DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Russ Cochran won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career Champions Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Jay Don Blake. Cochran finished at 11-under 205 at Wakonda Club. The left-hander, two strokes behind second-round leader Duffy Waldorf entering the day, broke a winless streak that stretched 35 tournaments.

Blake shot 69. He bogeyed the par-3 17th with his first three-putt of the tournament to fall a stroke behind. He had a chance to force a playoff, but his birdie try on the par-4 18th missed to the right. Waldorf had a 71 to tie for third at 9 under with Mark Calcavecchia and Kirk Triplett. Calcavecchia and Triplett shot 67.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Chad Gaudin picked up a win in his first start in over three years and Brandon Belt broke a tie with a two-run pinch-hit double to lead San Francisco to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, ending the Giants’ seven-game road skid.  Gaudin (1-1) went six innings in his first start since Sept. 28, 2009 as a member of the New York Yankees. He allowed four hits and two runs, both coming on a two-run homer by David Freese in the fourth. Gaudin is temporarily replacing Ryan Vogelsong in the rotation. Vogelsong broke several bones in his right hand May 20.
 
Belt slammed the first pitch from reliever Randy Choate into the gap in left-center to bring in Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco for a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning. Crawford began the rally with a single off St. Louis rookie Tyler Lyons (2-1).

High School Baseball Scores:

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 20, Clarinda 0 (Clarinda Tourney, 5 Innings)
Creston 5, Lewis Central 1
Creston 9, Lewis Central 5
Dallas Center-Grimes 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Earlham 12, Underwood 5
Earlham 16, Tri-Center, Neola 13
Glenwood 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4 (Clarinda Tourney)
Mount Ayr 6, Orient-Macksburg 2
Nodaway Valley 12, Orient-Macksburg 5
Perry 2, Nodaway Valley 1 (8 innings)
West Central Valley, Stuart 5, Tri-Center, Neola 3  

High School Softball Scores:

Carroll 11, Clarinda 0
Carroll 12, A-H-S-T, Avoca 1
Carroll 9, Exira-EHK 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, AR-WE-VA, Westside 3
Corning 17, CAM, Anita 0
Creston 14, Clarinda 8
Creston 8, Exira-EHK 5
Exira-EHK 9, Underwood 0
Lewis Central 13, West Monona 1
Lewis Central 7, Logan-Magnolia 5
Lewis Central 7, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Logan-Magnolia 9, Missouri Valley 3
Missouri Valley 14, West Harrison 11
Prairie Valley 8, Guthrie Center 1
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 12, Missouri Valley 4
Underwood 7, Creston 4
Winterset 2, Southeast Polk 0
Winterset 6, Pleasant Valley 1
Winterset 7, Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln 2

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Duffy Waldorf shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Waldorf had an 8-under 136 total. Bart Bryant and Jay Don Blake were tied for second. Bryant had a 64, and Blake shot a 66. Russ Cochran was 6 under after a 67.

The 50-year-old Waldorf is winless in 12 career starts on the 50-and-over tour after winning four times on the PGA Tour. He took advantage of calm conditions at the Wakonda Club to post a bogey-free round after opening with a 69 for a share of the first-round lead.

Jay Haas, a three-time winner in the event, was 3 under after a 70. Points leader Bernhard Langer shot a 75 to drop 11 strokes back.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Cubs placed right-handed reliever Rafael Dolis on the disabled list because of a strained right forearm, and brought up right-handed reliever Blake Parker from Triple-A Iowa on Saturday. Dolis pitched five scoreless innings in five relief appearances in three stints with Chicago.

Parker is 0-1 with seven saves and a 2.04 ERA in 16 relief appearances this season with Iowa. He was available for the Cubs’ game Saturday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. To make room for Parker on the 40-man roster, right-handed reliever Alex Burnett was designated for assignment. Burnett, claimed off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, pitched a scoreless inning for the Cubs on Wednesday before being optioned to Iowa on Thursday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Shelby Miller pitched seven shutout innings and backup catcher Tony Cruz hit two doubles and drove in a pair of runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-0 victory Saturday over the San Francisco Giants. It was the first game of a split doubleheader after being postponed from Friday. The Giants and Cardinals played a doubleheader in St. Louis for the first time since July 16, 1978.

Miller (6-3) scattered six hits, stranding seven runners. His ERA dropped to 1.82. Miller struck out seven with one walk. Matt Cain (4-3) fell to 0-3 at Busch Stadium with an 8.87 ERA in four starts.

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State announced Friday that former Marshall guard DeAndre Kane will play for the Cyclones next season. Kane, who averaged 15.1 points and ranked 11th nationally with seven assists per game last season, has one year of eligibility left. Kane figures to challenge for the starting job at point guard for Iowa State, which lost four perimeter players from last year’s NCAA tournament team. Kane scored nearly 1,500 points in three seasons at Marshall.

Coach Fred Hoiberg says Kane will add “great versatility” to the Cyclones, while Kane says Iowa State’s up-tempo style was a major draw.