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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas had two hits, including a run-scoring double, in what might have been his final home game for the Kansas City Royals, an 8-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers. A key member of the Royals’ 2015 World Series championship team, Moustakas became a free agent after last season, then signed with Kansas City in March. With the Royals last in the AL Central at 31-70, he could be dealt before Tuesday’s deadline for trades without waivers.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Eugenio Suarez homered for the third straight game, Tucker Barnhart added a two-run shot and the Cincinnati Reds powered to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Adam Duvall also homered for the Reds. Sal Romano (6-8) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings to give the Reds consecutive series wins over St. Louis for the first time since 2011.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Newly released records show that a grand jury investigating alleged recruiting abuses in college basketball ordered the University of Kansas this year to turn over communications involving its men’s team coaches and at least one prospective recruit. It also demanded copies of agreements between the university and Adidas and communications between the coaches and Adidas representatives. The university released redacted copies of two subpoenas and said they don’t suggest wrongdoing by Kansas.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Last week, the high school baseball team in Marshalltown, Iowa, was busy celebrating an unlikely berth in the state tournament. Less than 24 hours later, the Bobcats, their families, neighbors and friends were ducking for cover as an EF-3 tornado ravaged their town. It’s been an extraordinarily hectic time ever since for the Bobcats, who finally got back to baseball again Wednesday night in a state quarterfinal against powerhouse Urbandale

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. women’s national team opens the four-team, round-robin Tournament of Nations against Japan on Thursday night in in Kansas City, Kansas. They will also face strong teams in Australia and Brazil. But their attention is somewhat split between winning the tournament and fine-tuning their roster for World Cup qualifying, which takes place in October.

1A Semifinals – Thursday, July 26

11:00—#1 Newman Catholic, Mason City (38-1) vs. #4 Martensdale-St. Marys (37-6)

1:30—#2 Lisbon (35-0) vs. #3 North Linn, Troy Mills (41-3)

2A Semifinals – Thursday, July 26

5:00—#6 Centerville (25-7) vs. #2 Wilton (26-5)

7:30—#1 Regina, Iowa City (28-7) vs. #4 Van Meter (30-8)

4A Quarterfinals – Wednesday, July 25

Valley, West Des Moines 5, Waukee 1

Cedar Rapids, Washington 7, Johnston 5

Epworth, Western Dubuque 7, North Scott, Eldridge 4

Urbandale 8, Marshalltown 3

Semifinals – Friday, July 27

5:00 – #2 Urbandale (34-6) vs. #6 Epworth, Western Dubuque (34-9)

7:30—#4 Valley, West Des Moines (28-15) vs. #8 Cedar Rapids, Washington (26-17)

CINCINNATI (AP) — Eugenio Suarez didn’t wait around to get his team going on Wednesday.

Cincinnati’s All-Star third baseman homered for the third straight game, this time in the first inning, Tucker Barnhart added a two-run shot and the Reds powered to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Adam Duvall also homered for the Reds. Sal Romano (6-8) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings to give the Reds consecutive series wins over St. Louis for the first time since 2011.

Romano, who hadn’t pitched in 10 days and hadn’t started in 15, was surprisingly sharp with just one walk.

Paul DeJong and Yadier Molina hit solo homers for the Cardinals, who went 3-5 on their eight-game road trip. DeJong homered in the third inning and Molina hit his 14th of the season in the seventh inning.

Molina flied out with the bases loaded and St. Louis trailing 5-3 in the eighth. The Cardinals were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and had 11 runners left on base.

Suarez tied Monday’s game with a two-out solo homer in the ninth inning and Tuesday’s game with a two-out, two-run, seventh-inning shot.

The Cardinals had rookie starters each go deep without allowing a hit in the first two games of the series. The Reds went 7 1/3 innings without a hit on Monday and 6 1/3 without a hit on Tuesday.

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