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Cain leads Kansas City past Minnesota 5-4 to take series

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Given a second chance after a check swing call went his way on a two-strike pitch, Lorenzo Cain gave the Kansas City Royals’ playoff hopes a lift.

Cain hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning Sunday in a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Kansas City trailed 4-3 and had two on with two outs when Cain fouled off his first four pitches from rookie reliever Alan Busenitz (1-1). Cain took a fastball up, then checked his swing on an outside curveball in the dirt.

First base umpire Mike Muchlinski ruled no swing.

“Every time when I check swing, I kind of drop my whole body into it,” Cain said. “I think it was the right call, and I appreciate him doing that because I needed that.”

Plate umpire Marty Foster ejected Minnesota manager Paul Molitor, who was still in the dugout. Molitor then came out to argue.

“Obviously I thought he went too far,” Molitor said. “Game on the line, I thought he went plenty far enough to get that call, but we didn’t get it. But we didn’t get make pitches after that.”

Cain fouled off another pitch, then drove a fastball over Byron Buxton and off the center-field wall. Cain ran through third base coach Mike Jirschele’s hold sign and tried for an inside-the-park home run, but was thrown out at the plate, with right fielder Max Kepler tossing to second baseman Brian Dozier for the relay to catcher Chris Gimenez.

With Kansas City leading 3-2, Cain dropped Joe Mauer’s one-out fly to short center. Buxton hit a two-run single with two outs.

“I wanted to come through for the guys, especially after dropping that ball in the outfield,” Cain said. “o come through with a big hit right there was much needed, not only for me but for this team, as well.”

Scott Alexander (4-3) pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Ian Kennedy.

Alex Gordon, a four-time Gold Glove winner, allowed Eduardo Escobar’s leadoff fly to the left-field warning track to deflect off his glove for an error that allowed Escobar to reach second. Brandon Maurer struck out Gimenez, then retired Ehire Adrianza on a flyout and Dozier on a popup for his 21st save in 25 chances.

Minnesota, which leads Baltimore and the Los Angeles Angels by 1 1/2 games for the second AL wild card, lost for the second time in seven games. The Royals closed within 3 1/2 games of the Twins and are a half-game behind Seattle and Texas.

“We had to get this one today,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It was a game that we absolutely had to have. It just shows the character of our team, flushing that game yesterday.”

Melky Cabrera hit a two-run homer for Kansas City, which rebounded from a 17-0 loss Saturday.

Escobar hit his third homer in two days.

BUXTON BACK

Buxton had a scare last week after a bone bruise in his hand, but the speedy outfielder only missed one game and the layoff hasn’t stopped his strong second-half run.

Buxton had two hits, including his fifth triple, driving in two runs with a bloop in the sixth to give Minnesota a lead. He’s 5 for 7 the last two games and is hitting .348 since Aug. 1.

SECURING A STARTER

After another disappointing outing by Dillon Gee on Friday, Minnesota start rookie right-hander Aaron Slegers on Wednesday at Tampa Bay.

Slegers will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester to make his second major league appearance. He allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings in doubleheader start as the 26th player against the Cleveland Indians on Aug. 17.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Yost said LHP Danny Duffy (left elbow impingement) threw from 60 feet on Saturday. There’s still no timetable on Duffy’s return, and Yost said it’s possible RHP Sam Gaviglio would start on Thursday in Duffy’s turn.

Twins: C Jason Castro was activated from the concussion DL. He had been out since Aug. 24 after taking multiple foul tips off his mask. … Molitor said 3B Miguel Sano (stress reaction in his left shin) is feeling better but won’t make the upcoming trip.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis (6-2, 4.41 ERA) starts the opening game Monday in Detroit. Junis beat Tampa Bay in his last outing, allowing one run in 5 2/3 innings while striking out eight. The Tigers will start RHP Artie Lewicki, who will be making his major league debut.

Twins: RHP Jose Berrios (12-6, 3.80) starts Monday at Tampa Bay. He pitched seven scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox in his last outing.

— Associated Press —

Northwest soccer opens season with 2-1 win over Sioux Falls

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The Northwest Missouri State University soccer team scored twice in the second half to defeat Sioux Falls, 2-1, in the season opener.

– Northwest moves to 1-0 on the year while the Cougars fall to 1-1.

– Taylor Wolfe and Mollie Holtman each scored second half goals as the Bearcats overcame a 1-0 halftime defecit.

– Northwest out shot Sioux Falls, 20-8, and had six corner kicks to the Cougars’ three.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Taylor Wolfe had four shots and three shots on goal in her first collegiate game.

– Mollie Holtman had had three total shots with two coming on goal.

– Izzy Romano had three shots with one on goal.

– In goal, Ashley Malloy made one save for her first win of the year.

Key Northwest Sequences
– In the 75th minute, Taylor Wolfe ran down a long ball in front of the USF box. After the ball deflected off a defender, the freshman striker was able to redirect the ball past the keeper to tie the match, 1-1.

– Just over a minute later, Mollie Holtman found herself alone behind the Cougar back line off a deflected pass. Holtman calmly took the shot from the top of the box for the would-be game winning goal.

Up Next
– Northwest’s home opener will be on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 5 p.m. at Bearcat Pitch against Rockhurst University.

— Northwest Athletics —

Cards power past Giants on homers by Bader, DeJong, Martinez

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even with star players resting or nursing minor injuries and manager Mike Matheny’s mixing and matching, the St. Louis Cardinals keep slugging and are never content with a late lead.

And they’re right in playoff contention at the start of September.

Harrison Bader hit a tiebreaking homer in the decisive sixth inning after Madison Bumgarner homered in the bottom of the fifth, and the Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Sunday to gain ground again in the wild-card race.

“It’s big, especially against Madison,” Jose Martinez said. “We went out there trying to do our job and get good at-bats from the first inning. It worked for us, he made a couple mistakes and we took advantage of those.”

Paul DeJong hit a solo homer in the fourth for the first St. Louis hit and Martinez followed with a drive to nearly the same spot over the left-field fence. It was the seventh time the Cardinals hit consecutive homers this year.

Luke Weaver (4-1) struck out nine over seven innings to just miss a third straight start with double-digit Ks, helping St. Louis move within three games of Colorado in the race for the NL’s second wild card.

Bumgarner (3-7) hit a solo drive in the fifth for his third homer of the year. It was his first time clearing the fences since he went deep twice on opening day April 2 at Arizona. He missed nearly three months following an April 20 dirt bike accident.

Martinez and Yadier Molina added consecutive RBI doubles in the decisive sixth, and Martinez hit another run-scoring double in the seventh and Bader singled home a run.

Bumgarner retired his first 11 batters before DeJong’s 21st homer. The 2014 World Series MVP, who was scratched Thursday night with the flu, allowed five runs and five hits in six innings.

“I didn’t give us a chance to win today, I let that game to get away from me,” said Bumgarner, who matched his career high with three homers surrendered. “I can’t let that happen.”

Center fielder Gorkys Hernandez made a sensational play in Bumgarner’s six-pitch first inning, leaping high over the wall in left-center to snag Tommy Pham’s deep fly for the second out.

“That’s one of the best catches we’ve seen all year,” Matheny said.

Bumgarner became the first pitcher to hit at least three homers in four straight seasons since Earl Wilson accomplished the feat in five consecutive years from 1964-68, according to STATS, LLC.

The Giants dropped their first series at home in the last seven, having won or split six in a row.

MATHENY ON CONCUSSIONS

Matheny, who finished his 13-year big league catching career with the Giants in 2006, appreciates the greater awareness and care when it comes to concussions.

He said medical personnel he worked with estimate his total at 25 to 30 documented concussions — and he figures it’s higher given how many he had in the minors while taking foul tips and being run over blocking the plate.

“I think one season I got flattened seven times,” the 46-year-old Matheny recalled. “That was just the way we were taught the game is you lay in front of the plate. … I had one player in particular got me three times, a college football player.”

Matheny isn’t sure he would have had the same career or even reached the majors if he didn’t play that way.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: CF Dexter Fowler was held out after his hip tightened up after he slammed into a base hard Saturday. He was set to be re-evaluated Monday. … 1B Matt Carpenter sat out his second straight game in a planned break for rest. “We’re trying to get him right, we’re going to need him right,” Matheny said. … LF Pham returned after missing two games with a bruised thumb he hurt sliding into second Thursday night.

Giants: As the time passes that 1B Brandon Belt continues to deal with a concussion and if it becomes another couple of weeks, manager Bruce Bochy said it could “be doubtful he’d play this year.” … With LF Jarrett Parker out injured, the Giants brought Mac Williamson a bit sooner than planned to be the primary left fielder in the coming week. The Giants hope Parker’s mild left side strain will heal in time for him to return during next weekend’s series against the White Sox in Chicago.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: Carlos Martinez (10-10, 3.52 ERA) is 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA in seven outings and four career starts against San Diego, where he will pitch Monday.

Giants: RHP Chris Stratton (2-3, 3.82 ERA) is scheduled to make his sixth major league start Monday at Colorado. He took the loss in an 11-0 defeat Aug. 27 at Arizona despite 10 strikeouts and two earned runs allowed over six innings.

— Associated Press —

Lock has record-setting day as Mizzou beats Missouri State 72-43

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The gold standard of quarterbacks at Missouri is Chase Daniel, who holds most of the school’s passing records. Drew Lock grabbed a few of his own Saturday, setting single-game marks for touchdown passes and passing yards as the Tigers beat Missouri State 72-43 in the season opener.

Lock threw for 521 yards and seven touchdowns.

“It’s really cool to break these records,” said Lock, a junior. “Thinking about all the guys that played quarterback in my position that I grew up watching, idolizing. . I was tied with them last year, now I get to bump up ahead of them.”

The previous passing touchdown record was five, shared by Daniel, Maty Mauk and Lock. The previous yardage record was 480, set by Jeff Handy against Oklahoma State in 1992.

When Lock threw his sixth touchdown pass, Daniel, Missouri’s starting quarterback from 2006-08 and now a backup for the New Orleans Saints, tweeted, “Records are meant to be broken!!”

While Lock’s exploits were a nice bonus for Missouri, the fact he was still piling up statistics in the fourth quarter was a troubling sign that the MU defense couldn’t get enough stops to turn a game against an FCS opponent into a blowout. The Bears hung right with the Tigers for most of the first half, leading 35-34 in the second quarter, and piled up 492 yards.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Missouri Coach Barry Odom said. “I don’t want to have a lot of Arena Football scores as we keep going on this deal. We’ve got to get it fixed on that side.”

Odom, who calls the defensive signals, said he greatly simplified things at halftime, sticking almost entirely with the base defense. Missouri State scored just one touchdown in the second half after trailing 48-35 at the break.

Missouri, which racked up a school-record 815 total yards, never slowed down after scoring on the first play from scrimmage. Lock threw a quick perimeter pass to Johnathon Johnson, and Johnson veered around a downfield block from Dimetrios Mason and raced 65 yards down the right sideline to the end zone. Lock completed 21 of 34 passes and spread the touchdowns to five receivers.

J’Mon Moore had four catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns, and Johnson had five receptions for 116 yards and two scores. Damarea Crockett, who surpassed 1,000 rushing yards last year as a true freshman, carried 18 times for 202 yards and two TDs.

“I feel like that’s the best part of this offense — how many weapons we’ve got out on the perimeter, in the backfield,” Johnson said. “We’ve got a lot of weapons that we can use, a lot of stuff we can do with them.”

Missouri State showed off its playmakers, as well. The Bears scored touchdowns on their first three drives — including scoring runs of 75 and 34 yards by Calan Crowder. With 5:32 left in the second quarter, Malik Earl’s 89-yard tackle-breaking touchdown reception on a third-and-24 play gave Missouri State a 35-34 lead.

Earl had eight catches for 163 yards, and Crowder rushed 11 times for 124 yards. Sophomore quarterback Peyton Huslig completed 24 of 35 passes for 353 yards and two touchdowns in his first start.

“He did a really good job,” Missouri State coach Dave Steckel said of Huslig. “He’s got this calm confidence about himself that really helped guide the offense to keep coming back and answering.”

TAKEAWAYS

Missouri State: The Bears lost the game but found a quarterback. Huslig, a sophomore making his first start after guiding Garden City (Kan.) Community College to the junior college national championship last season, was sharp in his debut.

Missouri: It was a bad defensive day for Missouri, which ranked 118th nationally in total defense last season and hoped to show improvement in the second year of Odom’s coaching tenure. The Bears averaged 6.6 yards per play.

POINTS OFF THE BOARD

Crockett seemingly scored on a 75-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, but he unnecessarily dived from the 2-yard line into the end zone and drew a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. It was considered a live-ball foul that took the touchdown off the board and moved Missouri back to Missouri State’s 17-yard line. The Tigers wound up settling for Tucker McCann’s 35-yard field goal.

“I was looking at big board and saw two guys behind me,” Crockett said. “One guy grabs my ankle, and I jumped out of it. I just know the second guy is coming up, and I was like, `I gotta score, I gotta score.’ The No. 1 rule is do not get tackled inside the 5, so I just dove.”

Crockett insisted he wasn’t celebrating. Odom wasn’t so sure.

“I saw the replay, and there was a touch of celebration there,” Odom said. “It was a good call.”

OFF TARGET

Missouri safety Cam Hilton was ejected for a targeting personal foul on a blindside block on a punt return in the third quarter. Hilton, a backup safety, will have to sit out the first half of next week’s game against South Carolina.

SUSPENDED

After the game, Missouri announced that senior nose tackle A.J. Logan will be held out of the first six games as a disciplinary measure stemming from the NCAA’s review of MU’s athletic tutoring program. In November, a former tutor went public with allegations that she cheated for athletes, whom she did not name.

“While I am saddened I will miss six games of my senior year, I know in my heart that I have told the truth, cooperated with the university and the NCAA, and taken full responsibility,” Logan said in a prepared statement.

UP NEXT

Missouri State: The Bears will visit FCS opponent North Dakota.

Missouri: The Tigers open Southeastern Conference play at home against South Carolina.

— Associated Press —

No. 20 K-State routs Central Arkansas 55-19

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Bill Snyder was so miffed at Kansas State’s inability to stop Central Arkansas’s option Saturday night that he jokingly promised his defense would be back on the field at midnight for practice.

At least Jesse Ertz and the Wildcats’ offense earned the rest of the night off.

Ertz threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns in only three quarters of work and seven Wildcats reached the end zone as No. 20 Kansas State overcame a shaky outing by its defense to pound the overmatched Bears 55-19 in the season opener for both teams.

“Jesse really played well,” Snyder said. “There were two visible throws, maybe three that were truly off the mark. Outside of that I thought he threw it awfully well, and managed it well.”

He managed it so well that his quarterback rating of 319.8 broke the school record.

“Jesse was great all camp, all summer,” said Byron Pringle, who had three catches for 121 yards and a score. “Hopefully we’ll see more Jesse like that.”

Isaiah Harris added three catches for 118 yards and a touchdown, and Isaiah Zuber and Dalton Schoen also scored through the air for the Wildcats. Alex Barnes and Dalvin Warmack had touchdown runs while D.J. Reed returned a punt 62 yards for another score.

Things weren’t quite so rosy for the Wildcats on defense.

Hayden Hildebrand threw for 198 yards and a touchdown for Central Arkansas, one of the top teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. Carlos Blackman added 114 yards on the ground, often getting loose when the Wildcats were unable to defend the Bears’ option attack.

“Yeah, we’ll practice tonight at midnight on playing the option,” Snyder said with a wry grin. “I mean, for somebody to be able to continually run the same play over and over and get positive yardage out of it tells a bad story. We have to get better.”

Snyder, who underwent treatment for throat cancer in the offseason, looked as energetic as ever on the sideline in his familiar purple wind breaker, barking at players and officials alike all night.

The 77-year-old coach had plenty to bark about, too.

The Bears played the Wildcats to a 10-10 draw through the first quarter, but Zuber’s TD reception and Reed’s punt return score blew the game open. The backups were in by the fourth quarter, and backup quarterback Skylar Thompson punctuated the night by leading Kansas State to one more touchdown.

“It was a very disappointing loss,” Bears coach Steve Campbell said. “We knew before we came in here that if you had flaws and weaknesses, Kansas State is the type of team that will shine a fluorescent light on it completely,”

THE TAKEAWAY

Central Arkansas: The Bears returned 18 starters from a 10-win team, so it wasn’t a surprise they made things tough on Kansas State early. But they didn’t have enough speed, size or depth to hang with a team that many think could contend for a Big 12 championship.

Kansas State: There were plenty of teaching points after this one, regardless of the score. The defense blew too many coverages and gave up too many yards, and the defensive line was often manhandled by the Bears up front. Central Arkansas finished with 223 yards rushing.

GROUNDED GROUND GAME

The Wildcats expect to have one of the Big 12’s best running games, but they were bottled up most of the night. Their two quarterbacks were their top two rushers, while Barnes managed just 29 yards on nine carries. “I don’t think we played poorly, they just did a really good job against our running game,” he said. “That’s what opened up the passing game.”

SILMON MISSING

Kansas State running back Justin Silmon, who is listed as the co-starter with Barnes, did not dress for the game. When asked about his status, Snyder replied: “We’re hiding him.” Then, he admitted that Silmon “will be out for probably two ballgames,” but did not elaborate on why.

D.J. DOES IT ALL

Reed’s punt return TD atoned for a kickoff return to start the game, which he brought back 96 yards only to get caught short of the end zone. “I’d like for his conditioning to be better,” Snyder said, “but that’s my fault, not his. We’ll make up for that this week.”

UP NEXT

Central Arkansas visits fellow FCS school Murray State next Saturday night.

Kansas State plays Charlotte next Saturday before hitting the road to Vanderbilt.

— Associated Press —

Royals get destroyed at Minnesota 17-0

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Mauer went 4 for 4 with two RBI and Eduardo Escobar hit two home runs while driving in six runs, as the Minnesota Twins erupted for a 17-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.

Brian Dozier added a three-run homer and Byron Buxton went 3 for 5 with three runs, making starter Kyle Gibson (9-10) as comfortable as possible over six scoreless innings to help the Twins improve to 21-10 since Aug. 2. They took a 1 1/2-game lead for the second AL wild card spot into the night.

Dozier, Mauer, Buxton, Jorge Polanco and Escobar, the first five batters in the lineup, combined for 13 hits in 21 at-bats with 13 runs and 15 RBI.

The Royals fell to 11-20 since July 31. They’ve been shut out 15 times this season, five in the last nine games.

Royals starter Onelki Garcia (0-1) had a forgettable first major league start. He gave up a walk to Dozier, a double off the wall to Mauer, a standup triple to Buxton and a double to Polanco before recording his first and only out. Mitch Garver’s first major league RBI ended his night in the four-run first inning.

The Twins tacked on six more runs in the second. Mauer moved above the .300 mark for the first time since May 11, 2016. The three-time AL batting champion has not finished above .300 since 2013, when his season was cut short by a concussion.

The Twins are averaging almost 6 1/2 runs per game since Aug. 2, with a plus-76 scoring margin over those 31 games.

MORE MAUER

Mauer tied old friend Justin Morneau for fifth place on the team’s all-time list with 860 RBI. He has a hit in 11 straight games and in 22 games since Aug. 10 is batting .448 (39 for 87).

AND ANOTHER ONE

Niko Goodrum replaced the second baseman Dozier in the sixth inning, becoming the 13th player to make his major league debut for the Twins this season. Goodrum, the team’s second-round draft pick in 2010, also became the 51st player used by the Twins in 2017.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Kelvin Herrera, who was pulled from his appearance as the closer Friday with forearm tightness, was diagnosed with a mild strain and will be held out for at least a few days.

Twins: C Jason Castro, who has missed the last nine games because of a concussion, likely won’t need a rehab stint. He could be back in the lineup next week.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Ian Kennedy (4-10, 5.47 ERA) pitches Sunday afternoon. He’s coming off a season-worst start, a 12-0 loss to Tampa Bay with 2 2/3 innings finished.

Twins: RHP Ervin Santana (14-7, 3.27 ERA) takes the mound in the series finale. The Twins won five of his six turns in August, when he went 3-0 with a 2.95 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings.

— Associated Press —

Bender leads Jayhawks over Southeast Missouri State 38-16

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Peyton Bender threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns in his first career start for Kansas Saturday, leading the way to a 38-16 season-opening victory over Southeast Missouri State.

Bender got things rolling early, connecting with wide receiver Steven Sims Jr. for a 77-yard touchdown pass on the Jayhawks’ third play on offense. He threw another touchdown to wide receiver Chase Harrell on the next drive, putting Kansas ahead 14-0 barely over six minutes into the game.

Sims caught a second touchdown pass from Bender late in the second quarter, a 16-yard strike with 13 seconds remaining in the half. He finished with 142 yards, a game-high.

The Redhawks’ two touchdowns both came off the hand of quarterback Jesse Hosket. He hit wide receiver Trevon Billington for a 9-yard score midway through the second quarter, and found wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson for 22 yards in the fourth.

Southeast Missouri State struggled to find consistent footing offensively throughout. Hosket finished with 170 yards, completing just 25 of 44 passes, constantly disrupted by the stout Kansas front seven.

THE TAKEAWAY

KANSAS: The Jayhawks are entering their third season under coach David Beaty, and appear to be finally finding their rhythm as a team. Both the offense and defense were moving in stride all game with few major errors. Beaty and his staff still have some things to iron out before the real heat of the season begins, but overall, a strong opener.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: The Redhawks were facing an uphill battle entering this game, and were expectedly outmatched. Once they return to FCS competition next week, we should see what type of team they really are.

UP NEXT

KANSAS: The Jayhawks will host Central Michigan next Saturday, their final non-conference home game of the season.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: The Redhawks are on the road again next week, as they will face Dayton in their return to FCS competition.

— Associated Press —

St. Louis falls in 10 innings at San Francisco

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nick Hundley made the most of a summer heat wave with one big swing.

Hundley hit a game-ending homer in the 10th inning, and the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Saturday despite a stellar pitching performance from Lance Lynn.

“Good thing it was a warm day,” Hundley said. “I think earlier in the year it was windy and cold, maybe it doesn’t go out. I’m not complaining about that.”

The game-time temperature of 95 degrees was the third highest at AT&T Park and just the sixth that topped 90 degrees. Hundley led off the 10th with an opposite-field drive to right on a 1-0 slider from Ryan Sherriff (0-1) for his sixth homer of the season.

“He’s got good power,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “When he hit it, I thought it was going out. I’ve seen him do it before.”

The Cardinals were trying for their third straight win, but they wasted a terrific performance by Lynn and a prime scoring opportunity in the 10th. Dexter Fowler led off with a triple against Sam Dyson (2-2), but third baseman Pablo Sandoval cut down pinch runner Harrison Bader at the plate on Stephen Piscotty’s one-out grounder.

“That was the contact play,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “With less than two outs, ideally, you’d check down and get in a rundown and allow the batter to get to second.”

Lynn struck out four and walked four while pitching eight shutout innings of one-hit ball. The right-hander pitched eight or more scoreless innings for the first time since June 23, 2014, against the Rockies in Colorado.

“I don’t think he threw a ball over the middle of the plate,” Hundley said. “He was throwing fastballs on both sides of the plate, made it really tough.”

The Giants never got a runner to third base while Lynn was in the game.

“They weren’t going to let me go out there (in the ninth) but I started developing a blister and the last two innings I felt the effects,” Lynn said. “I’m lucky to get through eight. It was a good, well-pitched game. It just didn’t go our way.”

Buster Posey’s one-out single in the ninth off Seung Hwan Oh scored Hunter Pence with the tying run. It was Oh’s fourth blown save in 24 tries.

Pence opened the inning with a pinch-hit single and advanced to second on Joe Panik’s sacrifice against Tyler Lyons, who started the inning.

San Francisco right-hander Jeff Samardzija struck out nine and gave up one run in seven innings in his second straight strong start. The 32-year-old right-hander tossed a shutout in his previous outing against the San Diego Padres.

HEAT WAVE

It was the first time temperatures of 90 degrees or higher were announced on consecutive days at AT&T Park. Friday night’s game-time temperature was 93 degrees, the hottest announced temperature in a game that started after 7 p.m. at the ballpark.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: LF Tommy Pham as out of lineup for a second straight day with a bruised thumb. Pham got hurt sliding into second on Thursday.

Giants: Samardzija started Saturday’s game instead of RHP Chris Stratton, who was scratched because he warmed up in the bullpen when Friday’s game was tied in the late innings. Stratton is expected to pitch next week in Colorado, probably on Monday, Bochy said. … Rookie OF Austin Slater, who is coming back from a left groin strain, was scheduled to play his second rehab game on Saturday with Triple-A Sacramento. . An MRI revealed a left oblique strain for OF Jarret Parker. He won’t play until after the Giants’ three-game series against the Rockies next week, Bochy said.

UP NEXT

Right-hander Luke Weaver (3-1, 2.48 ERA) will pitch Sunday’s series finale for St. Louis. The 24-year-old rookie has struck out 10 in each of his last two starts and has won his last three decisions. Left-hander Madison Bumgarner (3-6, 2.85 ERA) will face the Cardinals for the first time since Game 5 of the 2014 NL Championship Series. Bumgarner was supposed to pitch Thursday’s series opener but was a late scratch with flu symptoms.

— Associated Press —

Area High School Football Scores – Friday, September 1

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CITY
Lafayette 36 (3-0, 1-0 MEC)
@ Benton 26 (0-3, 0-1 MEC)

Central 28 (1-2, 1-1 Suburban Red)
@ Ruskin 8 (0-3)

Cameron 0 (0-3, 0-1 MEC)
@ Bishop LeBlond 42 (2-1, 1-0 MEC)

AREA
Smithville 48 (3-0, 1-0 MEC)
@ Savannah 18 (0-3, 0-1 MEC)

Maryville 0 (2-1, 0-1 MEC)
@ Chillicothe 24 (3-0, 1-0 MEC)

East Buchanan 36 (2-1, 1-0 KCI)
@ West Platte 6 (1-2, 0-1 KCI)

North Platte 35 (1-2, 1-0 KCI)
@ Mid-Buchanan 32 (0-3, 0-1 KCI)

Lawson 10 (2-1, 1-0 KCI)
@ Plattsburg 6 (2-1, 0-1 KCI)

Hamilton 20 (2-1, 0-1 KCI)
@ Lathrop 21 (3-0, 1-0 KCI)

Gallatin 30 (2-1, 1-0 GRC)
@ Maysville 8 (1-2, 0-1 GRC)

South Harrison 24 (0-3, 0-1 GRC)
@ Polo 26 (3-0, 1-0 GRC)

Milan 7 (0-3, 0-1 GRC)
Princeton 52 (3-0, 1-0 GRC)

Trenton 46 (1-2)
@ Putnam County 27 (0-3)

8-MAN
Pattonsburg 20 (2-1, 2-1 GRC)
@ North Andrew 60 (2-0, 2-0 GRC)

Worth County 82 (3-0, 1-0 GRC)
@ Braymer 12 (0-3, 0-3 GRC)

Stanberry 92 (3-0, 3-0 GRC)
@ King City 58 (1-1, 0-1 GRC)

Mound City 54 (3-0, 2-0 275)
@ Albany 6 (0-3, 0-1 GRC)

DeKalb 6 (0-3, 0-2 275)
@ Southwest Livingston 58 (1-2, 1-2 275)

Rock Port 70 (3-0, 3-0 275)
@ Stewartsville 6 (1-2, 1-2 275)

South Holt / Nodaway Holt 32 (1-2, 1-1 275)
@ East Atchison 40 (3-0, 3-0 275)

North-West Nodaway 44 (1-2, 1-2 275)
@ Platte Valley 34 (0-3, 0-3 275)

Griffon women finish first, men third in first-ever cross country competition

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western cross country teams’ clever hashtag, #BeFirst for its inaugural season turned out to be pretty telling, Friday night.

The women’s team dominated the field at the Bearcat Open, claiming the team championship by 34 points with six of the top-nine individual finishers, including champion Kaitlyn Shoemaker. The men finished third as a team and placed two individuals in the top-eight, including Noah Rasmussen in fourth.

They did all that in their first-ever competition.

WOMEN RUN AWAY WITH TEAM TITLE
Shoemaker, the 2016 national junior college national champion, finished a minute ahead of her teammate, Claire Reedy, who had slightly more than a one minute lead on the third place finisher. Shoemaker finished the 5K in 18:46.9, while Reedy handled the course in 19:46.9. Megan Gillen was fifth, Allison Goos was seventh, Kelsey Cox finished eighth and Alison Nutt was ninth.

MEN STRONG AT THE TOP
Rasmussen’s 22:13.2 in the 4.2-mile race was good for fourth place, four seconds behind the third place finisher. Christian Arbuthnot ran a 22:38.8, good for eighth. Ross Baumer finished 19th, Alex Bautista was 21st and Chris Dunn rounded out Missouri Western’s final qualifying score at 23rd.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western’s newest sports teams will ride high into the Woody Greeno/Dirksen Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sept. 16.

— MWSU Athletics —

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