ST. LOUIS (AP) – Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was sent for medical tests for a knee injury and did not play Saturday against the Marlins. Manager Mike Matheny said the knee began bothering Molina on Friday night.
Molina has played in 81 of St. Louis’ 86 games and leads the National League with a .346 average and has six homers and 45 RBIs. Backup Tony Cruz made his eighth start of the season and first since June 26.

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Friday’s Games (7/5/13)

Round Rock 6, Omaha 4

Iowa 1, Albuquerque 0, 2 innings, susp., rain

Saturday’s Games

Iowa 1, Albuquerque 0, 2 innings, comp. of susp. game (5:10-p.m. CDT)

Omaha at Round Rock, 7:05 p.m. (CDT)

Iowa at Albuquerque, 8:05 p.m. (CDT)

Softball scores…

Atlantic 10, Audubon 4
Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Guthrie Center 0
Creston 6, Shenandoah 2
Exira-EHK 8, Tri-Center, Neola 5
Griswold 7, Nishnabotna 0
Lenox 7, Fremont-Mills 1
Perry 4, Carroll 2
Treynor 8, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 5
Underwood 11, East Mills 0
Van Meter 3, Earlham 1
Woodbine 15, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 3

Baseball scores…

Glenwood 4, Atlantic 3

CAM, Anita 13, Villisca 2
Griswold 9, Nishnabotna 7
Harlan 4, Shenandoah 0
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 11, Clarinda 1
Lenox 2, Fremont-Mills, Tabor 1
Lewis Central 1, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Pleasantville 15, Mount Ayr 0 (4 innings )
Sioux City, East 11, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 1 (5 innings)
Sioux City, East 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2
Underwood 16, East Mills 1
Van Meter 14, Earlham 3 (6 innings-Drake Doud hits 3 HRs)
West Harrison, Mondamin 7, Westwood, Sloan 2

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Officials with “The Lullabye Foundation” have announced that their 2013 Annual Golf Tournament has been named to honor the memories of two long-time Atlantic residents and community benefactors, James and Gertrude Hunt. The 4-person, “Texas Scramble/Best Ball” Tournament will be held on Saturday, July 20th, at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club.  Registration begins at 8:15am.  Play – with a shot-gun start – begins at 9:00am.  All players will receive a meal ticket for a picnic lunch, which will be available between 10:30-a.m. and Noon. 

Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams; those prizes being gift certificates for a foursome and two carts to Lake Panorama National in Panora, and Fox Run and Bent Tree Golf Courses in Council Bluffs.  There will be individual hole prizes on ten of the courses’ 18 holes.

All proceeds from Lullabye’s Jim and Gert Hunt Memorial Golf Tournament will be used to support the Lullabye Foundation’s mission of helping CassCounty children. Since 2007, nearly $65,000 has been given to deserving children to help them achieve a dream they might never experience without Lullabye’s intervention.

Lullabye’s Pastors Dennis and Sally Meyer, say their mission is one Jim and Gert Hunt’s family believes reflects the kind of care, concern, and personal mission their parents were committed to as they lived and served in the greater Cass County community for many years.  Gertrude was a teacher, and saw first-hand the needs of many kids and tried to address them as best she was able.  The Hunt’s were generous supporters of numerous programs that built stronger kids in the community, including the Lullabye Foundation.

Opportunities remain available to enter teams into the tournament and/or to step up to be hole sponsors for the event, or both.  Questions about the tournament can be directed to Mike or Pam Koranda at 243-2982, or at 2705 Palm Street in Atlantic.

Down to their final strike, the Iowa Cubs (45-43) got a game-tying two-run homer from pinch-hitter Tim Torres in the top of the ninth inning and scored four times in the 10th to beat the Albuquerque Isotopes (48-40) 9-5 at Isotopes Park, Thursday night. The win snapped a streak of 13 consecutive losses for the Cubs at Isotopes Park going back to June 19, 2011.

Iowa takes on Albuquerque in Game 2 of its four-game series today at 8:05 p.m. The Cubs will travel to New Orleans for a three-game series beginning Monday before returning to Principal Park on July 11 to again face Albuquerque.

Elsewhere in Pacific Coast League action, Kelvin Herrera and Chris Dwyer combined on a five-hitter as Omaha blanked Round Rock 3-0, Thursday night in the first of a four-game set at the Dell Diamond. The Storm Chasers won their second straight contest to improve to 39-48 but remain 5 ½ games behind Iowa in the American Conference North Division. The series continues tonight (Friday) at 7:05, with Omaha left-hander Danny Duffy taking the hill against Round Rock right-hander Scott Richmond.

(www.milb.com)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The L.A. Angels rallied with three runs in the bottom of the ninth to deny Adam Wainwright his 12th victory and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. Josh Hamilton hit a game-tying two-run homer and Erick Aybar delivered a walkoff single to drive in the winning run.Wainwright was lifted in the ninth with a two-run lead but Edward Mujica  blew the save by allowing two runs on four hits in the ninth.

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