HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WEDNESDAY-

WILLARD  7  LEBANON 1

ROLLA 5 HELIAS 1

TENNIS-

LEBANON 7 CAMDENTON 2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

CARDINALS 5 CINCINNATI 4

REDS 12 ST. LOUIS 2

PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT HOMERED TWICE, INCLUDING THE GO-AHEAD HOME RUN TO GIVE ST. LOUIS A ONE RUN WIN IN GAME ONE.

GENESIS CABRERA PICKED UP THE WIN FOR ST. LOUIS. IN THE SECOND GAME, NICK CASTELLANOS HIT A TWO-RUN HOME RUN IN THE FIRST AND A GRAND SLAM IN THE SECOND AS THE REDS WON BY TEN.

SONNY GRAY ALLOWED JUST TWO RUNS OVER FIVE INNINGS TO EARN THE WIN WHILE J.A. HAPP TOOK THE LOSS… THE REDS ARE 72-AND-63 WHILE THE CARDINALS ARE 68-AND-64 AND TWO AND A HALF GAMES OUT IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SECOND NATIONAL LEAGUE WILDCARD….ST. LOUIS IS OFF TODAY BEFORE OPENING A 3-GAME SERIES IN MILWAUKEE STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT..

CLEVELAND 5 ROYALS 3 (11)

AUSTIN HEDGES’ BLOOP SINGLE GAVE THE VISITORS THE GO-AHEAD RUN IN THE EXTRA FRAME. YU CHANG’S PINCH-HIT GAME-TYING SOLO SHOT IN THE SEVENTH ULTIMATELY SENT THE GAME TO EXTRA INNINGS TIED AT THREE. CHANG LATER FOLLOWED UP HEDGES SINGLE WITH AN RBI DOUBLE TO GIVE THE INDIANS SOME INSURANCE IN THE 11TH. BLAKE PARKER IMPROVED TO 2-AND-0 WITH THE WIN. TREVOR STEPHAN EARNED HIS FIRST CAREER SAVE WITH A 1-2-3 BOTTOM OF THE 11TH. THE INDIANS WIN IS THEIR THIRD-STRAIGHT. ADALBERTO MONDESI HIT HIS FIFTH HOME RUN FOR THE ROYALS, AND JACKSON KOWAR, IN HIS 2ND TOUR OF DUTY,  WENT SIX INNINGS WITHOUT ALLOWING AN EARNED RUN.

ERVIN SANTANA WAS TAGGED WITH THE LOSS IN RELIEF. THE ROYALS WILL TRY TO AVOID A SWEEP TONIGHT AT 7:10…

DOUBLE A CENTRAL LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 9 TULSA 3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TONIGHT-

MISSOURI S&T AT SOUTH DAKOTA MINES IN RAPID CITY, S.D.