ST. LOUIS (AP) – Carlos Beltran homered, Adam Wainwright earned his 18th win and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Washington 4-3 on Monday night, eliminating the Nationals from playoff contention.

Looking for their first NL Central title since 2009, the Cardinals maintained a two-game lead over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh and reduced their magic number to four.

All three teams are headed to the postseason. The Reds and Pirates both won Monday night, clinching at least a wild-card berth when Washington lost.

St. Louis secured no worse than a wild card on Sunday.

Class 4-A

1. WDM Dowling (7) 4-0 131 1

2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7) 4-0 130 2

3. Iowa City West 4-0 107 3

4. Pleasant Valley 4-0 102 5

5. Ames 4-0 88 8

6. Urbandale 3-1 62 4

7. Waukee 3-1 46 9

8. Indianola 4-0 24 NR

9. Sioux City East 3-1 22 10

10. Bettendorf 3-1 18 7

Others receiving votes: 11, Iowa City High 13. 12, Davenport Assumption 12. 13, Cedar Falls 8. 14, West Des Moines Valley 4. 15, Southeast Polk 2. 16, Dubuque Hempstead 1.

Class 3-A

1. Bishop Heelan Catholic (13) 4-0 139 1

2. Spencer (1) 4-0 114 3

3. Decorah 4-0 108 4

4. Pella 4-0 87 5

5. Clear Lake 4-0 86 6

6. Humboldt 4-0 52 8

7. Carroll 3-1 43 NR

8. Harlan 3-1 39 2

9. Williamsburg 3-1 27 9

10. Webster City 4-0 25 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Grinnell 23. 12, Boone 13. 13, Manchester West Delaware 7. 14, Washington 4. 15, Dallas Center-Grimes 2. 16, Norwalk 1.

Class 2-A

1. Kuemper Catholic (6) 4-0 126 1

2. Waukon (4) 4-0 123 2

3. Spirit Lake (4) 4-0 108 3

4. West Marshall 4-0 97 4

5. Union 4-0 81 5

6. Albia 4-0 62 6

7. Mediapolis 4-0 53 7

8. New Hampton 4-0 48 9

9. North Polk 4-0 29 10

10. Boyden-Hull-RV 3-1 16 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Central Lyon-GLR 10. 12, Wellman Mid-Prairie 5. 12, Sheldon 5. 14, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 4. 15, Center Point-Urbana 2. 16, Bondurant Farrar 1.

Class 1-A

1. Iowa City Regina (13) 4-0 139 1

2. St. Albert 4-0 112 2

3. South Winneshiek (1) 4-0 100 3

4. Dike-New Hartford 4-0 97 4

5. Wilton 4-0 74 6

6. Mount Ayr 4-0 59 7

7. North Fayette 4-0 57 9

8. Maquoketa Valley 4-0 40 8

9. Van Meter 4-0 32 10

(tie) St. Edmond 4-0 32 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Ridge View 16. 12, Paullina South O’Brien 5. 13, Stanwood North Cedar 3. 14, St. Ansgar 2. 14, North Sentral Kossuth 2.

Class A

1. West Lyon (9) 4-0 133 1

2. Wapsie Valley (2) 4-0 118 2

3. BGM (3) 4-0 115 3

4. AGWSR 5-0 96 4

5. A-H-S-T 4-0 84 6

6. Montezuma 4-0 67 7

6. East Mills 4-0 67 8

8. Lawton-Bronson 3-1 35 NR

9. Akron-Westfield 3-1 17 5

10. Packwood Pekin 3-1 14 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Mason City Newman 6. 12, Hinton 3. 12, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3. 12, Riverside Highland 3. 12, Garwin GMG 3. 16, Troy Mills North Linn 2. 17, Traer North Tama 1. 17, Griswold 1. 17, Lisbon 1. 17, Algona Garrigan 1.

Class 8-Man

1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7) 5-0 133 1

2. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton (6) 4-0 124 2

3. Newell-Fonda (1) 4-0 95 3

4. West Bend-Mallard 5-0 85 5

5. Adair-Casey 5-0 84 4

6. Springville 5-0 76 6

7. Glidden-Ralston 4-0 56 7

8. River Valley 4-0 34 8

9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 5-0 33 9

10. Sidney 4-0 23 10

(tie) Twin Cedars 5-0 23 NR

Others receiving votes: 12, Easton Valley 8. 13, Janesville 6. 14, Marcus MMC 3.

Game Score:  Iowa Hawkeyes 59, Western Michigan 3

$25 – Denise Johnson of Atlantic (IA 56-17, 17 pts)

$10 – Roger Charley of Tiffin (IA 42-3, 17 pts)

$5 – Roland Hansen of Elk Horn (IA 48-10, 18 pts)

$5 – Madison Neighbors of Atlantic (IA 42-9, 23 pts)

$5 – Gage Leed of Anita (IA 35-3, 24 pts)

*** All Ties Broken By Drawing ***

Saturday’s Game:  Iowa Hawkeyes @ Minnesota

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Kevonte Martin-Manley and B.J. Lowery have been honored by the Big Ten for their performances in Saturday’s win over Western Michigan.

Martin-Manley was named the Big Ten’s special teams player of the week after returning two punts for touchdowns. Lowery was awarded defensive player of the week honors for scoring twice on interception returns.

Martin-Manley’s 184 yards on punt returns was the second-highest in Big Ten history. Iowa’s only Heisman trophy winner, Nile Kinnick, had 201 yards in a game in 1939.

Lowery set a school record with his pair of touchdowns on pick offs.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The LPGA announced Monday that the 2017 Solheim Cup will be held at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa.

The biennial event, which is similar to the Ryder Cup pitting European and American golfers, was held in Colorado last month. Europe won 18-10.

The Des Moines Golf and Country Club hosted the U.S. Senior Open Championship in 1999, drawing more than 250,000 fans. Metro Des Moines has also hosted a Champions Tour event, the Principal Charity Classic, since 2001.

Though that tournament moved from Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines to the Wakonda Club near downtown Des Moines this year, it remained among the more well-attended events on the senior tour.