PHOENIX (AP) — Carlos Beltran homered in his first two at-bats, including a grand slam, for six RBIs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Arizona 6-1 on Tuesday night, handing the Diamondbacks their fourth loss in a row. Beltran, who had one of the Cardinals’ five homers in their 9-6 series-opening win on Monday, hit a two-run homer off Ian Kennedy in the first, then cleared the bases with a shot into the swimming pool area in right-center in the seconds, his 10th career grand slam. Jake Westbrook (4-2) blanked the Diamondbacks on four hits through seven innings. Kennedy (3-2) threw five scoreless innings after Beltran’s slam but the Diamondbacks lost for the sixth time in seven games. They have dropped nine of their past 11 at home.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch says he’s planning to run both Nationwide series races at Iowa Speedway this season. Busch says he’s slated to run both the May 20 and August 4 races in Iowa this season in the No. 54 Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Kurt Busch, the 2004 Cup champion, has tested at Iowa but hasn’t raced there. Busch says that Iowa’s short oval reminds him of similar setups in Richmond and Phoenix. Kyle Busch won a Nationwide race at the Iowa Speedway in 2010. Kurt says his brother has told him the key to success at Iowa is to maneuver the car through bumps in the track’s first two turns.

w/ Jim Field

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Team Scores:

1. Creston  291
2. Kuemper  298
3. Harlan  301
4. Atlantic    321
5. Lewis Central   340
6. Denison   342
7. Clarinda   347
8. Shenandoah   350
9. Red Oak   390
10. Glenwood  412

Atlantic Scores:

• Travis Olsen   74   (8th place)
• Ben Nelson    81
• Evan Schuler   82
• Sam Markham    84
• Nick Barry  84
• Derek Stork    88

Team Scores:

1. Glenwood 25
2. Red Oak 22
3. Harlan 16
4. Lewis Central 16
5. Creston 15
6. Denison-Schleswig 13
7. Kuemper 13
8. Atlantic 11
9. Shenandoah 7
10. Clarinda 6

#1 Singles:

1. Pete Walker (RO)
2. Nate Ohms (H)
3. Mitch Leiferman (A)
4. Blake Huber (LC)
5. Jacob Holmes (S)
6. Scott King (G)
7. Logan Sump (Cl)
8. Ryan Hanson (Cr)

#2 Singles:

1. Weston Morgan (LC)
2. Ryan Hansen (G)
3. Nick Petsche (H)
4. Mitch Kinsey (D)
5. Mitchell Behrens (K)
6. Trent Turney (S)
7. Tyler Fischer (A)
8. Austin Streicher (RO)

#1 Doubles:

1. Colby Taylor/Bryce McIlravy (Cr)
2. Garrett Hembry/Joe Gunkelman (G)
3. Craig White/Jordan Nelson (RO)
4. David Hicks/Brian Dentlinger (K)
5. Jeremiah Haug/Alex Hiatt (Cl)
6. TJ Pauley/Riley Sondag (D)
7. Austin Lear/Mason Brinkman (LC)
8. Riley Finn/Trey Lansman (H)

#2 Doubles:

1. Grant Stivers/Jake Rhodes (G)
2. Dixon Nelson/Geoff Sellers (RO)
3. Adam Bockert/Garrett Taylor (Cr)
4. Ben Claypo/Sam Wolf (D)
5. Michael VanErdwyck/Ben Hicks (K)
6. Jake Arneson/Rob Nichols (A)
7. Alex Schaben/Keegan Finn (H)
8. Logan Marada/Brendan Johnson (LC)

Team Scores:

1. Harlan 149
2. Creston 120
3. Glenwood 100
4. Atlantic 71
5. Denison 61
6. Shenandoah 37
7. Kuemper Catholic 25
8. Clarinda 16
9. Lewis Central 8.5
10. Red Oak 1.5

Event Winners:

• Shot Put:  Cassie Kruse (G)
• Discus:  Abby Sonderman (H)
• Long Jump:  Brianna Maitlen (Cr)
• High Jump:  Jess Schaben (H)
• 3000:  Ali Krogman (A) *Four Time Champ*
• 4 x 800:  Harlan
• Shuttle Hurdle:  Harlan
• 100:  Kecia Caudill (G)
• Distance Medley:  Harlan
• 400: Audrey Bolinger (Cr)
• 4 x 200:  Harlan
• 800:  Taylor Hudson (Cr)
• 200:  Mikayla Evers (H)
• 100 Hurdles:  Brianna Maitlen (Cr)
• 400 Hurdles:  Audrey Bolinger (Cr)
• Sprint Medley:  Harlan
• 1500:  Ali Krogman (A) *Four Time Champ*
• 4 x 100:  Glenwood
• 4 x 400:  Harlan

Team Scores:

1. Glenwood 141
2. Creston 105
3. Harlan 103
4. Shenandoah 55
5. Lewis Central 39
6. Atlantic 37
7. Clarinda 23
8. Kuemper Catholic 21
9. Red Oak 18
10. Denison 16

Event Winners:

• High Jump:  Riley Blay (LC)
• Long Jump:  Ben Landers (Cr)
• Discus:  Tyler Hovey (A)
• Shot Put:  Collin Bevins (Cr)
• 4 x 800:  Glenwood
• 3200:  Brandon Phipps (Cr)
• Shuttle Hurdle:  Harlan
• 100:  Joey Foss (H)
• 400:  Derek Jones (G)
• 4 x 200:  Shenandoah
• 110 Hurdles:  Austin Hess (H)
• 1600:  Mark Abrams (G)
• 200:  Matt Evers (H)
• 400 Hurdles:  Derek Jones (G)
• Distance Medley:  Glenwood
• 800:  Jay Wolfe (Cr)
• 4 x 100:  Glenwood
• 4 x 400:  Glenwood

Girls:

• Treynor 212, AHST 245 (Medalist: Jennifer Owens, Treynor 51; Runner-up: Gracie Myers, Treynor 51)

Boys:

• Treynor 177, A-H-S-T 220 (Medalist: Todd Schmidt, AHST 39; Runner-up: Brad Bailey, Treynor 41)
• Villisca 188, Bedford 202, Lenox 214 (Medalist: Cole Sunderman, Villisca 42; Runner-up: Evan Baldwin, Villisca 43)

On Monday, May 7, Underwood visited Audubon Golf and Country Club for a dual meet against the Audubon Wheelers.  The Audubon boys ran their dual record to 9-1 with a 164-200 win.  Michael Bylund regained his old form, shooting a 37, and Andy Hoffmann was runner-up medalist with 41.  Andrew Irlmeier and Nick Fett contributed 43’s to the team total.  Andrew Foutch was low man for the Eagles with 46.
Lucas Smith-Petersen led Audubon’s JV team with a 40, and the team total was 176, lowest for the JV this season by one stroke.  The JV’s only loss this year was at Treynor.  Brock Deist (45), Chase Petersen (45), and Logan McVay (46) rounded out the JV scoring.
The Audubon Varsity boys record against all competition is 27-5.  The team travels to Sectional Tournament at Dunlap this Friday, May 11.

On the girls side, Audubon defeated Underwood by a score of 193-222.  The Wheelers’ Susie Bylund was medalist with the low round of 44.  Rachel Flug of Audubon was runner-up with a 47.  Faith Fliflet shot 50 and Lexie Thygesen shot 52 for the Wheelers.  Erika Casson led Underwood with a 50.

@ Carroll Country Club

Team Scores:

1. Kuemper Catholic – 365
2. Atlantic – 391
3. Clarinda – 396
4. Harlan – 404
5. Lewis Central – 407
6. Denison – 444
7. Shenandoah – 458
8. Glenwood – 495
9. Creston – no score
10. Red Oak – no score

Medalist:  Morgan Naberhaus – Kuemper – 87
3rd – Brooke Fletcher – Atlantic – 91 (48-43)
6th – Kaitlynn Walter – Atlantic – 94 (49-45)
10th – Bailey Walter – Atlantic – 97  (47-50)

other Atlantic scores:
Shelby Worth 60-49-109
Katie Blake  84-79-163

Coach Kathy Hobson says:  Despite finishing second in a very good conference, I was very disappointed that we didn’t give Kuemper a closer meet.  And, disappointed we shot 40 strokes more than at our tournament earlier in the week.  We played the back 9 substantially better than the front going 204-187.  As we start district play, we are going to have to be at our best to have a chance to advance. Our district is pretty solid.  Putting is still at times a real struggle for some of our girls due to rushing and lack of concentration.