Tuesday’s Games
Oklahoma City 6, Iowa 4, 19 innings, 1st game
Oklahoma City 3, Iowa 1, 2nd game
Colorado Springs 4, Omaha 3
Wednesday’s Games
Iowa at Oklahoma City, 7:05 p.m.
Omaha at Colorado Springs, 7:35 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Oklahoma City 6, Iowa 4, 19 innings, 1st game
Oklahoma City 3, Iowa 1, 2nd game
Colorado Springs 4, Omaha 3
Wednesday’s Games
Iowa at Oklahoma City, 7:05 p.m.
Omaha at Colorado Springs, 7:35 p.m.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Moss hit a three-run walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth, giving the St. Louis Cardinals an 8-5 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. The NL Central-leading Cardinals have won nine of 10 and lead the division by six games. They’ve won nine in a row over Washington, coming from behind the last two nights.
Moss, who struck out with the bases loaded to end the third, homered off Casey Janssen (1-4) to straightaway center on a 1-0 count. Janssen took the loss on Monday, allowing four runs in two-thirds of an inning. Mitch Harris (2-1) worked the last two innings, allowing two hits. Ryan Zimmerman homered and Anthony Rendon had a two-run double in a four-run third for Washington.
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Mark Reynolds of the St. Louis Cardinals was taken out for a pinch-hitter two innings after being hit by a pitch on the right wrist in the third inning against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Reynolds was plunked by Joe Ross with the bases loaded. He stayed in the game until the fifth when Tommy Pham pinch-hit and grounded out. The team said X-rays were negative, calling the injury a contusion, and that Reynolds was day to day.
The Iowa Hawkeyes open the new season with a new quarterback when the host Illinois State on Saturday in Kinnick Stadium. It will be their first game since junior C.J. Beathard was given the keys to the offense just days after a Taxslayer Bowl loss to Tennessee. Saturday’s game will be Beathard’s second start under center. He replaced an injured Jake Rudock in last year’s 24-10 win at Purdue.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says Beathard will get better as he gains experience. Iowa is familiar with Illinois State quarterback Tre Roberson. As a freshman at Indiana back in 2011 Roberson passed for 197 yards and rushed for 84 in a 45-24 Hoosier loss in Kinnick Stadium.
Illinois State lost to North Dakota State in last year’s FCS title game. The Hawkeyes have two new tackles on offense and senior center Austin Blythe becomes the leader of the offensive line. LeSun Daniels and Jordan Canzeri give the Hawkeyes a one-two bunch at running back that should give the ground game a boost.
Beathard says the Hawkeyes are getting excited as game day approaches. Not only will Beathard’s family be at the game but his uncle, Kurth Beathard, is the offensive coordinator for Illinois State. Beathard says the Hawkeyes are anxious to erase the memories of last season’s three game skid to end the season.
(Learfield Sports)
The latest survey of the CEOs of Iowa’s largest companies shows they’re expecting the state’s economy will be cooling off in the coming six months. Elliott Smith is executive director of the Iowa Business Council (IBC). “The release of our third quarter survey did indicate a bit of a tempering of enthusiasm, I think, for some of the economic activity that we’ve seen lately,” Smith said. The survey employs a 100 point scale, with a score over 50 considered “positive sentiment.” The IBC’s third quarter Overall Economic Outlook Survey Index was 59 — eight points lower than last quarter and six points lower than one year ago.
“I think we are seeing some impact of international economic activity finally resonating here in the state, simply because so much of Iowa’s business activity itself rests on export trade and international business,” Smith said. The survey shows most of the CEOs anticipate steady or increased hiring levels, sales and capital spending between September and February. But, Smith notes the numbers in all three of those categories are down from previous surveys.
“Yes, the survey did back off a little bit from its previous optimism, but I think we’re still in for a decent remainder of 2015,” Smith said. ” The numbers still remain solidly in positive sentiment territory, so I don’t know if there’s any need to raise red flags of warning yet.”
(Radio Iowa) – more online at www.iowabusinesscouncil.org
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wide receiver Tevaun Smith made waves this offseason by catching 41 passes in 60 seconds with just one hand for a video that’s been viewed over 200,000 times on YouTube. Hardly anyone outside of Iowa City has seen much from of the rest of the Hawkeyes receivers.
One of Iowa’s biggest question marks is who besides Smith is going to emerge from an inexperienced group of wideouts. Senior Jacob Hillyer and junior Matt VandeBerg, the two starters listed alongside Smith for Saturday’s opener against Illinois State, combined for just 25 receptions last season. Junior Riley McCarron, the first guy off the bench, didn’t catch a pass last year.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — John Deere says it will lay off 30 employees at its plant in Davenport. The company said Monday that the workforce reduction at Davenport Works affects employees who make construction and forestry equipment.
Spokesman Ken Golden tells the Quad-City Times that the layoffs are effective Oct. 2. The company on Monday also announced plans to lay off 150 people at its plant in East Moline in neighboring Illinois. Those layoffs are effective Sept. 18.
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The Red Oak Police Department announced the arrest Tuesday of 17-year-old Dakota Girouex of Red Oak for Driving While Revoked (a serious misdemeanor). Girouex was arrested at 3:25pm at the intersection of North 5th Street and East Elm Street in Red Oak. Girouex was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and cited into Juvenile Court and released to her parents.
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Jim Field speaks with Nishna Valley Trails President Dave Chase about an update on the Connector trail being built in Atlantic.
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CHARLES EDGAR “ED” FLYNN, JR., 84, of Slate Hill, NY died Monday, August 31st at the Flynn homestead. A celebration of life service for CHARLES EDGAR “ED” FLYNN, JR. will be held on Friday, September 4th at 11:00 am at Cornelius, Dodd & Connell Funeral Home in Middletown, NY.
Following the service, a celebration will be held on the lawn of the Flynn homestead in Slate Hill, NY.
The family asks that you honor Ed’s memory with a random act of kindness.
Condolences may be left online at www.connellfuneralhome.com.
CHARLES EDGAR “ED” FLYNN, JR. is survived by:
Son: Charles Edgar “Chip” Flynn III of Bloomingburg, NY
Daughters: Cheryl “Cherie” Ellen Flynn of Jamestown, NC; Merrie Ann (Rick) Sloth of Elk Horn
Daughter-in-Law: Patricia Flynn of Westtown, NY
Sister-in-Law: Shirley Flynn of Slate Hill
5 Grandchildren
7 Great-Grandchildren
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