w/ Chris Parks
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (5.1MB)
Subscribe: RSS
PHOENIX (AP) — A lineup of almost all reserves wasn’t enough for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Pinch-hitter Paul Goldschmidt grounded into a game-ending double play with two runners on base and the NL Central-leading Cardinals fell short during a ninth-inning rally, losing to the Diamondbacks 9-7 Wednesday.
The Cardinals, who went with a lineup of reserves to give their typical starters some rest after a 19-inning game, had their division lead cut to 1 ½ games by Milwaukee, which beat Cincinnati 9-2.
“Nothing about this game that didn’t indicate that we were all in,” manager Mike Shildt said. “We scored seven runs. We had the go-ahead run with Goldschmidt up at the plate. if you want more than that, I’d like to see you conjure it up.”
St. Louis and Arizona were back on the field about 11 hours after the Diamondbacks’ 3-2 marathon win, a game that took nearly seven hours Tuesday. Cardinals starter Michael Wacha was pulled in the second inning with tightness in his right shoulder.
Shildt said more would be known Thursday, but that it appears to be a mild strain. The injury forced the already-taxed Cardinals to go to their bullpen much earlier than desired.
“You’re down four in the ninth. Teams with heart would pack that in,” Shildt said. “Teams with unbelievably high character and competitiveness and desire fight like crazy, and that’s what we did.”
Errors by rookie infielder Tommy Edman and catcher Matt Wieters helped Arizona score seven times in the sixth for a 9-5 lead. Wilmer Flores homered during the burst, which also included a run-scoring wild pitch.
The Cardinals loaded the bases with one out in the ninth and Wieters hit a two-run single. Goldschmidt was up next — he had homered in the first two games of the series, marking his return to the desert after the Diamondbacks traded their longtime star to St. Louis in the offseason.
Facing former teammate Archie Bradley, Goldschmidt hit a grounder and Arizona turned two to end it. Bradley got his 17th save.
“We were ready to go. They played a little bit better than us, made one more pitch, one more hit. It’s no big deal, we’re used to it,” Goldschmidt said.
Merrill Kelly (13-14) exited trailing 5-2 after six innings and wound up with the win.
Reliever Junior Fernandez (0-1) took the loss.
Cardinals rookie outfielder Randy Arozarena hit his first major league home run, stole home and threw out a runner at third base. Martinez added a triple, double and two RBIs.
Flores hit a two-run double in the first, and Wacha left with two outs in the second. Wacha has pitched well recently, but is 0-3 in 10 starts since rejoining the rotation in early August.
Only a combined three players from both teams who played the entirety of Tuesday’s night’s game were in the starting lineup Wednesday, and all played the whole way.
“It was a solid win on a day we were gassed,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “There was sloppy moments, and I expected that. We managed through those times.”
St. Louis took the lead in the fourth on the Cardinals’ first steal of home plate since September 2012. Arozarena beat the tag at home plate after a dropped pickoff throw to first base. The Diamondbacks lost their challenge of the safe call on the play.
Arozarena’s home run to left field in the top of the sixth gave the Cardinals a 5-2 lead.
“I feel 50-50 happy,” Arozarena said in Spanish. “I’m happy with what I did but would have liked our team to win. Everything is positive for us. Last night was so long, but that’s baseball in the big leagues. You’ve got to put it behind you.”
UP NEXT
Cardinals: After a day off for the team, RHP Dakota Hudson (16-7, 3.45 ERA) is scheduled to start at home Friday in the series opener with the Chicago Cubs.
Diamondbacks: RHP Taylor Clarke (5-5, 5.40 ERA) is set for his first career start against the San Diego Padres on Friday after Arizona has the day off.
A Shenandoah man was arrested early Thursday morning following a traffic stop in Red Oak. At 12:28am Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and 8th Street in Red Oak. Following investigation 30-year-old Cory James Schlup of Shenandoah was arrested for Driving While Revoked for OWI. Schlup was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests on Wednesday.
At 2:03pm Deputies arrested 21-year-old Stephen Cody Esquivel of Red Oak in the 100 block of 1st Avenue in Red Oak. Esquivel was arrested on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana). He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.
At 4:03pm Deputies arrested 27-year-old Joslin Nicole Davies of Red Oak in the 100 block of East Washington Street in Red Oak. Davies was arrested on an Iowa State Patrol Warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana). She was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Ames has announced that the personal information — including credit and debit card numbers — of some 1,500 people who used the city’s website to pay parking tickets this summer may be at risk.
The city says information submitted from July 30 to Sept. 12 was targeted in a data breach that also exposed the names, addresses and email addresses of customers. The city says no one who used the system has reported any suspicion activity to the city.
Ames uses Click2Gov to process parking ticket payments. The city also maintains its own web server to communicate with Click2Gov. The city says the breach occurred on the city’s web server, which has since been replaced.
In November 2018, the parking ticket system was compromised after Click2Gov experienced an attack, affected 4,600 people who paid Ames parking tickets.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed a northwest Iowa state district court judge to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
Reynolds announced the appointment of Julie Schumacher, of Schleswig, on Aug. 29 to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Chief Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel.
Schumacher is a district court judge in a six-county northwest Iowa judicial district. She has previously served as an associate judge, an assistant county attorney for Crawford County, and an assistant city attorney for Denison. She also was a lawyer in private practice in Denison for nearly 20 years.
The State Judicial Nominating Commission, which is responsible for selecting nominees for appointment to the Iowa Court of Appeals, is accepting applications for a new vacancy that will occur when Judge Amanda Potterfield retires Dec. 25.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of being drunk when he ran his motorcycle into a car in Mason City last year, killing his passenger, has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide.
The Globe Gazette reports that 41-year-old Brandon Roy Kellar, of Mason City, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to vehicular homicide by reckless driving. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a charge of vehicular homicide while under the influence. Kellar faces up to 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced Nov. 19.
Kellar entered the plea just before jury selection in his trial was set to begin.
Police say Kellar was driving the motorcycle late on the night of Sept. 28, 2018, when he ran into the back of a car. He and the woman riding with him, 36-year-old Shawn True, were thrown off the bike. True died from her injuries.
Skyscan Forecast Thursday, September 26, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Patchy fog early, otherwise mostly sunny. SW @ 10. High 75.
Tonight: Increasing clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms later tonight. S @ 5-10. Low 62.
Friday: Partly to mostly cloudy. Showers in the morning. N @ 10-15. High 72.
Saturday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Showers later in the day. High 70.
Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Warmer. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 78.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (721.3KB)
Subscribe: RSS
ALBIA, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a south-central Iowa woman of killing her husband, whose body was found in their burned home last year.
Monroe County District Court records say the jury handed up the arson and first-degree murder verdicts Wednesday morning at a courtroom in Albia. The 47-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 15 to life in prison without possibility of parole.
The badly burned body of 50-year-old Tim Pasa was found in a bed on May 5, 2018, and investigators determined the fire at the Centerville home was started intentionally. The Daily Iowegian reports that an autopsy determined his death was related to an injection of an anesthetic, propofol.
Barbara Pasa was a nurse in the surgery department at MercyOne Centerville Medical Center at the time of Tim Pasa’s death.
Investigators say Barbara Pasa had bought a $200,000 life insurance policy on her husband. They also say he’d told family members he believed his wife was poisoning him.
The Atlantic Community School Board of Directors are scheduled to meet this evening at the High School Media Center for a work session at 5:30pm. On their short agenda is discussion on Alternative Compensation Models, looking at a couple of other districts’ procedures. They will also discuss work session and annual organizational meeting dates in November and December.
Upcoming dates will be discussed as well, including the Athletic Facilities Project Bid Opening. That bid letting will be held in the High School Media Center at 2:00pm on Thursday, September 26th. The bond for the project was approved by voters earlier this year, and will include work on a number of different athletic facilities.
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
RSS