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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit a grand slam and Howie Kendrick added a two-run homer, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers spoil Mike Mayers’ major league debut in a 9-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Scott Kazmir (9-3) pitched five innings to earn the victory. He allowed three runs on six hits.
After a rainout earlier in the week forced a doubleheader, the Cardinals decided not to start Carlos Martinez on short rest and called up Mayers, 24, from Triple-A Memphis for a spot start. St. Louis was the last team in the majors to use a pitcher not in their starting five this season. Mayers (0-1) lasted just 1 1/3 innings, throwing 62 pitches. He gave up nine runs on eight hits, including two home runs. His ERA is 60.75.
Kenley Jansen got his 29th save in 34 opportunities with a spotless ninth. The Dodgers scored six runs in a 45-pitch first inning. Mayers loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Gonzalez crushed a fastball 427 feet to center field for his fifth career grand slam. After a double by Kendrick, Mayers struck out Yasmani Grandal and got a nice ovation from the crowd. With two outs, Joc Pederson walked and stole second. Kazmir singled up the middle for the final two runs and his first RBIs of the year.
Matt Holliday doubled home a run in the first. It was the first run scored in the first inning by St. Louis since July 3. After Los Angeles chased Mayers in the second with three more runs, Tommy Pham cut the Dodgers’ advantage to 9-3 with a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning. Four St. Louis relievers combined for 7 2/3 scoreless innings. In the seventh, Los Angels failed to score despite four walks.
Dodgers reliever Adam Liberatore allowed three runs in the seventh inning. It was the first runs he’s allowed since May 20 — a span that covers 29 games. He had pitched scoreless relief in 41 of his previous 42 games this year.
CLASS 1A STATE TOURNAMENT
Friday’s quarterfinals (7/22)
Remsen St. Mary’s 10, Highland 5
Newman Catholic 12, Nodaway Valley 2 (six innings)
Saturday’s quarterfinals (7/23)
West Sioux 3, Edgewood-Colesburg 2
Don Bosco 11, Tri-Center 1
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
11 a.m. — Newman Catholic (33-5) vs. Remsen-St. Mary’s (31-5)
1:30 — West Sioux (26-2) vs. Don Bosco
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
11 a.m. — TBD
CLASS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT
Monday’s quarterfinals (7/25)
11 a.m. — Clear Lake (28-7) vs. Denver (20-15)
1:30 p.m. — Van Buren (23-4) vs. Hinton (23-5)
5 p.m. — Beckman Catholic (24-17) vs. Pleasantville (28-9)
7:30 p.m. — Kuemper Catholic (24-11) vs. Collins-Maxwell/Baxter
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
1:30 p.m. — TBD
CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
Tuesday’s quarterfinals (7/26)
11 a.m. — Harlan (27-5) vs. Bishop Heelan Catholic (27-15)
1:30 p.m. — Wahlert (29-14) vs. Solon (21-20)
5 p.m. — Carlisle (31-6) vs. Central DeWitt (32-11)
7:30 p.m. — Pella (30-8) vs. Humboldt (25-7)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
11 a.m. — TBD
1:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
5 p.m. — TBD
CLASS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
Wednesday’s quarterfinals (7/27)
11 a.m. — Waukee (30-11) vs. Johnston (29-10)
1:30 p.m. — Cedar Rapids Prairie (35-6) vs. Davenport West (22-12)
5 p.m. — Iowa City West (33-6) vs. Cedar Rapids Jefferson (28-11)
7:30 p.m. — Des Moines Roosevelt (32-10) vs. Urbandale (29-10)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
7:30 p.m. — TBD
The Don Bosco Dons got off to an early lead and never gave the lead back to defeat the Tri-Center Trojans 11-1, Saturday night at Principal Park to advance them to the semifinals of the Iowa High School Baseball Class 1A playoffs. Don Bosco scored one run in the bottom half the first to get out to an early lead that started with Cade Schares getting hit by a pitch. Schares was brought Austin Miller’s single to shallow right.
Baylor Bedard got the start for Don Bosco and gave the Dons 5.1 strong innings of work where he allowed no runs from four hits and four walks, while striking out seven batters. The Dons opened it up in the bottom half of the second with five runs from three hits, two errors and two walks from starting pitcher Konnor Handy. Handy was chased after 2.1 innings of work where he allowed seven runs, five earned, from six hits and three walks, while striking out three.
Tri-Center was held scoreless until the top of the sixth when Handy ripped a single up the middle off Trever Brown that scored Kaleb Harrison who reached on a walk. Don Bosco finished the game early in the bottom of the sixth by putting three runners across home plate to initiate the 10-run rule after five. Don Bosco will take on West Sioux Thursday at 1:30 in the second class 1A semifinal game.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit his eighth home run, red-hot Justin Turner got two more RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-2 on Saturday night to end the Cardinals’ five-game winning streak. Turner’s two-run double capped a four-run third. He has 14 RBIs since the All-Star break.
Gonzalez’s 429-foot solo blast to center sparked a three-run sixth. Kenta Maeda (9-7) rebounded from a poor outing against Arizona on July 17, giving up two runs over 5 2/3 innings. Only one of the Cardinals’ first 15 batters was able to hit the ball out of the infield against the Japanese right-hander.
Maeda helped himself with an RBI bunt single to start the third-inning rally. Andrew Toles went 3 for 4 and scored once for the Dodgers. He has reached safely in nine of 10 games since being called up from the minors. Mike Leake (7-8) allowed seven runs — six earned — in six innings. He was victimized by a mental error on Maeda’s single when second baseman Greg Garcia failed to cover first on the bunt attempt.
Matt Adams homered for the second consecutive game. His blast to left in the fourth extended the Cardinals’ streak of home runs to 14 straight games. Aledmys Diaz reached safely for the 26th straight game with a first-inning single. Diaz’s streak is the second-longest by a Cardinals rookie since Albert Pujols had streaks of 30 and 48 games in 2001. The loss dropped St. Louis’ home record to 25-29.
A final word on the Atlantic Baseball season with Head Coach Trace Petersen and a recap of Atlantic Softball’s games at the state tournament and their 7th place finish.
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The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.
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The State Baseball Tournament got underway with the quarterfinals in Class 1A Friday evening at Principal Park, in Des Moines. It was a back-and-forth contest in the first game, as the Remsen St. Mary’s Hawks topped the Highland Huskies 10-5 Friday night. Brody Burton took the mound for Highland but was chased after one inning of work after giving up four runs off three hits, a walk and two hit batters. Remsen St. Mary’s advances to the 1A semifinals that will take place on Thursday. They will face Newman Catholic.
In game two, Newman Catholic took an 12-2 run-rule victory over Nodaway Valley in six innings. Caden Kratz took the mound for Newman allowing two runs — one earned — in the first and then followed with five scoreless innings. Kratz finished the night with 10 strikeouts, one walk and allowed three hits through six innings of work.
Nodaway Valley struck early after a pair of errors by Newman’s Ben Fitzgerald and a RBI single by Tyler Vandewater put two on the board for the Wolverines in the top of the first. Jackson Lamb got the ball for Nodaway Valley and gave up seven earned runs off six hits in one inning of work. Newman Catholic responded in the bottom of the first, batting around the order with a trio of singles and a stand-up triple by Josh Fitzgerald that allowed the Knights to jump out to a 5-2 lead.
Ben Fitzgerald extended the Knights’ lead with a solo shot over the right field fence. Bryce Ball followed with another stand-up triple for Newman and ultimately scored off a RBI-single by Parker Dondlinger. Matthew Fitzsimmons made it 8-2 Knights with a sacrifice fly to left field.
The Knights added three runs in third inning and one in the sixth including a two-run homer to right field by Ball. He finished the night 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Ben Fitzgerald paced the Knights’ offense, batting 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a RBI. Brandon Mangles entered to pitch for the Wolverines in the third and would throw for three innings, allowing just two hits and no earned runs after facing 10 batters.
Newman Catholic advances to the Class 1A semifinals and will face Remsen St. Mary’s on Thursday at Principal Park. Today’s (Saturday’s) schedule pits #2 seed West Sioux (25-2) against #7 Edgewood-Colesburg (21-12), @ 5-p.m., followed at 7:30 by #3 Don Bosco (34-4) vs. #6 Tri-Center/Neola (19-8).
Class 3A: Jaicee Lyons, Benton Community; Sophie Van Severen, Davenport Assumption; Shelby Hulsebus, Benton Community; Kaitlyn Van Der Zwaag, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; Bryn Hanrahan, Solon; Sydney Lawson, Solon; Payge Jurgens, CMB; Nicole Timmons, Davenport Assumption; Alyssa Wiebel, Benton Community; Emma Valainis, Davenport Assumption; Amber Fiser, Benton Community (captain)
Class 2A: Katie Bracken, Iowa City Regina; Dion Shirley, Van Meter; Olivia Callaway, BCLUW; Jenna Peschel, Logan-Magnolia; Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia; Kennedy Brown, Iowa City Regina; Meagan Blomgren, Van Meter; Emma Corkery, Iowa City Regina; Mackenzie Blomgren, Van Meter; Sarah Lehman, Iowa City Regina; Bailey Richards, Van Meter (Captain).
Class 1A: Nicki Wood, Kee; Brynn Van Eldik, Akron-Westfield; Jamie Jordan, Martensdale-St. Marys; Jordan Wilken, Newell-Fonda; Kyla Morris, Martensdale-St. Marys; Ann Hedlund, Akron-Westfield; Kendra Cooper, Kee; Bailey Davis, Akron-Westfield; Chloe Severson, Kee; Katie Johnson, Akron-Westfield; Courtney Cooper, Kee (captain).
Class 4A: Alexis Westercamp, Oskaloosa; Alyvia Dubois, Carlisle; Ashley Kindley, Oskaloosa; Breanna Hunter, Boone; Kenady Waugh, Fairfield; Alli Deao, Fairfield; Laurens Calkins, Boone; Alyssa Brown, Carlisle; Aubrey Miller, Oskaloosa; Gabby Schnathorst, Carlisle; Alexis Groet, Oskaloosa (Captain).
Class 5A: Ally Schaer, Johnston; Rachel Tebbe, Pleasant Valley; Alexia Lara, Pleasant Valley; Lauren Kuch, Cedar Rapids Prairie; Bella Crow, Urbandale; Mandi Roemmich, West Des Moines Valley; Skyler Shellmyer, Urbandale; Alex Honnold, West Des Moines Valley; Brooke Wilmes, Johnston; Ellie Spellhaug, Pleasant Valley; Haylee Towers, Johnston (captain).
Class 3A
3rd Place
Solon 6, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3
Class 3A State Championship
Benton 8, Davenport Assumption 0
Class 4A
3rd Place
Fairfield 10, Boone 0 (5-innings)
Class 4A Championship
Oskaloosa 6, Carlisle 5
Class 5A
3rd Place
West Des Moines Valley 7, Urbandale 1
Class 5A Championship
Johnston 3, Pleasant Valley 2
Class 1A
3rd Place
Martensdale-St. Mary’s 5, Newell-Fonda 2
Class 1A Championship
Kee 7, Akron-Westfield 3
Class 2A
3rd Place
Logan-Magnolia 3, BCLUW 0
Class 2A Championship
Van Meter 3, Iowa City Regina 0
The St. Louis Cardinals won a 16-inning marathon late Friday night, by edging the L.A. Dodgers 4-3. Matt Adams ended it with a walkoff homer in the 16th. The Cards have won five in a row, their longest win streak of the season. It was the second consecutive game that the Cardinals won in their final at-bat. They beat the Padres on Thursday after scoring a run in the ninth inning.
The Cardinals have used only five starting pitchers this season, the lowest total in the majors. They will likely need a sixth starter for the Sunday night game against the Dodgers, thanks to a rain out earlier in the homestand. RHP Kenta Maeda (8-7, 3.25) will face RHP Mike Leake (7-7, 4.30) in the second game of the three-game set this (Saturday) evening. Maeda is 5-2 with a 3.31 ERA in nine road starts this season. Leake has not walked a batter in the last 19 innings covering three starts.
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