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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freshman Kevin Abel pitched a two-hit shutout while earning a record fourth win in the College World Series, and Oregon State beat Arkansas 5-0 for the national championship. Abel was nothing short of spectacular against an Arkansas team that surely was still reeling from the foul ball fiasco in the ninth inning Wednesday that cost it the title and gave new life to the Beavers. Adley Rutschman is named Most Outstanding Player after setting record with 17 hits in CWS.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have placed reliever Justin Grimm on the 10-day disabled list with a right shoulder injury, filling the right-hander’s spot in the bullpen by recalling Jason Adam from Triple-A Omaha. The move made retroactive to June 24 was announced before the Royals’ game at the Milwaukee Brewers.
The 6th Annual Trojan Basketball Camp for boys entering 4th-8th Grades will be held July 16th-19th at the Atlantic High School. The camp will run from 12:00pm-2:00pm each day. Campers will focus on individual skills, team play, and development of a winning mentality.
Camp fee is $45, which includes a camp t-shirt. Orders are due by July 6th to get a shirt. You can turn in registrations at the High School Office. Walk-ups the first day of camp will be accepted.
Checks need to be made payable to Trojan Basketball and questions may be sent via Email to jebling@atlanticiaschools.org.
Registration form: 6th Annual Trojan Basketball Camp
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oregon State hadn’t been able to catch a break in the College World Series finals. And then the ninth inning happened Wednesday night.
Three Arkansas fielders watched a foul ball drop between them with two outs. If one of them catches the ball, the Razorbacks would have locked up the national championship.
No one did.
Cadyn Grenier singled in the tying run, and Trevor Larnach followed with a two-run homer into the right-field bullpen to give the Beavers the lead in a 5-3 win that forced a third and deciding third game on Thursday night.
“As soon as you see the ball drop, you know you have another life,” Grenier said. “I needed to refocus and make the most of that extra life we got. That’s a gift.”
Arkansas (48-20) turned back the Beavers (54-12-1) when they threatened in the sixth and eighth innings, and they were in position to do the same in the ninth if not for the bungled foul ball.
Zach Clayton, who pinch ran for Zak Taylor after a walk leading off the ninth, was on third when Grenier came up to bat with the entire stadium on its feet.
On a 1-1 pitch from Matt Cronin (2-2), Grenier popped the ball high behind first base and toward the stands. There was plenty of room to make the catch, and second baseman Carson Shaddy, first baseman Jared Gates and right fielder Eric Cole converged. No one took charge and the ball hit the ground.
“I was running and didn’t hear anybody call it, and I overran it,” Shaddy said.
While the ball was in the air, Grenier said, he hoped it would flare off into the stands.
“I knew I hit it decently deep so it wasn’t going to be a routine pop foul catch,” he said. “It wasn’t. It landed in a spot between three guys, and it worked to our advantage.”
Cronin took a moment to compose himself, wiping his brow and adjusting his hat. His next pitch was way high and, after a foul ball, Grenier sent a drive into left field to score Clayton. Grenier pumped his fist as he ran to first and punched the air twice more when he rounded the base.
Larnach’s 19th homer of the season ramped up the celebration in the Beavers’ dugout. Kevin Abel (7-1), who pitched the eighth, gave way to closer Jake Mulholland in the ninth. The game ended when Mulholland fielded Casey Martin’s comebacker and threw to second to start a double play.
“You’ve got to move on,” said Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn, whose team had been 44-0 when leading after eight innings. “You can’t take it back. It’s over. Get your head up and start getting your mind right because it’s going to be tomorrow before you know it and we need to come out here and give ourselves a chance.”
The Beavers have been the hottest hitting team throughout the CWS but struggled to convert chances in the finals until they caught their huge break in the ninth inning.
They had runners on first and third with none out in the sixth when Kyle Nobach popped up a bunt that pitcher Kole Ramage caught. Ramage then threw back to third to double off Grenier, and a groundout ended the inning.
Adley Rutschman, who homered in the fourth, singled leading off the Oregon State eighth and was on third after a passed ball. Cronin came on, struck out Tyler Malone and got pinch hitter Steven Kwan to fly out.
“We were looking for something good to happen, and needed something good to happen” OSU coach Pat Casey said. “Our guys never gave in. So I think that that’s what created that opportunity for us to have something good happen.”
PITCHING MATCHUP
Arkansas will send Isaiah Campbell to the mound for Game 3. Casey did not name his starter. The Oregon State said his pitching staff is spent and that whoever starts probably won’t go more than five innings.
Campbell (5-6) was outstanding against Florida on Friday, matching his career high with eight strikeouts.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After a rough debut, Cleveland Indians rookie Shane Bieber has found his routine.
Edwin Encarnacion and Lonnie Chisenhall hit back-to-back homers, Bieber pitched six strong innings and the Indians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Bieber (3-0) struck out seven to become the seventh pitcher in baseball’s modern era to strike out six or more batters in each of his first four major league starts. After giving up four runs in 5 2/3 innings in his first outing, Bieber has given up just two runs in his last three starts and lowered his ERA to 2.22.
The Indians avoided a series sweep and have won eight of 10. Cleveland starters improved to 17-2 with a 2.26 ERA across 26 starts in series finales, including wins in their last nine decisions.
Bieber jumped on a first-pitch fastball from Jack Flaherty in the fourth for a double, his first major league hit.
Jose Martinez snapped Bieber’s scoreless innings streak at 14 innings with a one-out RBI single in the third.
Encarnacion and Chisenhall gave the Indians a 2-0 lead in the second, marking Cleveland’s fifth back-to-back home runs this season.
Francisco Lindor walked and Michael Brantley doubled to spark a two-run third that extended the Indians’ lead to 4-0. Tyler Naquin doubled home another run in the sixth.
Flaherty (3-3) went four innings, his shortest outing this season as the Cardinals had their four-game winning streak snapped. It followed perhaps his most dominant start, in which he carried a no-hitter for 6 1/3 innings against Milwaukee on Friday.
Matt Carpenter walked, doubled and scored a night after scoring five runs and getting five hits.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (8-2, 2.69 ERA) will get the start as St. Louis hosts Atlanta and RHP Julio Teheran (5-5, 4.52 ERA) in the first of a three-game set Friday. Mikolas threw 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings in his only career appearance against the Braves on Aug. 15, 2012.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Bedford 10, Fremont-Mills 3
CB Thomas Jefferson 10, St. Albert 0
Glenwood 9, Red Oak 3 (Game 1)
Glenwood 5, Red Oak 2 (Game 2)
Denison-Schleswig 12, St. Albert 0
Harlan 6, Sioux City East 1
Lewis Central 7, Kuemper Catholic 2
Shenandoah 10, Southwest Valley 0
Western Iowa Conference Tournament
IKM-Manning 10, Tri-Center 0
Treynor 10, Griswold 0
Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 8, Woodbine 1
Exira-EHK 12, CAM 2
Glidden-Ralston 10, Boyer Valley 0
West Harrison 14, Ar-We-Va 2
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Fremont-Mills 13, East Mills 8
Sidney 12, Stanton 2
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Lenox 10, Southwest Valley 0
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Lenox 10, Orient-Macksburg 0
Martensdale-St. Marys 18, West Central Valley 4
Mount Ayr 16, Murray 0
Murray 1, Wayne 0
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 18, Red Oak 4 (Game 1)
Denison-Schleswig 11, Red Oak 0 (Game 2)
Harlan 5, Sioux City West 4
Kuemper Catholic 2, Lewis Central 1 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 9, Kuemper Catholic 5 (Game 2)
Martensdale-St. Marys 7, Creston 3
Shenandoah 4, Glenwood 3
St. Albert 13, Atlantic 1 (Game 1)
St. Albert 9, Atlantic 8 (Game 2)
Western Iowa Conference Tournament
Logan-Magnolia 6, AHSTW 5
Tri-Center 7, Treynor 5
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 6, West Harrison 3
Boyer Valley 4, Glidden-Ralston 2
CAM 22, Exira/EHK 0
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Woodbine 4 (10 inn)
Corner Conference
East Mills 16, Fremont-Mills 4
Essex/South Page 18, Clarinda Academy 8 (Game 1)
Essex/South Page 15, Clarinda Academy 0 (Game 2)
Sidney 7, Stanton 6
Pride of Iowa Conference
East Union 5, Nodaway Valley 3
Lenox 11, Southwest Valley 1
Other Scores
Southeast Warren 11, West Central Valley 3
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oregon State’s Trevor Larnach hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the top of the ninth after Arkansas blew a chance to lock up a national championship, and the Beavers forced a third and deciding game in the College World Series finals with a 5-3 win. Cadyn Grenier singled in the tying run after three Arkansas fielders watched his foul ball drop between them.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion and Lonnie Chisenhall hit back-to-back homers, rookie Shane Bieber pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1. Bieber struck out seven to become the seventh pitcher in baseball’s modern era to strike out six or more batters in each of his first four major league starts.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mike Moustakas’ solo homer opened a five-run seventh inning that snapped an extended run-scoring slump for the Kansas City Royals, who held off the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth for a 5-4 win. Danny Duffy allowed five hits over six effective innings for the Royals, who split a two-game interleague series with the NL Central-leading Brewers.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have placed reliever Justin Grimm on the 10-day disabled list with a right shoulder injury, filling the right-hander’s spot in the bullpen by recalling Jason Adam from Triple-A Omaha. The move made retroactive to June 24 was announced before the Royals’ game at the Milwaukee Brewers.
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