Walnut AmVets, says whatever you are looking for in antiques will be at the show. “There is 17 blocks of dealers and are lined up on both sides of the street. You can find anything you are looking for in antiques. All kinds of stuff, furniture, tools, toys, linen, books, magazines, I’m telling you anything collectable it will be here.”
Larson says food is a must have during the antique show. “We have 3 church stands and the optimist club. The best way to start the show is to come early and go to the fire hall. They have breakfast every morning at 6am.” He says if you walk around the show and browse the tables, memories are sure to come back to you. “Even if you aren’t an antique buff, I bet you will enjoy walking around looking at this stuff. Remembering what grandma or grandpa or even dad or mom had and it is pretty interesting to see what is out there.”
The AmVets believe between 25 to 30,000 people will visit the Walnut Antique Show. The annual show continues to be a free event with no admission or parking fees and will go on rain or shine today (Friday) 9am-6pm, Saturday 8am-6pm and Sunday 8am to 4pm.
(Joel McCall/KNOD)
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