Class 3-A: Region 8

Atlantic vs. Shenandoah @ Atlantic

Kuemper Catholic vs. Pocahontas Area Community Schools @ Humboldt

Class 2A

Region 1

Logan-Magnolia vs. MV-AO @ Logan

West Lyon vs. Alta-Aurelia @ Larchwood

Region 8

I-35/Truro vs. Earlham @ Truro

Treynor vs. Underwood @ Treynor

Class 1A

Region 2

Newell-Fonda vs. Glidden-Ralston @ Fonda

Bishop Garrigan vs. Rockford @ Algona/B-G

Region 6

Martensdale/St. Mary’s vs. Murray @ Martensdale

Gladbrook-Reinbeck vs. Colfax-Mingo @ Ackely

Region 7

River Valley vs. Exira/EHK @ Correctionville

Lawton-Bronson vs. Charter Oak/Ute @ Lawton

Region 8

Westwood vs. West Harrison @ Sloan

Bedford vs. Lenox @ Sidney

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run home run and Randal Grichuk also went deep to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep and end the Pirates’ season-best seven-game winning streak.

Adam Wainwright (8-5) worked seven effective innings for St. Louis, which reclaimed second place in the NL Central by a half-game over Pittsburgh to end a rough 4-5 homestand. All-Star Matt Carpenter (oblique) joined Brandon Moss (ankle) and Brayan Pena (knee) on the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day.

Piscotty’s 11th homer off Arquimedes Caminero was initially ruled off the top of the center-field wall but the call was overturned after review.

Tyler Glasnow (0-1) was charged with four runs in 5 1/3 innings in his debut. The 22-year-old right-hander was the 11th starter used by the Pirates and, like Steven Brault earlier in the series, got his first career hit.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released their postseason pairings for Class 3A and 4A baseball.  Local match-ups are as follows:

Class 3A

Substate 8, District 15 @ Winterset July 15, 2016
Glenwood vs. Atlantic 5:00pm
Creston vs. Winterset 7:00pm
Winterset will host the District final on July 18th at 7:00pm

Substate 8, District 16 @ Harlan July 15, 2016
Storm Lake vs. Denison-Schleswig 5:00pm
Carroll vs. Harlan 7:00pmHarlan will host the District final July 18th at 7:00pm

Class 4A

Substate 8 July 15, 2016
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Lewis Central 7:00pm
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Waukee 7:00pm

Full pairings for all classes can be found here.

ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 7, 2016 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to today’s game that they have placed All-Star infielder Matt Carpenter (right oblique strain) on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contract of catcher Michael McKenry from Memphis (AAA).

Carpenter, named on Tuesday to his third National League All-Star team, becomes the third St. Louis player in three days (also Brandon Moss and Brayan Pena) to be placed on the disabled list.   Carpenter currently ranks among National League leaders in several offensive categories, including both on-base (.420) pct. and slugging (.568) pct.  He was batting .298 with a team-high 25 doubles, 56 runs scored and 53 RBI to go along with his 14 home runs.

Carpenter was disabled once prior in his Major League career (May 23 to June 22, 2012) for a right oblique injury.

McKenry, 31, was signed by the Cardinals as a minor league free agent on May 27 after beginning the 2016 season with the Texas Rangers Triple-A Round Rock club.  Since joining Memphis, he’s batted .341 (28-for-82) in 24 games with 5 home runs and 20 RBI, compiling a 1.126 on-base + slugging pct.  He helped Memphis to a 7-6 win with his walk-off home run against Nashville last night.

The right-handed hitting Tennessee native has appeared in 308 games in the majors with Colorado (2010, 2014-15) and Pittsburgh (2011-13), combining for a .239 batting average (200-for-838) with 29 homers and 103 RBI.

McKenry has been assigned uniform no. 19.

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Adair-Casey 5, Stanton 0
Bondurant-Farrar 10, Panorama, Panora 0
Boone 5, Winterset 1
CAM, Anita 10, East Union, Afton 5
Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, Nodaway Valley 2
East Mills 13, Riverside, Oakland 3
Glenwood 13, LeMars 8
Harlan 4, Dallas Center-Grimes 2
Hinton 16, West Harrison, Mondamin 2 (5 innings)
Lawton-Bronson 6, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 5 (WVC Tournament Finals)
LeMars 14, Glenwood 1
Lewis Central 15, ADM, Adel 7
MOC-Floyd Valley 3, West Lyon, Inwood 2
Maquoketa 8, Denison-Schleswig 0
Ridge View 11, West Monona, Onawa 4
Tri-Center, Neola 15, Southwest Valley 5 (6 innings)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jung Ho Kang drove in two key runs with a seventh-inning double a day after Chicago police said they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault against the Pirates infielder, and Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Wednesday night for its sixth straight comeback win.

Pittsburgh has won seven consecutive overall and leapfrogged St. Louis for second place in the NL Central. It got homers from David Freese and Sean Rodriguez, and Kang’s double off Jonathan Broxton (1-1) put the Pirates up 6-5 after they trailed 5-1.

Kang has not been charged, and Major League Baseball said in a statement it would “respond fully as additional facts emerge.” The Pirates have won three straight series at Busch Stadium after dropping their previous seven in St. Louis. Pirates relievers combined for five scoreless innings. A.J. Schugel (2-2) got the win and Mark Melancon picked up his 26th save.

Cardinals All-Star infielder Matt Carpenter left in the third inning with a right oblique injury after swinging awkwardly.

(all games start at 7-p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Class 4A

Region 1

Denison-Schleswig vs. Storm Lake @ Denison

LeMars vs Spencer @ LeMars

Region 8

Creston vs. Carroll @ Creston

Glenwood vs. Harlan @ Glenwood

Class 5A

Region 8

Council Bluffs/Abe Lincoln vs. Council Bluffs/T.J @ Abe Lincoln

Class 3A  

Region 8

Atlantic 11, Red Oak 0

Shenandoah 12, Clarinda 5

Kuemper Catholic 7, Humboldt 3

Class 2A

Region 1

Logan-Magnolia 2,. Ridge View 0

MVAO 7, MMC-RU 3

West Lyon 6, Unity Christian 5

Region 8

I-35/Truro 11, West Central Valley 1

Earlham 17, AHSTW 4

Treynor 12, Tri-Center 0

Underwood 5, Mo. Valley 4

Class 1A

Region 2

Glidden-Ralston 11, Nodaway Valley 7

Newell-Fonda 5, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Region 7

Exira/EHK 10, CAM 0

River Valley 18, Audubon 1

Lawton-Bronson 10, Boyer Valley 0

Charter Oak-Ute 7, Riverside 3

Region 8

West Harrison 5, Fremont-Mills 0

Westwood 7, West Monona 2

Bedford 5, Sidney 3

Lenox 18, Stanton 1

ST. LOUIS, Mo. , July 6, 2016 – Prior to tonight’s game, the St. Louis Cardinals placed catcher Brayan Peña on the 15-day disabled list today with left knee inflammation.  Rookie catcher Alberto Rosario has been purchased from Triple-A Memphis and is expected to be available for tonight’s contest.  Rosario will wear uniform No. 68.

Peña opened the season on the disabled list and missed 75 games after having left knee surgery in early April. He was activated from the D.L. on June 28, and made two starts, including last night when he picked up his first hit as a Cardinal.  Peña is 1-for-8 on the season with two pinch at-bats.

Rosario has appeared in 39 games for the Memphis Redbirds and is batting .281 (32-114).  The 29 year old was signed by St. Louis as a minor league free agent on December 12, 2014, and is in his 11th professional season after signing with the Los Angeles Angels as a non-drafted free agent in January of 2005.  He has nabbed 10 of 24 (42%) would be base-stealers this season and has a 42% career caught-stealing rate in the minors (295-704).  Rosario will be making his Major League debut.