Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs and Noah Syndergaard had better luck at the plate than on the mound, hitting a homer with Dexter Fowler’s help as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-4. Syndergaard allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits in five innings, but his most memorable play came while batting in the fourth. He hit a deep flyball to center that deflected off Fowler’s glove and over the fence.

NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Romine drove in the winning run in the 10th inning with his third RBI single, and the New York Yankees overcame a bullpen collapse that followed another scoreless start by James Paxton to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6. After adding All-Star slugger Aaron Judge to their ever-growing injury list, the Yankees escaped a couple of late jams and got back over .500.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues became the first team in NHL history to be in last place after the New Year and reach the second round of the playoffs. St. Louis got solid goaltending from Jordan Binnington and timely offense from Jaden Schwartz to beat the Winnipeg Jets in six games. The Blues will face Nashville or Dallas for a spot in the Western Conference final.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State wide receiver Hunter Rison has been indefinitely suspended after his arrest on a domestic battery charge. The Manhattan Mercury reports police arrested Rison on Friday on suspicion of domestic battery charge. Rison was released on $1,000 bond. He tweeted he’d done nothing wrong. Coach Chris Klieman said Saturday that Rison had been suspended for a violation of team and departmental policy.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Marial Shayok earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational for his performance this weekend.

Shayok, an Ottawa, Ontario native, averaged 17 points in three games for the Portsmouth Sports Club. In his opener, Shayok scored 37 points on 13-of-26 shooting. He connected on 7-of-9 three-pointers in the game. His 37-point effort was the best performance of the tournament.

Shayok’s fellow Cyclone Nick Weiler-Babb also had a strong performance at the tournament, averaging 5.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists.

The list of high school qualifiers for the Drake Relays was released over the weekend. A large number of Southwest Iowa athletes will represent and you can check out the full list of qualifiers here.

The Drake Relays will be run on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday April 25-27th at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Some of the immediate area qualifiers are listed below.

Girls Qualifiers

Atlantic: 4x400M (Pluma Pross, Alyssa Derby, Taylor McCreedy, Haley Rasmussen)

Harlan: 4x100M (Savanna Musich, Delaney Wegner, Abby Alberti, and Chloe Hansen)

Nodaway Valley: 4x100M (Jena Yonker, Lexi Shike, Reagan Weinheimer, Maddax DeVault)

Boys Qualifiers

Atlantic: Chase Mullenix (400M, 800M). Zade Niklasen (400M). Craig Alan Becker (800M). 4x400M (Zade Niklasen, Craig Alan Becker, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix). Distance Medley: Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix, Craig Alan Becker).

Harlan: Michael Erlmeier (Long Jump). Derec Weyer (Discus). 4x400M (Eli Boldan, Jon Owens, Jonathon Monson, Michael Erlmeier).

IKM-Manning: Amos Rasmussen (100M)

Underwood: Brayden Wollan (400M)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Noah Syndergaard has found his health, and even a little bit of luck at the plate, but he’s still off to a vexing start to the season.

Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs and Syndergaard hit a home run with Dexter Fowler’s help, but he struggled on the mound as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday.

“My frustration’s pretty high right now,” Syndergaard said. “It would have been a great win today, but I let the team down.”

Syndergaard (1-2) allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits in five innings, but his most memorable play came while batting in the fourth. He hit a deep flyball to center that Fowler leaped for on the warning track even though it was well below the fence. The ball deflected off Fowler’s glove and over the wall for Syndergaard’s fifth career homer and first since Aug. 16, 2016, at Arizona.

It was one of four homers on the day for the Mets, but that wasn’t enough for Syndergaard, who has allowed at least five runs in his last two starts after not having given up five in a game since April 30, 2017, at Washington.

UP NEXT

Mets: LHP Steven Matz (1-1, 4.96 ERA) starts against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday as New York begins a 10-game homestand. Matz allowed eight runs without recording an out in his previous start, at Philadelphia on April 16.

Cardinals: RHP Jack Flaherty (1-1, 5.00) starts against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. Flaherty is 1-2 with a 4.58 ERA in seven career starts against Milwaukee.