ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig hit a pair home runs, Carlos Beltran extended his RBI streak to a major league high nine games and Kyle Lohse worked into the eighth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 9-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Matt Holliday had a homer and sacrifice fly and Jon Jay doubled and walked twice with a steal for the Cardinals, who punished a pitching staff that entered the game with a major league-worst 5.37 ERA. Tyler Colvin and Wilin Rosario homered for the Rockies, who have dropped five of seven. Rosario homered for the third straight game, but Colorado pitchers totaled four wild pitches, eight walks and an error that allowed a run. Beltran, an NL All-Star game starter picked to participate in the home run derby, leads the league with 63 RBIs. He has 15 RBIs during the streak.

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 10, Denison-Schleswig 5 (Gunnar Blum gets complete game win and hits 2-run HR)
• Creston 14, Clarinda 6
• Harlan 5, Lewis Central 3

Western Iowa:

• Audubon 10, Missouri Valley 5
• Underwood 11, Griswold 6
• Tri-Center 16, A-H-S-T 2
• Treynor 20, Riverside 5

Rolling Hills:

• Orient-Macksburg 12, East Greene 5 (Completion Of June 14th Game)
• East Greene 9, Orient-Macksburg 6
• Walnut 11, Iowa Christian Academy 1

Others:

• Bedford 10, Clarinda Academy 6
• Corning 9, Essex 1
• Abraham Lincoln 13, St. Albert 4
• Kingsley-Pierson 5, West Harrison 4
• Lawton-Bronson 10, IKM-Manning 0
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2, Ar-We-Va 1
• Panorama 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 4
• Ridge View 2, Logan-Magnolia 0
• Southeast Warren 9, Nodaway Valley 3 (5 in. light malfunction)
• West Central Valley 15, Madrid 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Berkman expects to be back in the St. Louis Cardinals’ lineup soon after the All-Star break. Maybe even the first day back. The first baseman has been sidelined since undergoing left knee surgery in late May that turned out to be relatively minor. Berkman said Monday that swelling was minimal after the procedure and he began running a week ago, and said his rehab was right on schedule. The switch-hitting Berkman took 25 swings of soft toss from each side several hours before Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. He’ll have to get into baseball shape before taking a rehab assignment and manager Mike Matheny said Berkman hasn’t done much side to side movement yet. The Cardinals’ first game after the break is July 13 at Cincinnati. Berkman joked that Allen Craig has done so well starting at first base that he may come back as a pinch hitter.