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KU’s Armstrong Jr. earns a spot on 2017 Bednarik Award watch list

Posted on July 10, 2017July 10, 2017

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas junior defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr., was tabbed to the 2017 Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. Armstrong is the first Jayhawk to be considered for the award since Ben Heeney was on the 2014 Chuck Bednarik Award watch list.

The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of ’69 and the NFL Hall of Fame’s Class of ’67.

A native of Houston, Texas, Armstrong enters the 2017 season as the Big 12 Conference’s returning statistical leader in sacks (10.0), tackles-for-loss (20.0) and forced fumbles (3) and ranks second among returnees in fumbles recovered (2). Armstrong was a consensus first team All-Big 12 honoree in 2016, becoming Kansas’ first-ever unanimous first team selection by the league’s coaches.

Armstrong was among the best defensive players in the country in 2016, ranking fifth in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in tackles-for-loss and 18th in sacks. He tallied more sacks from his defensive end position than any Jayhawk has posted in the last 15 years with an even 10.0, including a six-game stretch where he had at least one sack in each outing.

Armstrong enters the 2017 campaign as a preseason Third-Team All-America selection and First Team All-Big 12 honoree by Athlon Sports. He is one of nine players from the Big 12 Conference on the Bednarik Award watch list.

Semifinalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced October 30, 2017, while the three finalists for the award will be unveiled November 20, 2017. The winners of the 2017 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on December 7, 2017. The formal presentations of the award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Tropicana Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on March 9, 2018.

Armstrong and his Jayhawk teammates will begin the 2017 season on Saturday, September 2 with a home game against Southeast Missouri State.

— KU Athletics —

Mustangs fall at Sedalia 11-8 for second consecutive loss

Posted on July 10, 2017

The St. Joseph Mustangs lost their second consecutive game Sunday as they fell at Sedalia 11-8.

It’s the first time this season that St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team has dropped back-to-back games. They’re now 25-10 overall and 19-9 in the MINK League.

Sedalia jumped out to a 6-0 lead after four innings and eventually led 9-1 after five.

The Mustangs rallied and scored six unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pull within two runs, 9-7, but that was as close as they’d get.

Michael Lydon-Lorson, who came into the game with a 4-0 record and a 1.86 ERA, suffered his first loss as a Mustangs as he allowed six runs on nine hits in four innings of work.

Brody Santilli and Matt Wollink led the St. Joseph offense with two hits each, while Colton Pogue and Jacob Richardson each drove in two runs.

The Mustangs have Monday off before traveling to Ozark Tuesday for a 7:00 p.m. game with the Generals.

Kansas City gets swept by Kershaw, Dodgers

Posted on July 10, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Sandy Koufax watching on a 94-degree day, Clayton Kershaw was a model of efficiency in tossing a six-hitter.

“I wanted to do it for him,” Kershaw said.

The left-hander became the majors’ first 14-game winner, Justin Turner homered twice, and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Sunday to complete their major league-best 10th sweep and sixth straight victory.

Kershaw struck out 13 on 99 pitches, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to strike out at least that many in a complete game with fewer than 100 pitches.

“It was a good way to end the first half,” he said after his first complete game of the season and 25th of his career. “It felt good to get out there and finish a game.”

The streaking Dodgers head into the All-Star break owning baseball’s best record of 61-29. They’ve won 18 of their last 19 at home, where they lead the majors with a 39-11 mark.

“Obviously, we just got slapped by the best team in baseball,” Royals starter Danny Duffy said.

Kershaw (14-2) allowed two runs and six hits and walked none to set the Dodgers’ record for most wins at the break. The old mark of 13 was held by Orel Hershiser, who had 13 in 1988, the last time the franchise won the World Series.

“He was Clayton-esque,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He had everything working.”

The seven-time All-Star, who won’t pitch in Tuesday’s showcase in Miami, has made 13 straight starts without a loss, going 10-0 with a 1.98 ERA and the Dodgers winning every game.

Roberts said Kershaw won’t pitch in the series at Miami after the All-Star break, giving him an extended rest.

“It would feel good to go out there and keep on winning games,” Kershaw said.

Duffy (5-5) gave up five runs and six hits in seven innings of his first career start at Dodger Stadium, located 150 miles from his hometown of Lompoc. He struck out nine and didn’t walk anyone.

“No walks really makes me happy,” Duffy said. “Strikeouts were there, I just didn’t execute on a couple of pitches.”

Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer went 3 for 4, drove in two runs and scored a run while extending his hitting streak to 15 games, but the Royals lost their third in a row.

“Definitely not how we wanted to end the break,” Hosmer said. “If anything, it was a bit of a wake-up call for us to see how good they are playing and we have to realize that we can’t make key mistakes.”

Turner tuned up for his first All-Star appearance by going 2 for 4 and driving in three runs. His two-run homer made it 4-0 in the third after Logan Forsythe’s RBI single scored Trayce Thompson, who tripled leading off.

Turner’s first homer came in the first. Austin Barnes also homered in the sixth.

The Royals trailed 4-2 on Hosmer’s two-run homer in the fourth that barely eluded Thompson’s glove stretched over the wall in left-center. Lorenzo Cain scored after singling for the Royals’ second hit off Kershaw.

RARE ENDING

The Dodgers’ 5-4 victory in 10 innings on Saturday ended on four consecutive walks without an out or a hit recorded. That hadn’t happened since June 6, 1962, at Wrigley Field, according to Elias Sports Bureau. San Francisco’s Don Larsen walked the Cubs’ Lou Brock and Bob Will to open the ninth. After a wild pitch, Larsen intentionally walked Andre Rogers to load the bases and ended the game with a walk to Don Landrum for a 4-3 Chicago victory.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Nate Karns, on the DL since May with thoracic outlet syndrome, will see a specialist after the All-Star break.

Dodgers: C Yasmani Grandal’s swelling in his left hand went down after leaving Saturday night’s game early, but he didn’t start Sunday and is day-to-day.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jason Hammel (4-8, 5.04 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday’s opener at home against Texas. He allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings of a 4-1 loss last Friday against the Dodgers.

Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (6-3, 3.12) starts the opener of a three-game series at Miami on Friday

— Associated Press —

Pham, DeJong, Voit homer as Lynn, Cardinals shutout Mets

Posted on July 10, 2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Lynn said he felt terrible before his start on Sunday.

He made the New York Mets feel even worse.

Lynn pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and Tommy Pham, Paul DeJong and Luke Voit homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Mets 6-0.

“The sinker was good, mixed the ball in and out,” Lynn said. “I was able to keep them off-balance with the fastball and change speeds with it so it worked out well.”

It was Lynn’s longest outing since May 23, when he threw 123 pitches in eight scoreless innings in a 2-1 loss to Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers.

Lynn (7-6) had a season-low two strikeouts, but he needed just 93 pitches while facing two batters over the minimum. He did not allow a runner past first and lowered his ERA to 3.61.

“He just came after hitters,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “There wasn’t a whole lot of guessing about what he was going to do today. You could tell from the pop-ups he was using the top of the zone well, but when he needed to make a pitch on the inside corner, he had it.”

Trevor Rosenthal struck out the side in the eighth and John Brebbia pitched a scoreless ninth as the Cardinals finished a 6-4 homestand and moved into a tie with the Chicago Cubs for second place in the National League Central.

Steven Matz (2-2) gave up five runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, his shortest outing since June 3. He struck out a season-low one.

“We’re not hitting, we’re not pitching,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “When you don’t pitch the game looks rugged. When you don’t hit, they look even worse.”

DeJong finished 2 for 4 and is 10 for his last 13 and is the first rookie and first Cardinals player in the modern era to have seven extra base hits in a three-game series.

“It was one of those days where I was seeing the ball well again,” DeJong said. “I wasn’t doing too much thinking. Overall, it’s a pretty good series.”

Matt Carpenter reached and scored twice. Yadier Molina had his second RBI in two games.

Pham drove a 3-1 pitch from Matz the other way over the right-field wall to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead in the third. It was Pham’s 11th homer of the season and first in six games.

DeJong’s homer, his third in three games, made it 4-0 in the fourth. Voit greeted Seth Lugo with an opposite field homer, his third in his last seven games, to right to make it 5-0.

Carpenter led off the first with a double and scored to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. It was the first time in six games that the Cardinals scored in the opening inning and it broke Matz’s 17-inning scoreless streak, the second-longest of his career.

EARLY EXIT

Pham left the game with right hip tightness after the sixth inning. He was 3 for 3 with two runs scored.

“I didn’t feel like I needed to push through something,” Pham said. “I thought it would be best to just leave the game and get some treatment because my hip was tight. It’s been tight for like two weeks.”

CONFORTO ZONE

Playing for the first time since missing the last 10 games due to a bruise left hand, Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 1 for 4 with a single in the fourth inning.

“He was locating his pitches, throwing strikes,” Conforto said of Lynn. “He was mixing up sinkers and straight ones. He could elevate, he could hit the corners. It makes it tough when a guy can command his stuff like that.”

TRAINING ROOM

Mets: INF Neil Walker (partial tear, left hamstring) is continuing his rehab at the team’s spring training facility in Florida. … RHP Jeurys Familia (blood clot, right arm) is expected to start throwing this week.

Cardinals: 2B Kolten Wong (right tricep strain) went 1 for 4 in a rehab game with Double-A Springfield on Saturday.

UP NEXT

Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (9-3, 3.65) will kick off a 10-game home stand against Colorado after the All-Star break. He is 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA in four career starts against the Rockies.

Cardinals: RHP Mike Leake (6-7, 3.12) will start at Pittsburgh as the team begins a 10-game road trip after the All-Star break. He is 10-5 with a 3.33 ERA in 30 career starts against the Pirates.

— Associated Press —

St. Joseph falls at home Saturday to Nevada 4-2

Posted on July 9, 2017

The St. Joseph Mustangs had their three-game winning streak snapped Saturday as they lost at home to the Nevada Griffons 4-2.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team is now 25-9 this season and 19-8 in the MINK League. They have a 4.5 game lead over Sedalia in the North Division standings.

Nevada’s L.J. Hatch broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning Saturday nigth with a three-run home run and that was all the Griffons would need.

The Mustangs scored two in the sixth inning to pull within one run, but that was as close as they’d get. Derek Hussey hit a triple to drive in Drew Standifer and Josh Williams had an RBI groundout.

St. Joseph outhit Nevada 10-6 but they left 12 men on base and went just 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Standifer, Colton Pogue and Easton Fortuna each had three hits for the Mustangs.

St. Joe starter Jake Van Vacter (2-3) suffered the loss as he allowed three runs on four hits in 6.2 innings of work. Van Vacter struck out nine and walked three.

The Mustangs are back in action Sunday as they travel to Sedalia for a 7:00 p.m. first pitch with the Bombers. The game will be broadcast on 680 KFEQ.

Royals blow 8th inning lead and lose at LA in 10

Posted on July 8, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giving the Dodgers extra opportunities is dangerous these days.

All-Star rookie Cody Bellinger drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run in the 10th inning and the NL West-leaders rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory.

“It’s one of those things where you have a very good team and things are going well,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the streak. “The opposition, there is a certain fear that things are going to get away from them.”

The Dodgers reached the 60-win mark before the All-Star break for the first time since 1974. They are just the third team in franchise history to do so since 1933, joining the 1973 and ’74 squads that had 63 wins each. Their 60-29 record is the best in baseball.

The Dodgers have won 17 of 18 at home, where they lead the majors with a 38-11 mark.

Royals reliever Scott Alexander (1-3) loaded the bases on consecutive walks to Chase Utley (who stole second), Corey Seager and Justin Turner leading off the inning. He was replaced by Kelvin Herrera.

With the infield drawn in, fans chanted “Cody! Cody!” as Bellinger worked a full count before walking and forcing in Utley.

“We put extra focus on Herrera because we knew we were going to face him in a close situation,” Bellinger said. “He throws hard so I was sitting on the heater and I missed the 3-1. He just missed his slider (on the full count).”

Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer in the second for the Dodgers, who blew a 3-0 lead before tying the game 4-all on Bellinger’s team-leading 25th homer in the eighth.

“When you’re playing a team of this caliber, the way they are playing lately, you just can’t afford to give away any runs or pass up any opportunities,” said Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games.

Ross Stripling (1-3) got the win with one strikeout on 14 pitches in the 10th.

Salvador Perez hit a go-ahead homer in the top of the eighth off Pedro Baez, giving Kansas City a 4-3 lead.

In the fifth, Whit Merrifield of the Royals doubled with two outs. He took second on Brandon McCarthy’s wild pitch and scored on a passed ball by Yasmani Grandal, who left in the top of the seventh because of a left hand contusion. X-rays on his left thumb were negative.

The Royals closed to 3-2 with runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Perez’s RBI single capped a stretch in the fourth when Dodger starter Brandon McCarthy allowed three consecutive singles and a walk.

Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain was ejected in the seventh for arguing a called third strike with the bases loaded and the game tied 3-all.

McCarthy allowed two runs — one earned — and six hits, struck out one and walked two in his first start since June 25. He was reinstated from the DL earlier in the day after being sidelined with right knee tendinitis.

Royals starter Ian Kennedy gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked one.

BELLINGER’S DINGER

Bellinger snapped an 11-game homerless streak to record his 25th homer in his 69th career big league game, second-fastest in major league history behind Jos� Abreu, who hit his 25th in his 67th game. The 21-year-old will showcase his power in Monday night’s Home Run Derby in Miami, where his father and former big leaguer Clay will pitch to him.

STREAK OVER

Kennedy’s streak of allowing six or fewer hits in a game ended at 15 straight starts, which was the longest in Royals history to start a season.

IT’S HOT IN HERE

An elderly white-haired woman shown dancing on the videoboard proceeded to flash the crowd in the seventh. Fans egged on her daring dance moves and perhaps emboldened by their cheers, the smiling woman lifted her blue shirt, revealing a white bra. The camera quickly cut away. There was a collective gasp from the crowd of 45,225, many of whom then began laughing. “It was the rally granny,” Bellinger joked.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: RHP reliever Chris Hatcher will play in two or three rehab games before he comes off the DL, where he’s been since June 23 with thoracic inflammation in his right shoulder. … LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu, on the DL with a left foot contusion since Tuesday, will return at some point after the All-Star break and won’t need a rehab assignment.

UP NEXT

Royals: LHP Danny Duffy (5-4, 3.51 ERA) makes his second start in the majors since May 28 at Cleveland after missing five weeks with a strained right oblique. He’s allowed four home runs in 74 1/3 innings. He’s unbeaten in his last seven interleague outings since his last loss on Aug. 20, 2014, at Colorado.

Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (13-2, 2.19) flirted with a no-hitter on Tuesday against Arizona, giving up two hits in seven innings and striking out 12. He is 7-1 with a 2.51 ERA in 10 home starts this season. Kershaw is 1-0 in his career against the Royals, last facing them in 2014.

— Associated Press —

DeJong homers, has four hits as Wainwright, Cards beat Mets 4-1

Posted on July 8, 2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul DeJong had no guaranties when he was recalled by the St. Louis Cardinals on June 15.

He’s certainly making a strong case for an extended stay in the big leagues.

DeJong homered as part of a four-hit game and Adam Wainwright won his third consecutive start as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 4-1 on Saturday.

DeJong notched his first career four-hit game with three doubles to go along with the homer. He became the first Cardinals shortstop and No. 8 hitter in the modern era to have four extra-base hits in one game.

“It was just one of those days when you’re in the zone and seeing it really well and not thinking too much,” DeJong said. “Just going up there trying to see the ball down the middle and hit it really. That’s as simple as it can be.”

DeJong drove in two and scored twice. He is hitting .625 (10 for 16) during a five-game hitting streak.

“I’m just controlling my emotions in the (batter’s) box, not trying to create anything,” DeJong said. “At times I can get out of my zone and swing at pitches that I shouldn’t be, swinging when I’m trying to do too much.”

Wainwright (10-5) pitched 6 2/3 innings, lasting into the seventh for the third time in his last four starts. Three of the five hits he allowed came in the seventh and he struck out seven, including the side in the sixth inning.

“I thought his cutter slider was his best all season and then he didn’t try to overthrow his fastball,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “I thought he just did a real nice job of executing pitches all day.”

Seung Hwan Oh earned his 18th save in 21 chances. Matt Bowman got Wainwright out of his seventh-inning jam and Brett Cecil pitched a scoreless eighth.

DeJong’s leadoff homer in the third, his second in as many games, gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. It is the third time in DeJong’s 34-game career that he has hit home runs in back-to-back days.

“Not surprising to me at all that Paul’s having such a great start,” Wainwright said. “He’s hit in every league he’s been in.”

Yadier Molina’s double in the sixth made it 2-0 Cardinals. It was Molina’s first RBI in five games.

Jay Bruce’s 23rd home run of the season cut the Cardinals’ lead to 2-1 in the seventh. It is a career high for Bruce in the first half of the season and it is the most homers by a Mets before the All-Star break since Carlos Beltran hit 25 in 2006.

Zack Wheeler (3-6) struck out five in six innings in his second start since returning from the disabled list with biceps tendinitis. It was his longest outing since going seven innings on June 7.

“I think the fastball command was there, better than it has been so I’m happy with that,” Wheeler said. “But I made a couple of mistakes to DeJong and Molina and it cost me a couple of runs.”

BASERUNNING BLUNDERS

The Cardinals ran themselves out of scoring chances in the third and fourth innings. In the third, Tommy Pham was caught stealing for the third out with a runner on third and clean-up hitter Jedd Gyorko batting. In the fourth, Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud ended the inning with a strikeout out-throw out double play, catching Molina trying to steal third.

D’ARNAUD’S DAY

Aside from throwing out the two would-be base stealers, d’Arnaud thwarted another potential Cardinals rally by pouncing on a bunt by Wainwright and throwing DeJong out at third for the first out of the fifth inning.

“We always knew he had the arm strength,” Mets manager Terry Collins. “Now he’s got his throwing action back and he’s gotten a lot better.”

TRAINING ROOM

Mets: OF Michael Conforto (bruised left hand) was activated and was replaced on the 10-day DL by Brandon Nimmo (partially collapsed lung).

Cardinals: LHP Kevin Siegrist (cervical spine sprain) and LHP Zach Duke (left elbow surgery) each pitched a scoreless inning Friday in their rehab assignments at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis, respectively.

UP NEXT

Mets: LHP Steven Matz (2-1, 2.12 ERA) will make his first career start against St. Louis. He has pitched 17 scoreless innings and is just two innings from his career-best 19 scoreless innings in 2016.

Cardinals: RHP Lance Lynn (6-6, 3.87 ERA) needs one strikeout for 858 to pass Harry Brecheen for 11th place on the team’s all-time list. He is 2/3 with a 2.97 ERA in seven career appearances against New York.

— Associated Press —

Royals drop series opener at Los Angeles 4-1

Posted on July 8, 2017

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yasiel Puig homered, Chase Utley notched his 1,000th career RBI, and the NL West-leading Dodgers beat the Royals 4-1 on Friday night in the opener of Kansas City’s first interleague visit to Los Angeles since 2003.

The Dodgers won their fourth in a row behind Kenta Maeda (7-4). The Japanese right-hander gave up one run and four hits in five innings, struck out five and walked two while bouncing back from a poor outing. He had allowed five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 5-3 loss at San Diego last weekend.

Los Angeles has won 12 of Maeda’s 16 starts.

Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his 21st save in as many chances.

The Dodgers improved to a major league-best 37-11 at home.

Puig hit his 16th homer off Jason Hammel (4-8) in the sixth to make it 3-1.

— Associated Press —

Cardinals fall to Mets at home Friday 6-5

Posted on July 8, 2017

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Even when he couldn’t keep the ball in the park, Jacob deGrom kept the Mets in the game.

And they hit enough homers of their own to win it.

Jose Reyes and Jay Bruce hit solo home runs to help deGrom win his fifth straight decision, and New York beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Friday night.

Bruce’s homer in the fifth gave broke a 4-all tie. It was his 11th home run in 61 career games at Busch Stadium.

deGrom (9-3) gave up four runs, all on solo homers, in seven innings. It was the first time in his career that deGrom gave up four home runs in a game, but it was good enough to tie his career-best winning streak set in 2014.

“Our guys kept putting up runs for me,” deGrom said. “They’d get a lead, then I’d give it up and they’d get another lead. I figured it was time to figure something out. A couple of those balls, I don’t know if they should have got out but whatever.”

deGrom gave up all four runs before throwing his first pitch from the stretch.

“He had great velocity tonight but location was off,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “Everything was up in the zone. He just didn’t have his command, but you look up and he was still out there in the seventh inning.”

Addison Reed earned his 15th save in 17 chances.

Reyes and Bruce each reached base three times and Reyes scored twice. T.J. Rivera also reached three times and drove in two runs.

“I feel like a pitcher’s true job is to keep you in the ballgame and give you a chance to win,” Bruce said. “Jake did that tonight. Gave up four solo home runs, but otherwise kept us in it and gave us a chance. The ace isn’t going to pitch like an ace every single time, but if he can keep you in it that’s huge.”

Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez (6-8) struggled again, giving up five runs in five innings for a second straight start while failing to record a perfect inning.

“My sinker wasn’t working. It just wasn’t going as planned as I usually have it and all my pitches were landing right in the middle,” Martinez said through an interpreter.

Reyes’ second home run in two games gave the Mets a 2-0 lead. Randal Grichuk and Paul DeJong led off the Cardinals’ third with back-to-back homers to tie it. It was the third time this season that St. Louis has had back-to-back home runs.

Travis d’Arnaud had an RBI single and Curtis Granderson followed with an RBI double to regain a 4-2 lead for the Mets in the fourth.

Dexter Fowler and Jedd Gyorko repeated the back-to-back homer act to lead off the fourth, tying it at 4. It is the first time the Cardinals have had two back-to-back homers in the same game since May 2, 2016.

DeJong went 3 for 3 and was just a triple away from the cycle. Gyorko had a pair of hits and drove in two runs.

NO COLON

The Minnesota Twins signed RHP Bartolo Colon to a minor league contract, ending speculation that the Mets would reunite with the 44-year-old.

“We made a strong effort to re-sign Bartolo,” Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said in a statement. “But he decided to go elsewhere.”

TOP PICK SIGNED

The Mets have signed their first-round selection, LHP David Peterson, the 20th overall pick in the 2017 first-year player draft. Peterson, 21, who signed for $2,994,500, will be assigned to Class A Brooklyn. He went 11-4 with a 2.51 ERA and a school-record 140 strikeouts this year at the University of Oregon.

WELCOME BACK

Fowler (right heel spur) was activated from the 10-day disabled list before the game and OF Jose Martinez was optioned to Triple-A Memphis. His solo homer moved him into a tie with Matt Carpenter for the Cardinals’ team lead in homers with 14.

TRAINING ROOM

Mets: OF Michael Conforto (bruised left hand) is with the team and is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Saturday.

Cardinals: LHP Kevin Siegrist (cervical spine sprain) started a rehab assignment at Double-A Springfield on Friday.

UP NEXT

Mets: RHP Zack Wheeler (3-5, 5.01 ERA) received a no-decision in 3 2/3 innings on July 1 in his first start since coming off the disabled list with biceps tendinitis. It will be his first career start against St. Louis.

Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (9-5, 5.48 ERA) has earned the win in his last two starts, even though he gave up six runs in five innings against Miami in his last start on Monday. He is 3-5 with a 5.03 ERA in 11 career appearances against New York.

— Associated Press —

Six Mustangs take part in MINK League All-Star Game

Posted on July 6, 2017

Six St. Joseph Mustangs took part in the MINK League All-Star game Thursday in Chillicothe as they were part of the North team that lost to the South All-Stars 6-4.

St. Joe’s Drew Standifer played left field for the North team and went 1-for-3 with an RBI, while catcher Brady Anderson, OF Jacob Richardson and 1B Josh Williams all finished 0-for-2.

The Mustangs had two pitcher throw one inning each. Jonathan Lynch gave up one runs and two hits in his inning of work, while Nikko Pablo struck out two but he allowed one run on one hit.

St. Joe’s collegiate summer baseball team, who is 24-8 this season and 18-7 in the MINK League, is back in action Friday as they host the Sedalia Bombers inside Phil Welch Stadium. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.