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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – Carlos Beltran hit his first home run for the St. Louis Cardinals, a leadoff drive off Julio Teheran in the sixth inning during Monday’s 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves. Beltran, who signed a free agent after splitting last year between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, also had a single. Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the fourth against Randall Delgado. Carpenter had been batting .190 with no RBIs coming into his eighth spring training game. Cardinals starter Lance Lynn pitched four perfect innings, then allowed one run, two hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. He is being prepared to join the rotation if Chris Carpenter isn’t ready to start the season. Brian McCann hit his first exhibition homer, a seventh-inning drive off Mitchell Boggs. Yadier Molina had two doubles and drove in a run for the Cardinals.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State associate head women’s basketball coach Jack Easley is leaving the program after nine seasons. The Cyclones announced Monday that Easley will leave the team at the end of June. Easley spent the past nine seasons working with coach Bill Fennelly, and the pair helped Iowa State to 198 wins during that time. Easley previously spent one season as an assistant at Providence and 19 years with Oklahoma State before joining Iowa State. Iowa State finished 18-13 this season and was knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the first round by Green Bay on Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is ready to look back on his amazing career.
William Morrow announced Monday that “One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season,” is tentatively scheduled to come out this fall. The book will be co-written by Rick Hummel, a longtime reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
La Russa retired last fall after managing the Cardinals to a dramatic World Series title.
The 67-year-old La Russa spent more than 30 years as a manager. His career included three World Series championships — two with St. Louis, one with the Oakland Athletics — and six league championships.
William Morrow is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Atlantic had three place winners at the Central College Indoor Track Meet on Saturday in Pella. Melanie Nielsen was second in the 200 meters, Ali Krogman was runner-up in the 3000 meters, and the 4 x 200 meter relay team placed second. That team included Nielsen, Taylor Barry, McKenzie Holmes and Allie Siggins. The Trojann track team will participate next Saturday in the University of South Dakota Indoor meet.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — E.J. Singler scored 25 points, Olu Ashaolu had 22 points and Oregon defeated Iowa 108-97 in the second round of the NIT on Sunday. Carlos Emory also had 19 points, and Devoe Joseph and Garrett Sim scored 15 each for the Ducks (24-9), who rallied from a 15-point deficit in the first half to advance to the quarterfinals and a game against Pac-12 rival Washington in Seattle on Tuesday. Oregon’s 108 points was its most in a game since beating UC Riverside 108-67 Dec. 28, 2002. Devyn Marble led the Hawkeyes (18-17) with 31 points and made all seven of his 3-point attempts. He shot 10 of 15 overall. Aaron White also scored 22 for Iowa, Melsahn Basabe had 17 points and Bryce Cartwright had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Oregon took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Joseph with 11:44 to play in the game that made it 71-68.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to contracts with veteran offensive tackle Eric Winston and quarterback Brady Quinn on Saturday. Winston was released by the Houston Texas on Monday in a surprising move that saved the team about $4.5 million against the salary cap. He had started every game he played in over the past five seasons at right tackle. Winston will also play on the right side for the Chiefs. He takes over for Barry Richardson, who became a free agent after struggling much of last season. Quinn hasn’t appeared in a regular-season game since 2009 with Cleveland. He was a backup with Denver last season. Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli called upgrading the offensive line a priority this offseason.
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Lydia Bauer and Sarah Eichler each scored 16 points and seventh-seeded Green Bay rolled over host Iowa State 71-57 in the NCAA women’s tournament on Saturday. Adrian Ritchie added 15 for the Phoenix (31-1), who’ll take on second-seeded Kentucky in the second round Monday night. Green Bay blitzed through the Cyclones in their own gym, running out to a 42-23 halftime lead and barely looking back. Iowa State got within 10 with 3:01 left, but the Phoenix held on to reach the round of 32 for the third year in a row. Hallie Christofferson led five in double figures with 12 points for Iowa State (18-13), which committed 30 turnovers and lost its NCAA tournament opener for the second straight year.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Freshman Marquis Teague scored a career-high 24 points and top seed Kentucky put together another complete performance with a dominating second-half run in an 87-71 victory over Iowa State in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday night. Freshman Anthony Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds, senior Darius Miller added 19 points and Doron Lamb finished with 16. The Wildcats (34-2) move on to South Regional semifinals in Atlanta and will face fourth-seeded Indiana on Friday. Royce White scored 23 points and had nine rebounds before fouling out with 4:32 left for Iowa State (23-11), which beat defending national champion Connecticut on Thursday night. But the Cyclones couldn’t contend with Kentucky’s overwhelming offense and smothering defense.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Layshia Clarendon scored 16 points and eighth-seeded California nearly lost a big lead before hanging on to beat Iowa 84-74 on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Golden Bears (25-9) watched a 16-point lead slip to six when Iowa’s Kamille Wahlin and Kelly Krei hit late 3-pointers. Boyd added 15 points, eight assists and six steals for Cal, which had a 41-29 rebounding edge, including 19-7 on the offensive boards. Wahlin led No. 9 seed Iowa (19-12) with 15 points. Clarendon made two free throws with 41 seconds left as Cal pushed the lead back to 10 and stopped the rally.
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