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REYES OK IN START, A’S RALLY

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Alex Reyes sits in the dugout after the first inning.

Rookie gives up just one run

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The original prototype of the St. Louis Blues jersey from 1967 is one of two known in existence.

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VP Lynn Patrick (left) and owner Sid Salomon III model the Blues’ first jerseys on Aug. 30, 1966.

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n Aug. 30, 1966, six months after the National Hockey League conditionally awarded St. Louis an expansion franchise, new owner Sid Salomon III and vice president Lynn Patrick modeled the prototype jerseys that were the basis of what the Blues wore in their inaugural season in 1967-68.

With Salomon wearing the white and Patrick in the blue, it was the first peek at the Blue Note logo — unveiled even before Scotty Bowman, Glenn Hall, and the Plager brothers came onboard — that would stitch together a fanbase over the next five decades.

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On a night when a preternatural talent was taking the mound and every throw to the plate was set to be parsed, it was the one that shouldn’t have been made that flipped the game.

Three innings after rookie Alex Reyes handed a lead and his first major-league start over to the Cardinals bullpen Saturday, a costly decision by first baseman Brandon Moss turned what the Cardinals were allowing to be a tie game into a deficit. After snaring a groundball, his throw home was wide allowing the tying run to

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The initial mock-ups were drawn by Patrick and produced by R.J. Liebe Athletic Lettering of Chesterfield. They featured just one flag on the musical note and it knifed through the “L-O” in “ST. LOUIS.” Both jerseys were Nos. 35 because back then the Blues didn’t issue numbers higher than No. 30 and didn’t want to use one that a player would later wear.

“I can’t think of another item in Blues’ history that A) is older and B) marks the start of the franchise,” said Blues fan Tim Beever, who goes by the handle @STLBlueshistory on Twitter.

The birth of the Blues is of significant interest this

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Missouri Hall taking heat about Kroenke

BY JIM THOMAS St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The response was immediate and intense once the NFL approved the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles in January. More than seven months later, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame continues to receive angry letters and emails.

“I hear from lots of fans about it,” Jerald Andrews said. “I can’t give an exact count, but I would probably say I’ve had emails from 600 to 700 people about it.”

They all want Rams owner Stan Kroenke kicked out of the state’s Hall of

Alex Reyes first mentioned his dream verbally to his parents as a 4-year-old. He then put his goal in writing consistently after learning how to write in kindergarten at George Washington School No. 1 in Elizabeth, N.J. Reyes longed to be a big leaguer.

The Cardinals’ rookie phenom didn’t actually want to be a pitcher. He preferred playing shortstop or third when he and his older brothers Tomas and Adriel would play under the Fulton St. overpass across the street from their home in Elizabeth.

“Since he was old enough to write, he declared in all of his compositions that he wanted to See ORTIZ • Page C9

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Molina, like Carpenter, is a leader for Cardinals They gathered for a second at second.

Yadi had something to say.

The Cardinals’ position players Friday surrounded Yadier Molina at second base at Busch Stadium.

The Cards had dropped a series to the pesky Mets the previous day.

In the middle of the dog days, the Cards are in a dog race.

Just how do you go about winning a wild-card spot?

The catcher spoke.

“He said that at this point, ‘Your numbers are your numbers. Don’t even worry about your numbers — play for the guy next to you,’” Cards infielder Greg Garcia said.

“We all feel like we’re brothers in

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Missouri’s Cullen VanLeer led the team in scoring in Italy, averaging 13.8 points in four exhibition games.

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“I’m watching that game and new boss. Anderson hired Loyola I’m thinking he might win this Chicago assistant Emaneul Dildy CARDS Cardinals • cardinals.com | 314-345-9000 game on his own,” Anderson said. to replace Corey Tate, who left REG. Wednesday 9/7 “He was shooting the ball that Tuesday 9/6 Monday 9/5BY DAVE Sunday 9/4 Saturday 9/3 Friday 9/2 the team last month to join Travis MATTER SEASON at Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh at Cincinnati at Cincinnati at Cincinnati Ford’s staff at St. Louis University. well with that much confidence. ” St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6:05 p.m.

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Sprint Cup: Pure Michigan 400, NBCSN NCAA teams, he said. Missouri ally seemed to move whereas he got the job. They later spoke lost its final game to the Kosovo maybe in the last year or two it by phone and had lunch together BASEBALL National Team, which included would stick at times. The ball re- in Columbia last Monday. Sterk, 9 a.m.

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3-point range. Sophomore point he said. “He had a game or two tion. He’s a guy who wants to be BOATING guard Terrence Phillips stuffed that weren’t from a statistical here. Obviously he had a good job.

Powerboats: OPA Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, KPLR (11) 1 p.m. the box score: 11.8 points per standpoint as good, but I thought He relishes this challenge of the FOOTBALL game, 6.0 assists, 7.5 rebounds, he was solid. He didn’t force SEC.” Noon NFL exhibition: Chargers at Vikings, KTVI (2) 4.0 steals. He matched VanLeer’s things. They knew to guard him.”

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High school: Trinity Christian (Fla.) at Cocoa (Fla.), ESPN2 1 p.m.

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DIGEST New York faces S. Korea for LLWS title Michael Mancini led Endwell, New York, to the Little League World Series championship game Saturday, striking out 11 in a 4-2 victory over Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in the U.S. final in South Williamsport, Pa. The Mid-Atlantic champs will try to win their first title against international winner South Korea on Sunday.

South Korea beat Panama 7-2 earlier Saturday in the international final.

Mancini allowed just one hit through 4 2/3 innings.

Billy Dundon drove in two runs, and Jack Hopko and James Fellows each had an RBI. Jon Luke Simmons broke up Mancini’s no-hit bid in the top of the fifth.

Down to his team’s last out, Zach McWilliams gave Tennessee life with a two-run homer off Jude Abbadessa in the top of the sixth. McWilliams’ blast halved New York’s lead, but Abbadessa struck out Carson Rucker to end the game.

Solo takes leave from Seattle team • Hope Solo has taken an indefinite leave from the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, less than a week after being suspended for six months by the U.S. national team for disparaging remarks about Sweden.

The move was announced Saturday by the Reign, saying that the Olympic goaltender has been granted personal leave. The team did not say how long Solo would be away.

It’s been a rough time for the record-breaking goalkeeper. On Wednesday, she was suspended after calling the Swedes “cowards” for their defensive style of play after the U.S. was ousted by Sweden in the quarterfinals of the Rio Games.

Solo was previously suspended for 30 days early in 2015 for her conduct, and won’t be eligible for selection to the national team until February.

The Reign announced Solo’s leave hours before

Saturday’s match against the Portland Thorns, after previously indicating that she and U.S. teammate Megan Rapinoe would be available to play. Seattle signed goalkeeper Andi Tostanoski to replace Solo.

Masochistic secures Breeder’s Cup berth • Masochistic led all the way to win the $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths at Del Mar, earning an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup. Ridden by Tyler Baze, Masochistic ran seven furlongs in 1:20.31, just missing the track record of 1:20 set by Solar Launch in the 1990 Real Good Deal Stakes. The winner paid $2.40 at 1-5 odds.

The victory guaranteed Masochistic a spot in the $1 million BC Dirt Mile in November at Santa Anita.

However, trainer Ron Ellis said the 6-year-old gelding would be pointed toward the $1.5 million BC Sprint instead.

Radwanska dominates tourney • Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska completed a dominating week at the Connecticut Open on Sunday, beating Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the final.

The Polish star didn’t drop a set during the tournament. She took control of the final from the start, winning 20 of the first 27 points to take a 5-0 lead.

Busta captures title • Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta won his first ATP World Tour title, beating countryman Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets in the WinstonSalem Open final.

Busta, 25, ranked 49th in the world, overcame dropping a first-set tiebreaker at the Wake Forest Tennis Center to upset 17th-ranked Agut 6-7 (8), 7-6 (1), 6-4 and win his first tour title in three final-round appearances, all coming in 2016.

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Two Miami starters released

Highly touted O-line recruit key for Illinois

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Miami threw two defensive starters off its football team Saturday for NCAA violations, after a monthslong probe into whether players had access to luxury rental cars.

Defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad and linebacker Jermaine Grace were “permanently dismissed” from the team, though the school is offering to continue providing financial aid until they graduate from Miami. It was not immediately clear if either player is planning to remain at the university, which remains on probation over the actions of a former rogue booster.

Another linebacker, Juwon Young, left Miami several weeks ago and was part of the same rental-car probe. He now is at Marshall.

The fallout from the investigation will have a major impact on the Hurricanes, who open their season Sept. 3 against Florida A&M — as it cost Miami its three leading tacklers from a year ago. Grace had 79 tackles, Young had 57. Muhammad, who missed the entire 2014 season because of a university-imposed suspension after an off-campus fight, had 54 and led the Hurricanes in both tackles for loss (8.5) and sacks (5).

“The decision was made in consultation with outside counsel and after discussions with the NCAA enforcement staff,” the university said in a statement. “As no staff members or boosters were involved in the violations, the program will not be subject to sanctions and, at this time, the University deems this matter closed.”

Declaring the matter closed means that wide receiver Stacy Coley, who was also investigated as part of the rental-car probe, was apparently not found to have done anything meriting sanctions.

Duke QB out for season • Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk will miss the season after tearing the Achilles tendon he first tore in February.

Coach David Cutcliffe said Saturday that the redshirt senior will have surgery to repair the partial tear in his left Achilles tendon.

This marks the third injury to an Achilles tendon since 2013 for Sirk, who led Duke in rushing and passing last season and was the co-MVP of the Blue Devils’ Pinstripe Bowl victory over Indiana.

Cutcliffe has said redshirt freshman Daniel Jones has been taking most of the first-team snaps during practice.

Strength coach arrested • Florida State strength and conditioning coach Vic Viloria has been charged with driving under the influence and property damage.

According to the by Tallahassee Police report, Viloria was arrested Saturday morning after police found him asleep at the wheel at an off ramp near downtown. Officers tried to wake Viloria before be drove away. He traveled up an embankment and hit an electronic crosswalk sign.

W. Michigan players suspended • Two freshmen on Western Michigan’s football team have been arrested and suspended from the team.

Coach P.J. Fleck and team officials said in a statement Saturday that linebacker Ron George and wide receiver Bryson White were suspended after being arrested early Saturday off the Kalamazoo campus, with no report on why they were arrested.

Cal beats Hawaii in Sydney • Davis Webb threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score in a sensational debut for California, leading the Bears to a 51-31 win over Hawaii at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium in a game that ended after midnight Friday St. Louis time, Saturday in Australia.

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Illinois offensive tackle Austin Schmidt is one of three returning starters on the team’s line this season.

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CHAMPAIGN, ILL. • At the start of the 19th consecutive day of training camp football earlier this week, players’ heads were starting to spin.

So much to learn. So much to practice. So much to remember.

So many expectations as the start of the season drew closer and closer.

So much so that offensive lineman Gabe Megginson admitted some of his Illini teammates were no longer sure where they were on the calendar.

“Some of the guys were saying, ‘So, do we have a game this Saturday?’ I had to tell them that it was a week from Saturday. You lose track of time in training camp. They just weren’t sure.”

Megginson is sure. If anyone is counting the hours until the ball is placed on the tee at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, it’s Megginson, who stands as one of the most important players on an Illini team with many questions to answer.

Megginson’s importance is magnified because he is the most unproven player on an offensive line that offensive coordinator Garrick McGee believes can make Illinois a run-first football team.

That would be a monumental leap for a team that ranked 14th of 14 teams in Big Ten rushing last season.

Illinois averaged 129.3 yards per game on the ground.

Counting only league games, that total dipped to 112.9.

Maybe the return of tackles Austin Schmidt and Christian DiLauro and center Joe Spencer will help. Maybe a new approach and new commitment to the run will make a difference. Maybe having tailback Ke’Shawn Vaughn back there for a full season will be the key.

But the truth is, the effectiveness of the Illini run game is likely to hinge on the play of two inexperienced guards, Megginson and Nick Allegretti.

At least Allegretti has some experience. He appeared in 11 games last season as a redshirt freshman and the coaches say Allegretti has had a very good training camp.

But while Allegretti was getting his feet wet last season, Megginson was a true freshmen who sat and watched.

So he goes from having never played a minute of college football to the role of a starting guard expected to manhandle the Big Ten’s best defensive linemen.

Just the thought of it gives Megginson the chills.

“Nick said he wasn’t ready mentally as a redshirt freshman,” said Megginson, whose flowing brown hair falls well below his shoulder pads. “And then you realize you are facing guys as a 19-year-old who are 20-something and that’s a little scary sometimes.

“You adjust in practice because you get more confident but you’re also going against teammates and you know their moves. I still can’t imagine what it’s going to be like to run out there as a 19-year-old and be put in a game and have people really relying you on.

“Nicky said it’s just a scary little deal for a while.”

In that sense, Megginson wishes his time-challenged teammates were right. He wishes game day would arrive, that he could get those opening-game jitters over with.

And that will only happen once he finally takes the field against Murray State.

Then the following week he’ll be asked to keep track of Mikey Bart, the 21-year-old senior defensive lineman who led 22nd-ranked North Carolina in sacks last season.

Before long, the Big Ten’s best will be breathing fire on his helmet.

It’s not an easy job, but that’s not what bothers Megginson, who is one of Illinois’ most highly regarded recruits in recent years. Scout.com ranked him as the 12th best offensive lineman in the country coming out of Jacksonville High School.

It’s just getting to moment when he can begin doing that job, the waiting, the anticipating, the great unknown.

“I’ve had a good camp,” Megginson said. “For me it’s just consistency. Making one good play then making another one and another one. And you get consistency from confidence. I think I’m pretty confident.”

Head coach Lovie Smith rewarded his team with an off day Saturday, a chance to get away from football for 24 hours.

Megginson knew exactly what he planned to do.

“I’m going to sleep,” he said. “I feel like this is my last chance to catch up.” > Illinois opener • 2:30 p.m. Saturday vs. Murray State, BTN

BASEBALL

C4 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NATIONAL LEAGUE L Pct

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CENTRAL

W

Chicago

82 46 .641

—

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — 7-3 L-1 45-19 37-27

Cardinals

68 60 .531

14

— 6-4 L-1 30-36 38-24

Pittsburgh

66 61 .520 15½

1½ 5-5 W-3 34-30 32-31

Milwaukee

56 73 .434 26½

12½ 4-6 L-3 36-32 20-41

Cincinnati

55 73 .430

27

EAST

W

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away

L Pct

13 6-4 W-1 32-33 23-40

Washington

75 54 .581

—

— 5-5 L-1 38-25 37-29

Miami

67 62 .519

8

1½ 5-5 L-1 33-31 34-31

New York

66 63 .512

9

2½ 6-4 W-3 33-30 33-33

Philadelphia

59 70 .457

16

9½ 3-7 L-2 30-33 29-37 21 4-6 W-1 19-44 29-38

Atlanta

48 82 .369 27½

WEST

W

Los Angeles

72 57 .558

—

— 5-5 W-1 41-26

San Francisco 70 59 .543

2

— 4-6 L-1 36-29 34-30

L Pct

M 3 • Sunday • 08.28.2016

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away 31-31

Colorado

61 68 .473

11

7½ 5-5 W-1 32-31 29-37

San Diego

54 75 .419

18

14½ 4-6 W-1 30-34 24-41

Arizona

54 76 .415 18½

15 4-6 L-1 24-43 30-33

Saturday Oakland 3, Cardinals 2 Colorado 9, Washington 4, 11 inn.

LA Dodgers 3, Cubs 2 NY Mets 12, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 9, Milwaukee 6 San Diego 1, Miami 0 Cincinnati 13, Arizona 0 Atlanta 3, San Francisco 1 Friday Washington 8, Colorado 5 Miami 7, San Diego 6 NY Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 3 Cardinals 3, Oakland 1 Arizona 4, Cincinnati 3, 11 inn.

Cubs 6, LA Dodgers 4, 10 inn.

San Francisco 7, Atlanta 0

CENTRAL

W

L

Pct

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away

Cleveland

73 55 .570

—

Detroit

— 5-5

L-1 39-23 34-32

69 60 .535

4½

1 6-4

L-1 36-27 33-33

Kansas City 67 62 .519

6½

3 8-2

L-1 40-21 27-41

Chicago

62 66 .484

11

7½ 6-4 W-1 34-29 28-37

Minnesota

49 80 .380 24½

21 1-9 L-9 25-40 24-40

EAST

W

Toronto

73 56 .566

L

Pct

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away —

— 6-4 W-2 39-28 34-28 — 5-5 W-1 39-28 33-29

Boston

72 57 .558

1

Baltimore

70 59 .543

3

— 4-6 L-3 42-22 28-37

New York

67 61 .523

5½

2½ 6-4 W-4 37-27 30-34

Tampa Bay 54 74 .422 18½

15½ 5-5 L-2 32-37 22-37

WEST

W

Texas

76 54 .585

L

Pct

GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away —

Seattle

68 61 .527

7½

2 4-6

Houston

68 61 .527

7½

2 7-3 W-3 36-28 32-33

Oakland

56 73 .434 19½

14 4-6 W-1 30-36 26-37

Los Angeles 55 74 .426 20½

15 5-5 W-1 29-33 26-41

— 6-4 W-1

41-21 35-33

L-1 36-28 32-33

ROUNDUP

BOX SCORES

Dodgers beat Cubs

‌Dodgers 3, Cubs 2

‌Red Sox 8, Royals 3

Rockies 9, Nationals 4

‌Padres 1, Marlins 0

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Fowler cf 2 1 1 0 2 1 .277 Bryant 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .303 Rizzo 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .299 Zobrist rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Soler lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Contreras c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .273 J.Baez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Hammel p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Zastryzny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 a-Heyward ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .229 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Szczur lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Totals 31 2 8 2 4 10 Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Utley 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Seager ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .322 Turner 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Gonzalez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Grandal c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Reddick rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .141 Pederson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Toles lf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .359 Urias p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .158 P.Baez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Liberatore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --b-Culberson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Chavez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Jansen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 30 3 6 3 0 6 Chicago 100 000 100 — 2 8 0 Los Angeles 102 000 00x — 3 6 1 a-singled for Zastryzny in the 7th. b-struck out for Liberatore in the 7th.

E: P.Baez (3). LOB: Chicago 7, Los Angeles 3. 2B: Toles (5). HR: Seager (23), off Hammel. RBIs: Rizzo (89), Heyward (35), Utley (43), Seager (62), Turner (76). CS: Heyward (4). S: Zobrist.

RLISP: Chicago 4 (Fowler, Rizzo, Soler 2); Los Angeles 2 (Grandal 2).

GIDP: Soler, J.Baez.

DP: Los Angeles 2 (Utley, Seager, Gonzalez), (Turner, Utley, Gonzalez).

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Hammel L, 13-7 2 1/3 5 3 3 0 1 39 3.21 Zastryzny 32/3 1 0 0 0 3 45 0.00 Cahill 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 2.70 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3.08 Wood IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Los Angeles Urias W, 5-2 6 6 1 1 2 8 94 3.71 2/ P.Baez 3 2 1 0 2 0 29 3.50 1/ Liberatore 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.91 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.94 Chavez Jansen S, 38-44 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1.95 Inherited runners-scored: Zastryzny 2-0, Liberatore 2-0. WP: Hammel.

Umpires: Home, Larry Vanover; First, Dave Rackley; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T: 3:08. A: 49,522.

Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Orlando cf-rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .310 4 0 2 0 0 0 .292 Cuthbert 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Cain rf Burns cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hosmer 1b 2 0 0 0 2 2 .274 Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Perez c 3 2 2 2 1 1 .257 4 1 1 0 0 2 .227 Gordon lf Escobar ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 .265 Colon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 33 3 6 3 3 9 Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pedroia 2b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .320 4 1 2 3 0 0 .310 Bogaerts ss Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .319 4 1 1 1 0 0 .320 Betts rf Ramirez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 4 0 0 0 0 1 .349 Leon c 2 2 0 0 2 0 .268 Young lf Hill 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .194 Shaw 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Bradley Jr. cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .272 Totals 34 8 12 8 3 3 Kansas City 020 000 001 — 3 6 1 220 121 00x — 8 12 0 Boston E: Escobar (13). LOB: Kansas City 7, Boston 5.

2B: Cuthbert (24), Gordon (13), Escobar (20), Pedroia (31), Bogaerts (27), Bradley Jr. (28).

HR: Perez (18), off Price; Perez (19), off Ross Jr.; Bogaerts (16), off Duffy; Betts (29), off Duffy; Ramirez (17), off Duffy. RBIs: Perez 2 (57), Escobar (38), Pedroia 2 (58), Bogaerts 3 (74), Betts (94), Ramirez (78), Bradley Jr. (73).

RLISP: Kansas City 2 (Orlando, Cain); Boston 3 (Ortiz, Betts 2).

GIDP: Pedroia.

DP: Kansas City 1 (Colon, Escobar, Hosmer).

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Duffy L, 11-2 5 9 7 7 2 2 97 3.01 Wang 3 3 1 1 1 1 44 4.38 Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Price W, 13-8 6 5 2 2 2 7 110 3.97 Ziegler 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.90 Buchholz 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 5.14 1 1 1 1 0 2 23 3.74 Ross Jr. HBP: Ross Jr. (Colon). PB: Perez (3).

Umpires: Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Chad Whitson; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Jim Wolf. T: 3:03. A: 37,933.

Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Blackmon cf 6 3 3 3 0 1 .318 LeMahieu 2b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .347 6 1 1 3 0 1 .309 Gonzalez rf Arenado 3b 4 2 2 0 2 0 .285 Dahl lf 6 1 3 0 0 0 .328 Parra 1b 4 0 0 0 2 3 .252 Hundley c 6 0 1 1 0 1 .249 2 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Descalso ss c-Cardullo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 d-Wolters ph Carasiti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --De La Rosa p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .219 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233 a-Raburn ph Adames ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .191 Totals 47 9 16 8 5 10 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Turner cf-2b 6 0 2 0 0 2 .341 6 0 1 1 0 3 .251 Werth lf Murphy 2b-1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .346 Harper rf 4 1 1 1 1 3 .254 Petit p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Rendon 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .277 Ramos c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .312 1-Difo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Lobaton c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Zimmerman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Heisey rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Espinosa ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .223 b-Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Revere cf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .218 Totals 44 4 12 4 3 16 Colorado 001 200 100 05 — 9 16 0 Washington 000 300 001 00 — 4 12 2 a-struck out for De La Rosa in the 6th. b-lined out for Belisle in the 6th. c-out on fielder’s choice for Ottavino in the 10th. d-struck out for McGee in the 11th. 1-ran for Ramos in the 8th.

E: Rendon (8), Rzepczynski (3). LOB: Colorado 12, Washington 10. 2B: Dahl 2 (7), Harper (19), Espinosa (14). HR: Blackmon (22), off Cole; Blackmon (23), off Petit; Gonzalez (24), off Petit. RBIs: Blackmon 3 (63), Gonzalez 3 (83), Hundley (38), De La Rosa (6), Werth (59), Harper (73), Ramos (68), Espinosa (62). SB: Turner (17), Zimmerman (3), Revere (12). RLISP: Colorado 5 (Blackmon, Dahl, Raburn, Adames, Cardullo); Washington 7 (Werth, Murphy, Harper, Rendon, Espinosa, Cole, Robinson). GIDP: Gonzalez, Dahl. DP: Washington 2 (Murphy, Espinosa, Zimmerman), (Espinosa, Murphy).

IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Colorado 5 8 3 3 1 8 112 5.09 De La Rosa Lyles 12/3 1 0 0 0 0 20 5.14 2/ Logan 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.05 1/ Estevez 3 0 0 0 1 1 15 5.12 Ottavino 11/3 1 1 1 1 1 19 0.51 McGee W, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 5.12 1 2 0 0 0 3 17 10.80 Carasiti Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Cole 52/3 4 3 3 3 4 112 4.97 Perez 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.71 1/ Belisle 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.88 Rzepczynski 21/3 3 1 0 1 2 24 0.00 2/ Treinen 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 2.65 Melancon 1 1 0 0 1 1 22 0.77 Petit L, 3-4 1 7 5 5 0 2 37 3.99 Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored: Ottavino 1-0, Perez 1-0, Belisle 2-0, Treinen 1-0. PB: off Cole (Descalso), off Rzepczynski (Arenado).

HBP: Cole (LeMahieu), Perez (Descalso).

WP: Cole, Ottavino, Melancon. PB: Ramos (9).

Umpires: Home, Mike Winters; First, Mike Muchlinski; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Mark Wegner. T: 4:49. A: 27,901.

San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Jankowski cf Myers 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Solarte 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Dickerson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .258 3 1 2 1 1 1 .235 Schimpf 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Arcia rf Norris c 4 0 1 0 0 3 .188 Sardinas ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 a-Ramirez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Dominguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Wallace ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Quackenbush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 33 1 7 1 3 12 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Miami Andino 2b-3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Prado 3b 4 0 4 0 0 0 .323 1-Gordon pr-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Yelich lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .309 Ozuna cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Francoeur rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Johnson 1b Barraclough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --0 0 0 0 0 0 --Rodney p c-Suzuki ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Mathis c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .246 d-Realmuto ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .303 Hechavarria ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Urena p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .100 Dunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Scruggs 1b 34 0 9 0 1 6 Totals San Diego 000 100 000 — 1 7 0 Miami 000 000 000 — 0 9 1 a-singled for Richard in the 8th. b-struck out for Hand in the 9th. c-flied out for Rodney in the 9th. d-struck out for Mathis in the 9th.

1-ran for Prado in the 8th.

E: Prado (9). LOB: San Diego 8, Miami 8. 2B: Prado (28). HR: Schimpf (16), off Urena. RBIs: Schimpf (37). SB: Myers (23). CS: Ramirez (9).

RLISP: San Diego 5 (Myers, Solarte, Sardinas, Wallace 2); Miami 4 (Andino 2, Francoeur, Johnson).

GIDP: Solarte, Ozuna, Hechavarria.

DP: San Diego 2 (Sardinas, Schimpf, Myers), (Sardinas, Schimpf, Myers); Miami 1 (Andino, Hechavarria, Johnson).

San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 7 8 0 0 1 3 94 1.40 Richard W, 1-3 Dominguez 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.70 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.15 Hand Quackenbush S, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 3.40 Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Urena L, 2-5 52/3 4 1 1 2 6 104 5.83 1/ Dunn 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.90 Barraclough 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 2.88 Ramos 1 1 0 0 0 1 23 2.79 1 2 0 0 1 3 28 3.95 Rodney Dominguez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored: Hand 1-0.

Umpires: Home, Brian Gorman; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Alan Porter; Third, Clint Fagan. T: 3:11. A: 20,007.

Julio Urias allowed one run over six innings, Corey Seager set a Dodgers franchise record for a shortstop with his 23rd home run and Los Angeles defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Saturday to even the series between NL division leaders.

Urias (5-2) made his second career start in Chicago on June 2 and gave up six runs — five earned — in five innings while serving up three homers.

This time, he allowed six hits and tied a career high with eight strikeouts and two walks.

Rockies 9, Nats 4 • Charlie Blackmon hit two home runs, including the go-ahead shot in the 11th inning, as visiting Colorado snapped a four-game losing streak.

Pirates 9, Brewers 6 • Josh Harrison had three hits and two runs batted in and Gregory Polanco contributed a three-run pinch double for visiting Pittsburgh.

Mets 12, Phillies 1 • Yoenis Cespedes clocked a threerun homer, Kelly Johnson had a pinch grand slam and Noah Syndergaard pitched two-hit ball over seven innings for host New York.

Padres 1, Marlins 0 • Ryan Schimpf homered, Clayton Richard pitched seven innings and visiting San Diego snapped a four-game losing streak.

Red 13, D-backs 0 • Scott Schebler had two home runs and five RBIs to lead a 16-hit barrage by visiting Cincinnati.

Braves 3, Giants 1 • Matt Kemp lifted a three-run homer in the fourth and Mike Foltynewicz allowed one run over 7 2/3 innings for visiting Atlanta.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Yankees 13, Orioles 5 • Rookie Gary Sanchez kept up a remarkable run, homering for the third straight game for host New York.

Sanchez reached 11 career home runs faster than anyone in major league history — 23 games.

Red Sox 8, Royals 3 • Dustin Pedroia had four hits to extend his streak to 11 straight at-bats before bouncing into a double play with a chance to tie the major-league record in a rout for host Boston.

Blue Jays 8, Twins 7 • Melvin Upton Jr. hit an RBI triple and continued home on a misplay in the eighth inning, completing host Toronto’s rally from a fiverun deficit.

Rangers 7, Indians 0 • Mitch Moreland hit a first-inning grand slam and four Texas pitchers combined for a shutout as the host team romped.

Angels 3, Tigers 2 • Kaleb Cowart hit his second career home run and C.J. Cron added an RBI single as Los Angeles won at Detroit.

White Sox 9, Mariners 3 • Jose Abreu hit the first of four home runs for host Chicago and Jose Quintana threw 7 2/3 solid innings.

Astros 6, Rays 2 • Rookie Alex Bregman homered and had three RBIs to back seven solid innings by Dallas Keuchel and lead host Houston Astros.

Associated Press

‌Yankees 13, Orioles 5 Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Machado 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .306 5 0 2 1 0 0 .321 Kim lf Trumbo rf 2 2 1 1 2 1 .257 1 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Flaherty ss Davis 1b 3 2 2 3 0 0 .227 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Pearce 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Alvarez dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Wieters c 1-Pena pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Hardy ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Reimold rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Borbon cf Totals 38 5 12 5 2 8 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gardner lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .259 a-Judge ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 5 1 1 0 1 1 .263 Ellsbury cf 3 1 1 1 2 2 .400 Sanchez c b-Romine ph-c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Teixeira 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .204 c-Austin ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 4 3 2 1 1 2 .285 Gregorius ss 6 3 4 3 0 2 .269 Castro 2b McCann dh 4 2 3 2 1 0 .234 4 1 2 3 1 1 .218 Hicks rf-lf Torreyes 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287 42 13 18 12 7 11 Totals Baltimore 002 020 001 — 5 12 0 New York 103 143 01x — 13 18 0 a-struck out for Gardner in the 7th. b-singled for Sanchez in the 8th. c-grounded out for Teixeira in the 8th.

1-ran for Wieters in the 8th.

LOB: Baltimore 9, New York 14. 2B: Machado (38), Hardy (20), Ellsbury (19), Teixeira (13), McCann (11). HR: Davis (31), off Green; Trumbo (39), off Green; Davis (32), off Green; Sanchez (11), off Bundy; Castro (18), off McFarland; Hicks (7), off McFarland. RBIs: Kim (15), Trumbo (94), Davis 3 (72), Gardner (34), Sanchez (21), Teixeira (33), Gregorius (58), Castro 3 (60), McCann 2 (50), Hicks 3 (28).

SB: Gregorius (6), Castro (4). CS: Borbon (1).

RLISP: Baltimore 4 (Machado, Kim, Alvarez 2); New York 9 (Teixeira 3, Castro 3, Torreyes, Judge 2).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bundy L, 7-5 4 7 5 5 3 6 90 3.71 McFarland 2/3 3 4 4 1 0 25 6.93 1/ Givens 3 3 3 3 2 0 28 3.60 Hart 12/3 3 0 0 1 2 36 0.00 Brach 11/3 2 1 1 0 3 18 1.68 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Green 42/3 7 4 4 2 4 87 4.09 Layne W, 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.35 Warren 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 18 3.21 Clippard 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0.84 Yates 1 2 1 1 0 1 22 5.61 Givens pitched to 5 batters in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored: Givens 1-0, Hart 3-1, Brach 3-0, Warren 1-0. HBP: Green (Davis), McFarland (Gregorius), Givens (Torreyes).

Umpires: Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Chris Conroy; Third, Paul Nauert. T: 3:29. A: 38,843.

‌Blue Jays 8, Twins 7 Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Dozier 2b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .270 Mauer 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Kepler rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .254 Plouffe 3b 3 2 2 2 1 1 .257 4 1 1 0 0 1 .263 Rosario cf Sano dh 4 1 2 1 0 2 .241 Escobar ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .269 Centeno c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 D.Santana lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 Totals 37 7 11 6 2 10 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Bautista dh 4 1 0 0 1 0 .223 Donaldson 3b 2 1 1 2 2 0 .290 Encarnacion 1b 3 2 2 3 1 0 .271 Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Saunders rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .266 Carrera rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Pillar cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .261 Upton lf 4 2 1 1 0 1 .228 Travis 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .297 Thole c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .164 32 8 10 7 5 4 Totals Minnesota 100 400 200 — 7 11 1 Toronto 000 102 32x — 8 10 0 E: Kepler (6). LOB: Minnesota 5, Toronto 5. 2B: Dozier (30), Kepler (16), Escobar (14), Saunders (29), Pillar (29), Thole (3).

3B: Upton (3). HR: Plouffe (9), off Schultz; Encarnacion (36), off E.Santana. RBIs: Dozier 2 (78), Plouffe 2 (39), Sano (51), Escobar (33), Donaldson 2 (87), Encarnacion 3 (105), Saunders (51), Upton (55). SB: Dozier (11).

RLISP: Minnesota 3 (Mauer, Kepler, Sano); Toronto 3 (Bautista, Tulowitzki, Pillar).

GIDP: Mauer, Bautista, Saunders.

DP: Minnesota 2 (Escobar, Dozier, Mauer), (Mauer, Escobar); Toronto 1 (Stroman, Tulowitzki, Encarnacion).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA E.Santana 62/3 5 6 6 5 4 111 3.54 Pressly L, 6-6 1 5 2 2 0 0 34 3.72 1/ Rogers 3 2.94 3 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Stroman 6 9 5 5 1 5 100 4.58 Schultz 1 1 2 2 1 1 22 4.15 Grilli W, 5-3 1 1 0 0 0 2 23 1.47 Osuna S, 29-32 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 2.09 Inherited runners-scored: Pressly 3-3, Rogers 1-0. WP: Stroman.

Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild; First, James Hoye; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Manny Gonzalez. T: 3:06. A: 47,485.

‌Pirates 9, Brewers 6 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Harrison 2b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .273 Bell 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .375 Freese 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 McCutchen cf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .252 Joyce rf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .266 Locke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 b-Polanco ph-rf 2 0 1 3 0 0 .273 Marte lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .303 Frazier 3b-rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .321 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Nicasio p d-Kuhl ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067 Feliz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Mercer ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 .261 Fryer c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .177 Taillon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .046 a-Jaso ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .262 Rodriguez 3b-1b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .257 Totals 38 9 12 9 5 5 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Broxton cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .227 Gennett 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .266 Braun lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .315 Perez 3b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .281 Carter 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .225 Santana rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .236 Arcia ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .200 Maldonado c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .201 Nelson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333 Cravy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boyer p c-Nieuwenhuis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Suter p e-Villar ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .297 Totals 36 6 11 6 3 12 Pittsburgh 100 503 000 — 9 12 0 Milwaukee 401 100 000 — 6 11 1 a-singled for Taillon in the 4th. b-doubled for Locke in the 6th. c-struck out for Boyer in the 6th. d-struck out for Nicasio in the 9th. e-singled for Suter in the 9th.

E: Braun (3). LOB: Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 6.

2B: Bell (2), Marte (32), Polanco (30), Santana (9), Maldonado (4). HR: Perez (12), off Taillon; Perez (13), off Taillon; Cravy (1), off Locke.

RBIs: Harrison 2 (51), Bell (7), McCutchen (56), Marte (44), Jaso (30), Polanco 3 (75), Perez 4 (47), Arcia (9), Cravy (1). SB: Harrison 2 (18).

RLISP: Pittsburgh 5 (Joyce, Marte, Frazier 3); Milwaukee 2 (Braun, Nelson).

GIDP: Braun.

DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Mercer, Harrison, Bell).

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 3 7 5 5 2 3 57 3.39 Taillon Locke W, 9-7 2 2 1 1 0 3 33 5.37 Nicasio 3 1 0 0 0 5 48 4.53 Feliz S, 2-4 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 2.92 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 2/ Nelson 3 3 7 6 5 3 1 84 4.45 Cravy 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 18 3.57 Boyer L, 1-3 1 3 3 3 1 0 28 4.01 Suter 3 2 0 0 0 3 39 4.32 Inherited runners-scored: Cravy 1-0. PB: off Taillon (Maldonado), off Boyer (McCutchen).

Umpires: Home, Bob Davidson; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Ramon De Jesus. T: 3:21. A: 35,925.

‌Angels 3, Tigers 2 Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Calhoun rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .267 Trout cf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .312 Pujols dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Cron 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Marte 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Pennington 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Buss lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 Perez c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .219 Cowart 2b-3b 3 1 2 2 0 1 .286 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 8 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .273 Maybin cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .329 Cabrera 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .310 V.Martinez dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .305 a-Collins ph-dh 3 0 2 0 0 0 .222 J.Martinez rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Romine rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .222 Upton lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 McGehee 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .253 b-Aybar ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 McCann c Iglesias ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .247 c-Saltalamacchia ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Totals 33 2 8 2 3 10 Los Angeles 003 000 000 — 3 8 0 Detroit 100 000 010 — 2 8 0 a-grounded out for V.Martinez in the 3rd. b-struck out for McGehee in the 9th. c-struck out for Iglesias in the 9th.

LOB: Los Angeles 9, Detroit 7. 2B: Buss (4), Cowart (3). HR: Cowart (1), off Fulmer; Kinsler (23), off Oberholtzer. RBIs: Cron (53), Cowart 2 (3), Kinsler (66), Romine (11). CS: Maybin (5).

RLISP: Los Angeles 4 (Trout, Marte, Perez 2); Detroit 3 (Upton 2, Iglesias).

GIDP: Upton.

DP: Los Angeles 1 (Simmons, Cowart, Cron); Detroit 1 (Romine, Cabrera).

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Oberholtzer 3 3 1 1 2 3 59 7.00 Chacin W, 5-8 4 3 0 0 1 5 61 5.42 Ramirez 1 2 1 0 0 0 22 3.38 Salas S, 5-10 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 4.55 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Fulmer L, 10-5 5 5 3 3 1 4 95 2.69 Ryan 11/3 1 0 0 0 1 32 3.23 Wilson 12/3 2 0 0 0 1 20 2.75 Rondon 1 0 0 0 1 2 22 4.15 Inherited runners-scored: Wilson 1-0.

HBP: Fulmer 2 (Perez,Cowart), Wilson (Trout). PB: Perez (3).

Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; First, Jordan Baker; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Pat Hoberg. T: 3:17. A: 33,115.

‌Astros 6, Rays 2 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Forsythe 2b Kiermaier cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219 Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Duffy ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Beckham 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .235 2 0 1 0 1 0 .158 Mahtook lf a-Franklin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .289 4 0 1 0 0 2 .241 Souza Jr. rf Dickerson dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .232 3 1 1 2 0 1 .229 Wilson c Totals 34 2 9 2 1 7 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 3 1 2 0 2 0 .261 Springer rf 4 2 2 3 1 2 .242 Bregman 3b Altuve 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .356 4 1 2 0 0 1 .273 Correa ss Gattis c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .248 3 0 2 2 1 0 .400 Gurriel dh Gonzalez 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .253 Hernandez lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Marisnick cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .215 Totals 33 6 12 6 6 12 Tampa Bay 000 020 000 — 2 9 1 Houston 022 100 10x — 6 12 2 a-struck out for Mahtook in the 9th.

E: Wilson (3), Bregman 2 (6). LOB: Tampa Bay 6, Houston 9. 2B: Beckham (12), Correa (31), Gattis (18), Gurriel 2 (2). 3B: Forsythe (3). HR: Wilson (5), off Keuchel; Bregman (5), off Snell. RBIs: Wilson 2 (29), Bregman 3 (17), Gattis (54), Gurriel 2 (2). SB: Gonzalez (10). CS: Forsythe (4). RLISP: Tampa Bay 3 (Kiermaier, Souza Jr. 2); Houston 4 (Altuve, Hernandez 2, Marisnick). GIDP: Dickerson, Correa, Gurriel.

DP: Tampa Bay 3 (Souza Jr., Longoria), (Duffy, Forsythe, Beckham), (Duffy, Forsythe, Beckham); Houston 2 (Gattis, Altuve), (Altuve, Correa, Gonzalez).

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Snell L, 4-7 3 9 5 4 0 3 64 3.56 Farquhar 2 1 0 0 2 4 48 4.87 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.79 Cedeno 1 2 1 1 3 1 25 3.21 Jepsen Romero 1 0 0 0 1 3 19 4.75 Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Keuchel W, 9-12 7 9 2 2 1 4 110 4.55 Neshek 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.58 Devenski 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 2.34 Snell pitched to 1 batter in the 4th.

Inherited runners-scored: Farquhar 1-1.

PB: off Jepsen (Gonzalez). WP: Snell.

Umpires: Home, Kerwin Danley; First, Nic Lentz; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Joe West. T: 2:58. A: 36,544.

‌White Sox 9, Mariners 3 Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Martin cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .248 Heredia lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Cano 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .297 O’Malley 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .237 Cruz dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .285 Seager 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .286 Gutierrez rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .231 Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .243 a-Lind ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Iannetta c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .213 b-Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Marte ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .264 30 3 7 3 3 8 Totals Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Eaton cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .277 Anderson ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .285 Cabrera lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .291 5 1 1 1 0 0 .285 Abreu 1b Frazier 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .217 Morneau dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .271 Garcia rf 4 3 3 2 0 0 .251 Avila c 3 1 1 1 1 2 .238 Saladino 2b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .265 Totals 37 9 15 9 3 5 Seattle 100 001 001 — 3 7 0 Chicago 200 140 20x — 9 15 0 a-walked for Lee in the 9th. b-grounded out for Iannetta in the 9th.

LOB: Seattle 5, Chicago 8. 2B: Martin (12), Marte (19), Garcia 2 (14). 3B: Anderson (3), Morneau (1). HR: Abreu (18), off Miranda; Garcia (10), off Nuno; Avila (4), off Nuno; Saladino (7), off Nuno. RBIs: Heredia (4), Cano (81), Gutierrez (31), Cabrera (58), Abreu (72), Morneau (17), Garcia 2 (40), Avila (7), Saladino 3 (29). SF: Cano, Gutierrez, Cabrera. RLISP: Seattle 1 (Cruz); Chicago 4 (Anderson 2, Morneau, Garcia). GIDP: Smith, Anderson. DP: Seattle 1 (Seager, Cano, Lee); Chicago 1 (Anderson, Abreu).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Miranda L, 1-1 4 5 3 3 3 1 90 4.98 Nuno 3 10 6 6 0 3 56 3.60 Altavilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0.00 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Quintana W, 11-9 72/3 5 2 1 1 8 104 2.77 1/ Jennings 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.90 1/ Turner 3 2 1 1 2 0 18 8.44 2/ 2 2.43 Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 Inherited runners-scored: Jennings 1-0, Jones 3-0. PB: Avila (3).

Umpires: Home, Paul Emmel; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, Vic Carapazza. T: 2:51. A: 27,318.

‌Mets 12, Phillies 1 Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 2 0 0 0 2 0 .293 C.Hernandez 2b Herrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Altherr rf-lf Franco 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .251 Howard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .194 Mariot p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Rupp c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Paredes lf D.Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Joseph 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Galvis ss 2 1 1 1 0 1 .233 1 0 0 0 0 0 .122 c-Burriss ph-ss Hellickson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Bourjos rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 29 1 3 1 2 10 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 4 2 3 2 1 0 .269 Cabrera ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Henderson p Flores 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 2 2 1 3 2 0 .295 Cespedes lf b-T.Rivera ph-3b-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Walker 2b 3 2 2 1 2 0 .282 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Smoker p Loney 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .267 5 1 1 2 0 2 .195 De Aza cf Granderson rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .220 R.Rivera c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Syndergaard p 3 1 1 0 0 2 .146 1 1 1 4 0 0 .293 a-Johnson ph-lf 5 2 3 0 0 1 .294 Reyes 3b-ss Totals 37 12 13 12 6 8 Philadelphia 001 000 000 — 1 3 0 New York 002 300 61x — 12 13 0 a-homered for Syndergaard in the 7th. b-struck out for Cespedes in the 7th. c-flied out for Galvis in the 8th.

LOB: Philadelphia 3, New York 7. 2B: De Aza (9), Syndergaard (3). HR: Galvis (14), off Syndergaard; Cabrera (16), off Hellickson; Cespedes (26), off Hellickson; Johnson (9), off Mariot; Walker (23), off Gonzalez.

RBIs: Galvis (53), Cabrera 2 (42), Cespedes 3 (67), Walker (55), De Aza 2 (20), Johnson 4 (27). SB: C.Hernandez (14), De Aza (4).

RLISP: Philadelphia 1 (Herrera); New York 4 (Loney, Granderson 2, T.Rivera).

LIDP: Altherr.

DP: New York 1 (Walker).

Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Hellickson L, 10-8 4 7 5 5 3 4 89 3.80 D.Hernandez 2 0 0 0 0 2 20 4.28 2/ Mariot 3 4 6 6 3 1 39 9.00 1/ Gonzalez 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 27 4.25 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Syndergaard W, 12-7 7 2 1 1 2 7 104 2.56 Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 4.50 Smoker 1 1 0 0 0 2 17 6.75 Inherited runners-scored: Gonzalez 1-0.

PB: off Mariot (Granderson).

Umpires: Home, Will Little; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Angel Hernandez. T: 3:07. A: 35,832.

‌Reds 13, Diamondbacks 0 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Hamilton cf 6 1 2 1 0 2 .261 Cozart ss 5 2 2 1 1 1 .267 Votto 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .312 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 De Jesus 1b Duvall lf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .245 Phillips 2b 4 3 3 2 0 0 .286 Peraza 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Schebler rf 5 2 3 5 0 0 .223 Suarez 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .252 Cabrera c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .230 5 0 0 0 0 3 .129 DeSclafani p Totals 44 13 16 12 2 6 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Segura 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316 Drury 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Bourn lf-cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Pollock cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Weeks lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Goldschmidt 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Gosselin 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Lamb 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Tomas rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Owings ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Gosewisch c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Godley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Campos p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bracho p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 29 0 4 0 1 9 Cincinnati 450 200 011 — 13 16 0 Arizona 000 000 000 — 0 4 1 E: Bourn (7). LOB: Cincinnati 7, Arizona 3. 2B: Votto (25), Suarez (19). HR: Votto (21), off Godley; Schebler (5), off Godley; Schebler (6), off Godley; Cozart (16), off Campos; Duvall (29), off Campos. RBIs: Hamilton (17), Cozart (47), Votto 2 (76), Duvall (83), Phillips 2 (52), Schebler 5 (24).

RLISP: Cincinnati 1 (Cabrera); Arizona 1 (Campos).

GIDP: Pollock, Tomas.

DP: Cincinnati 2 (Cozart, Phillips, Votto), (Suarez, Peraza, De Jesus).

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA DeSclafani W, 8-2 9 4 0 0 1 9 108 2.96 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Godley L, 4-3 2 9 9 9 0 1 45 6.71 Campos 52/3 4 3 2 2 4 82 3.18 1/ Bracho 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 30 6.00 HBP: Godley (Duvall). WP: Godley. PB: Gosewisch (2).

Umpires: Home, Rob Drake; First, Carlos Torres; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Gerry Davis. T: 2:32. A: 34,395.

Saturday NY Yankees 13, Baltimore 5 Toronto 8, Minnesota 7 Boston 8, Kansas City 3 White Sox 9, Seattle 3 Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2 LA Angels 3, Detroit 2 Oakland 3, Cardinals 2 Texas 7, Cleveland 0 Friday NY Yankees 14, Baltimore 4 Toronto 15, Minnesota 8 Detroit 4, LA Angels 2 Kansas City 6, Boston 3 Cleveland 12, Texas 1 Houston 5, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 3, White Sox 1 Cardinals 3, Oakland 1

Sunday’s pitching matchups IL Pitcher

Time W-L ERA

Oak Triggs (R) ‌StL Garcia (L) 1:15 NL Pitcher

0-1 4.38 10-9 4.37

Time W-L ERA

8-6 4.31 Phi Velasquez (R) ‌NY Gsellman (R) 12:10 1-0 0.00 SD Perdomo (R) ‌Mia Nicolino (L) 12:10

6-7 6.24 2-5 5.57

Col Bettis (R) 10-7 5.29 ‌Was Giolito (R) 12:35 0-0 4.91 Pit Nova (R) ‌Mil Anderson (R) 1:10

10-6 4.55 7-10 4.99

0-5 7.99 Atl Blair (R) ‌SF Bumgarner (L) 3:05 12-8 2.44 14-4 2.81 Chi Lester (L) ‌LA Stewart (R) 3:10 0-2 11.25 Cin Bailey (R) ‌Ari Bradley (R) 3:10 AL Pitcher

2-2 5.73 4-8 5.06

Time W-L ERA

5-10 3.92 Bal Gausman (R) ‌NY Sabathia (L) 12:05 8-10 4.33 Min Gibson (R) 5-8 5.09 ‌Tor Dickey (R) 12:07 9-13 4.43 1-3 5.70 LA Skaggs (L) ‌Det Sanchez (R) 12:10 7-12 5.83 Sea Walker (R) ‌Chi Rodon (L) 1:10

4-8 4.14 4-8 4.02

TB Archer (R) ‌Hou Fister (R) 1:10

7-17 4.11 12-8 3.59

Cle Salazar (R) ‌Tex Holland (L) 2:05

11-5 3.90 5-6 4.92

KC Ventura (R) ‌Bos Rodriguez (L) 7:08

9-9 4.27 2-5 5.11

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‌Rangers 7, Indians 0 Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Santana 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .247 Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .285 Lindor ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .308 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Martinez ss Napoli dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .257 Ramirez 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .310 Chisenhall rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Almonte lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .279 3 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Naquin cf Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .151 Totals 34 0 7 0 1 10 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Mazara rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .281 Desmond cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .290 Beltran dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .221 Beltre 3b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .287 Odor 2b 4 2 1 1 0 2 .273 Gomez lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .083 Moreland 1b 3 2 1 4 1 1 .253 Andrus ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .296 Chirinos c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .186 Totals 36 7 10 7 1 12 Cleveland 000 000 000 — 0 7 1 Texas 502 000 00x — 7 10 1 E: Santana (5), Beltre (10). LOB: Cleveland 9, Texas 6. 2B: Odor (27), Andrus (22). 3B: Lindor (2), Ramirez (2). HR: Moreland (22), off Carrasco. RBIs: Odor (64), Moreland 4 (55), Andrus 2 (54). CS: Santana (2).

RLISP: Cleveland 3 (Napoli, Chisenhall, Perez); Texas 4 (Mazara, Beltran, Odor, Chirinos).

DP: Texas 1 (Chirinos, Andrus).

Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Carrasco L, 9-7 4 8 7 3 1 8 93 3.23 Manship 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 2.80 Otero 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1.35 Miller 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 1.54 Gimenez 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 12.00 Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Griffin W, 6-3 6 5 0 0 1 6 95 4.39 Barnette 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 2.17 Diekman 1 1 0 0 0 2 19 2.72 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.84 Bush PB: off Carrasco (Moreland). HBP: Griffin (Naquin). WP: Carrasco.

Umpires: Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, John Tumpane; Second, Brian O’Nora; Third, Lance Barrett. T: 2:57. A: 44,944.

‌Braves 3, Giants 1 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Inciarte cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .280 Garcia 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .263 Freeman 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290 Kemp lf 4 1 1 3 0 2 .253 Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Flowers c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Peterson 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .259 Swanson ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .278 Foltynewicz p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .138 Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 31 3 7 3 4 7 San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Span cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276 Pagan lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .294 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Crawford ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .274 Gillaspie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Nunez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Brown c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .248 Hernandez rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Suarez p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --a-Adrianza ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .344 Law p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --b-Belt ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 32 1 5 1 1 6 Atlanta 000 300 000 — 3 7 0 San Francisco 010 000 000 — 1 5 0 a-popped out for Kontos in the 6th. b-struck out for Smith in the 8th.

LOB: Atlanta 5, San Francisco 5. 2B: Freeman (34), Flowers (13), Peterson (11), Span (20), Crawford (24), Suarez (1). HR: Kemp (26), off Suarez; Crawford (12), off Foltynewicz. RBIs: Kemp 3 (84), Crawford (75). CS: Peterson (5).

RLISP: Atlanta 1 (Foltynewicz); San Francisco 4 (Pagan, Panik 2, Brown).

GIDP: Freeman.

DP: San Francisco 1 (Lopez, Crawford, Gillaspie).

Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Foltynewicz W, 7-5 72/3 5 1 1 1 6 103 4.30 1/ Cabrera 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.60 Johnson S, 13-16 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.28 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Suarez L, 3-2 41/3 5 3 3 2 5 76 4.35 2/ Lopez 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.09 1 2 0 0 1 1 19 2.54 Kontos Law 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 1.94 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6.23 Romo 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.26 Inherited runners-scored: Cabrera 2-0, Lopez 1-0. PB: off Suarez (Swanson), off Kontos (Peterson). WP: Foltynewicz 2.

Umpires: Home, Cory Blaser; First, Stu Scheurwater; Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Laz Diaz. T: 2:34. A: 41,635.

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Mattress Direct ATHLETICS 3, CARDINALS 2 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 3 0 0 0 2 1 .272 Smolinski cf Semien ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .238 2 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Alonso 1b a-Valencia ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298 3 1 1 1 1 0 .257 Davis lf Healy 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .281 4 0 0 1 0 1 .194 Muncy 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .182 Eibner rf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .138 Maxwell c c-Vogt ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Neal p b-Alcantara ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Coulombe p Hendriks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --d-Crisp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Madson p 31 3 4 3 5 8 Totals Cardinals AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Garcia ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .256 Gyorko 2b-3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .249 Moss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Piscotty rf Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Peralta 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Bowman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carpenter 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Grichuk cf 3 1 2 1 0 1 .236 Hazelbaker lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Reyes p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Duke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Wong 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oh p Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Totals 33 2 6 1 0 9 Oakland 000 010 020 — 3 4 1 Cardinals 011 000 000 — 2 6 0 a-hit by pitch for Alonso in the 5th. b-struck out for Neal in the 7th. c-popped out for Maxwell in the 8th. d-flied out for Hendriks in the 9th.

E: Healy (5). LOB: Oakland 8, Cardinals 4.

2B: Healy (8), Garcia (8). HR: Grichuk (18), off Neal. RBIs: Davis (83), Muncy (7), Eibner (14), Grichuk (47). SF: Eibner.

RLISP: Oakland 5 (Davis, Healy 2, Neal, Vogt); Cardinals 3 (Piscotty, Molina, Reyes).

GIDP: Hazelbaker. DP: Oakland 1.

Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Neal 6 6 2 1 0 3 91 4.96 Coulombe 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 13 4.21 Hendriks 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 9 3.99 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 3.19 Madson Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Reyes 4 2/3 2 1 1 4 4 89 0.64 Duke 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 20 0.79 Bowman 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 2 18 3.56 2/ Oh 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.75 Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.41 W: Coulombe 2-1. L: Bowman 2-5.

S: Madson 26-32. BS: Oh 3-16.

H: Hendriks 5. Inherited runners-scored: Duke 2-1, Oh 2-2.

HBP: Duke (Valencia). WP: Reyes.

Umpires: Home, Chris Segal; First, CB Bucknor; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.

T: 2:52. A: 41,607 (43,975).

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HOW THEY SCORED Cards second Grichuk homers.

One run.

Cards 1, Athletics 0.

Cards third Garcia singles.

Gyorko singles, Garcia to second. Moss flies out, Garcia to third. Piscotty reaches on an error, Garcia scores.

One run.

Cards 2, Athletics 0.

Athletics fifth Maxwell singles.

Semien walks, Maxwell to second. Valencia hit by a pitch, Maxwell to third, Semien to second.

Davis walks, Maxwell scores, Semien to third, Valencia to second.

One run.

Cards 2, Athletics 1.

Athletics eighth Davis singles.

Healy doubles, Davis to third.

Muncy reaches on a fielder’s choice, Davis scores, Healy to third. Eibner hits a sacrifice fly, Healy scores.

Two runs.

Athletics 3, Cards 2.

CARDS HOME RUN STREAKS The Cardinals’ longest streaks with a homer: Year (dates) Gms ’06 (7/1-23) 19 18 ’00 (4/8-27) ’16 (7/6-26) 17 ’98 (5/7-25 ) 17 ’16 (8/9-27) 16

Team not sure how long he’ll be out with shingles

BY DERRICK GOOLD St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Cardinals hope in the coming days to have a clearer sense of whether pitcher Mike Leake will need days, a week, or more to recover from what’s become a persistent and painful bout with shingles.

“We’re not seeing great progress,” manager Mike Matheny said. “So he’s just been wiped out. There’s obviously pain involved. We’re obviously just trying to give him the best opportunity to get better. It’s been pretty slow.”

Team physicians expect to see Leake late Saturday and perhaps again on Sunday to determine the speed of his recovery and how to continue treating the illness. The Cardinals moved rookie Alex Reyes into the rotation for Leake’s start Saturday, and the club could elect to skip Leake’s turn in the rotation with Thursday’s off day or keep Reyes humming as a starter. General manager John Mozeliak said the team is still determining whether Leake’s absence will be long enough to go on the disabled list.

The team could avoid the DL because rosters expand on Sept. 1 and they may not want to keep Leake unavailable for 15 days when they can play short for a few days.

“This is also something we don’t have a whole lot of history with to know,” Matheny said. “The conversations were they got it right out of the gate, maybe in the first 24 hours, which would then lead to (it) being a shorter stint. But it’s hanging on pretty strong now.”

The history the Cardinals do have with shingles happened in 2011.

Manager Tony La Russa had a vicious case of the shingles that gathered around his eye, eventually forcing him to miss two series to recover. Matheny said that Leake’s is not in or near his eye, though, similar to La Russa’s and the standard cases, “it is very painful.”

The Cardinals found out about Leake’s bout Monday, and the righthander has been kept at home with the exception of a few visits to the ballpark to only see team physicians. The team

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The Cardinals’ Randal Grichuk is congratulated by manager Mike Matheny after hitting a solo home run in the second inning Saturday.

has wanted to keep the righthander at a distance from his teammates because shingles is contagious. Matheny said the team went through tests at the beginning of the season to determine how susceptible individual players were to shingles. That information has helped the club understand how to contain Leake’s illness.

The question for them now is how quickly it will retreat.

“It could be one of those things (where) he bounces back from it once he gets over a hump,” Matheny said.

TORRE: NO LONGER A ‘VISITOR’ The word Joe Torre has used to describe how he felt during his time as manager with the Cardinals was “visitor” because, as he repeated Thursday, he never had enough residency in October to call the club home.

“In St. Louis I always feel like I missed out because I never got to the postseason,” said Torre, who managed from 1990-1995 in St. Louis before securing his Hall of Fame career with the Yankees and four World Series championships.

“That’s what this organization is about.

You sort of feel like a visitor instead of that you belong here.”

That’s no longer a question.

Torre joined Chris Carpenter on Saturday as the two living members of the Cardinals’ Hall of Fame class of 2016.

Former owner Sam Breadon and gifted

centerfielder Terry Moore were also honored. With induction also comes an invitation. Members of the team’s Hall are invited to attend opening day each year – which will be against the Chicago Cubs next season – and the fall inductions. Torre said he would welcome the annual returns to St. Louis, and that this past spring he watched the opening day ceremonies.

He referred to them as “moving” with Lou Brock’s first pitch.

CARDS TO SCOUT TEBOW The Cardinals will dispatch a scout and be one of the teams attending a workout for former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow this Tuesday in Los Angeles. Their interest in the former Florida quarterback is part of their “due diligence” to evaluate talent, and the Cardinals are not sure if they’ll have interest beyond spectating. Tebow, 29, invited all 30 clubs to watch him try to impress them as an outfielder and hitter. A firstround pick by the Denver Broncos in 2010, Tebow has not played competitive baseball since his junior year in high school. As many as 20 teams, including Cleveland, Philadelphia, and the Dodgers, are expected to attend his workout, according to reports.

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AVERAGES Batting AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB E Molina .286 423 41 121 29 1 4 40 34 50 3 1 Carpenter .281 359 65 101 27 6 16 57 66 79 0 12 Piscotty .276 467 71 129 29 2 20 72 43 98 6 4 .267 311 57 83 18 2 25 60 29 104 1 3 Moss G. Garcia .256 176 30 45 8 0 3 17 30 39 1 6 Hazelbaker .251 175 31 44 6 3 11 26 16 57 5 4 Peralta .251 191 24 48 12 1 6 20 9 39 0 3 Gyorko .249 293 45 73 6 1 22 47 26 66 0 6 Pham .244 135 22 33 7 0 9 16 19 56 1 0 .236 254 31 60 7 4 2 14 27 42 5 6 Wong Grichuk .236 318 47 75 20 3 18 47 23 96 3 1 Rosario .214 28 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 .258 4429 637 1142 241 28 183 609 429 1029 29 88 Team ‌ ‌‌ Pitching W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Reyes 1 0 0.64 6 1 1 14.0 7 1 1 0 8 17 Duke 0 1 0.79 12 0 0 11.1 7 1 1 0 7 14 3 2 1.75 64 0 13 67.0 40 16 13 3 16 86 Oh Socolovich 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 3.2 1 1 1 1 2 5 Siegrist 5 2 2.96 53 0 1 48.2 33 17 16 8 19 49 Martinez 12 7 3.13 24 24 0 152.1 125 54 53 11 54 124 Bowman 2 5 3.56 46 0 0 55.2 46 24 22 3 15 41 Weaver 1 1 3.60 3 3 0 15.0 17 6 6 3 5 16 J. Garcia 10 9 4.37 25 25 0 146.1 149 76 71 18 47 122 Williams 0 0 4.38 7 0 0 12.1 15 10 6 4 2 7 Broxton 3 2 4.41 53 0 0 49.0 42 27 24 5 23 42 Leake 9 9 4.56 25 25 0 152.0 169 85 77 18 24 108 Wainwright 9 8 4.67 26 26 0 156.0 172 87 81 14 44 122 Team ‌ 68 60 3.99 128 128 29 1150.0 1111 555 510 120 365 991

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The Athletics’ Ryon Healy scores the go-ahead run in the eighth past Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina on Saturday night.

Grichuk homers in loss to Oakland CARDINALS • FROM C1

score and the go-ahead run to get to third, far enough to score moments later for a 3-2 lead Oakland held for a victory at Busch Stadium.

“Huge, huge mistake on my part,” Moss said. “Especially because I went against everything our defense was set up to do.”

The Cardinals held a one-run lead when Seung Hwan Oh entered the eighth inning with two runners on base and five outs between him and the save. A double off reliever Matt Bowman had put the Athletics’ rally in motion.

With Oh and two runners in scoring position, manager Mike Matheny outlined the defensive plays on the mound. An out was the priority. A hard shot right at one of the corner infielders and they had the green-light to try for an out at the plate, but otherwise — every other play — concede the tie and take the nearest out.

Max Muncy slashed a sharp grounder to Moss. The Cardinals’ first baseman left his feet to glove the ball. At third, Khris Davis paused just enough to trigger Moss’ instincts.

That was enough.

“Right there, our defense is set up and designed to get the out at first to concede the run unless it’s hit right at you,” Moss said.

“I dove and when I came up with it, I don’t know why, don’t know why that instinct took over. I guess because you know that’s the tying run. Something in me — I threw it home, made an offline throw. No outs were made.”

Runner Ryon Healy took third on the play and that meant he could slide home ahead of a throw on a sacrifice fly for the go-ahead run. Had Moss gone for the out, the game would have been tied.

Whether or not the Cardinals could have mustered a run was in question. Including the final two innings pitched by starter Zach Neal, the A’s retired the last 17 Cardinals they faced, eight by strikeout. Three A’s relievers, including closer Ryan Madson, did not allow a baserunner in three innings of work.

As part of the weekend-long celebration of the Cardinals’ current Hall of Fame class — featuring both Joe Torre and Chris Carpenter — the Cardinals sported vintage uniforms from 1927. The

jerseys were designed to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Cardinals’ first World Series championship, in 1926, though the next year’s jerseys were picked because they had the phrase “world champions” encircling a solitary redbird over the left breast of the jersey.

The throwback look came as the Cardinals also gave a sneak peek with Reyes, their top prospect, on the mound.

About the time Reyes finished his warmups a low rumble filled the air and it was difficult to determine if all of it was thunder from a nearby storm or the anticipation of the rookie, a lightning bolt prospect. Both he and the weather made noise early. Both were gone by the fifth inning. Reyes pitched well enough in his 41/3 innings to merit an encore should the Cardinals need him to spell Mike Leake (shingles) again. He got his first strikeout in the first inning on a changeup, and he followed in the second with a strikeout on a 98-mph fastball. It took him 58 pitches to get through three innings, and he walked four batters, though one was strategic. His swiftest inning was his final full inning, the fourth, and he finished

it with two of his four strikeouts.

“You see some uncomfortable swings and takes,” Moss said.

“That curveball seems like the first one he throws every game that first hitter buckles every time because it is a hook. To have a pitch like that and then have that 98100 mph that he’s going to throw that day and another changeup …”

Catcher Yadier Molina used that changeup aggressively, even having the young righthander lean on it more than his supercharged fastball.

That was partially because the fastball lacked accuracy. Reyes described himself as “overanxious” entering the start, and Matheny referred to him as overthrowing.

Reyes felt himself break from his rhythm early, and that fastball — while swift — drifted high. It took him 72 pitches to complete four innings, and he got through four batters in the fifth inning but two reached base. The manager prefers to give his starters a chance to qualify for a win by finishing the fifth inning, but Reyes entered a high-stress situation with a high pitch count.

At 89 pitches, he was removed after a walk.

“Some of his fastball command was starting to leave,” Matheny said. “We needed to get some help.

It was time.”

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The Cardinals had a 2-0 lead at the time, built upon Randal Grichuk’s career-best 18th home run of the season and run scored on an error by Healy in the third inning. What followed Reyes’ exit was a series of moves that meant getting more than an inning from at least two of three relievers. Kevin Siegrist was not available, so Zach Duke and Matt Bowman got first crack at holding the lead. Duke hit the first batter he faced and allowed a run on a base-loaded walk. That run ended Reyes’ scoreless streak to start his career at 14 innings.

He watched it happen from the dugout.

Duke settled to leave the inning with a 2-1 lead, then had a 1-2-3 sixth. Bowman carried that through a flawless seventh, and then got in trouble when the Cardinals needed him for the eighth.

Healy’s double put that inning in motion and led to Oh. But it was Moss’ throw that eased Oakland’s chances of scoring both of the inherited runners Oh had.

Matheny said the team needed a strikeout.

They didn’t even get the groundout.

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this clubhouse, and that’s what gets you through these last couple months, because it’s been a long season already, your body is beat up, but throw all that out the window, because these are the most important games you’re going to play all year. So try to play for the guys next to us, play for our brothers.

“And I think that’ll push us into October.”

This Cardinals team often gets portrayed as “weird”

by St. Louisans, for this team is different than the red machines of recent seasons. This current club, with its erratic pitching and raw Rawlings game in the field, is mortal. For some, it’s a hard club to love, especially with what has blessed St. Louis this century. But winning (or coming in second) in this wild-card race is realistic, or at least more reasonable than another Cards club a halfdecade ago.

It was five years ago this week when another Cardinal gave an inspiring speech. Sure enough, Chris Carpenter was back at Busch on Saturday. He wore red. It was on August 24, 2011, when the fiery fireballer spoke at a players-only meeting to the team, 10½ games out of the wild card. He spoke of playing with pride. Of representing an organization and its history. Soon, the speech became part of the organization’s history, as the reignited Cardinals won the wild card — and soon, too, the tournament that followed.

“It’s a situation where you just don’t want to give up — there’s always life,” Carpenter said Saturday, wearing the red jacket bestowed earlier in the day, at his Cardinals Hall Of Fame induction. “It was a time and place in which I felt it was good (to speak). You’re never out of it. You can have people counting us out, but you’re never out. And it’s proven to work.”

“Carp” keeps his eye on the other “Carp” and the Cards. He follows the team from his home in New England. Sometimes he even texts current Cardinals.

“They’re grinding it out, doing the things you need to do to win — and find a way in,” he said of the club that is in the second wild-card spot, 1½ games ahead of the Marlins and Pirates, and 2½ games ahead of the Mets. “The years we won a world championship, we were finding a way in. It wasn’t ’04 or ’05, when we won 100 games.

We found our way and that’s what these guys have to do.

They’ve got great talent — they have to get these guys rolling all at once.”

You’re telling us, man. In the two games so far with Oakland, the Cards tallied just six hits in both.

It’s an easy narrative to say the Cards struggle against pitchers new to them — and yes, we all remember Aaron Nola and Robert Gsellman, not to be confused with Cards longtime trainer Gene Gieselmann — but Mike Matheny made a good point. The skipper said that overall, pitchers in their first games against the Cards have an ERA in the 6.00 range, but we remember the ones that really stand out.

One that stood out was, well, Saturday. The Cards got little done off Oakland starter Zach Neal and his relievers in the 3-2 loss.

And one of the two runs was unearned.

And not one Cardinal drew a walk.

Still, a speech such as Yadi’s can set a tone, make a mindset. The narration can create a narrative, but let’s remember, this isn’t football. Meaning that, a baseball team on a great run is still probably going to lose some games — as seen in 2011, when the Cards were shut out two days after Carp’s speech (in a game Carp started).

Yadi, of course, was Carpenter’s battery mate. And Yadi, of course, is revered in the clubhouse the way Carpenter was — shoot, the way Carpenter still is.

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Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina talks with starting pitcher Alex Reyes during Saturday night’s game at Busch Stadium.

When you hear teammates talk about Yadi, and Matheny, too, it’s almost like they’re paying homage.

“Yadi, man, he’s the leader of this team, he’s the heartbeat — we follow him,” said Garcia, who has two or more hits in three of the past four games. “And what he’s been able to do offensively and defensively this whole year ...

So, when he speaks, we listen, and we’re following that guy’s lead. And he’s going to take us to October.”

The biggest fear, whether from this column space or from some fans in the stands, is that Yadi’s steadfastness to play — and to lead — will keep him from taking the proper rest necessary. This season, his offensive numbers have been sparkling. I think the reality is this: It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks or thinks is right, because Yadi’s going to play often and play hard, unless an injury keeps him out.

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Cardinals choose to share ‘C’ Team sides with a committee of captains to encourage leadership around clubhouse About 15 years after they celebrated a World Series championship together, a few members of the 1964 Cardinals gathered for dinner. Hairlines, weights, and careers had all changed; clubhouse hierarchy had not.

Whether it was Curt Flood or Tim McCarver, jokester Bob Uecker or regal Bob Gibson, they all still called Ken Boyer by his title, “Captain.”

Boyer had not buttoned up a jersey in more than a decade, hadn’t hit a home run since the 1960s, and still his title had outlasted his playing days just as his influence would outlive him. He had been, was still, and would be their captain.

“That’s a point of reverence,” McCarver once said.

It speaks to his resonance.

Boyer remains the last of the Cardinals’ captains, a title that is no longer given in the team’s clubhouse and has become rarer and rarer around Major League Baseball. This past week the St. Louis Blues orchestrated an event press conference and a formal presentation of their captaincy — their captain’s “C” — to Alex Pietrangelo, the 21st captain in the hockey team’s 50 years.

This weekend, the Cardinals induct their newest four members of the club’s Hall of Fame.

Joining former owner Sam Breadon is Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter, MVP Joe Torre, and Swifties outfielder Terry Moore. They all share a role in common. Carpenter acted like a captain, Torre was a co-captain, and Moore was one of the club’s signature captains. The role still has reason, but its application is changing, evolving, and in this season and next the Cardinals believe their next generation of leaders must begin emerging. For “sustained success in this organization, we’ve got to have steady leadership,” manager Mike Matheny said.

Moore and Boyer were the third and fourth official team captains, respectively, following Pepper Martin and Leo Durocher, according to club history. In the modern era that singular role has been replaced by a different “C,” a leadership core. A few times during his tenure Matheny has been asked about naming a team captain or even awarding a “C,” and he has declined, saying leadership shouldn’t be consolidated.

Save the stitches. Share the responsibility.

“To me, if you have a onelegged stool you’re going to be pretty unstable,” Matheny said Friday as his team took batting practice. “It’s nice to have three.

If you can have four or more the more stable you’ll be. I figured it’s semantics. Captain. Leader.

Ace. It’s the same thing and every good team is going to have a certain group of guys. An ace like Adam Wainwright, or your Matt Holliday, a field general like Yadier Molina, any one of them or all of them you could throw a ‘C’ on.”

With the retirements of Derek Jeter with the Yankees, Paul Konerko with the White Sox, and Jason Varitek in Boston, there is only one active official captain in baseball, Mets third baseman David Wright.

Back the 1980s, Jack Clark captained San Francisco, Ed-

CENTER CASTING With his induction into the Cardinals Hall of Fame this weekend, Terry Moore strengthens the Cardinals’ claim to uncanny continuity at his position, a position he made famous: center field.

Since the start of the 1924 season, which featured Taylor Douthit as a young center fielder, the Cardinals have played 14,633 regular-season games. An astounding 45.4 percent (6,646) of those games have been started by one of six different center fielders, and Moore makes four in the Hall.

Taylor Douthit, 1923-31 • 855 games (783 starts in CF), .300 BA, .779 OPS, 29 HR, 342 RBIs Terry Moore*, 1935-48 • 1,298 games (1,133 starts in CF), .280 BA, .739 OPS, 80 HR, 513 RBIs Curt Flood*, 1958-69 • 1,738 games (1,552 starts in CF), .293 BA, .733 OPS, 84 HR, 633 RBIs Willie McGee*, 1982-90, 96-99 • 1,661 games (1,116 starts in CF), .294 BA, .729 OPS, 63 HR, 678 RBIs Ray Lankford, 1990-2004 • 1,580 games (1,070 starts in CF), .273 BA, .846 OPS, 228 HR, 829 RBIs Jim Edmonds*, 2000-07 • 1,105 games (992 starts in CF), .285 BA, .947 OPS, 241 HR, 713 RBIs *Cardinals Hall of Famer Sources: Post-Dispatch research, Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index — Derrick Goold

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Cardinals center fielder Terry Moore was named the team’s third captain in 1941.

die Murray was formally named captain of the Baltimore Orioles, Spike Owen was for Seattle, and dispatched Cardinal Garry Templeton was named San Diego’s captain in 1987. The Cardinals have flirted with having unofficial and official team captains a few times. In 1978, manager Vern Rapp intended to name Ken Reitz the fifth team captain in Cardinals history and some media outlets referred to him as such, but the official move was never made, partially because longtime Cardinal Lou Brock was curious why Rapp didn’t consider him for the title.

Torre, the National League MVP in 1971 and a future Hall of Fame manager, said Saturday he and Brock served as co-captains for the team, and it was “an honor that surprised me, having just been here a few years.” Tony La Russa nicknamed shortstop Edgar Renteria “The Captain” in the 2000s, and the title stuck.

In June 2011, a “C” had been affixed to infielder Ryan Theriot’s batting practice jersey, hockeystyle. Theriot was reluctant to take the field with it because of the implication.

Holliday had the letter ironed on and teammates kidded that Theriot fancied himself their captain. Theriot deadpanned it really stood for “comedy.”

“I think every team really knows who their guy is,” Cardinals infielder Matt Carpenter said. “You don’t need a ‘C’ to see it.”

In sports like hockey and football every team has a captain because a captain has a purpose.

They are the ones who attend coin flips or communicate with officials. As one manager said this past week, that’s what his job

is, so why have a captain? Matheny elaborated, saying in baseball it’s “more for the long haul.

If you’re talking about a pillar or you’re talking about an ace or you’re talking about a leader it’s usually because they’ve weathered the storms more than anybody else.” For Terry Collins, it was about tone. In Anaheim, he had a leadership group that was made up of one outfielder, an infielder, a starter, and a reliever.

“Too many voices,” he said.

In 2013, he and the Mets took the step to name Wright their captain, the fourth in club history, following decades after Keith Hernandez, one of the few captains in baseball to actually wear a “C” on his jersey.

“David personifies what we feel it takes to be a player in this organization,” Collins explained this past week. “He plays the game right. He’s prepared. He’s accountable. He’s upfront and he’s easily accessible to the media. I think it’s important to have that guy in the room who players can look up to, respect, and head off things before I need to deal with them. When he says something, they listen.”

An informal poll around the Cardinals clubhouse brought up the predictable names as likely captains, if the Cardinals had one: Molina or Wainwright.

Along with Holliday, they form the leadership group that Matheny leans on, though they are not alone. At times, reliever Jonathan Broxton and others have also been included, as they were during a series of meetings this past spring training. In recent seasons, Matheny has urged Carpenter to become more vocal, more of a presence.

If he said something, the man-

ager told him, teammates would listen.

“It was a direct conversation, ‘It’s time,’” Matheny recalled.

“There were a couple young guys about his age and maybe a couple that were older who were not given that. It caused some friction. I had some guys say, ‘Why is he in that group?’ I’ll tell you the hard truth, here is why: I see a guy who is going out of his way putting the time and the effort into it. But that kind of role, that’s something you have to grow into.”

As an example, Matheny motioned toward the field Friday, where moments earlier Molina gathered a group of players around second base. They were there to discuss their play, how it could be sharper, better, and how the focus needed to be pushing the team to the playoffs. Matheny said it wasn’t something Molina and veterans could use “in negotiations for their next contract or put on their baseball card.” It was something that would improve the team.

That’s one aspect of a leader.

Boyer, as captain, offered a “pillar of strength,” McCarver described, and took on the roles that were needed, from policing to pushing. Whitey Kurowski once called Moore “the father of the ball club.” Manager Billy Southworth named Moore the captain in 1941, and it was Moore, with his massive hands, that steered Stan Musial’s Swifties to their run of titles in the 1940s. He led by deed and presence. Wainwright described similar duties for the modern leaders, ranging from setting examples to being available to answer questions about tipping, dress, whether a player can bring

a girlfriend, “all the things about being a pro.”

Matheny seeks out and devours books on leadership and believes it is something that must always be conditioned and strengthened, like muscle. He gifts books to players, shares inspirations he’s had with his staff, and acknowledges “some people think I probably spend too much time thinking about it.” This spring he had author and pastor John Maxwell, who has written several books on leadership, come speak to some of the players who were interested. Young outfielder Stephen Piscotty and others were invited.

While the Cardinals have no intention of naming a captain, they do have an eye on the next generation of leaders. As they are transitioning in the field to larger roles for younger players like Piscotty and Carlos Martinez, so too are they grooming the next leadership core that two, three years from now will take over.

“They’re going to have to,” Matheny said.

The reason is the same as it was when Moore captained the Swifties or teammates called Boyer “Captain” years after they played together. They set the standards that remain beyond their time in the clubhouse. The only “C” to appear on a Cardinals jersey is the one they all wear, and that’s what the current team’s leaders talk about continuing, the continuity, the consistency.

The “C” for Culture.

“People believe in what they build, and these guys have helped build something here that has taken it from the previous generation to their generation to the next one,” Matheny said. “They’ve got their hand in it, and then pass it along. It’s not just winning, not just putting up good career numbers, but leaving a culture that lasts.”

NOTEBOOK Harper ejected, throws helmet Bryce Harper yelled at umpire Mike Winters and threw his helmet to the ground, leading to his ejection from the Washington Nationals’ 9-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

Harper erupted after a called third strike from Winters in the 10th inning. Harper insisted a 95 mph fastball from Jake McGee (1-3) was beyond the outside corner.

“It was off the plate,” Harper said. “I could possibly see one more pitch and maybe hit a homer or a double or walk — I could even strike out. But I just wanted to see that last pitch, and I never got there.

“It just shouldn’t happen. Just bad behind there. It’s not a strike.”

Harper immediately turned and screamed at Winters, and the plate umpire calmly ejected him. Harper was replaced by Chris Heisey, and the Nationals lost in 11 innings after the Rockies scored five runs off Yusmeiro Petit (3-4).

Tigers manager, coach, two players tossed • Victor Martinez threw his helmet onto the field from the dugout after being ejected from a game Saturday night in Detroit, and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and hitting coach Wally Joyner were also ejected later, as well as teammate J.D. Martinez.

Victor Martinez took strike one in the third inning from Angels lefthander Brett

Giants place Peavy on DL • Jake Peavy, who was scheduled to make his first start since July 30 Saturday night against the Atlanta Braves, was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Giants with a lower back strain.

Peavy will be replaced by Albert Suarez, who was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento.

Peavy, 35, has made eight appearances in relief in August after being removed from the rotation. He is 5-9 with a 5.55 ERA.

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Umpire Mike Winters gets an earful from Washington’ Bryce Harper after a called strike.

Oberholtzer, then turned to discuss the call with plate umpire Mike Everitt. After arguing for about 30 seconds, Everitt tossed Martinez, who then put his hands behind his back and continued to debate. Martinez kept arguing from the dugout and flipped his helmet onto the field before voicing a final tirade at Everitt.

After Ian Kinsler struck out looking in the fifth, Joyner was ejected from the dugout by Everitt, who then came out to argue. Ausmus followed Joyner and was also tossed.

In the sixth, J.D. Martinez was called out on strikes and looked back at Everitt and said

something that resulted in his first career ejection.

Orioles add Borbon • With star outfielder Adam Jones nursing a tender hamstring, Baltimore selected the contract of Julio Borbon from Double-A Bowie and optioned pitcher Mike Wright to Triple-A Norfolk.

The 30-year old Borbon was 2 for 9 in five games with the Orioles earlier this season, but was designated for assignment on July 26. To create room for Borbon, pitcher Logan Ondrusek was designated for assignment.

Rangers still without Jeffress • Texas Rangers reliever Jeremy Jeffress was away from the team for a second day Saturday as Major League Baseball looked into the pitcher’s arrest on a drunken driving charge.

Thad Levine, the team’s assistant general manager, said the players’ association was working closely with the commissioner’s office, along with Jeffress and his agent, to “determine a best course of action moving forward.”

The 28-year-old Jeffress was put on MLB’s restricted list Friday.

Other news • Seattle placed righthander Tom Wilhelmsen on the 15-day disabled list with lower back spasms. Righthander Dan Altavilla was selected from Double-A Jackson and Pat Venditte, who throws with either hand, was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma. ...

Detroit activated shortstop Jose Iglesias from the 15-day disabled list before Saturday’s game.

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Lord told me to go out. And I’m OK with that.”

Editor’s note: Oklahoma City outfielder Robbie Grossman, who had three hits off Carpenter in his 31/3 innings for Memphis, was the last batter Carpenter faced in his career. Grossman had a single.

Chris Carpenter, who has the highest winning percentage of any Cardinals pitcher who has had more than 100 decisions for them since 1900, spent most of the week in St. Louis preparing for his induction into the Cardinals’ Hall of Fame. During a 45-minute, one-on-one interview with the Post-Dispatch, Carpenter addressed a host of topics, including his new honor, his love of the Cardinals and their loyalty to him, his departure from the organization after one year of off-field work, the highlights and lowlights of his career, his hitting and what really bothers him about baseball today.

Q: Are you ready to get back into baseball?

And what led to your leaving the organization during the 2014 season?

A: At the right time, yes, I’d like to come back, but the right time hasn’t come to yet. There’s been a lot of changes in my life (he is newly married), a lot of things going on in my life that are exciting and fun. This is a new chapter. It’s hard to be away from the kids, and I’m not ready to be away from them. They need me. Ava is 11 and Sam is almost 14. But every time I come here, I get so excited about baseball.

I miss it. I do. I love it here.

“I left for personal reasons, going through a divorce. I talked to ‘Mo’ (general manager John Mozeliak) and told him I couldn’t put the level of effort and the standard of what I wanted to do into what they were asking me to do. I think they would have kept me on. But I didn’t want to do that to Mo or to Mr. DeWitt. I wasn’t in a good place and I wasn’t capable of doing what I wanted to do. I just couldn’t put anything into it.

“This is what I know and this what I love. But it has to be the right time and it has to be right for my family. Hopefully, that day comes because I love the game.”

Q: Better pitcher: you or Adam Wainwright?

A: “Let’s put it this way. I’m going to say Adam because he’s had different roles.

He’s closed and started. I started. So, he’s a multi-purpose guy. If I come back and I start closing games here, then we’ll have to revisit this conversation.”

Q: Everybody who watched you could see how competitive you were. But why did you get so mad sometimes?

A: “I reflect on that. When you’ve had something taken from you, like in my first year here in ’03, when I had to be shut down because of the shoulder problem, you don’t want to miss it anymore. You don’t want to take anything for granted.

“There were some things that bothered me about some of the other teams. It was fun playing Houston when they were good

Q: Any regrets?

A: “No, other than not being able to pitch in the World Series in Boston in 2004 and 2013. I was a big Red Sox fan growing up but no more. I think I would have been able to make a difference. But I did get to hit a home run over the Green Monster in batting practice in ’13. That was something I’d always wanted to do.”

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because they played the game right. And it was fun playing the Cubs. But there were a few characters on the Milwaukee club that were tough. And early in the Pittsburgh days, there was a lot going on that was uncalled for. They just didn’t control their situation.

“There were some individuals I liked on Cincinnati, but some of them just ruined the whole deal. It’s something that I hold on to. There were times when I could have controlled myself a little bit more. But it is what it is.”

Q: Favorite game?

A: “I’d have to say Game 5 in Philadelphia in 2011 (1-0 shutout win over the Phillies).

I was so in it. I was really able to experience what was going on around me, seeing the crowd and what the game is really all about. And then, sitting on the bus after the game, reading texts back and forth from (longtime friend and former teammate) Roy Halladay. I got one break and beat him. But he was no nice about it. I respect him so much and, at the time, he was the best pitcher in the game.

“And then there were those three World Series games I got to start. The third one, in 2011, I was hoping for it to rain (there was a one-day delay before Game 6) because I knew I was going to get the ball in Game 7. I wanted the ball so bad. That meant a lot to me. But I needed for it to rain.”

Q: Do you allow yourself to think about what your career would have been like if

you hadn’t been hurt so often?

A: “I have so many people talk to me about that and they ask about the Hall of Fame.

That’s not going to happen and I know that because I was hurt. That’s how I have to explain it. But when you think about it, if I wasn’t hurt as much and if I could get three or four of those years back and I get up over 200 wins (he had 144) ...

“So I do think about that a little. But to completely turn it around, I wouldn’t have been who I was if it wasn’t for the injuries.

Every time I got hurt and came back, it made me more mentally strong and more determined to be better than I was.”

Q: Hitting wasn’t your specialty, but your first homer — out of two you hit — was a grand slam at Cincinnati. What did that mean to you?

A: “People ask me, ‘Did you ever hit a home run?’ And I say, ‘Oh, yeah.’ We used to make fun of ‘Waino’ because he doesn’t have a grand slam. I was on the way up as a hitter. I was getting so much better. That grand slam was huge. Think about it. To be able to tell anybody you hit a grand slam in a major-league ball park ... are you kidding me?”

Q: Do you wish your career could have ended in the majors rather than the minors in a rehab game in 2013?

A: “It would have been nice. I went out and gave it everything I had. I remember coming out and saying, ‘I’ve got nothing.’

I could still throw it hard but I had no idea where it was going. I went out the way the

Q: What does being in the Cardinals’ Hall of Fame mean to you?

A: “When you play, you dream about winning the World Series. You want to go to the playoffs and the World Series. But this is special. Some people play their careers and they go home. One day, somebody says, ‘Do you remember that guy?’ Well, they’re going to remember me every year.

I’m going to be part of this organization forever.

“I’m thankful they gave me the opportunity to keep going in 2004 after my shoulder injury. They could easily have dumped me.”

Q: Now, what really makes you mad?

A: “ The replays and all the sliding rules. At some point, just let us play.

“And how about the hitters getting in the (batter’s) box? They all have their songs. It takes them five minutes to walk up there. They’ve got to fix their batting gloves and listen to their song. When a guy makes an out, you should be in the box to swing. Look how long (a Cardinals hitter) is standing there. He’s listening to his song. Get in the box.

“That’s how you’re going to shorten the game. Get the guy in the box. Enough with these walkup songs. And they listen to the whole song on the way up. I guess you’ve got to listen to the whole thing because it pumps you up. It gets you ready.”

Q: Who were the toughest hitters you faced?

A: “Roberto Alomar. He just didn’t have any holes. Lance Berkman (seven homers). (Carlos) Zambrano (eight for 18). And don’t forget Lee Stevens.

“Look at his numbers. He’d still be playing if I was still pitching.”

(Former Montreal and Texas first baseman Stevens, whose 144 homers matches Carpenter’s career victories, was 12 for 24 against Carpenter with 12 runs batted in, four homers and three doubles.)

“I remember going over the scouting report on Montreal the last time I faced him,” said Carpenter, then with Toronto.

“I said to everyone I’m going to do just the opposite of what I’ve done before. And I got him out. It was awesome.”

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be a baseball player,” Reyes’ father, Tomas Sr., said. “We would just tell him that he would accomplish his dreams with hard work, dedication and perseverance. We told him he just had to keep it up.”

Tomas and Dignora Reyes delivered the same message to Alex before he made his first career start at Busch Stadium on Saturday night against the Oakland A’s.

Reyes, who threw his first 9 1/3 innings in the majors in relief, earned the start after the Cardinals scratched Mike Leake because of shingles.

Because Alex Reyes was sworn to secrecy, his father didn’t find out about the start until 1 a.m. EST Saturday via Twitter.

“I know my dad’s really excited,” Alex’s middle brother, Adriel, said. “The first thing he said was, ‘I’ll be there. I’m going to make it.’”

Tomas Sr. worked two shifts as a security guard for the Elizabeth Board of Education to help support his family. He didn’t just preach about devotion to family, sacrifice and work ethic. He lived it.

So his boys weren’t surprised when he desperately searched for an airline ticket until 3 a.m. Saturday so he could be attend his son’s first start.

He donned a red Memphis Redbirds cap, a blue polo with the Cardinals’ logo and jeans. Then he boarded a flight out of Newark at 11 a.m. with a layover in Atlanta before arriving at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport a little past 4 p.m.

He arrived at Busch Stadium an hour before his son’s first pitch. He was tired yet energized.

He was also proud, very proud. “Muy orgulloso,” the native of the Dominican Republic said in Spanish.

Tomas Sr. has plenty of reason to be proud. His son left the comforts of the U.S. in December 2011 to live with family in the Dominican Republic in hopes of landing a contract with a big league club.

Reyes eventually signed with the Cardinals a year after he left New Jersey. Four years later, he was rated as the top pitching prospect in baseball by the time he was called up to the majors on Aug. 9. He made his debut that night.

His parents were at Wrigley Field when he earned his first major league victory on Aug. 13, but they didn’t plan to return to St. Louis anytime soon.

While mom stayed in New Jersey, Tomas Sr. rushed to St. Louis.

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Cardinals starting pitcher Alex Reyes delivers a pitch against Oakland in his first start after making five appearances out of the bullpen.

“I still have goosebumps because it was a dream for him and us as parents,” Tomas Sr. said after settling into his seat in Section 152, row 14. “This is something that we wanted to see for a long time. Thank God and the Cardinals, who gave him the opportunity for him to showcase his talent.”

Alex Reyes entered the game with a 1-0 record, a save and a 0.00 ERA through five scoreless relief appearances.

He showcased his 101-mph fastball often out of the bullpen, but he sat around 97 mph after throwing his first pitch against the A’s at 6:15 p.m.

He issued a four-pitch walk to leadoff hitter Jake Smolinski. He then induced a flyout to right from Marcus Semien, struck out Yonder Alonso and induced a pop foul from Khris Davis to end the first.

He led 2-0 in the fifth when he issued a two-out walk to Semien, prompting manager Mike Matheny to call on his bullpen.

Lefthanded reliever Zach Duke hit pinch hitter Danny Valencia with a pitch to load the bases. Duke then walked Davis to plate a run, ending Reyes’ big league scoreless streak at 14 innings.

Reyes, who will celebrate his 22nd birthday Monday, could not join Michael Wacha, Bud Smith and Rick Ankiel as the only Cardinals pitchers in the last 35 years to win a start before turning 22.

“Alex got the most out of his stuff,” Matheny said after the 3-2 loss. “I’d like to see him obviously not quite so jumpy and excited to let it eat all the time because the ball just continued to come up in the zone.

But overall just a very, very impressive job pitching.”

Reyes had already thrown 89 pitches — 51 for strikes — while giving up two hits and one run with four strikeouts and four walks over 4 2/3 innings in the no-decision.

You can see why scouts expect greatness from the kid who once threw bullpens just

for fun with his brothers under that overpass across the street from their childhood home.

With his father and middle brother living and dying with each of his pitches, Reyes made himself at home as a starting pitcher at Busch Stadium.

The boy who once wrote about his big league dreams in kindergarten wrote his first chapter as a major league starter Saturday. The ending wasn’t perfect, but it was a promising start with Reyes’ father in attendance.

“My dad has always given me support and always gone to my games since I was a little kid,” Reyes said. “It’s dedication.

He wants to come see me pitch. I’m happy to have a father like that. He’s always out there looking for when I’m pitching and when I’m not. It was fun having him here today.”

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Flawless Fowler grabs lead

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Rickie Fowler watches his first tee shot at The Barclays tournament on Saturday. Fowler shot a 68 and has a one-stroke lead.

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. • Rickie Fowler is

playing so well that he can’t stop looking behind instead of considering the opportunity that lies ahead at The Barclays.

His wedge to 5 feet for a birdie on the 18th hole Saturday not only gave him a 3-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Patrick Reed, it was his 45th consecutive hole without a bogey at Bethpage Black, one of the strongest golf courses of the year.

In three rounds, he has made only one bogey.

That was on the ninth hole Thursday, a 4-foot putt that spun hard around the cup back at him. And yes, it still gnaws at him.

“Unfortunately, that one bogey ... it was more than a 180-degree lipout,” he said with a smile. “So it was basically like going 54 holes, no bogeys. Around this place, I’m happy about that. It’s been very close to having the game be where it is right now.”

The timing could not be better for Fowler.

He is in solid position to win for the first time on the PGA Tour in a year, and to play his way onto the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

This is the final tournament for Americans to earn one of the eight automatic spots for the Ryder Cup matches at Hazeltine at the end of next month. Fowler was at No. 12 going into the opening FedEx Cup event and needed at least a third-place finish to earn a spot.

“It’s nice to finally see some putts go in,” Fowler said. “With a few putts going in, it frees up the rest of your game. I’ve been swinging well for a long time, and I’ve been waiting for the putter to catch up.”

Along with three birdies, he made a pair of 10-foot par putts and a 25-foot par putt in the third round.

Fowler was at 9-under 204, and his work was not done. Not even close.

Reed overcame three bogeys in a fourhole stretch on the front nine and was tied for the lead on the back nine until

the final two holes. Reed missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th, and his 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole almost missed weakly to the right. He still managed a 71.

Right behind was Adam Scott, who also saw his share of putts go in. Scott started out his round by holing a lob wedge from 98 yards for an eagle, and his 65 was the lowest score of the tournament.

Scott, who hasn’t seriously contended since his back-to-back victories in Florida five months ago, was two shots behind at 7-under 206.

Martin Laird (69) and Emiliano Grillo (71) were three shots back, while defending champion Jason Day (70) and Justin Thomas (66) were in the group four shots back.

Fowler won against a strong field in Abu Dhabi at the start of the year, and he lost a two-shot lead with two holes to play in the Phoenix Open. Since then, he hasn’t been much of a factor has his ranking — in the FedEx Cup and the Ryder Cup — began to plunge.

Not wanting to take a chance on being a captain’s picks, he has a chance Sunday to secure his spot for Hazeltine.

“It’s pretty simple,” Fowler said. “I’ve got to take care of business tomorrow. It’s been awhile since I’ve been in this position. It’s going to be tough tomorrow.

We’re on one of the — if not the — toughest golf courses we play all year. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s going to be fun.”

Reed, dressed all in black on another scorching afternoon on Long Island, managed to escape with a bogey from a horrible lie right of the third green.

He muffed a chip on the fifth hole and made bogey, then drove well right into a bunker and made another bogey on the sixth hole. He bounced back with a pair of birdies, and made all pars on the back nine.

Jordan Spieth scrambled his way out of the rough and the sand. Spieth didn’t hit a fairway from the second hole until the 15th, and wound up with a 72. He was six shots behind.

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BROOKLYN, MICH. • With time running out on his bid to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Greg Biffle is back at the site of his most recent victory.

It was over three years ago.

In June of 2013, Biffle won at Michigan International Speedway — his fourth victory at the track and second in a row.

In 116 Cup races since, he’s come up empty. He missed the Chase last year and is in danger of falling short again unless he can pull out a victory in one of the last three races of the regular season.

“This sport is very humbling,” Biffle said. “When you think you’ve got it figured out, for sure you don’t, and it reminds you of that every week.”

Biffle is the active leader in wins at Michigan, but he finished 19th at the track earlier this season. Shortly after that, he ran off a streak of three straight top-10 finishes at Daytona, Kentucky and Loudon, but he’s been outside the top 15 in each of the four races since.

Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing teammates Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. all would miss the Chase if the regular season ended now. None of them has a win this year.

Stenhouse started 25th and finished second last weekend at Bristol.

“Our qualifying efforts lately haven’t been as good but our racing package has been better,” Stenhouse said. “Earlier in the year I felt like we qualified really well and then wouldn’t race as good. For whatever reason we haven’t been able to get them both dialed in together.”

Since his last win in 2013, Biffle has finished in the top 10 twice in six races at Michigan.

“You have to have a car that gets around this place good. Each end is different, and

what I like about the race track is no matter how your car is driving, you can adjust your line around the race track,” Biffle said. “Maybe run a little bit higher on one end than the other to compensate if your car is a little too loose or is doing something that you don’t like.”

There’s always a lot of drama in the last few races before the Chase, and that’s when the season’s second race at Michigan falls on the schedule. A dozen drivers have won this year, solidifying their spots in the Chase as long as they stay in the top 30.

Rookie Chris Buescher is cutting it close.

He’s currently 30th and has only two top10 finishes, but one was a win at Pocono.

Hendrick Motorsports could end up with only one Chase entry if Chase Elliott falters and Kasey Kahne doesn’t make it. Jimmie Johnson is safe for Hendrick, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still sidelined as he recovers from a concussion.

Kahne hasn’t won since August 2014, a span of 70 races. He qualified 11th on Friday.

“I think the Hendrick engine package is strong,” Kahne said Saturday. “Everybody at Hendrick Motorsports is working hard to get our cars back where they need to be.”

Elliott has 11 top-10 finishes this year, but none over his last eight races — and he has no wins.

Austin Dillon is 11th in the standings, the top racer without a win. He’s in position to make the Chase on points as of now. So are Elliott, Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman, who have no victories but are immediately behind Dillon in the standings.

“I was able to win a championship without winning a race in the Xfinity Series. It’s definitely possible, but I would like to go to Victory Lane,” Dillon said. “We are going to focus hard on Victory Lane the next three weeks — and then ten after that.”

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GOLF ROUNDUP Jutanugarn falters late, but maintains LPGA lead Ariya Jutanugarn missed a chance to take a big lead into the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, making two late bogeys Saturday at Priddis Greens.

A week after withdrawing from the Rio Olympics because of a left knee injury, the 20-year-old Thai player bogeyed the par-4 16th and par-5 18th for a 5-under 67. At 17-under 199, she had a two-stroke advantage over South Korea’s In Gee Chun.

Chun shot a 66. South Korea’s Sei Young Kim and Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow were 12 under.

Kim had a 68, and Meadow — a former Alabama player — shot 69.

Three-time champion Ko was tied for 10th at 10 under, and Canadian star Brooke Henderson was nine strokes back at 8 under.

Sauers tops Boeing Classic • Gene Sauers took the Boeing Classic lead Saturday, two weeks after his breakthrough victory in the U.S. Senior Open.

The 54-year-old Sauers twoputted for birdie on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a twostroke lead over Joe Durant in Snoqualmie, Wash. The three-time PGA Tour winner had a 12-under 132 total at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Durant birdied the last for a 65.

Tom Byrum and Stephen Ames were 9 under. Byrum had a 68, and Ames shot 69.

Dredge leads in Denmark • Bradley Dredge’s lead at the Made in Denmark was trimmed to one stroke after the Welshman shot a 1-over 72 in the third round. Dredge is at 12-under 201, with David Lipsky (67), Adrian Otaegui (68) and Thomas Pieters (69) a shot back.

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MOTORS ROUNDUP McDowell earns victory at Road America Michael McDowell won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America on Saturday, edging Brendan Gaughan following an overtime restart.

McDowell beat Gaughan by 0.534 seconds on an overcast, sometimes misty afternoon at the sprawling road course in Elkhart, Wis. The Richard Childress Racing teammates went bumper-to-bumper midway through the last lap before McDowell held on at the finish line.

Rahal makes last-lap pass to win IndyCar race • Graham Rahal made a last-lap pass to beat James Hinchcliffe in the closest finish ever for an IndyCar race at Texas.

The only time Rahal led the race was when he sliced to the bottom of the track coming off of the backstretch on that final lap. He won by eight-thousandths (0.008) of a second, crossing the line only inches and side-by-side with Hinchcliffe, with Tony Kanaan right behind.

Moffitt wins Trucks race • Brett Moffitt passed Timothy Peters and William Byron on the final lap to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. Peters was two laps away from what would have been his first victory of the season.

Rosberg takes pole at Belgian GP • Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg clinched the pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of 18-yearold Dutchman Max Verstappen, while championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s race in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, from the back of the grid.

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Serena Williams has been getting treatment for a sore right shoulder.

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NEW YORK • Serena Williams is “starting to feel a little better.” Novak Djokovic is “getting there.”

The U.S. Open’s top seeds in both singles brackets are coming off injuries, and neither has played since an early loss at the Olympics. Friday was the first time either had discussed the health problems that stymied them in Rio de Janeiro and forced them to withdraw from the hard-court warmup at Cincinnati.

For Williams, it’s a sore right shoulder that she revealed started bothering her almost immediately after her Wimbledon victory. She said she practiced for just two days before the Olympics and has spent little time on court since as she undergoes physical therapy.

For Djokovic, it’s a sore left wrist that he revealed he hurt in Rio a few days before his firstround Olympic loss to Juan Martin del Potro, a player who knows plenty about how that injury hinders a righty’s two-handed backhand.

“I’m just hoping that Monday when the tournament starts I’ll be able to get as close to the maximum of executing my backhand shot as possible,” said Djokovic, who sounded a bit more optimistic than Williams on Friday.

Williams acknowledged she’d prefer to have played more coming into the Open — she’s had just three singles matches since Wimbledon — and needs to practice more.

“I’m just now starting to feel a little better,” she said. “Hopefully just every day I will keep going higher.”

It wasn’t a physical problem that burdened Djokovic during his third-round Wimbledon loss to 41st-ranked Sam Querrey, he acknowledged. Asked that day if he was 100 percent healthy, the 12-time major champ replied: “Not really. But it’s not the place and time to talk about it.”

On Friday, Djokovic conceded “it was some other things that I was going through privately.”

He wouldn’t elaborate other than to say that now “everything is fine.”

Speaking of left-wrist injuries, Rafael Nadal said his keeps getting better but still isn’t 100 percent. Because the 14-time Grand Slam champ is a lefty, his issue is the forehand.

When he first came back, he recalled, “you try to find movements to avoid the pain.” Now he can start to hit his normal forehand again, but it “still needs time to feel that I am more confident in my wrist.”

Both Djokovic and Williams face a former Grand Slam semifinalist in the first round. Williams opens her bid for a record-breaking 23rd major title against Ekaterina Makarova, who’s coming off an Olympic doubles gold medal.

The Russian made two straight major semis — at the 2014 U.S. Open, losing to Williams 6-1, 6-3, and the 2015 Australian Open. With her ranking slipping to 36th, she just missed a seed at Flushing Meadows.

Doing an interview shortly after the draw was set, Djokovic joked he wasn’t “mentally ready” to see his bracket quite yet and wanted to wait until “I’m alone.” What he’ll see is a meeting with Jerzy Janowicz, a 2013 Wimbledon semifinalist who’s been ranked as high as 14th. After struggling in recent years and missing much of this season because of injuries, Janowicz is No. 228 in the world and used a protected ranking to get into the U.S. Open.

Nadal is a potential semifinal opponent for Djokovic, the defending champ, while Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are in the other half of the bracket.

Williams could face fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the semis, which also is when she potentially could meet sister Venus. Australian Open champ Angelique Kerber and French Open winner Garbine Muguruza are on the other side of the draw.

Earlier in the tournament, Williams could run into opponents who have eliminated her at past majors. In the third round, she could meet Ana Ivanovic, who beat her at the 2014 Australian Open. And in the fourth round, she could face Sam Stosur, who stunned her in the 2011 U.S. Open final.

Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champ, is ranked just 142nd after three left wrist surgeries.

Last week, Steve Johnson, the highest-ranked U.S. men’s player, questioned whether the U.S. Tennis Association should award del Potro the wild card he’d need to get in because the Argentine could possibly defeat an American in the first round. That scenario won’t occur — del Petro meets countryman Diego Schwartzman in his opener. But the 19th-seeded Johnson could face the Olympic silver medalist in the second round.

Between Wimbledon and the Rio Games, del Potro defeated three of the U.S. Open’s top four seeds.

BLUES

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season because 2016-17 will mark the 50th anniversary of the franchise, and in what will become a series of celebrated commemorative dates, the Note itself hits the half-century mark on Tuesday.

These days, one can spot the Blues’ logo just about anywhere around town — on hats, jackets, bumper stickers, backpacks and baby onesies. But in its infant stage, it was limited to a couple of prototype jerseys. In fact, the club altered the original design before its first season of play, putting these relics into more rarefied air.

So where are they?

Somehow, Salomon and Patrick swapped the jerseys. The whereabouts of the blue one worn by Patrick that day in 1966 are unknown. The white one worn by Salomon went home with Patrick, who as the original coach of the Blues wore it during practices. It hung in his office until his death in 1980, then spent more than a decade stashed in a box before it was sold at a collectible show in Toronto in 1994. The buyer was a Chesterfield resident, who displayed it in his living room for two decades before selling it last March.

Today, the piece of history hangs in a closet at the home of Beever, 49, who is not a jersey collector, but decided after approval from wife Cindy to pony up a price that would make even die-hard fans and season-ticket holders shudder. He would not say how much specifically, but in a calculated response replied: “I’d say a lesser-expensive new car. I had to move a few things around here and there to pay for it. It wasn’t like just go grab my checkbook and write a check.”

Notified of the five-figure sum this week, Bobby Plager, who donned those early Blues jerseys, laughed and said: “I wish we had known those things in our day, we would have got more made up and kept them.”

That was the sentiment of Dean Patrick, Lynn’s son. Dad doubled as the architect of the early Blues’ rosters and as the artist of the original jersey.

“The Salomons came up with a name, the Blues, but they said, ‘We’ve got to come up with colors and logos and everything,”

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Sid Salomon III, pictured at the former St. Louis Arena, was the Blues’ first owner.

Dean said. “They were thinking (composer) W.C. Handy, the St. Louis Blues, they were thinking music. Dad just drew a musical note with a wing at the top. They said, ‘Yeah, that’s good, we like that.’ The colors of the team — blue, gold and white — were the colors of the Los Angeles Blades that dad had just coached. There weren’t any teams that wore those colors and he thought it was a pretty uniform.”

But because of the hockey-rich lifestyle in which Dean and his brothers grew up, they were less consumed by the nostalgia.

“We used to play ‘shinny’ hockey in the driveway with (Hall of Famer) Terry Sawchuk’s gloves,” Dean said. “He was playing for the Bruins at the time and dad brought them home, and we wore them out. We didn’t know as kids, we just had this stuff and said, ‘Let’s have fun with it.’

So when you’re out in the street playing with Terry Sawchuk’s blocker and glove, you know, those things didn’t have a lot of sentimental value for me.”

So when Lynn Patrick suddenly passed on Jan. 26, 1980 — killed while driving home from a game when a heart attack led to a single-car accident — Dean simply removed the white jersey

from dad’s office and stored it in a box.

Then in 1994, he gifted it along with his Lynn’s New York Rangers’ jersey to his ex-father-inlaw, Carl Bolton. Dean was aware that Bolton was going to sell it via consignment in Toronto, but didn’t mind because Bolton had been instrumental in the upbringing of his son.

A Chesterfield man, who wanted to remain anonymous for this story, was in Toronto on business when he spotted the white Blues jersey at a collectible show. He thought it was a fake, but was provided a document of authenticity and decided to plop down $4,000. He brought the unique garment home, where it became a talking piece among guests.

“Everybody that came in — my small circle of friends are all hockey fans — none of them believed that it was real,” he said.

The nameless owner never had intentions of parting with it, but was forced into a situation where he had to sell. He reached out via the Internet to Beever, whom he did not know, last February to gauge his interest.

“It was Feb. 9, the 50th anniversary of the NHL giving the Blues the conditional franchise,”

Beever said. “There was a picture of Salomon III and Patrick floating around in the prototype jerseys, and that night I got a message on Twitter from somebody saying they had the white one. I was pretty amazed.”

Beever put him in touch with the Blues, but the club did not show immediate interest, which got his own wheels turning. He had once owned a hockey card collection of 100,000 cards, but never got caught up in the jersey craze.

Now suddenly Beever was meeting a stranger in a parking lot once to get a look at the jersey and again to hand over a hefty amount of money in what he said felt like a drug deal.

This transaction, however, gave him a greater high.

“It was kind of emotional when I got it,” Beever said.

Beever says that as much as he treasures the jersey, he bought it for one reason.

“If I didn’t buy it, and the Blues didn’t buy it, somebody else was going to,” he said. “Would anybody have seen it again? I don’t know. My thought is it belongs with the Blues, but for what I paid, I can’t give it to them. I don’t need to make money. I’ll let them have it for what I paid for

it.”

Beever has been back in touch with the Blues, but doesn’t have definitive word on whether they have interest. He says that if the club doesn’t want to buy the jersey, he would let them display it during their 50th anniversary season.

“I don’t know what will happen,” Beever said. “I tell my wife I’ll probably be buried in it. My daughter (Ashley, 29) would kill me, but I’d already be dead. If the worst thing that happens to it is my daughter ends up with it, I’m fine with that.”

The purchase of the jersey has sparked two other interesting conversations.

Bill Liebe, president of Liebe Lettering, read in St. Louis Game Time, a Blues fan-based publication, that Beever now owned the prototype. He reached out to tell him that the company, which was then run by his father, Bob, still had the original paper patterns. They invited Beever to see them.

“He had the jersey with him,” Bill Liebe said. “It’s nice to be able to look at it and say, ‘We did that.’”

Meanwhile, Beever reached out to Dean Patrick. He had his mailing address in Georgia and sent him a letter notifying him that he now had the jersey. He was requesting a phone call to learn more about its history, and a short time later Dean gave him a ring.

“It shocked me that he had the jersey,” Patrick said. “I said, ‘Hey, if you ever want to sell it, I wouldn’t mind buying it back.’

But I would think the Blues would be interested. It’s their history, not mine. It’s more theirs than anybody’s.”

But for now, the jersey belongs to Beever, and with the Blues entering their 50th anniversary in the NHL, he couldn’t think of a better time to have it.

“It is 50 years, so it does have a higher profile than if it was just 37 or something like that,” he said. “Hopefully it will be able to be displayed somewhere. I know not everybody wants to see it, but there are enough people that would have interest to take a look at it.”

It is, after all, just two of a kind.

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San Antonio shuts out St. Louis FC STLFC can’t capitalize on scoring opportunities, loses in coach Leonard’s home debut

BY JOE LYONS St. Louis Post-Dispatch

San Antonio FC goalkeeper Matt Cardone played the role of spoiler Saturday night at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton.

Playing in place of starter Josh Ford, who’s out with a shoulder injury, Cardone made seven saves, including a few game-changers, in a 2-0 victory over St. Louis FC before a sellout crowd of 5,262.

“We had a ton of chances and their keeper came up with a few really key stops,” STLFC midfielder and captain Chad Bond said. “When we score first, we win games. We came out strong, but then we gave up a sloppy goal and it just killed us.”

The loss spoiled the home debut of interim coach Tim Leonard, who starred at Mehlville High and St. Louis University.

With just five games left in its second United Soccer League season, STLFC fell to 7-10-8. It was the third consecutive win for San Antonio (10-6-7), which entered the weekend holding the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.

“Starting with tonight and through the rest of the season, it’s do-or-die,” Leonard said. “I liked our spirit at the start and was pleased with the overall effort. But the mistakes ... it’s hard to come back when you gift goals like we did tonight.’’

STLFC came out strong — getting a goal off a corner in the fifth minute called back on a foul in the box — but San Antonio grabbed the lead in the 12th minute when Sebastien Thuriere stole the ball in the midfield and dribbled to the edge of the penalty area before scoring on a deflected chip shot over STLFC goalkeeper Ryan

Thompson.

“That was my mistake,” Bond said. “I lost the ball, tried to get back and the shot ended up going off my foot and over Ryan. Not a lot seems to be going our way these days.”

Less than a minute later, STLFC nearly responded when a pass from newcomer Jason Plumhoff sent Irvin Herrera in alone. But Cardone made the breakaway save.

Cardone was tested again in the 15th minute when he pushed aside a low, hard shot from Plumhoff, who joined STLFC at practice on Friday.

In the 31st minute, after a through pass from Jordan Roberts, Herrera moved in from the left side, but again Cardone came up the stop, a kick save on a shot ticketed for the far corner.

San Antonio added to its lead in first-half stoppage time when

Rafa Castillo beat Thompson from the left side with a chip shot to the far corner from about 20 yards out.

Herrera, who leads STLFC with 11 goals, had a few more quality scoring opportunities in the second half but couldn’t solve Cardone. Then, in the stoppage time at the end of the match, after a questionable penalty-kick call, Cardone put a topper on his night with a PK stop against Herrera.

In the 66th minute, Herrera laid off a pass to Richard Dixon, who tested Cardone with a low shot toward the near corner. On the ensuing corner, Vince Cicciarelli headed a Patrick Doody pass off the cross bar.

UP NEXT STLFC returns to action Wednesday, hosting the Oklahoma City Energy (9-4-10) in a 7 p.m. game in Fenton. STLFC has played to

No precedent for expulsion from Hall

2-2 and 0-0 draws in previous games against the Energy this season.

NEW GUY Making a move to bolster its late-season playoff push, STLFC added 25-year-old midfielder Plumhoff on loan from the Jacksonville Armada FC of the North American Soccer League.

Plumhoff, who was born in Germany, starred at La Salle University in Philadelphia, where he was named the Atlantic-10 offensive player of the year in 2013.

He played 22 games with the USL’s Harrisburg City Islanders in 2015, scoring a team-leading 10 goals. The 6-foot Plumhoff began this season with the NASL’s FC Edmonton and was traded in July to Jacksonville.

Joe Lyons jlyons@post-dispatch.com

NFL NOTEBOOK Cowboys QB Romo out with another back injury Tony Romo is out with yet another back injury and it’s unknown when he will return, although Dallas coach Jason Garrett says he expects his star quarterback to play this season.

Garrett said Saturday that Romo sustained a broken bone in his back when he was hit from behind

by Seattle’s Cliff Avrill and slid awkwardly on the third play of a preseason game.

Romo tried to get back into Thursday’s game and said afterward that he was OK. But Garrett said the 36-year-old woke up Friday with stiffness, and an MRI revealed Romo’s fourth back injury in less than four years. The injury will not require surgery.

Garrett wouldn’t rule out Romo for the regular-season opener Sept. 11 against the New York Giants. Rookie Dak Prescott, a fourth-round pick who has had a strong preseason, is the presumed starter, although Garrett wouldn’t acknowledge that either.

49ers QB Kaepernick refuses to stand for anthem • Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and other minorities.

Kaepernick sat on San Francisco’s bench Friday night during the anthem before the Niners played host to the Green Bay Packers in an exhibition game.

He later explained his reasoning in an interview with NFL Media .

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said.

“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

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Rams owner Stan Kroenke was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

KROENKE • FROM C1

Fame. Well, almost all.

“I think I’ve had only two emails saying, ‘We think the guy did the right thing by moving the Rams,’” Andrews said with a chuckle.

Andrews is in his 21st year as president and executive director of the Springfield-based Hall of Fame. Kroenke was inducted in the contributors category in 2009. The first sentence of his bio on the Hall of Fame’s website reads as follows: ”A native of Mora, MO, Stan Kroenke was instrumental in bringing the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams to St. Louis.”

The bio also mentions Kroenke’s many pro sports interests in Denver as helping to energize that community.

In a telephone interview Friday, Andrews mentioned that Kroenke’s initial candidacy had the support of the late Jerry Clinton, who was heavily involved in the failed effort to bring an NFL expansion team to St. Louis in the early 1990s.

The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association also was a strong proponent of Kroenke’s induction, Andrews said, because of his advocacy of the sport in the state.

But once Kroenke received league approval to move the Rams back to Los Angeles, the protests poured in. If Kroenke was inducted for bringing the Rams to St. Louis, then he should be booted from the Hall for taking

them out of St. Louis.

“I’ve had good friends in St. Louis write me and say, ‘Hey, I’ll never set foot in your place again,’” Andrews said. “Or, ‘We’ll never be back to another enshrinement. ... We’ll not support your golf outing in St. Louis.’

“Those things are all hurtful and damaging to what we’re trying to do, and so forth. And obviously disappointing to us.”

Each year, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame receives about 250 nominations for induction. A selection committee, whose members rotate on and off the committee, sifts through the names and presents a slate of candidates to the Hall’s 20-member board of directors. The board then votes on the slate. Andrews said he’s not directly involved in the selection process.

The only caveat to those selected is they must attend the induction ceremony in order to be inducted.

On January 13, just a day after the relocation vote, the Missouri Hall issued a statement in response to those seeking to have Kroenke ousted. The statement pointed out that the Hall had never expelled an inductee, nor did it have a policy to do so.

It noted that neither the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, or the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., have such policies. The statement did say that its board of directors would take the Kroenke matter under advisement.

“There’s no one that hates the

situation any more than I do,” Andrews said. “We were involved with the Rams in some ways, and I miss them being here. They were obviously a part of Missouri sports history. We’ve told that story here. And we have some of their former greats that are continually being nominated for induction.”

Mike Jones, Trent Green, and Grant Wistrom are all former St. Louis Rams in the Hall of Fame.

All three also have roots in the state that go back to their high school days. Green also had success — and made a couple of Pro Bowls — with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Current Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who’s from the Kansas City area, was a 2016 inductee. And Dick Vermeil, who coached both the Rams and the Chiefs, also is an inductee.

As for Kroenke, the board of directors has discussed the topic at is quarterly meetings since the NFL relocation vote.

“Since it occurred, I think the board has met twice,” Andrews said “Both times they’ve reached the same conclusion: They continue to take the matter under advisement and continue to review it.”

In other words, they’re stuck in neutral. Besides the fact that the Missouri Hall has no policy to remove members, Andrews said there is concern about setting a precedent if Kroenke is removed.

“If you remove someone, then what’s that going to do the next

time someone wants somebody removed, and the next time, and so on?” Andrews said. “Over the years from time to time, someone’s written me that: ‘Did you know so-and-so did this? How can you allow them to continue to be a member of the Hall of Fame?’

“It’s all in the eyes of the beholder, I guess, about what they did. This situation obviously has been much, much more public.

And that’s made it more difficult for us to have the ability to deal with, or not deal with. But the bottom line was he was chosen worthy by a selection committee several years ago to be inducted.”

All of which means absolutely nothing to many fans in St. Louis who remain bitter over the departure of Kroenke and his Rams. Andrews is still hearing from them.

“I’ve been accused of keeping him in (the Hall of Fame) because he’s giving us money,” Andrews said. “It’s really not of public interest in terms of what someone gives us and what they don’t, but I’ve not seen any private gifts from Kroenke, or his family for the matter.”

If Kroenke has donated money, Andrews added, “It’s news to me. I’d sure like to see some of the money. Hey, I’ve had people offer me money to take him out (of the Hall).”

Jim Thomas @jthom1 on Twitter jthomas@post-dispatch.com

Saints LT Armstead’s injury not serious • New Orleans Saints left tackle Terron Armstead’s injury is not considered serious, a source familiar with the situation confirmed.

The source, who did not get into specifics, spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Saints have not disclosed the details of the injury.

Mike Triplett of ESPN reported the news first.

Armstead (Cahokia High) left the field with a trainer in the first quarter of Friday night’s contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was taken back to the locker room and did not return. (New Orleans Times-Picayune) Rams’ Austin gets extension • Wide receiver Tavon Austin has signed a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams.

The deal was announced while the team was in Denver for an exhibition game Saturday night.

NFL.com reported the deal was worth $42 million with $30 million guaranteed.

Chiefs acquire CB Acker from 49ers • The Kansas City Chiefs acquired cornerback Kenneth Acker from the San Francisco 49ers for an undisclosed draft pick.

A sixth-round selection by the 49ers in 2014, Acker missed his rookie season because of a foot injury. But he played in 15 games last season and had three interceptions.

Smith leads Chiefs past Bears • Alex Smith was sharp in leading three scoring drives in the first half and the Kansas City Chiefs got a 23-7 preseason victory over the host Chicago Bears. Smith completed 20 of 30 passes for 181 yards before Nick Foles came in to start the third quarter.

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BASKETBALL • ‌WNBA

MOTOR SPORTS

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the college football board, the LSU — Wisconsin circle is for LSU RB Leonard Fournette ; the Notre Dame — Texas circle is for possible Notre Dame suspensions.

BASEBALL Favorite Odds Underdog American League YANKEES -$110 Orioles -$190 Twins BLUE JAYS TIGERS -$150 Angels ASTROS -$125 Rays WHITE SOX -$122 Mariners Indians -$105 RANGERS RED SOX -$135 Royals National League METS -$132 Phillies MARLINS -$175 Padres NATIONALS -$162 Rockies Pirates -$125 BREWERS GIANTS -$280 Braves D’BACKS -$110 Reds -$162 DODGERS Cubs Interleague CARDS -$190 A’s NFL Preseason Favorite Points Underdog

Open Current VIKINGS 4 6 Chargers 1 PK Cards TEXANS JAGUARS 1.5 1.5 Bengals COLLEGE FOOTBALL Favorite Points Underdog Thursday Indiana 8 9 FLORIDA INT’L 38.5 39.5 Charlotte LOUISVILLE WAKE FOREST 18.5 17.5 Tulane W KENTUCKY 14.5 16.5 Rice VANDERBILT 3 3 S Carolina MINNESOTA 10 13 Oregon St TENNESSEE 23.5 20.5 App’chian St Friday 3 3 Ball St GEORGIA ST TEMPLE 16.5 16.5 Army ARKANSAS ST 3.5 3.5 Toledo d-Colorado 8.5 8.5 Colorado St 15.5 15.5 Kansas St STANFORD Saturday 3 3.5 Boston Coll du-Ga Tech MICHIGAN 41.5 41.5 Hawaii IOWA 28.5 27.5 Miami-Ohio N’WESTERN 6.5 6 W Michigan OHIO ST 27 27.5 Bowling Green PENN ST 18.5 20 Kent St W VIRGINIA 10.5 10.5 Missouri UTEP 7.5 7.5 New Mexico St Smu 11.5 10.5 N TEXAS MISS ST 33 31 S Alabama OHIO U 20.5 21 Texas St 7 7 So Miss KENTUCKY ARKANSAS 22.5 25.5 La Tech 36.5 35.5 Massachusetts FLORIDA Clemson 7.5 7 AUBURN TEXAS A&M 2 3 Ucla TULSA 5.5 4.5 San Jose St WASHINGTON 24.5 26 Rutgers l-Lsu 10 [10] WISCONSIN a-GEORGIA 3 3 N Carolina 10 10 HOUSTON Oklahoma NEBRASKA 29 28.5 Fresno St 10.5 10.5 Usc ar-Alabama 19.5 20.5 UL-LAFAYETTE Boise St g-ARIZONA 1 1.5 Byu No Illinois 10 10 WYOMING

September 4 Notre Dame 4 [3.5] TEXAS

September 5 o-FLORIDA ST 6 4.5 Mississippi d- Denver, CO. du- Dublin, Ireland. l- Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI. a- Atlanta, GA. ar- Arlington, TX. g- Glendale, AZ. o- Orlando, FL. []-denotes a circle game.

WNBA Points Underdog Favorite ATLANTA 3 Connecticut DALLAS 1 Chicago WASHINGTON 9 San Antonio MINNESOTA 10.5 Seattle 4.5 PHOENIX Los Angeles SOCCER ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE +$145 West BROMWICH ALBION Middlesbrough +$210 Draw +$215 Over/under goal total 2.0 goals -$320 MANCHESTER CITY +$900 West Ham United Draw +$480 Over/under goal total 3.0 goals TENNIS Odds to win the U.S.Open men’s singles 6/5 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray 2/1 Milos Raonic 12/1 Juan Martin del Potro 15/1 20/1 Rafael Nadal 20/1 Stan Wawrinka Marin Cilic 25/1 25/1 Kei Nishikori 40/1 Nick Kyrgios 60/1 Dominic Thiem 80/1 Grigor Dimitrov 80/1 Gael Monfils 100/1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 150/1 John Isner 150/1 David Goffin 150/1 Richard Gasquet David Ferrer 200/1 200/1 Jack Sock Odds to win the U.S. Open women’s singles 3/2 Serena Williams 8/1 Angelique Kerber 8/1 Simona Halep 10/1 Garbine Muguruza 15/1 Madison Keys 20/1 Petra Kvitova 25/1 Agnieszka Radwanska Karolina Pliskova 30/1 40/1 Johanna Konta Monica Puig 40/1 Belinda Bencic 40/1 50/1 Venus Williams 50/1 Eugenie Bouchard 60/1 Timea Bacsinszky Dominika Cibulkova 60/1 70/1 Lucie Safarova 80/1 Svetlana Kuznetsova 80/1 Coco Vandeweghe 100/1 Caroline Wozniacki 100/1 Carla Suarez Navarro Ana Ivanovic 100/1 125/1 Roberta Vinci Sabine Lisicki 125/1 Sam Stosur 125/1 Home team in CAPS © 2016 Benjamin Eckstein

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE — Optioned RHP Mike Wright to Norfolk (IL). Selected the contract of OF Julio Borbon from Bowie (EL).

BOSTON — Sent C Ryan Hanigan to Portland (EL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated C Alex Avila from the 15-day DL. DETROIT — Designated OF Alex Presley for assignment. Reinstated SS Jose Iglesias from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Jordan Zimmermann to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment.

MINNESOTA — Optioned RHPs Tyler Duffey and Jose Berrios to Rochester (IL). Recalled LHP Andrew Albers from Rochester.

OAKLAND — Reinstated SS Marcus Semien from paternity leave.

SEATTLE — Placed RHP Tom Wilhelmsen on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday.

Optioned 1B Mike Freeman and OF Norichika Aoki to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled 1B Dae-Ho Lee and R/LHP Pat Venditte from Tacoma. Selected the contract of RHP Dan Altavilla from Jackson (SL).

TAMPA BAY — Sent OF Nick Franklin to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated LHP Aaron Loup for assignment. Recalled RHP Bo Schultz from Buffalo (IL).

National League LA DODGERS — Optioned C Shawn Zarraga to Oklahoma City (PCL) and RHP Kenta Maeda to the AZL Dodgers. Recalled RHP Brock Stewart from Oklahoma City.

MIAMI — Agreed to terms with 2B Sutton Whiting on a minor league contract.

Sent 2B Derek Dietrich to Jacksonville (SL) for a rehab assignment.

MILWAUKEE — Sent RHP Junior Guerra to Colorado Springs (PCL) and RHP Jacob Barnes and 3B Will Middlebrooks to Biloxi (SL) for rehab assignments.

NY METS — Optioned 3B T.J. Rivera to Las Vegas (PCL). Reinstated 2B Neil Walker from paternity leave.

CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Sam Tuivailala to Memphis (PCL). Recalled RHP Miguel Socolovich from Memphis.

SAN DIEGO — Optioned OF Patrick Kivlehan to El Paso (PCL). Claimed OF Oswaldo Arcia off waivers from Miami.

Transferred OF Jon Jay to the 60-day DL. SAN FRANCISCO — Placed RHP Jake Peavy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 21. Recalled RHP Albert Suarez from Sacramento (PCL). Sent RHP Matt Cain to Sacramento for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON — Sent RHP Joe Ross to Syracuse (IL) for a rehab assignment.

BASKETBALL • WNBA WASHINGTON — Announced G Bria Hartley will be placed on the suspended list. Waived F Tianna Hawkins. Signed G Leilani Mitchell.

FOOTBALL • NFL ATLANTA — Released S Sergio Brown.

Waived OL Michael Huey, RB Gus Johnson, WR Jordan Leslie, TE Arthur Lynch, LB Ivan McLennan, QB Sean Renfree, CB Ryan White and DL Brandon Williams.

MIAMI — Waived LB Akil Blount, OL Ruben Carter, LS Ryan DiSalvo, TE Gabe Hughes, PK Marshall Koehn, CB Al Louis-Jean, G Vinston Painter and WRs A.J. Cruz, Matt Hazel and Brandon Shippen. Released CB Brandon Harris.

SAN FRANCISCO — Traded CB Kenneth Acker to Kansas City for an undisclosed draft pick.

WASHINGTON — Waived OTs Al Bond and Cody Booth; LBs Shiro Davis, Ejiro Ederaine and Willie Jefferson; CB Jeremy Harris; WRs Valdez Showers, Dez Stewart and Jarvis Turner; and RB Kelsey Young.

COLLEGE MIAMI — Dismissed DE Al-Quadin Muhammad and LB Jermaine Grace from the football team.

EASTERN W L Pct GB New York 19 8 .704 — 13 13 .500 5½ Atlanta Chicago 12 13 .480 6 12 13 .480 6 Indiana Washington 10 15 .400 8 Connecticut 9 16 .360 9 WESTERN W L Pct GB Los Angeles 21 4 .840 — Minnesota 21 5 .808 ½ Phoenix 11 14 .440 10 Seattle 10 15 .400 11 Dallas 9 17 .346 12½ San Antonio 5 19 .208 15½ Saturday Washington 92, Indiana 69 Sunday Connecticut at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Washington, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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Saturday’s results

Saturday | Elkhart Lake, Wis. Lap length: 4.048 miles (Start position) 1. (2) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 48 laps, 0 rating, 0 points.

2. (8) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 40.

3. (12) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 38.

4. (5) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 48, 0, 37.

5. (7) Ryan Reed, Ford, 48, 0, 36.

6. (11) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 35.

7. (1) Alex Tagliani, Ford, 48, 0, 35.

8. (14) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 33.

9. (13) Darrell Wallace Jr, Ford, 48, 0, 32.

10. (17) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 48, 0, 31.

11. (25) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 30.

12. (6) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 29.

13. (27) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 48, 0, 28.

14. (39) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 27.

15. (24) Ray Black Jr, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 26.

16. (22) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 25.

17. (4) Owen Kelly, Toyota, 48, 0, 24.

18. (9) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 23.

19. (18) James Davison, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 22.

20. (21) Alex Kennedy, Ford, 48, 0, 0.

21. (10) Erik Jones, Toyota, 48, 0, 21.

22. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 19.

23. (31) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 0.

24. (32) David Starr, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 17.

25. (16) J. Clements, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 16.

26. (28) Tomy Drissi, Toyota, 48, 0, 15.

27. (26) Stanton Barrett, Ford, 48, 0, 14.

28. (35) B J McLeod, Ford, 48, 0, 13.

29. (20) Scott Heckert, Ford, 48, 0, 12.

30. (40) Alon Day, Toyota, 48, 0, 11.

31. (38) Paige Decker, Chevrolet, 48, 0, 10.

32. (3) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 47, 0, 9.

33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 43, 0, 8.

34. (19) K. Habul, Chevrolet, sus, 26, 0, 7.

35. (37) John Jackson, Dodge, brakes, 22, 0, 6.

36. (33) N. Hammann, Dodge, gear, 22, 0, 5.

37. (34) Shepherd, Chev., fuelpump, 20, 0, 4.

38. (23) J. Bilicki, Chevrolet, electrical, 6, 0, 3.

39. (30) Jeff Green, Toyota, brakes, 4, 0, 2.

40. (29) G. Smithley, Chev., accident, 2, 0, 1.

POINTS LEADERS • 1. E.Sadler, 737; 2. D.Suarez, 686; 3. J.Allgaier, 685; 4.

T.Dillon, 684; 5. B.Gaughan, 667; 6.

E.Jones, 657; 7. B.Poole, 631; 8. B.Jones, 627; 9. D.Wallace, 574; 10. R.Reed, 532.

Saturday | Brooklyn, Mich.

Lap length: 2 miles (Start position) 1. (6) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 100 laps, 122.8 rating, 36 points.

2. (4) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 100, 133.3, 33.

3. (13) Daniel Hemric, Ford, 100, 88.0, 31.

4. (3) William Byron, Toyota, 100, 114.3, 30.

5. (14) Cameron Hayley, Toyota, 100, 85.0, 28.

6. (19) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 100, 90.7, 28.

7. (2) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 100, 113.2, 27.

8. (9) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 100, 71.3, 25.

9. (7) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 100, 97.8, 24.

10. (21) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 100, 64.8, 23.

11. (12) Ben Kennedy, Chevrolet, 100, 92.8, 22.

12. (1) J.Townley, Toy., 100, 76.7, 21.

13. (15) Rico Abreu, Toyota, 100, 69.2, 20.

14. (23) J. Anderson, Chevrolet, 100, 55.8, 19.

15. (20) T. Joe Martins, Chev., 100, 57.3, 18.

16. (24) Austin Wayne Self, Toy., 100, 50.7, 17.

17. (26) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chev., 100, 44.3, 16.

18. (25) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 100, 46.2, 15.

19. (8) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 100, 58.3, 14.

20. (10) Cody Coughlin, Toy., acc., 94, 65.5, 13.

21. (22) R. Sorenson, Chev., vib., 84, 41.9, 0.

22. (18) Cole Custer, Chev., acc., 83, 78.6, 12.

23. (17) Ryan Truex, Toyota, gear, 76, 51.5, 10.

24. (5) C. Bell, Toyota, acc., 74, 95.7, 9.

25. (11) S. Gallagher, Chev., acc., 74, 68.8, 8.

26. (16) J. Nemechek, Chev., acc., 62, 63.1, 7.

27. (28) N. Benning, Chev., trans., 47, 31.5, 6.

28. (29) E. Contreras III, Chev., acc., 40, 29.2, 5.

29. (27) Todd Peck, Chev., engine, 37, 32.2, 0.

30. (30) C. Roark, Chev., electrical, 3, 25.2, 3.

31. (31) Ryan Ellis, Chev., reargear, 1, 23.3, 0.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 111.739 mph.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 47 minutes, 24 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.098 seconds.

Caution Flags: 7 for 36 laps.

Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Townley 0; M.Crafton 1-5; T.Peters 6-10; M.Crafton 11-17; W.Byron 18-23; T.Peters 24-32; R.Sorenson 33; D.Hemric 34-35; M.Crafton 36-45; B.Rhodes 46-49; M.Crafton 50; T.Peters 51-63; C.Custer 64-72; W.Byron 73-74; C.Custer 75-83; T.Peters 84-98; W.Byron 99; B.Moffitt 100 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): T.Peters, 4 times for 38 laps; M.Crafton, 4 times for 19 laps; C.Custer, 2 times for 16 laps; W.Byron, 3 times for 6 laps; B.Rhodes, 1 time for 3 laps; D.Hemric, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Moffitt, 1 time for 0 laps; R.Sorenson, 1 time for 0 laps; J.Townley, 1 time for 0 laps.

Wins: W.Byron, 5; M.Crafton, 2; C.Bell, 1; B.Kennedy, 1; J.Nemechek, 1; J.Sauter, 1.

Top 10 in Points: 1. W.Byron, 349; 2.

D.Hemric, 312; 3. J.Sauter, 306; 4. T.Peters, 302; 5. C.Bell, 296; 6. M.Crafton, 295; 7. B.Kennedy, 287; 8. J.Nemechek, 281; 9. C.Custer, 273; 10. T.Reddick, 270.

First (5½f) Time: 1:09:92 No scratches Illini Kitten (Uriel A. Lopez) 8.40 4.20 3.40 Howareyoubeckysue (J.Molina) 4.00 3.00 Serena’s Halo (Azael De Leon) 3.40 $37.40 Exacta (3-6) Trifecta (3-6-5) $86.80 Superfecta (3-6-5-4) $91.60

‌NFL PRESEASON AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 3 0 0 1.000 76 61 Miami 2 1 0 .667 58 57 Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 55 40 1 2 0 .333 55 56 N.Y. Jets South W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 40 22 Houston Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 70 50 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 60 70 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 34 44 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 71 46 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 46 31 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 44 61 0 3 0 .000 37 71 Cleveland West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 1 0 .500 46 31 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 29 30 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 59 45 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 57 57 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 67 32 Washington 2 1 0 .667 60 57 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 31 68 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 82 69 South W L T Pct PF PA Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 66 51 Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 53 47 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 62 57 New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 45 77 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 58 33 Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 35 27 Detroit 1 2 0 .333 53 77 Chicago 0 3 0 .000 29 68 West W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles 2 0 0 1.000 49 44 Seattle 2 1 0 .667 55 51 San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 54 69 Arizona 0 2 0 .000 13 50 Friday New England 19, Carolina 17 Washington 21, Buffalo 16 Tampa Bay 30, Cleveland 13 Pittsburgh 27, New Orleans 14 Green Bay 21, San Francisco 10 Saturday Kansas City 23, Chicago 7 Philadelphia 33, Indianapolis 23 Baltimore 30, Detroit 9 Tennessee 27, Oakland 14 N.Y. Giants 21, N.Y. Jets 20 Los Angeles at Denver, late Sunday San Diego at Minnesota, Noon Arizona at Houston, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

SOCCER Major League Soccer EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA 12 8 7 43 39 28 Toronto FC New York City FC 11 7 8 41 44 43 11 9 7 40 47 41 Philadelphia New York 10 9 7 37 45 35 9 7 10 37 40 38 Montreal D.C. United 7 8 11 32 33 33 Orlando City 5 7 13 28 39 43 6 11 9 27 29 46 New England Columbus 5 9 11 26 34 40 5 12 8 23 29 40 Chicago WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA 14 7 6 48 42 35 FC Dallas 12 8 7 43 39 37 Real Salt Lake Colorado 11 4 10 43 28 22 9 4 12 39 40 26 Los Angeles Sporting K.C. 11 12 5 38 32 32 8 10 8 32 37 39 Portland San Jose 7 8 11 32 26 29 Seattle 9 12 4 31 30 32 8 12 6 30 34 43 Vancouver Houston 5 11 10 25 29 34 NOTE: Three points for win, one point for tie.

Friday Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 1 Saturday D.C. United 6, Chicago 2 Philadelphia 2, Sporting K.C. 0 Columbus 2, San Jose 0 Montreal 1, Toronto FC 0 FC Dallas 3, Houston 1 Vancouver at Los Angeles, late Sunday New England at New York, 1:30 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 4 p.m.

New York City FC at Orlando City, 6 p.m.

United Soccer League Eastern W L T PTS GF GA New York 16 3 5 53 46 18 Louisville 14 4 8 50 43 25 12 4 7 43 33 21 Cincinnati 12 6 7 43 31 19 Richmond Charleston 11 5 8 41 30 24 Rochester 10 5 11 41 33 23 11 7 6 39 35 24 Charlotte Orlando 8 9 8 32 32 41 7 14 5 26 30 46 Harrisburg Bethlehem 6 11 8 26 28 34 Wilmington 6 11 8 26 29 42 6 15 5 23 30 47 Toronto Pittsburgh 5 15 5 20 28 44 5 18 1 16 26 43 Montreal W L T PTS GF GA Western Sacramento 12 6 7 43 35 24 Rio Grande Valley 11 5 9 42 41 22 Colo. Springs 11 8 7 40 30 22 11 6 7 40 39 35 Vancouver Okla. City 10 4 10 40 26 16 Los Angeles 9 6 9 36 44 35 10 12 4 34 32 38 Orange County San Antonio 9 8 7 34 31 25 Kansas City 9 9 6 33 32 32 Arizona 8 10 6 30 32 35 Salt Lake City 8 11 5 29 24 32 St. Louis FC 7 10 8 29 34 33 Seattle 7 11 6 27 26 40 Portland 7 13 4 25 25 37 Tulsa 5 17 3 18 23 51 Saturday San Antonio 2, St. Louis FC 0 Richmond 1, Orlando 0 Rochester 2, Wilmington 2 Pittsburgh 1, Harrisburg 1 Charleston 1, Charlotte 0 Louisville 1, Bethlehem 0 Kansas City 2, Los Angeles 1 Rio Grande Valley 2, Colo. Springs 1 Okla. City 1, Tulsa 0 Salt Lake City at Arizona, late Vancouver at Sacramento, late Sunday Montreal at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Cincinnati at New York, 4:40 p.m.

Monday Portland at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

BASEBALL ‌‌Frontier League East W L Pct. GB Joliet 48 41 .539 — Lake Erie 44 44 .500 3½ Washington 44 45 .494 4 Windy City 39 49 .443 8½ Traverse City 37 50 .425 10 Schaumburg 37 55 .416 11 West W L Pct. GB Southern Illinois 59 30 .653 — Evansville 50 38 .568 8½ Rascals 46 42 .523 12½ Normal 43 44 .494 15 42 47 .472 17 Grizzlies Florence 41 48 .461 18 Saturday Florence 5, Grizzlies 3 Windy City 7, Schaumburg 1 Washington 13, Joliet 8 Lake Erie 5, Traverse City 4 Southern Illinois 7, Evansville 2 Normal at Rascals, late Sunday Normal at Rascals, 4:05 p.m.

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Lake Erie at Traverse City, 4:05 p.m.

Grizzlies at Florence, 5:05 p.m.

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Schaumburg at Windy City, 5:05 p.m.

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SPRINT • Michigan lineup Friday qualifying; race Sunday, Brooklyn, Mich.; Lap length: 2 mi. (Car number) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 201.698 mph.

2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 201.523.

3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 201.416.

4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 201.382.

5. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201.303.

6. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 201.207.

7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 201.202.

8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 201.039.

9. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 201.005.

10. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200.462.

11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200.028.

12. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 199.341.

13. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200.390.

14. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200.356.

15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 200.323.

16. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200.245.

17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.106.

18. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200.017.

19. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 199.253.

20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 199.203.

21. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 198.912.

22. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 198.791.

23. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 198.747.

24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 198.183.

25. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 198.265.

26. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 198.178.

27. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 198.129.

28. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 197.553.

29. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 197.509.

30. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 196.105.

31. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 196.084.

32. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 196.057.

33. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 195.567.

34. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 195.159.

35. (95) Sam Hornish Jr., Chevrolet, 194.458.

36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 192.838.

37. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 192.072.

38. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 191.939.

39. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 188.966.

40. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 0.000.

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Saturday | Calgary, Alberta Purse: $2.25 million | Yardage: 6,622; Par: 72 Third Round 68-64-67 — 199 -17 Ariya Jutanugarn 68-67-66 — 201 -15 In Gee Chun Sei Young Kim 69-67-68 — 204 -12 Stephanie L Meadow 66-69-69 — 204 -12 Anna Nordqvist 71-68-66 — 205 -11 69-69-67 — 205 -11 Ha Na Jang Alena Sharp 68-70-67 — 205 -11 Amy Yang 68-69-68 — 205 -11 Chella Choi 65-71-69 — 205 -11 Minjee Lee 69-70-67 — 206 -10 71-67-68 — 206 -10 Gaby Lopez 71-66-69 — 206 -10 B. Sukapan Suzann Pettersen 68-69-69 — 206 -10 Hyo Joo Kim 69-67-70 — 206 -10 Lydia Ko 67-69-70 — 206 -10 Morgan Pressel 70-72-65 — 207 -9 Alison Lee 74-67-66 — 207 -9 Brittany Lincicome 69-72-66 — 207 -9 Mirim Lee 67-71-69 — 207 -9 Mi Jung Hur 67-69-71 — 207 -9 Jane Park 70-71-67 — 208 -8 B. Henderson 72-68-68 — 208 -8 Cristie Kerr 69-71-68 — 208 -8 73-66-69 — 208 -8 Min Lee Stacy Lewis 67-72-69 — 208 -8 M. Leblanc 69-69-70 — 208 -8 Sandra Gal 71-71-67 — 209 -7 Austin Ernst 69-72-68 — 209 -7 Ayako Uehara 67-74-68 — 209 -7 Karrie Webb 73-67-69 — 209 -7 71-69-69 — 209 -7 Mi Hyang Lee Marina Alex 69-71-69 — 209 -7 Juli Inkster 70-69-70 — 209 -7 Jenny Shin 68-70-71 — 209 -7 Sakura Yokomine 70-67-72 — 209 -7 Carlota Ciganda 75-67-68 — 210 -6 Nontaya Srisawang 72-70-68 — 210 -6 Azahara Munoz 69-72-69 — 210 -6 Mo Martin 71-68-71 — 210 -6 Ai Miyazato 69-68-73 — 210 -6 Ssu-Chia Cheng 71-72-68 — 211 -5 Madelene Sagstrom 72-70-69 — 211 -5 Laetitia Beck 72-69-70 — 211 -5 Megan Khang 72-69-70 — 211 -5 Mika Miyazato 69-72-70 — 211 -5 69-72-70 — 211 -5 Catriona Matthew Jodi Ewart Shadoff 73-70-69 — 212 -4 Caroline Masson 74-68-70 — 212 -4 Ryann O’Toole 72-70-70 — 212 -4 Hee Young Park 71-69-72 — 212 -4 69-70-73 — 212 -4 a-Jaclyn Lee Karine Icher 67-72-73 — 212 -4 Pernilla Lindberg 72-71-70 — 213 -3 Eun-Hee Ji 69-74-70 — 213 -3 P. Thanapolboonyaras 70-72-71 — 213 -3 So Yeon Ryu 68-74-71 — 213 -3 Vicky Hurst 71-70-72 — 213 -3 Lizette Salas 70-71-72 — 213 -3 Hannah Collier 73-70-71 — 214 -2 B. Niphatsophon 71-72-71 — 214 -2 Jessica Korda 71-72-71 — 214 -2 Briana Mao 69-74-71 — 214 -2 P.K. Kongkraphan 73-69-72 — 214 -2 Dori Carter 70-69-75 — 214 -2 Sarah Jane Smith 71-70-74 — 215 -1 69-72-74 — 215 -1 Lee Lopez Su Oh 68-73-74 — 215 -1 Celine Herbin 74-69-73 — 216 E Haru Nomura 69-72-75 — 216 E Michelle Wie 71-72-74 — 217 +1 Stephanie Kono 70-73-74 — 217 +1 A. Tanguay 70-73-74 — 217 +1 Caroline Hedwall 72-68-77 — 217 +1 Brittany Lang 70-73-76 — 219 +3

Saturday | Farso, Denmark Purse: $2.03 million | Yardage: 7,033; Par: 71 Third Round Bradley Dredge, Wales 63-66-72 — 201 David Lipsky, United States 65-70-67 — 202 Adrian Otaegui, Spain 68-66-68 — 202 Thomas Pieters, Belgium 62-71-69 — 202 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden 62-70-71 — 203 Martin Kaymer, Germany 69-70-66 — 205 Paul Dunne, Ireland 68-68-69 — 205 Ricardo Gouveia, Portugal 69-67-69 — 205 Richard Sterne, South Africa 66-67-73 — 206 Chris Hanson, England 69-69-69 — 207 70-68-69 — 207 Edoardo Molinari, Italy Mark Haastrup, Denmark 69-73-66 — 208 Jaco van Zyl, South Africa 67-75-66 — 208 71-70-67 — 208 a-John Axelsen, Denmark Robert Karlsson, Sweden 69-70-69 — 208 Daniel Brooks, England 67-70-71 — 208 Paul Lawrie, Scotland 70-66-72 — 208 Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark 68-67-73 — 208 Jeff Winther, Denmark 68-67-73 — 208 Also 75-65-69 — 209 Shane Lowry, Ireland Jason Knutzon, United States 67-73-71 — 211 Paul Peterson, United States 72-69-71 — 212 73-68-74 — 215 Daniel Im, United States

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Saturday | At Valle de Sabera, Spain EIGHTH STAGE • A 112.7-mile, mostly flat ride from Villalpando to Valle de Sabera, with a Category 1 summit finish up La Camperona.

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FOOTBALL E. St. Louis 14 14 6 0 34 Prov. Catholi 0 0 3 0 3 E: Thomas 45 pass from Estes (kick failed), 9:13 E: J. Anderson 2 run (Estes run), 3:03 E: J. Anderson 7 run (run failed), 10:10 E: J. Brown 3 run (Robinson pass from Estes), 5:36 P: Favela 31 FG, 5:23 E: Thomas 48 pass from Estes (run failed), 2:37 Luth. South 7 16 14 7 44 Soldan 14 6 14 6 40 L: Schrader 7 run (Galentine kick), 5:58 S: Afoyolan 38 pass from Dyson (kick failed), 3:32 S: Fisher 45 pass from Dyson (Rogers pass from Dyson), 0:14 S: Moose 15 pass from Dyson (pass failed), 10:59 L: Schrader 30 pass from Orlando (kick failed), 6:20 L: safety, 1:52 L: Spraggins 5 pass from Schrader (Schrader run), 0:18 S: Fisher 70 kickoff return (pass failed), 11:38 L: Schrader 35 pass from Orlando (Galentine kick), 8:28 L: Schrader 11 run (Galentine kick), 1:55 S: Afoyolan 58 pass from Dyson (Rogers run), 0:51 L: Schrader 5 run (Galentine kick), 3:01 S: Rogers 60 pass from Dyson (pass failed), 2:41 Northwest Ac. 0 0 0 0 0 32 22 3 3 60 Jennings J: D. Harris 46 run (Rajae Johnson run), 11:25 J: T. Brown 10 run (Rajae Johnson run), 11:11 J: Rajae Johnson 10 pass from D. Harris (D. Johnson kick), 8:15 J: safety, 8:09 J: Rajae Johnson 27 run (D. Johnson kick), 6:15 J: Rajae Johnson 40 run (kick failed), 7:56 J: D. Harris 33 run (Rajae Johnson run), 4:48 J: D. Harris 25 run (Moore run), 2:25 J: D. Johnson 20 FG, 5:23 J: D. Johnson 37 FG, 8:38 JohnBurroughs 34 0 10 0 44 14 0 0 0 14 Lake Forest A J: Bain 76 pass from Foote (kick failed) L: 36 pass from ( kick) J: Bain 1 run (Burrows kick) J: Burrows 57 pass from Foote (Burrows kick) L: 30 pass from ( kick) J: Bain 3 run (Burrows kick) J: Bain 16 run (Burrows kick) J: Bain 22 run (Burrows kick) J: Burrows 24 FG 0 7 6 0 13 McCluer North MS-Berkeley 12 6 0 14 32 MSB: Trust 4 pass from Willis (run failed), 10:22 MSB: T. Thomas 1 run (run failed), 7:22 McN: Jefferson 4 run (McGrellis kick), 5:40 MSB: Blanchard 3 run (run failed), 3:01 McN: Wilkins 1 run (kick failed), 8:01 MSB: Cole 15 run (run failed), 7:02 MSB: Blanchard 1 run (Willis run), 3:52 St. Dominic 0 3 9 7 19 Westminster 3 0 0 8 11 W: Andrew Kempen 26 FG, 9:16 S: Giesman 26 FG, 9:05 S: safety, 10:38 S: Demerath 2 run (Giesman kick), 9:15 S: Demerath 4 run (Giesman kick), 11:55 W: Conway 11 pass from Briden (Webb run), 9:48 O’Fallon 7 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 0 21 Haz. Central H: Triplett Jr. 58 run (J. Crawford kick), 10:45 O: Watts 10 pass from Perez (Hackney kick), 1:36 H: Sullivan 42 pass from Triplett Jr. (J. Crawford kick), 11:54 H: Triplett Jr. 66 run (J. Crawford kick), 6:48 6 0 0 0 6 U. City 14 14 13 0 41 Haz. West H: Upchurch 12 pass from McClain (Carroll kick), 5:26 U: Taylor 10 pass from Dominik (kick failed), 0:57 H: Morgan 70 pass from McClain (Carroll kick), 0:03 H: Williams 17 run (Carroll kick), 6:29 H: Upchurch 99 fumble recovery (Carroll kick), 2:17 H: Brooks 3 run (Carroll kick), 9:05 H: Stevenson 65 pass from McClain (kick failed), 2:53 Gateway STEM 6 0 6 0 12 12 8 6 7 33 Normandy N: Blackmon 1 run (kick failed), 0:00 G: run (kick failed), 0:00 N: Joseph Washington 1 run (kick failed), 0:00 N: Perry 80 kickoff return (Blackmon run), 12:00 N: Perry 18 pass from Joseph Washington (kick failed), 0:00 G: run (kick failed), 0:00 N: Joseph Washington 1 run (Baker kick), 0:00

M 3 • Sunday • 08.28.2016

Flyers dominant on both sides of the ball to win opener

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Dexter def. Borgia 27-25, 23-25 Pky. West Tied St. Dominic 24-26, 25-13 Civic Mem. def. Bunker Hill 25-13, 25-21 Springfield def. Brussels 25-16, 25-12 Kirkwood Tied Mater Dei 25-21, 18-25 Hickman Tied Washington 25-12, 21-25 A. Marquette def. Gillespie 25-12, 25-14 Lutheran SC def. ME Lutheran 25-13, 25-17 Kirkwood def. Borgia 25-23, 28-26 St. Dominic def. Hickman 25-18, 25-11 Dexter Tied Mater Dei 25-22, 22-25 Pky. West Tied Washington 25-19, 10-25 Civic Mem. def. A. Marquette 25-20, 25-14 North Mac def. ME Lutheran 11-25, 25-17, 15-6 Brussels def. Christ Our Ro 25-10, 25-13 Kirkwood def. Dexter 25-14, 25-21 Pky. West def. Hickman 25-14, 25-21 Mount Olive def. Jerseyville 25-13, 25-18 Lutheran SC def. LaSalle-Peru 11-25, 25-20, 15-9 Mater Dei Tied Borgia 25-16, 25-12 Washington Tied St. Dominic 16-25, 25-19 Mount Olive def. Hardin C. 19-25, 25-16, 16-14 Routt def. Brussels 25-17, 25-18 Mater Dei def. Hickman 25-14, 21-25, 25-12 Washington def. Dexter 18-25, 25-16, 25-12 ME Lutheran def. Christ Our Ro 25-12, 20-25, 25-22 Kirkwood def. Pky. West 17-25, 25-23, 32-30 Borgia def. St. Dominic 20-25, 25-23, 25-16 Brussels def. North Mac 17-25, 27-25, 25-22 Pky. West def. Borgia 25-16, 25-19 St. Dominic def. Kirkwood 25-15, 25-19 Lutheran SC def. Springfield 25-16, 23-25, 25-21

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

BOYS SOCCER Ladue 6, Rock Island 0 (L: Will Cytron 3, Hans Chan, Kevin Jiang, Julien Martinez ; shutout by Teddy Vincent) John Burroughs 3, Luth. South 1 (J: Ian Bradley 2, Austin Isaak) MICDS 4, Principia 1 (M: Vikas Manohara 3, Zak Mitra) Westminster 2, Priory 0 (W: Jack Bauer, David Kerckhoff ; shutout

by Brandon Beat) Luth. North 3, Whitfield 2 (W: Isaac Butler, Michael Levy) CBC 2, Chaminade 0 (CB: Sam Leach, Nathan Temme ; shutout

by Cameron Meyer, Mike Kamp) Vianney 3, St. Dominic 0 (V: Andrew Poelzl, Mark Pelizzaro, Dennys Vasquez ; shutout by TJ Reigner, Connor Wobbe) Jerseyville 8, Athens 1 (J: Jake Ridenhour 4, Logan Simpson 2, Luke Palcheff, Austin Kimbrel) Jackson 7, St. Mary’s 1 (S: Matthew Brozovich) Breese C. 2, Anna-Jonesbor 1 (B: Jensen Lake, Filipe Martins) Wesclin 11, Valmeyer 2 (W: Trent Calvert 4, Luis Gonzalez 2, Guilherme Fonseca 2, Will Smith, Troy Calvert, Logan Middleton) Ladue 4, Moline 0 (L: Arthur Gibert 3, Will Cytron ; shutout by Elliot Lorenz) Triad 4, Dunlap 0 (T: Chase Jones 3, Jaden Deatherage; shutout by John McGee) Jerseyville 9, Roxana 0 (J: Eric Walker 3, Jake Ridenhour 2, Luke Palcheff, Logan Simpson, David Rogers, Alan Wendell ; shutout by Sam Davidson)

Jim Marshall Invitational Teams (of 16): 1. Jefferson City, 45; 2. West Plains, 48; 3. Helias, 137; 4. Hermitage, 164; 5. Linn, 171. Also: 8. Fort Zumwalt South, 202; 9. Liberty, 231; 12. Holt, 281.

Indviduals: 1. Jackson Schwartz, Jefferson City, 16:24.26; 2. Jacob McCrackin, West Plains, 16:26.78; 3. Ethan Hutchinson, West Plains, 16:29.17.

First to the Finish Kickoff Teams (of 34): 1. Freeburg, 61; 2. Mascoutah, 158; 3. Mount Zion, 162; 4. Mater Dei, 216; 5. Herrin, 233; 6. Steeleville, 262; 7.

Cape Notre Dame, 281; 8. Hamilton County, 295; 9. Columbia, 313; 10. Nashville, 319.

Individuals (of 382): 1. Charlie Parrrish, Freeburg, 16:31.30; 2. Josh Cable, Rochester, 17:07.50; 3. Austin Knight, Carterville, 17:09.14; 4. Jackson Stewart, St. Teresa, 17:11.16; 5. Hayden Wimberly, Salem, 17:14.41.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Jim Marshall Invitational Teams (of 11): 1. Fatima, 43; 2. Helias, 53; 3. Jefferson City, 59; 4. Holt, 126; 5. Fort Zumwalt South, 142.

Individuals: 1. Emily Griesenauer, Holt, 19:55.27; 2. Brianna Haller, Fatima, 20:07.62; 3. Kayelee Payton, Jefferson City, 20:09.90.

First to the Finish Kickoff Teams (of 28): 1. Freeburg, 89; 2. Cape Notre Dame, 90; 3. St. Anthony, 126; 4.

Mascoutah, 148; 5. St. Teresa, 185.

Individuals (of 323): 1. Anna Sophia Keller, St. Anthony, 18:00.02; 2. Alaina Baumgart, Cape Notre Dame, 20:50.93; 3.

Breanna Chandler, Freeburg, 21:20.61; 4.

Mallory Unverfehrt, Okawville, 21:31.25; 5.

Mackenzie Dixon, Mascoutah, 21:33.64.

NEW LENOX, ILL. • Eleven months without football could mean eleven months of rust.

Or, in the case of the East St. Louis Flyers on Saturday, eleven months of pent-up energy.

In their first official game since Sept. 26 of last year, the Flyers focused that energy into a balanced attack to overwhelm host Providence Catholic and win their season opener, 34-3.

“They took our season last year,” senior Flyers wide receiver Jeff Thomas said. “We just wanted to come out and prove that we still belong.”

The Flyers saw their 2015 season come to an early and abrupt end as a teachers’ strike forced them to forfeit their final four games, and they finished 3-6. They made an emphatic statement Saturday that the time off had no ill effect on their game.

The Flyers set the tone with a sevenplay, 78-yard drive to open the game, punctuated with a 45-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Reyondous Estes to Thomas. They never let up from there, scoring touchdowns on four of their six first-half drives, en route to a 28-0 halftime lead.

“We wanted to not relax,” said Flyers head coach Darren Sunkett, who is beginning his 16th season with the program.

“We didn’t want to be predictable. We’ve done a lot of shifting with our formations, moving some guys around, trying to keep guys on their toes. Once we have those guys off-balance, we execute our run and pass game really well.”

The Estes-Thomas connection was working all night, as the two connected on three completions of 45 or more yards, two of which resulted in a touchdown. On second of those scoring tosses, Thomas sprinted past two defenders on a post route and caught Estes’ pass as he tumbled into the end zone. The touchdown and resulting two-point conversion put the Flyers ahead, 34-3, late in the third quarter and thrilled the East St. Louis fans who had made the trip to watch the Flyers back in action after their long hiatus.

Estes, a Missouri commit, completed 10 of 21 passes for 212 yards in his return to action, including two touchdowns. Both of those touchdowns and 170 of those yards went to Thomas.

“Me and Jeff, we’re best friends on and off the field,” Estes said. “That’s a big part

of it, to be able to communicate on and off the field. It’s not just an on-field thing.”

“These guys get together, and they work together all summer,” Sunkett added.

“When you’re out there as a tandem and get your time in, it’s going to show on game day, and that’s what you saw out there today.”

With the passing game drawing the attention of the Providence Catholic defense, the Flyers’ running game wore down the Celtics. Juniors Jarrell Anderson and Jigg Brown shared duties on the ground attack. Anderson rushed 18 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns, and Brown added 11 rushes for 60 yards and a score.

While the East St. Louis offense passed and rushed over the Celtics, the Flyers defensive set the tone for the game. The Celtics netted just three first downs in the entire first half, two of which came on Flyers penalties. In the first half, the Flyers forced four punts and one turnover on downs, and recovered a fumble, which kept their offense in consistently good field position.

Providence Catholic’s star running back, senior Richie Warfield, was stifled in his return to the lineup after a 2015 season marred by injury, netting only 17 yards yards on 12 carries. Meanwhile, the Flyers’ relentless pass rush ensured Providence Catholic quarterback Jared Drake could never get in a rhythm. Drake finished 8 of 24 for 39 yards, including eight consecutive incompletions to close the game.

“I thought we put together a great defensive gameplan,” Sunkett said. “We knew coming in that Warfield was a heck of a running back, and holding that kid to 17 yards rushing, that’s a great job.

“We challenged our kids to hold them under 100, and they met that goal,” he added with a laugh.

The Flyers had plenty to smile about, not the least of which was simply being back on the field after a year away.

The coaches and players recognize that such an emphatic performance in the opener can make a team complacent, but for the Flyers, this isn’t just any other year.

“We send a message up north,” Estes said. “This isn’t even for the conference.

We get our next game, fine. We get the next game, excellent. But they took away our season last year, and this is a message for the teams up north.”

The Flyers move on to face CBC in their home opener at 7 p.m. Sept. 3.

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08.28.2016 • Sunday • M 2

HOW THE TOP 10 FARED > > LARGE SCHOOLS < < 1. East St. Louis (1-0) def. Providence (0-1), 34-3 2. Chaminade (2-0) def. Belleville East (0-1), 49-7 3. Edwardsville (1-0) def. Quincy (0-1), 35-6

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FOOTBALL • MCCLUER SOUTH-BERKELEY 32, MCCLUER NORTH 13

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4. CBC (2-0) def. CBC (Memphis) (0-1), 52-17 5. Hazelwood Central (2-0) 21, O’Fallon (0-1), 7 6. Kirkwood (1-1) def. Vianney (1-1), 36-14 7. SLUH (2-0) def. Ladue (1-1), 35-7 8. Eureka (2-0) def. Francis Howell (1-1), 33-22 9. Vianney (1-1) lost to Kirkwood (1-1), 36-14 10. Zumwalt North (1-1) def. Zumwalt West (0-2), 40-33

> > SMALL SCHOOLS < < 1. Althoff (1-0) def. Collinsville (0-1), 58-15 2. Lutheran North (2-0) def. Orchard Farm (1-1), 22-16 3. Westminster (1-1) lost to St. Dominic (2-0), 19-11 4. John Burroughs (1-1) def. Lake Forest (0-1), 44-14 5. Mater Dei (1-0) def. Effingham (0-1), 27-13 6. Trinity (2-0) def. Duchesne (0-2), 51-0 7. Cardinal Ritter (2-0) def. O’F Christian (0-2), 27-18 8. Civic Mem. (1-0) def. Alton Marquette (0-1), 30-0 9. Breese Central (1-0) def. Mascoutah (0-1), 33-27 10. MS-Berkeley (2-0) def. McCluer North (0-2), 32-13

MISSOURI STATEWIDE CLASS 6 1. CBC (2-0) def. Christian Brothers (Memphis) (0-1), 52-17 2. Blue Springs (2-0) def. No. 7 Lee’s Summit W. (1-1), 21-20 3. Jeff. City (2-0) def. C5 Springfield Central (0-2), 83-6 4. Kickapoo (2-0) def. Class 4 Rolla (0-2), 42-14 5. Park Hill (1-1) lost to Lee’s Summit (1-1), 20-13 6. Kirkwood (1-1) def. C5 No. 5 Vianney (1-1), 36-14 7. Lee’s Summit W. (1-1) lost to No. 2 Blue Springs (2-0), 21-20 8. SLUH (2-0) def. C4 No. 10 Ladue (1-1), 35-7 9. Hazelwood Central (2-0) def. O’Fallon (0-1), 21-7 10. Eureka (2-0) def. Francis Howell (1-1), 33-22

CLASS 5

1. Chaminade (2-0) def. Belleville East (0-1), 49-7 2. Staley (2-0) def. North Kansas City (0-2), 34-0 3. Battle (2-0) def. Holt (0-2), 56-0 4. Liberty North (1-1) def. Raytown (1-1), 20-0 5. Vianney (1-1) lost to C6 No. 6 Kirkwood (1-1), 36-14 6. Nixa (2-0) def. Branson (0-2), 40-28 7. FZ North (1-1) def. C6 FZ West (0-2), 40-33 T8. Liberty (KC) (2-0) def. Belton (0-2), 35-14 T8. Fort Osage (0-2) lost to Truman (1-1), 26-21 10. Pattonville (1-1) def. Class 6 Mehlville (0-2), 40-14

CLASS 4

1. Kearney (2-0) def. Raytown South (1-1), 32-21 2. Carl Junction (2-0) def. Class 5 Republic (1-1), 38-20 3. Webb City (0-2) lost to Class 5 Carthage (1-1), 34-21 4. Hannibal (1-1) lost to Quincy Notre Dame (1-0), 35-14 5. Westminster (1-1) lost to St. Dominic (2-0), 19-11 6. Harrisonville (2-0) def. Savannah (0-2), 22-0 7. West Plains (1-1) lost to Camdenton (2-0), 54-41 8. Parkway North (2-0) def. Class 6 Marquette (1-1), 7-0 9. Platte County (2-0) def. Class 5 Oak Park (0-2), 37-6 10. Ladue (1-1) lost to Class 6 No. 8 SLUH (2-0), 35-7

CLASS 3

RICK ULREICH • Special to STLhighschoolsports.com

McCluer South-Berkley junior Dai’shawn Cotton breaks free for a big run on Saturday at McCluer South-Berkley High.

In first meeting between programs, Bulldogs beat Stars

BY DAVID KVIDAHL STLhighschoolsports.com

FERGUSON • It could have

been the humidity. Might have been the heat. Maybe it was the opponent. Whatever it was, it left the normally talkative Howard Brown bordering on mute.

The longtime McCluer South-Berkeley football coach, Brown couldn’t (or wouldn’t) describe how it felt Saturday after his team upended rival McCluer North 32-13 at home in the first meeting between the schools.

“It was the first time so I have to digest it,” Brown said.

“Honestly, it was like playing anybody else.”

Honestly, that’s balderdash.

The No. 10 small school in the STLhighschoolsports. com rankings, Berkeley (20) had angled for a matchup against larger North (0-2) for years only to be rebuffed.

Berkeley has an enrollment of 513, and North’s is 1,790.

Finally the Bulldogs got what they wanted, even if the circumstances weren’t perfect.

Berkeley didn’t take the

field for its first win this season as Northwest Academy forfeited the Week 1 matchup. It gave the Bulldogs an extra week of preparation but also forced them to work through their first-game hiccups against the Stars.

“It was kind of hard to adjust because we were kind of rusty,” senior receiver and defensive back Jordan Cole said. “In the second half we got to know what we’re doing, attacking the ball and made more stops.”

Cole was unstoppable.

The Northern Illinois recruit caught five passes for 79 yards, including a 40-yard reception that ended with Cole landing at the 1-yard line. Junior running back Devon Blanchard scored on the next play to put the game out of reach with just less than four minutes to play.

The mighty and not-sotiny Bulldogs won the game up front behind their experienced offensive and defensive lines. Senior Jorden Jefferson was particularly effective in the trenches.

“I’m very proud of my offensive line and defensive line,” Brown said. “They had to play really well today and

they did. They played well for the first game of the year.”

Junior quarterback Tavian Willis impressed in his first varsity start.

He completed 15 of 21 passes for 187 yards and a touchdown. He was intercepted once on a pass that was tipped off the hands of his receiver. He hit junior receiver Devon Trust for a 4-yard score on the first drive of the game.

Junior T ivon Thomas rushed for 14 yards and scored 1-yard touchdown that made it 12-0 with 7 minutes and 22 seconds to play in the first quarter. Blanchard rushed for 36 yards on 10 carries and scored twice.

While Brown didn’t have words to describe the win over the Stars, Cole could hardly contain himself. After years of hypothetical chatter, Berkeley and North decided things on the field.

“We’ve wanted this game for like a decade,” Cole said.

“We got it and now we’re the big dogs of the McCluers. No more talking stuff.”

North was hoping to bounce back after losing 38-0 at Jefferson City to open the season. The Stars got a

nice effort out of senior running back Rashad Wilkins, who rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown. Senior running back Jaylen Jefferson had 18 yards on seven carries and scored the first points of the season for North. His 4-yard touchdown in made it 12-7 midway through the second quarter.

The extra point after Jefferson’s touchdown became a unique one. Senior kicker Maggie McGrelis converted the point-after attempt to become the first girl in North history to score a point.

That was one of the handful of positives North coach Joe Brown took away from Saturday.

Senior quarterback James Richards completed four of his 13 passes for 48 yards and was intercepted twice. The Stars hurt themselves with two personal foul penalties that either gave the Bulldogs a fresh set of downs or moved them deep into North territory.

“We’re still evolving and getting better,” Joe Brown said. “We’ve got a long way to go, but I’m focused on the positives.”

1. Maryville (2-0) def. St. Pius X (Kansas City) (1-1), 36-0 2. Blair Oaks (2-0) def. Oak Grove (0-2), 28-20 3. John Burroughs (1-1) def. Lake Forest (0-1), 44-14 4. Monett (2-0) def. Logan-Rogersville (1-1), 49-0 5. MS-Berkeley (2-0) def. C6 McCluer North (0-2), 32-13 6. KC Center (2-0) def. Class 4 Nevada (0-2), 21-0 7. Mexico (1-1) def. Class 2 California (0-2), 39-10 8. Odessa (1-1) def. Clinton (1-1), 27-12 9. Park Hills Central (2-0) def. Class 4 MICDS (0-2), 14-10 10. Oak Grove (0-2) lost to No. 2 Blair Oaks (2-0), 28-20

Crusaders pull off another impressive victory

CLASS 2

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1. Lamar (2-0) def. Class 3 East Newton (0-2), 55-0 2. Mt. View-Liberty (2-0) def. Class 3 Aurora (0-2), 49-7 3. Centralia (1-1) lost to Clark County (1-1), 41-0 4. Lutheran North (2-0) def. C3 Orchard Farm (1-1), 22-16 5. Mountain Grove (2-0) def. Strafford (0-2), 44-6 6. Brookfield (2-0) def. Highland, Missouri (0-2), 28-18 7. Lafayette County (1-1) lost to Lawson (1-1), 35-8 8. Malden (2-0) def. Caruthersville (1-1), 28-20 OT 9. Trinity (2-0) def. Class 3 Duchesne (0-2), 51-0 10. Fair Grove (2-0) def. Class 1 Skyline (0-2), 50-14

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1. Valle Catholic (2-0) def. C3 Ste. Genevieve (1-1), 49-22 2. Marceline (2-0) def. Knox County (1-1), 42-8 3. Hamilton (1-0) at Gallatin (1-0), 7 p.m. today 4. Lincoln (2-0) def. Wentworth Millitary (0-1), 48-0 5. Mark Twain (1-1) lost to Class 2 Hallsville (2-0), 27-16 6. Lockwood (2-0) def. Rich Hill (0-2), 33-0 7. Polo (2-0) def. Slater (0-2), 69-28 8. E. Buchanan (1-1) lost to C2 St. Joseph LeBlond (2-0), 8-0 9. Cass Midway (2-0) def. Archie (0-2), 22-14 T10. Hayti (2-0) def. Class 2 Charleston (0-2), 54-6 T10. Scotland County (0-2) lost to Fayette (1-1), 22-16

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FOOTBALL • ST. DOMINIC 19, WESTMINSTER 11

TOWN AND COUNTRY • St. Dominic senior quarterback Dominic Demerath heard the word “fluke” more than once the past week.

And he didn’t mind it one bit.

Demerath realizes the Crusaders’ upset of defending Class 3 state champion John Burroughs the first week of the season turned heads across the state.

“That’s fine, people can think it was a fluke, a onetime deal,” he said. “That’s what we want them to believe.”

St. Dominic backed up the shocker with another impressive performance Saturday afternoon.

Demerath scored twice and senior running back Jacob Larson rushed for 150 yards to lead the Crusaders to a 1911 win over Westminster in a non-league affair.

For the second week in a row, St. Dominic knocked off a highly touted team from the powerful Metro League.

Westminster reached the Class 4 final four last season before losing to eventual state champion Kearney in the semifinals. But the Wildcats were no match for the up-and-coming Crusaders,

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St. Dominic running back Jacob Larson (36) hits the hole in the line on Saturday.

who moved to 2-0 for the first time since 2012.

“These kids bought in right away when we first came in here three years ago,” St. Dominic coach Blake Markway said. “This is their senior year and they’ve put in a lot of work to see this happen.”

The Crusaders aren’t looking for notoriety. They don’t even mind being overlooked.

Or underestimated.

“Let everyone think what they want,” Demerath said.

“We know what we’re capable of doing. Every one of us believes in each other.

“That’s what matters most.”

Demerath capped off an eye-popping 17-play, 82-

yard march with a 4-yard scoring gallop on the first play of the fourth quarter to give his team a comfortable 19-3 lead.

The St. Dominic defense took over from there, halting Westminster twice on downs inside the 15-yard-line in the final 5:45.

“With all due respect, no one believes in us, but us,” Demerath said. “We come out with the will to win, and if we don’t we’re shortchanging ourselves.”

Larson, who carried 24 times, did the majority of the heavy work, especially on the tell-tale march that took 7:04 and pushed the lead to 16 points.

“Another year in the weight room, another year in the system,” Larson said.

“Everything in the program is kind of coming together.”

St. Dominic took a 5-3 lead by recording a safety when Westminster snapped the ball over the head of its punter just 82 seconds into the second half.

The Crusaders took the ensuing kickoff and drove 51 yards for a score to go up 123. Larson’s 44-yard-run set up a 2-yard scamper by Demerath, who finished with 70 yards rushing.

Following a missed field goal by Westminster, Demerath led his club on the time-consuming march that culminated with a short run and a seemingly safe 19-3 cushion.

Westminster senior wideout Dyllan Conway caught an 11-yard TD pass to get his team close and Steve Webb ran in the two-point conversion to bring the hosts to within eight.

But the St. Dominic defense shined down the stretch. Colin Mueller, Jack O’Connor and Andrew Hoff had big plays to keep the Wildcats (1-1) in check.

“We had our chances,” Westminster first-year coach Chris Pederson said. “The kids played hard. We’ve just got to finish things off.”

FOOTBALL • WEEK 2 SCORES MISSOURI Affton 23, Seckman 7 Brentwood 72, Grandview 8 Cape Central 35, St. Charles West 7 Cardinal Ritter 27, O’Fallon Christian 18 CBC 52, Christian Brothers (Memphis) 17 Chaminade 49, Belleville East 7 Clopton 64, Missouri Military Academy 0 Confluence 48, Roosevelt 0 Crystal City 7, Kelly 0 De Smet 32, Rock Bridge 27 De Soto 54, DuBourg 22 East Prairie 19, Jefferson 8 Eureka 33, Francis Howell 22 Farmington 36, North County 16 Festus 16, Sullivan 12 FZ East 32, Francis Howell North 28 FZ North 40, FZ West 33 Fox 34, Clayton 20 Francis Howell Central 32, FZ South 29 Fredericktown 34, Herculaneum 13 Hazelwood Central 21, O’Fallon 7 Hazelwood West 41, University City 14 Hermann 49, Cuba 8 Hillsboro 42, Oakville 34 Jackson 49, Lindbergh 19

Jennings 60, Northwest Academy 0 John Burroughs 44, Lake Forest 14 Kirkwood 36, Vianney 14 Lafayette 39, Hazelwood East 6 Lift For Life 24, Principia 6 Lutheran North 22, Orchard Farm 16 Lutheran South 44, Soldan 40 MS-Berkeley 32, McCluer North 13 Mexico 39, California 10 Miller Career 40, Carnahan 8 Normandy 33, Gateway STEM 12 North Callaway 42, Tipton 8 Northwest CH 34, Riverview Gardens 32 Owensville 48, Eldon 27 Palmyra 49, Bowling Green 0 Park Hills Central 14, MICDS 10 Parkway Central 34, Parkway South 16 Parkway North 7, Marquette 0 Pattonville 40, Mehlville 14 Perryville 45, St. Pius X 0 Poplar Bluff 41, Dexter 8 Potosi 35, St. Clair 7 Ritenour 40, McCluer 7 Scott City 26, St. Vincent 14 Sikeston 22, Kennett 12 SLUH 35, Ladue 7 Southern Boone 35, Wright City 6

St. Charles 45, Windsor (Imperial) 26 St. Dominic 19, Westminster 11 St. James 42, Houston 0 St. Mary’s 23, Priory 14 Summit 20, Parkway West 14 (OT) Thayer 54, New Madrid County Central 20 Timberland 60, Liberty (Wentzville) 8 Trinity 51, Duchesne 0 Troy Buchanan 35, Warrenton 21 Union 22, Borgia 14 Valle Catholic 49, Ste. Genevieve 22 Van-Far 48, Central Homeschool 6 Vashon 50, Cleveland 24 Washington 52, Pacific 8 Webster Groves 40, Hickman 6 Winfield 70, Montgomery County 46

Columbia 37, Morton 21 Freeburg 40, Sparta 8 Greenville 48, Litchfield 15 Hillsboro, Illinois 42, Piasa Southwestern 0 Jerseyville 39, Granite City 35 Mater Dei 27, Effingham 13 Mount Vernon, Illinois 35, Taylorville 0 Nashville 45, Carlyle 42 Pana 49, Staunton 0 Red Bud 40, Pinckneyville 16 Rock Island 38, Alton 13 Triad 40, Mattoon 23 Vandalia 15, Gillespie 14 Waterloo 28, Herrin 18 Wesclin 37, Mount Olive 12 Wood River 47, Dupo 0

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Althoff 58, Collinsville 15 Breese Central 33, Mascoutah 27 Bunker Hill 30, Metro-East Lutheran 14 Cahokia 25, Highland 24 Carbondale 14, Murphysboro 13 Carlinville 54, Roxana 0 Centralia, Illinois 22, Salem, Illinois 0 Civic Memorial 30, Alton Marquette 0

Adrian 34, Drexel 6 Appleton City 28, Osceola 12 Ash Grove 21, Stockton 12 Ava 42, Lighthouse Christian 0 Blair Oaks 28, Oak Grove 20 Blue Springs 21, Lee’s Summit West 20 Brookfield 28, Highland, Missouri 18 Butler 41, Sherwood 8

Camdenton 54, West Plains 41 Carl Junction 38, Republic 20 Carthage 34, Webb City 21 Cass Midway 22, Archie 14 Chillicothe 42, Kirksville 7 Clark County 41, Centralia 0 Cole Camp 34, Warsaw 16 Commerce (Okla.) 37, Sarcoxie 7 Crest Ridge 37, Santa Fe 0 Diamond 32, Jasper 6 Excelsior Springs 41, Cameron 6 Fayette 22, Scotland County 16 Fulton 56, Versailles 12 Glendale 53, Hillcrest 8 Hallsville 27, Mark Twain 16 Harrisonville 22, Savannah 0 Hayti 54, Charleston 6 Hogan Prep 14, O’Hara 6 Hollister 39, Cabool 16 Jefferson City 83, Springfield Central 6 Joplin 41, Parkview 20 KC Center 21, Nevada 0 Kearney 32, Raytown South 21 Kickapoo 42, Rolla 14 Knob Noster 30, Lone Jack 14 Lafayette (St. Joseph) 18, St. Joseph Central 12

Lamar 55, East Newton 0 Lathrop 43, South Harrison 6 Lawson 35, Lafayette County 8 Lebanon 42, Waynesville 6 Lee’s Summit 20, Park Hill 13 Lexington 38, Trenton 0 Liberty (KC) 35, Belton 14 Liberty North 20, Raytown 0 Lincoln 48, Wentworth Millitary 0 Lockwood 33, Rich Hill 0 Macon 20, Monroe City 14 Malden 28, Caruthersville 20 Marceline 42, Knox County 8 Marshfield 28, McDonald County 6 Maryville 36, St. Pius X (Kansas City) 0 Miller 55, Windsor (Sedalia) 20 Monett 49, Logan-Rogersville 0 Mount Vernon 24, Springfield Catholic 17 Mt. View-Liberty 49, Aurora 7 Neosho 25, Ozark 20 Nixa 40, Branson 28 North Platte 46, Princeton 12 Odessa 27, Clinton 12 Orrick 51, Concordia 12 Osage 35, Seneca 19 Park Hill South 27, Grandview K.C. 8 Pembroke Hill 14, El Dorado Springs 6

Pierce City 27, Liberal 20 Platte County 37, Oak Park 6 Pleasant Hill 29, Moberly 14 Polo 69, Slater 28 Portageville 47, Chaffee 25 Raymore-Peculiar 30, Lee’s Summit North 7 Reeds Spring 27, Cassville 6 Rockhurst 14, Blue Springs South 7 Salisbury 23, Paris 14 Schuyler County 30, Harrisburg, Missouri 20 Smith-Cotton 38, Marshall 0 Smithville 42, Winnetonka 14 South Callaway 39, Milan 0 St. Joseph Benton 20, Grain Valley 7 St. Joseph LeBlond 8, East Buchanan 0 St. Paul Lutheran 28, Sweet Springs 6 Staley 34, North Kansas City 0 Summit Christian 54, University Academy 6 Truman 26, Fort Osage 21 Warrensburg 36, Van Horn 6 Wellington-Napoleon 42, West Platte 22 West Hancock 44, Putnam County 6 Westran 13, Carrollton 12 Willard 48, Bolivar 42 William Chrisman 48, Ruskin 0 Willow Springs 22, Marionville 0

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IN ODOM THEY TRUST New coach shakes up Mizzou’s program with the past in mind, the future in sight

CHRIS LEE • clee@post-dispatch.com

First-year head coach Barry Odom is a “hands-on” instructor who players say is more accessible than his longtime, successful predecessor Gary Pinkel.

BY DAVE MATTER St. Louis Post-Dispatch

COLUMBIA, MO. • The punt sails

high into the thick swamp of August humidity, plops in the hands of Aarion Penton and instantly the head coach swarms the return man. Barry Odom swings a black leather pad and smacks Penton as he dashes upfield. Another punt blasts in the air for the next set of hands, and Odom’s pad goes flailing after another returner.

“Come on now, hang onto that ball,” Odom warns.

And there you have the first major difference between Missouri’s new head coach and the guy he replaced.

Gary Pinkel was nothing if not stoic on the practice field. Quiet, usually alone, he scanned the action, jotted notes. As the CEO of Mizzou Inc., Pinkel coached the coaches.

On the same field where he first roamed the middle of Missouri’s defense 20 years ago, Odom is everywhere. He’s coaching the punt coverage unit. He’s touring the linebacker drills.

He’s in the end zone making sure receivers tap their feet inbounds. There is constant motion, endless energy from the 39-year-old Odom who’s never been a college head coach but makes it look like he’s done it for decades.

He wears the same faded, sweatstained black Mizzou cap he’s had since he returned here 18 months ago as defensive coordinator, and a whistle around his neck with a black Sharpie fastened to the string. The attire is as consistent as his demeanor. Day in, day out. Players want to play for him and coaches want to work for him because he brings the same approach to every day. No frills, no flash.

“He’s the same guy, very focused, very determined, very intense about getting the job done,” said longtime assistant Andy Hill, now working for his third Mizzou head coach. “As a firsttime head coach he’s done a fabulous job from December to now getting the staff together, organizing all the stuff we’re doing. Feeling your way through it as a new person is usually pretty difficult for most coaches, but he’s done a real nice job. I think it’s showing on the field, too.”

So many questions meet the start of Missouri’s 2016 football season and its fifth year in the Southeastern Conference, from its untested offensive line to its gnarly road schedule. Coming off a 5-7 season that ended with Pinkel’s retirement, the one unknown looming over the program starts with the head coach, a former Mizzou linebacker whose only head-coaching experience came at Rock Bridge High School, 14 years ago.

What kind of coach did MU hire when it promoted its defensive coordinator last December? How will the youngest and least experienced head coach in the SEC navigate through adversity? How will he handle success?

Odom has prepared himself for this opportunity for years, guided by a few simple self commandments.

“Control what you can control,” said Odom, who will turn 40 on Nov. 26, the day after Missouri’s regular-season finale against Arkansas. “You’ve got a job to do. There are going to be things you really want to fix immediately, but it takes some time to work through it.

There’s some patience involved, but you’ve got to make immediate decisions for what you feel is right for your program at that time. ... If you make your decision on what’s best for your team, usually it’s going to be the right thing.”

“It wasn’t too long ago that I was a high school coach,” he continued. “The field is still the same distance from goal line to goal line. I also realize every day driving into work that I’ve got a tremendous opportunity to lead a bunch of guys, a bunch of student-athletes and change their lives. I embrace that opportunity.”

This much we’ve learned in Odom’s time as head coach: He’s not Pinkel.

Yes, he worked for the program’s career wins leader for 10 of his 15 seasons in Columbia, but Odom already has built his own identity and severed ties with familiar traces that defined the program under Pinkel. For starters, he got rid of most of Pinkel’s staff, including longtime loyal position coaches Brian Jones and Craig Kuligowski, as well as strength coach Pat Ivey.

Odom expanded MU’s recruiting territory and reinvested in Texas. He won’t be as cautious with the freshmen on his roster and plans to play as many as 10 this season.

Pinkel always had players vote for four senior captains on the first day of preseason camp. Odom delayed the process to let the team’s leadership develop. Underclassmen are eligible.

He ended Pinkel’s rule that players live in the dorms during camp. This summer, players could live in apartments off campus — as long as they stayed out of trouble this summer.

During camp, Odom reinstated twoa-days, a tradition Pinkel ended a few years back. The Tigers gathered for lighter morning sessions most days — Odom called them run-throughs, not walk-throughs — followed by harder, full-pads practices in the afternoon.

The most obvious change for the players is the open door they now find on the second floor of the team facility.

“The first thing he did when he became head coach was put an Xbox and a PlayStation in his office,” linebacker Michael Scherer said.

Players can pick out the music in Odom’s office. There’s candy, too.

“Twix bars,” Scherer said.

It’s not that Pinkel didn’t enjoy his players or develop relationships with them. But things are noticeably different. Scherer called Pinkel’s office “a forbidden area.” No more.

“You don’t have to wait in line,” linebacker Donavin Newsom said. “You don’t have to knock.”

“When you get off the field you can vibe with him,” tight end Sean Culkin added. “He’s cool. He’s a player’s coach that you love to have conversations with, hang with, joke with, chill out with.”

Odom can recruit coaches, too. Greg Brown left Louisville to coach cornerbacks under Odom, who’s almost 20 years younger. Brown has coached under John McKay, Bill McCartney, Nick Saban, Bobby Petrino and Jeff Fisher but believed in the guy with zero college head-coaching experience.

“He’s genuine. He’s smart. He’s tough,” Brown said. “He just knows how to get the job done. Bottom line, these players will run through a wall for the guy.”

Colleagues describe Odom as a throwback, a link to the program’s forgotten ascension in the 1990s, when Larry Smith’s triple-option offense and punishing defense led MU to winning seasons in 1997-98. Shortly after he settled into his new position, Odom adopted the motto “Toughness Wins” and plastered it everywhere around the team facility, on social media and in his players’ minds. It’s hardly lip service. It speaks to his roots in college football, born from the Smith era when the Ti-

gers rose from irrelevance one grueling yard at a time.

The Pinkel years brought Mizzou to the national consciousness, and ultimately, into the SEC. But the Smith years still burn in the new coach’s soul.

“Larry gave me a chance. I’ll never forget that,” Odom said. “He instilled toughness in our program. There were days we maybe wondered why we were doing inside run period for hours on hours it seemed like. But he also had a plan of teaching us that great competitors continue to work and strive to get what they want. It won’t ever be easy.”

Ask Odom about the influential people in his life and he starts with two coaches: Larry McBroom, his high school coach in Ada., Okla., and Harry Hiestand, the offensive line coach who recruited him to Mizzou. Odom, a record-setting running back in high school, had committed to Oklahoma State, but when a new staff pulled his offer, he chose Missouri over Arkansas.

“Harry recruited the type of guys that were grinders, the hardest working kids that never wanted to come off the field,” said Corbin Smith, Larry’s son and MU’s tight ends and special teams coach during Odom’s playing days.

“That’s how Barry grew up and that’s the way he played. Most guys like that are the ones who get into coaching and have the most success in coaching.”

Odom came to Mizzou as a fullback, but the staff had other plans. He moved to inside linebacker and played immediately.

“Barry wasn’t a 6-3, 245-pound linebacker who could run a 4.6,” said Smith, who lives in Arizona and runs the Larry Smith Football Academy, a coaching clinic named for his father, who died in 2008. “Barry was, what, 6-1? Maybe 225? But he would knock your block off.”

“Barry was not one of those guys you recruit who’s a sure bet,” said Moe Ankney, Mizzou’s defensive coordinator from 1994-2000. “He wasn’t a big guy.

He didn’t have great speed or those physical qualities you look for. But he had great instincts. He was smart.”

And popular with teammates. DeMontie Cross, now Odom’s defensive coordinator, was a senior safety in 1996, Odom’s freshman year.

“He is a throwback,” Cross said.

“Coach Smith brought a very unique brand. We went from (Bob) Stull, who’d fly it around and throw it everywhere, to smashmouth football with Coach Smith. That rubbed off on both of us.

Our practices were tough and grueling. That’s the way football has always been played. And he’s trying to bring that back.”

Odom ended his career as MU’s No. 4 all-time tackler. Bigger stars were on Smith’s two bowl teams — Brock Olivo, Corby Jones, Justin Smith — but Odom was a core part of the program’s rise.

“He turned out to be a much better player than we ever thought,” said Ankney, now retired in Portland, Ore. “I can’t remember at any time Barry having any weakness. He was a stalwart.”

For Odom, to guide Mizzou into the future, his instincts told him to connect to the past. (He even hired Smith’s old director of operations, Mike McHugh.)

It’s a part of Odom’s makeup colleagues admire, even those from afar.

“A lot of guys in the coaching profession who had success and elevated their careers, they forget where they came from,” Corbin Smith said. “Barry is the furthest thing from that. He’ll always remember his roots.”

Dave Matter @dave_matter on Twitter dmatter@post-dispatch.com

SIX NEW ASSISTANT COACHES When he took over the Mizzou program, Barry Odom kept only three coaches from Gary Pinkel’s 2015 staff and flipped some assignments among the holdovers. Here’s a closer look at the six new coaches who joined Odom’s staff:

JOSH HEUPEL

Position: Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach Age: 38 Playing experience: Oklahoma QB, 1999-2000 … second in Heisman Trophy voting in 2000 … led Sooners to 2000 national title.

Coaching experience: Offensive assistant at Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah State … Nine years on OU staff coaching QBs, including 2008 Heisman winner Sam Bradford and 2010 Sammy Baugh Trophy winner Landry Jones.

Quotable: “It’s a great opportunity for me to come in and help turn around a program that’s had a lot of success in the past. It had one dip year and we’re looking to rebound extremely quickly.” – Heupel

DEMONTIE CROSS

Position: Defensive coordinator, linebackers coach Age: 42 Playing experience: Missouri safety, 1994-96 … finished career as MU’s alltime leading tackler Coaching experience: Assistant at Sam Houston State, Iowa State, Kansas, Wisconsin, TCU, Buffalo Bills … Last three years as TCU LBers coach and co-coordinator.

Quotable: “I love Coach Cross, man. He’s so passionate in what he does. He just wants us to get better each day we come together as a defense.” – cornerback Aarion Penton

GLEN ELARBEE

Position: Offensive line coach Age: 36 Playing experience: Middle Tennessee offensive lineman, 1999-2002 Coaching experience: Offensive assistant at Middle Tennessee, LSU, Oklahoma State, Houston, Arkansas State … Grad assistant on LSU’s 2008 national championship team.

GREG BROWN

Position: Cornerbacks coach Age: 58 Playing experience: Texas-El Paso cornerback, 1978-79 Coaching experience: Assistant at Wyoming, Purdue, Colorado, Arizona, Alabama, Louisville … NFL stops in Tampa Bay, Atlanta, San Diego, San Francisco, Tennessee, New Orleans. …

Last two years as Louisville’s safeties coach and recruiting coordinator. … Coached three Jim Thorpe Award winners.

JOE JON FINLEY

Position: Tight ends coach Age: 31 Playing experience: Oklahoma tight end, 2004-07; undrafted NFL free agent, played in San Francisco, Detroit,

Carolina.

Coaching experience: Offensive grad assistant Oklahoma, Baylor offensive quality control coach …

Joined MU after spending 2015 season on Baylor’s staff.

JACKIE SHIPP

Position: Defensive line coach Age: 54 Playing experience: Oklahoma LB, 1980-83 … First-round NFL draft pick

by Miami Coaching experience: Assistant at Langston State, Central Missouri, Southern Illinois, LouisianaMonroe, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arizona State …

Spent 14 years on Sooner staff, last three years at Arizona State.

— Dave Matter

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OFFENSE INTENDED Heupel’s tutelage of Lock is key to resuscitating dormant attack

DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

Missouri quarterback Drew Lock (3) hopes to live up to his billing as one of the nation’s top pocket passing recruits beginning in this, his sophomore season.

BENJAMIN HOCHMAN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

COLUMBIA, MO. • There’s this room in his house and he doesn’t know what it’s called.

Is there a fancy word for a living-roomtype-room connected to a bedroom?

Something French? I bet it’s French. Anyway, in Barry Odom’s house, “There’s one specific place where I make phone calls like that,” the Mizzou football coach said of this room with a recliner and chairs.

“It’s an extension of the master bedroom, a quiet spot in the house — I have three kids running around, so I know I can go back there and shut the door. There’s a lamp. It was on. Late night.”

It was last winter when Odom made perhaps the most significant call of his professional life. On the other end, in a Utah basement den, surrounded by youth lacrosse and hockey sticks, Josh Heupel accepted Odom’s offer — to coordinate Mizzou’s offense. Well, really, to resuscitate it.

“Very few times in your career do you get a chance to work for someone who you respect, who you believe in,” said Heupel, formerly the Utah State offensive coordinator, after a Tigers practice last week.

“And you’re starting something from scratch, and you’re going to a place that has the opportunity to be something special.”

Mizzou’s offense will be better this season. Right? I want to believe the Heupel hype, that he can groom quarterback

Drew Lock, the kid he tried to recruit a few years ago, back when Heupel was at Oklahoma. The reality is, Mizzou’s offensive line could be similarly as bad, and even though the Tigers nabbed highprofile transfers at receiver and running back, it’s hard to hit big on both. Perhaps this is more of a Stephen Piscotty-Randal Grichuk situation, in which one hyped guy thrives and the other struggles.

I’m not going to scream that Mizzou’s offense will be dominating in 2016 — the defense will carry this team to a predicted six wins (Christmas in Shreveport?). But the offense will be better with Lock locked into Heupel’s ways.

“Drew’s maturity has increased 10-fold since Coach Heupel has gotten him under his wing,” receiver Eric Laurent said.

If anything, Mizzou’s offense will be better because, well, Mizzou’s offense can’t be worse. Last season, the Tigers averaged 13.6 points per game, secondfewest in the country — I think Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey averaged 13.6 points per game by himself. Also, just how bad was Kent State last year? That was the lone team with fewer points per game than Mizzou, and the Tigers couldn’t score at closing time at Harpo’s. (Kent State was shut out in three of its final five games last season. Also, remember how bad Illinois was? The Illini beat Kent State 52-3).

Heupel’s offense is lauded as quick, a spread offense that punctures defenses.

But can it be called an up-tempo offense?

“I don’t think that’s necessarily fair,” Heupel said. “We’re going to try to put stress on the defense. We’re going to shift, trade and motion. We’ll use elements of tempo at time. But at the end of the day

it’s about putting your kids in a good position, and we have young quarterbacks.

In the past, when we’ve had young ones, we’ve tried to make sure they’re in a position that they’re not going to make the major mistake that beats you. Especially in Week 1, with all the moving parts in the 2-3-stacked defense.

“You’ve got to be multiple and you’ve got to be able to move the football in this league.”

So it starts with Lock … or Marvin Zanders, if Heupel decides to toss in last year’s backup at times. Heupel doesn’t pull punches with Lock, his latest prodigious protege. He and Lock have intense late-night film sessions. And the offensive coordinator even “yelled at me for eating frozen pizza,” Lock recalled, smiling about the interaction. “I said, ‘Coach, I’m eating like a college student right now.’ He said, ‘But you’re not a normal college student.’”

He’s not. Now a sophomore, he was one of the top quarterback recruits in the country. And there were times last season, watching Lock loft passes, that he gave you that chill, that feeling that this guy could be special. For instance, in the South Carolina game. And the … well, that was probably it, but man, that South Carolina game!

The kid was young. He wasn’t supposed to start. And the offensive line was flimsy. But he had glimpses. He’ll have to elongate glimpses into a whole game film this year. If there is any hope, as Brandon Kiley from GridironNow.com pointed out, it’s in the career of another wavy haired quarterback. Brady Quinn, the eventual Notre Dame star, was Rivals’ No. 10 pro-style quarterback as a high

school senior, while Lock was No. 7. As a true freshman in South Bend, Quinn was 157-for-332 (47 percent). As a true freshman in Columbia, Lock was 129for-263 (49 percent). Quinn’s quarterback rating was 93.5; Lock’s was 90.5.

Both teams were 5-7.

“Drew has a much better understanding of defenses now,” Heupel said. “I don’t think he really understood things on the back end last year, which makes it tough. He has a great understanding of protections, he understands what we’re doing offensively. You put all that together, you’re a lot more decisive with the football. … I like what he’s done since I got here in January — and how far he’s come. But he’ll learn from all his experiences.”

Heupel’s been there. He redshirted as a quarterback at Weber State. Then played a year and transferred to Snow College, which exists. Only then did he finally transfer to Oklahoma, where he’d go on to win the national title and the AP Player of the Year honors.

On Nov. 9, 1999, Heupel threw two touchdown passes in his lone game against Missouri.

“When OU scored those two quick touchdowns to start the third quarter, that broke our back,” Mizzou linebacker Barry Odom told reporters after the 37-0 Oklahoma win. “They created some turnovers and took advantage of them and we didn’t create any of our own. Our offense never got rolling.”

And now, yes, Odom hopes Heupel himself can get Mizzou’s offense rolling.

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SHIPP SHAPE New D-line coach expects unit to dominate despite losses BEN FREDERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jackie Shipp turned a question about pressure into a country club story.

The one about the golfer with the great poker face.

“He was on the 18th green,” Shipp said as another day of Mizzou’s fall football camp neared its end. “He needed to sink that putt to win it, because he’s got three guys behind him, and they bet $5,000 on 18 holes …

“Those other guys had the money.

“He had a pencil in his pocket.”

That, according to the Tigers’ firstyear defensive line coach, counts as pressure.

“Coming here to coach, pressure?”

Shipp concluded. “No.” Shipp swears he’s not feeling it. His players better be able to provide it. The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league, and the defensive front Shipp coaches was as celebrated last season as its offensive counterpart was questioned.

Shipp’s line forms the fangs of a defensive attack that, on paper, has the potential to reclaim its status as one of the more respected in the SEC. It needs to if the Tigers hope to exceed outside expectations in Barry Odom’s first season as head coach.

“They should be,” said Odom when asked if this defense can be as good, if

bers of his heralded defensive line due not better, than the one he coordinated to a failure to make grades (DT Harold in 2015. “Defensively, there is experiBrantley) and inability to operate within ence coming back, which is awesome.

Odom’s rules (DE Walter Brady). AnBut unless you go do something with it, other unknown variable: First-year coit doesn’t mean much. They are a group defensive coordinators DeMontie Cross that wants to be a strongpoint. They want and Ryan Walters will be calling plays for to be a unit that is respected.”

Odom’s 3-4/4-3 schemes.

Last season’s defense succeeded in Departures and depth-chart changes spite of an offense that couldn’t stay on haven’t dulled the defense’s edge, acthe field, let alone score. While former cording to the guys who faced it every day offensive coordinator Josh Henson’s ofin camp. fense ranked 117th nationally in time of Receiver J’Mon Moore referred possession, Odom’s eventually to the defensive line as “crazy exhausted defense finished fifth people.” When asked what he in scoring defense (16.2 points learned about the group he left per game) and sixth in total dewhen he converted from defensive fense (302 yards per game). Those back to receiver, Dimetrios Mamarks ranked second in the SEC, son said, “they have a little prestrailing only national champion ence that kind of intimidates you.”

Alabama. The Tigers allowed Quarterback Drew Lock once only nine plays of 30-plus yards, praised his offensive line for fightthe fewest by an FBS team. They Jackie Shipp, limited opponents to 21 or fewer defensive line ing back against the pass rushers more than usual, a genuine compoints 10 times. In short, the decoach pliment that also made it clear fense was as good as the offense which side holds the power. was bad.

“They can be a lethal defense again,” So, you can see why some say the TiLock said. “That defensive line has not gers can exceed outsiders’ expectations, taken any blows. They’re all still beasts.” most notably the SEC media’s preseason It always starts up front, and there is no prediction of a sixth-place finish in the better place to begin than junior defenEast. The offense makes strides. The desive end Charles Harris. The former twofense maintains its dominance. Easier star recruit earned second-team All-SEC said than done. honors last season, thanks to his seven This defense lost six lettermen, includsacks and 18.5 tackles for loss. ing star linebacker Kentrell Brothers and “He treats it like game day, every day,” solid safety Ian Simon. Shipp faced a tall Odom said. “There are times I want to tell task in replacing former defensive line him to slow down just a little bit. But he’s coach Craig Kuligowski, and the chalgot one speed.” lenge increased when he lost two mem-

But who anchors the other end? Former McCluer North product Jordan Harold, a walk-on transfer from Northwest Missouri State, could be on scholarship soon and might wind up being the Tigers’ latest out-of-nowhere D-line success story.

Rickey Hatley, Josh Augusta, A.J. Logan and Terry Beckner Jr., are among those who offer returning experience at the tackle positions.

“I fully expect us to dominate,” Logan said. “We’re going to play some pretty good teams and some respectable offensive linemen, but I fully expect to get in there and wreak havoc.”

Returning starters and senior linebackers Michael Scherer and Donavin Newsom must shine in Brothers’ absence while helping Joey Burkett, or another option, adjust to an increased role.

A secondary that ranked fifth nationally in passing defense has room for newcomers but welcomes back senior corner Aarion Penton and junior safety Anthony Sherrils.

The reason for optimism is obvious.

Simply assuming last season’s dominance will carry over is the fastest track to regression.

“We want to be better than last year,” Shipp said. “But you have to earn that.

You can’t just put on the logo and think it’s going to happen. You have to go out there and do it.”

No pressure.

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH • M5

TIGER TRACKER

BY DAVE MATTER • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Drew Lock

Alex Ross

CHRIS LEE • clee@post-dispatch.com

CHRIS LEE • clee@post-dispatch.com

J’Mon Moore

DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

QUARTERBACKS

RUNNING BACKS

WIDE RECEIVERS

Drew Lock got a crash course on playing quarterback at the college level last fall when he made eight starts as a true freshman. He went 2-6, completed just 49 percent of his passes and spent most of the fall peeling himself off the turf. This offseason, he enrolled in a QB master’s class, learning the position’s nuances from new coordinator Josh Heupel, a former national championship-winning quarterback and longtime QB coach at Oklahoma. Under Heupel’s watch, Lock has learned to read defenses and sharpened the passing mechanics that got out of whack last fall. Don’t be surprised if the staff finds a way for sophomore backup Marvin Zanders to see the field with a scripted package of plays to capitalize on Zanders’ running ability and improved passing. No matter what, the Tigers need a credible backup. The team’s No. 2 quarterback has started 16 games since MU joined the SEC.

This position group is the class geek who left for summer camp pale and frail and showed up the first day of school tanned, toned and ready to melt hearts. Zero to hero in one summer. The makeover started with the arrival of Oklahoma graduate transfer Alex Ross. The 6-1, 220-pound bruiser with speed could finally get the starter’s workload he craved in Norman. His best season came in 2014, when Heupel was calling plays for the Big 12’s best rushing attack. Freshman Damarea Crockett, a speedy 5-11, 225-pound bundle of muscle, was the summer’s breakout hit and could challenge Ross to earn the most carries — though a sprained shoulder sidelined him for the camp’s second scrimmage. There’s still a role for Ish Witter, last year’s leading rusher and an effective receiver out of the backfield. Nate Strong, a late arriving junior college transfer from East St. Louis, could emerge as more of a threat once he gets acclimated to the offense.

The SEC’s worst passing game in 2015 seemed content to trot out the same three wide receivers every snap and hope for the best. Those days are history. The Tigers have 13 scholarship wideouts and plan to use the majority of them to swarm defenses with depth. J’Mon Moore is back and, by his admission, more focused and ready to become an elite SEC receiver. Nate Brown, another projected starter on the outside, will miss at least a month after undergoing ankle surgery, but the staff has high expectations for Keyon Dilosa, junior college transfer Dominic Collins and Eric Laurent, a trusty former walk-on. In the slot, Alabama graduate transfer Chris Black adds experience — if he can stay healthy — and freshman Dimetrios Mason adds speed and big-play potential. Do the Tigers have enough passes to spread the wealth? Ray Wingo, Johnathon Johnson, Justin Smith and Emanuel Hall could figure into the mix.

DEPTH CHART Drew Lock, so.; Marvin Zanders, so.

DEPTH CHART WR J’Mon Moore, jr.; Dominic Collins, jr.

WR Keyon Dilosa, so.; Eric Laurent, sr.

Slot Chris Black, sr.; Dimetrios Mason, fr.

DEPTH CHART Alex Ross, sr.; Damarea Crockett, fr.

Sean Culkin Charles Harris

Samson Bailey ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

TIGHT ENDS

OFFENSIVE LINE

DEFENSIVE LINE

Expect a tight end or two — or three? — on the field for most formations. On the line of scrimmage in a three-point stance. Flexed wide as a slot receiver. In the backfield as a blocker. New tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley thrived as a double-threat blocker and receiver in an earlier version of Mizzou’s offense at Oklahoma and now has five scholarship options to handle the multiple roles, led by returning starter Sean Culkin (37 career catches) and Jason Reese.

Kendall Blanton could be a lethal red-zone threat.

Freshmen Brendan Scales and Albert Okwuegbunam have the size and skills to earn roles in the rotation.

After watching a senior-heavy line underachieve in 2015, Mizzou hopes its greenhorn 2016 edition does just the opposite. Among the projected starters only right guard Alec Abeln has started a Division I game — just three. At center, Samson Bailey replaces four-year starter Evan Boehm. At left guard, Kevin Pendleton takes over for Nate Crawford, whose back injury forced him to retire from the sport. At left tackle, Connor McGovern is out, Tyler Howell is in. The 6-8 junior college transfer sat out all of last season after failing to qualify academically — and now stands as the last obstacle between Lock and the SEC’s elite edge rushers. At right tackle, Paul Adams has grown into the leader of the remodeled line, but he, too, will make his first career start at West Virginia. Among the backups, only newly arrived graduate transfer Michael Stannard has played in a Division I game, making nine starts at guard and center for Memphis.

Camp began with bad news for what’s been MU’s deepest, most talented position group for years. Coach Barry Odom dismissed both defensive end Walter Brady and defensive tackle Harold Brantley, but Brady’s departure was the bigger loss. He was a Freshman All-American last fall and formed one of the SEC’s better tandems with defensive end Charles Harris. Brantley hadn’t played since 2014, and the Tigers are deeper at his position with four capable starters for two D-tackle positions: Rickey Hatley, Terry Beckner Jr., Josh Augusta and A.J. Logan. Hatley has quietly emerged as a force inside, while Beckner is coming off major knee surgery but has regained his power and quickness. Augusta, up to 370 pounds, can dominate the line of scrimmage if he maintains his conditioning. With Harris established on one edge — the NFL prospect has All-America potential — candidates battled daily for the other job, mostly Marcell Frazier, Spencer Williams and walk-on Jordan Harold. Nate Howard and freshman Tre Williams could supply depth.

DEPTH CHART Sean Culkin, sr.; Jason Reese, jr.

DEPTH CHART LT Tyler Howell, jr.; Michael Stannard, sr.

LG Kevin Pendleton, so.; A.J. Harris, Rs fr.

C Samson Bailey, so.; Trystan Castillo, fr.

RG Alec Abeln, jr.; Kyle Mitchell, so.

RT Paul Adams, so.; Tre’Vour Simms, fr.

DEPTH CHART DE Charles Harris, jr.; Spencer Williams, so.

DT Rickey Hatley, sr.; Josh Augusta, sr.

DT Terry Beckner Jr, so.; A.J. Logan, jr.

DE Marcell Frazier, jr.; Jordan Harold, jr.

Michael Scherer

Corey Fatony

Aarion Penton DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

Anthony Sherrils ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LINEBACKER

SECONDARY

SPECIALISTS

Michael Scherer could spend all day describing the many injuries that afflicted his junior season, but he still managed 93 tackles, four double-digit tackle games and raised his tackles for loss from 3.5 in 2014 to 9. The middle linebacker’s 207 tackles in 2014-15 are more than any returning linebacker in the SEC over the last two seasons.

This year, the senior from MICDS is the leader of the defense and no longer plays sidekick to departed Kentrell Brothers, who led the country with 152 tackles last year.

Former Parkway North standout Donavin Newsom, a versatile pass-rusher who’s competent in coverage, returns on the strongside. Joey Burkett, a steady junior from Jefferson City, is the leading candidate to replace Brothers on the weakside, where he’s stationed in the tackle box alongside Scherer. Terez Hall, Brandon Lee and freshman Cale Garrett are next in line as backup candidates.

Thomas Wilson had an uneven season as MU’s nickelback last fall but has found his calling at free safety, where he emerged as the most consistent performer in the secondary this month. Anthony Sherrils, an elite athlete and one of the team’s fastest players, returns at strong safety, though others could figure into the mix for sub packages, including three local products: Cam Hilton (Webster Groves), Ronnell Perkins (University City) and Greg Taylor (East St. Louis). At cornerback, Aarion Penton (CBC) returns as one of the league’s more seasoned defensive players, but it’s an open race for the other job between Logan Cheadle, T.J. Warren and John Gibson.

For years the Tigers were reluctant to offer scholarships to high school kickers and punters and instead invited walk-on legs to campus. No more. Last year the Tigers added punter Corey Fatony, who earned his scholarship by booting a team-record 81 punts, a dubious honor that reflected MU’s listless offense. This year, MU signed Tucker McCann (O’Fallon) to hold down the kicker job for the next four years. He’s expected to hold off a slew of walk-ons for the field goal/PAT job, though another kicker could handle kickoffs. Reliable Jake Hurrell is back to handle longsnapping duties. MU’s kickoff return unit was the nation’s worst last year — last among 128 FBS teams — but new running back Alex Ross was a record-setting return man at Oklahoma. Cornerback Aarion Penton, receivers Ray Wingo, Johnathon Johnson or Chris Black could handle punt returns.

DEPTH CHART SLB Donavin Newsom, sr.; Terez Hall, so.

MLB Michael Scherer, sr.; Cale Garrett, fr.

WLB Joey Burkett, jr.; Brandon Lee, so.

DEPTH CHART CB Aarion Penton, sr.; Logan Cheadle, jr.

CB T.J. Warren, Rs fr.; John Gibson, sr.

SS Anthony Sherrils, jr.; Ronnell Perkins, Rs fr.

FS Thomas Wilson, jr.; Cam Hilton, so.

DEPTH CHART PK Tucker McCann, fr.

P Corey Fatony, so.

KR Alex Ross, sr.

PR Chris Black, sr.

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M6 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

M 1 • Sunday • 08.28.2016

NEXT MEN UP

BY DAVE MATTER • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri must replace 11 players who started at least eight games last fall, including three NFL draft picks:

center Evan Boehm (fourth round, Arizona), left tackle Connor McGovern (fifth round, Denver) and linebacker Kentrell Brothers (fifth round, Minnesota). Here’s a look at the leading candidates to replace those three multi-year starters:

Tyler Howell

Samson Bailey

Joey Burkett

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

CENTER

LEFT TACKLE

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

IN: SAMSON BAILEY

IN: TYLER HOWELL

IN: JOEY BURKETT

OUT: EVAN BOEHM

OUT: CONNOR MCGOVERN

OUT: KENTRELL BROTHERS

Last year’s coaching staff loved Samson Bailey’s agility, but he couldn’t pack on the weight necessary for the SEC line of scrimmage. Bailey was a blocking tight end for Class 2 Lamar’s potent rushing attack and helped guide the program to three straight state championships. (His twin brother Ben plays on the offensive line at Southern Illinois Carbondale.) When Boehm and 2015 right guard Mitch Hall graduated, space along the interior opened the door for Bailey. Left guard Nate Crawford’s back injury and subsequent retirement for the sport blew it off the hinges. Bailey, listed at 6-5, 270 pounds, has since established himself as the man in the middle. Too small for an SEC center? Not if he can compensate with agility and intelligence. Mizzou grad assistant Jon Cooper wasn’t much bigger as an All-Big 12 center at Oklahoma, just 285 in 2007.

Bailey takes over the spot Boehm occupied every game from 2013-15. Boehm’s senior year became difficult from the season’s opening series when he sprained his ankle, an injury that lingered most of the season and affected his production. A year later, he’s in position to challenge for the Cardinals’ starting center job while Bailey anchors a line with four new starters. So far, the team’s new offensive coordinator likes the new look.

“The first group has done a great job understanding what they’re doing, playing assignment sound, playing with great pad level, coming off the ball, moving the line of scrimmage,” offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “Great communication up front. I like what they’re doing in pass protection as well. That group has really molded into a unit we need it to.”

Unlike Boehm, McGovern stayed healthy last fall but played out of position at left tackle, possibility affecting his draft stock as a guard, his natural position. But McGovern was willing to play on the edge and sacrifice valuable exposure on the inside. He held up outside but could have been the interior mauler the Tigers lacked at guard.

Either way, he’s gone — and, surprise, playing well at right guard for the Broncos — while Tyler Howell has surfaced as the heir on the edge. The junior college transfer from Bonner Springs, Kan., was supposed to enroll last year and challenge for a starting job, but eligibility issues delayed his arrival. The 6-8, 305-pound junior was impossible to miss during spring practices as he soon settled in as the favorite at left tackle. New to the sport in high school, Howell is still trying to calculate how his enormous frame can block out the sun, much less pass-rushers.

“Tyler’s a man,” left guard Kevin Pendleton said.

“The guys are going to be surprised this year when they’re coming off the edge and they’ve got a 6-8, 315-pound eclipse in their face. I love having Tyler on that side. … Learning how to use that length and keep guys off of him is only going to make him better. He’s embraced the challenge.”

Whatever the coaches expect from Joey Burkett this fall, it’s not 152 tackles. That was the FBS-leading total Brothers delivered last season, a dozen behind Mizzou’s single-season record. Burkett is the leading candidate to take over Brothers’ position at weakside linebacker, but he won’t have to duplicate that production. Burkett, from Jefferson City, has mostly played on special teams and has just 10 tackles in two seasons.

“I’m shocked he didn’t play more,” defensive coordinator DeMontie Cross said. “When I think about who he played behind, Kentrell Brothers is a tough guy to back up. But I’m counting on him to play a lot this season and make a name for himself.”

At the weakside position, Burkett will find himself paired with middle linebacker Michael Scherer in the tackle box, where they’ll be positioned to funnel the ball inside and make most of the team’s stops. Burkett (6-2, 210) is up for that challenge, Scherer said.

“Joey’s come a long way physically,” Scherer said.

“He’s not the biggest kid. He’s very athletic. Early in his career getting into the box wasn’t a fun thing for him.

I think he’s gotten over that. He’s played well in the box. He’s been reading very well; he’s a very good pass defender. I try to help him as much as I can with the run stuff. It’s just a different world when you’re used to playing outside the box. Stuff happens quicker.”

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GAME BY GAME OUTLOOK

2016 ROSTER

BY DAVE MATTER • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SEPT. 3, AT WEST VIRGINIA No dress rehearsals for the Tigers. For the first time since 1996, MU opens on the road against a power conference opponent on its home field. WVU, 8-5 last year, has rebuilt its defense and been ransacked by injuries this preseason.

Five of MU’s last seven head coaches lost their debut game, including Dan Devine and Gary Pinkel.

SEPT. 10, VS. EASTERN MICHIGAN

MU is paying EMU, arguably the country’s worst FBS program, $1.3 million for what’s sure to be a bloodletting. The Eagles haven’t had a winning season since 1995 and are 0-53 all-time against teams from the five power conferences.

SEPT. 17, VS. GEORGIA

Two first-time head coaches square off when the Tigers host Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs. Will five-star freshman QB Jake Eason be under center for UGA in its first true road game?

The Dawgs are 2-0 in Columbia, including Mizzou’s first SEC game in 2012 and 2014’s 34-0 mismatch.

SEPT. 24, VS. DELAWARE STATE

For the price of $525,000, Mizzou hosts a school that has played football since 1924 but with just one game against a power conference team. The 2009 game didn’t go well: Michigan 63, Delaware State 6. Translation: Expect to see Mizzou’s backups play plenty.

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AP

OCT. 1, AT LOUISIANA STATE

LSU is the only SEC team the Tigers haven’t faced since joining the conference. This figures to be Mizzou’s toughest test, against a playoff contender loaded with NFL prospects. Mizzou is 1-0 against LSU (1978 Liberty Bowl) and 1-1 against LSU coach Les Miles, both games when he coached Oklahoma State (2001, 2004).

OCT. 15, AT FLORIDA

The last time the Tigers visited The Swamp in 2014, they scored four touchdowns via special teams and defense and won 42-13 despite managing only 119 yards of offense.

The Gators figure to be tenacious on defense but, like Mizzou, have questions on offense.

OCT. 22, VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Homecoming cupcake? Maybe not. The Blue Raiders averaged 34 points per game last year — more than West Virginia and LSU — and had the nation’s most prolific freshman quarterback, Brent Stockstill. The Sun Belt squad adds Ole Miss running back I’Tavius Mathers, who had a 45-yard touchdown run against Mizzou in 2013.

OCT. 29, VS. KENTUCKY

The Wildcats toppled Mizzou for the first time in four SEC meetings last year, but UK couldn’t capitalize on a 4-1 start and finished 5-7. Only two power conference teams have a longer bowl drought than Kentucky’s fiveyear postseason no-show. First-year starting QB Drew Barker is surrounded by experience on the line and at the skill positions.

NOV. 5, AT SOUTH CAROLINA

Drew Lock’s only SEC win last year came against the Gamecocks — but that was at home. South Carolina is under new leadership in coach Will Muschamp, who was 1-2 against Mizzou as Florida’s head coach. The Tigers won their last visit to Columbia, S.C., needing a furious rally in the final minutes for a 21-20 victory in 2014.

NOV. 12, VS. VANDERBILT

Vandy looked a lot like Mizzou last year: Terrific defense, terrible offense. Last year’s 10-3 Vandy win in Nashville evened the series at 2-2 since the Tigers joined the SEC. This looms as a crucial swing game for both programs.

Vandy will be stout on defense again and turns the offense over to quarterback Kyle Shurmur, son of former Rams coordinator Pat Shurmur.

NOV. 19, AT TENNESSEE

The Tigers are undefeated at Neyland Stadium, beating the Vols in 2012 and 2014. A third straight win in Knoxville looks unlikely. Tennessee, the heavy favorite in the SEC East, is loaded on both sides of the ball and could be a playoff contender.

NOV. 25, VS. ARKANSAS

Once again, the Tigers and Razorbacks get a national stage during rivalry week, meeting on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The Battle Line Rivalry is hardly an established SEC grudge match, but the Tigers just hope this goes more like the 2014 version, when they clinched the SEC East with a home victory.

2015 RESULTS

vs. Southeast Missouri, 34-3 win at Arkansas State, 27-20 win vs. Connecticut, 9-6 win at Kentucky, 21-13 loss vs. South Carolina, 24-10 win vs. Florida, 21-3 loss at Georgia, 9-6 loss at Vanderbilt, 10-3 loss vs. Mississippi State, 31-13 loss vs. BYU (at Arrowhead, KC), 20-16 win vs. Tennessee, 19-8 loss vs. Arkansas, 28-3 loss

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Player Chris Black Anthony Hines TJ Warren Marvin Zanders Luke Jackson Drew Lock Ronnell Perkins Brandon Lee Ryan Williams John Gibson Alex Ross J’Mon Moore Tavon Ross Nate Brown Cam Hilton Justin Smith Thomas Wilson Oke Akushe Dimetrios Mason Hayden Rymer Jason Reese Kendall Blanton Aarion Penton Johnathon Johnson Dominic Nelson Spencer Williams Micah Wilson Greg Taylor Ray Wingo Keyon Dilosa Grant Jones Brock Bondurant Damarea Crockett Marcell Frazier DeMarkus Acy DeSean Blair Dominic Collins Josh Moore Jack Lowary Kaleb Prewett Miles Eaddy Christian Holmes Ish Witter Dawson Downing Anthony Sherrils Terez Hall Cameren Rivers Donavin Newsom Jake Brents Corey Fatony Logan Cheadle Steven Spadarotto Trey Baldwin Nate Strong Michael Scherer Finis Stribling IV Tanner Hull Joey Burkett Daniel Ellinger Eric Beisel Jerney Jones Franklin Agbasimere Jacob Trump Cale Garrett Roderick Winters Markell Utsey Darvis Holmes Ed Cruz Eddie Serrano Trystan Castillo Samson Bailey Alec Abeln Adam Roland Thomas Grossman Tanner Owen Adam Ploudre Jonah Dubinski AJ Harris Kevin Pendleton Kyle Mitchell Tre’Vour Simms Tyler Howell Paul Adams Michael Stannard Terry Beckner, Jr. Sean Culkin Albert Okwuegbunam Harley Whitehouse Emanuel Hall Richaud Floyd Jake Hurrell Jordan Harold Eric Laurent Nate Howard Tyler Hanneke Brendan Scales Turner Adams Charles Harris Nick Bartolotta Andrew Carr Tre Williams Tyrell Jacobs Rickey Hatley A.J. Logan Josh Augusta Tucker McCann Ben Tesson

Pos. WR DB DB QB K QB S LB RB DB RB WR DB WR S WR S DB WR QB TE TE DB WR S DL QB S WR WR LB S RB DL DB WR WR DL QB S RB DB RB DB DB LB S LB WR P DB WR LB RB LB DB LB LB WR LB DB LB LB LB LB DL OL DL DL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DL TE TE LS WR WR LS DL WR DL DL TE K DE K K DL DL DL DL DL K K

HT. 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-7 5-10 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-6 5-10 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-3 5-10 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-8 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-3 5-6 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-1

WT. 192 190 190 185 185 205 185 220 180 190 220 190 200 205 180 200 190 185 170 200 250 250 190 175 185 245 205 200 180 200 225 215 210 265 185 190 175 260 215 205 210 185 190 205 200 215 200 230 205 185 180 185 240 210 235 175 220 210 200 225 185 220 225 225 225 285 315 230 235 295 270 290 315 260 280 295 275 285 315 310 300 305 290 290 300 245 250 220 200 185 235 245 215 235 250 235 195 255 185 175 235 265 285 300 345 185 185

Year Sr. Jr. R-Fr. R-So. Jr. So. R-Fr. R-So. R-Fr. R-Sr. Sr. R-Jr. R-So. Jr. So. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. R-So. Sr. R-Fr. R-Jr. R-So. Fr. So. R-So. R-So. R-So. R-Sr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. R-Jr. So. R-Jr. R-Sr. R-Sr. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. R-Sr. R-So. Sr. R-Jr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr. R-Fr. So. Fr. R-So. Fr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. R-Jr. R-So. So. R-Fr. R-Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. R-So. So. Fr. Jr. R-So. R-Sr. So. R-Sr. Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Fr. R-Sr. Jr. R-Sr. So. R-Sr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. R-Jr. So. Fr. R-Fr. R-Sr. R-Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr.

Hometown Jacksonville, Fla. South San Francisco, Calif.

Conyers, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Pensacola, Fla. Lee’s Summit, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Indianapolis, Ind. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Missouri City, Texas Jenks, Okla.

Missouri City, Texas Cochran, Ga. Suwanee, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. Dublin, Ga. Suwanee, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. Loganville, Ga. Windermere, Fla. Euless, Texas Blue Springs, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Memphis, Tenn.

Florissant, Mo. Jacksonville, Fla. Tulsa, Okla.

East St. Louis, Ill. St. Louis, Mo. Round Rock, Texas Columbia, Mo. Memphis, Mo. Little Rock, Ark. Portland, Ore. Dallas, Texas Jacksonville, Fla. Fullerton, Calif.

Olathe, Kan. Huntington Beach, Calif.

Blue Springs, Mo. Plantation, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Tampa, Fla. Mission, Kan. Kansas City, Mo. Lithonia, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Springfield, Mo. Franklin, Tenn.

Lee’s Summit, Mo. Santa Maria, Calif.

Houston, Texas East St. Louis, Ill. St. Louis, Mo. Thompson’s Station, Tenn.

Kansas City, Mo. Jefferson City, Mo. Jefferson City, Mo. Fenton, Mo. Republic, Mo. Lagos, Nigeria Kahoka, Mo. Kearney, Mo. Arlington, Texas Little Rock, Ark. Hinesville, Ga. Park Hills, Mo. Niles, Ill. Webb City, Mo. Lamar, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Kearney, Mo. Ballwin, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Stilwell, Kan. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Fair Oaks, Calif.

East St. Louis, Ill. Bonner Springs, Kan. Nashville, Tenn.

Columbia, Mo. East St. Louis, Ill. Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. Springfield, Ill. St. Louis, Mo. Franklin, Tenn.

Gulfport, Miss.

St. Charles, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Ballwin, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Charles, Mo. Wildwood, Mo. Springfield, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Cameron, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Kenner, La. Atlanta, Texas Columbia, Mo. Peoria, Ill. O’Fallon, Ill. Fenton, Mo.

Last School First Coast El Camino Rockdale County Raines Pensacola West Lee’s Summit University City Lawrence Central Lee’s Summit West Marshall Jenks Elkins Bleckley County North Gwinnett Webster Groves West Laurens Buford McCluer North Grayson First Academy Trinity Blue Springs South Christian Brothers Melrose Florissant First Coast Lincoln Christian East St. Louis St. Louis University High Round Rock Hickman Scotland County Christian Douglas Wilmer-Hutchins Sandalwood El Toro Olathe North Mater Dei Blue Springs American Heritage McNair Alonso Bishop Miege Hogan Prep King McCluer North Parkway North Kickapoo Franklin Lee’s Summit West Righetti Cypress Falls East St. Louis Country Day Independence O’Hara Jefferson City Jefferson City Rockwood Summit Republic Montverde Academy Clark County Kearney Bowie Parkview Long County Central Notre Dame Prep Webb City Lamar University Oakville Chaminade Kearney Marquette Rock Bridge Blue Valley Lee’s Summit West Del Campo East St. Louis Bonner Springs Christ Presbyterian Rock Bridge East St. Louis Christian Sacred Heart Griffin Parkway Central Centennial Gulfport Francis Howell North McCluer North Parkway South Ladue Horton Watkins St. Charles West Lafayette Kickapoo Lincoln Prep Fox Cameron Rock Bridge Rummel Atlanta Rock Bridge Peoria O’Fallon Rockwood Summit

2015 STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing attempts Average per rush Average per game TDs rushing PASSING YARDAGE Att-Comp-Int Average per pass Average per catch Average per game TDs passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average per Play Average per game Kick returns (no.-yards) Punt returns (no.-yards) INT returns (no.-yards) Kick return average Punt return average INT return average

MU 163 13.58 181 76 85 20 1,385 1,670 285 397 3.5 115.4 5 1,986 373-186-12 5.32 10.68 165.50 10 3,371 770 4.4 280.9 38-573 27-158 9-156 15.08 5.85 17.33

OPP 194 16.17 213 99 98 16 1,593 1,942 349 484 3.3 132.8 11 2,031 354-219-9 5.74 9.27 169.25 10 3,624 838 4.3 302.0 24-636 24-178 12-152 26.50 7.42 12.67

TEAM STATISTICS Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Average per game Punts-yards Average per game Net punt average Time of possession Average per game Third down conversions Third down percentage Fourth down Conversions Fourth down percentage Sacks by-yards Touchdowns scored Field goals-attempts On-side kicks Red-zone SCORES Red-zone touchdowns

MU 18-5 63-517 43.08 81-3,477 42.93 40.73 5:24:24 27:02 54-178 30.34 % 7-17 41.18 % 28-168 16 16-20 0-0 24-31 10-31

OPP 18-7 62-605 50.42 79-3,208 40.61 38.35 6:35:36 32:58 75-191 39.27 % 5-11 45.45 % 30-176 22 14-22 0-2 31-38 18-38

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PREDICTING THE SEASON ASSOCIATED PRESS

We don’t see the Tigers rebounding to the top of the SEC East in Barry Odom’s first year, but a soft home schedule and rugged road tests gives a balanced feel for the 2016 campaign. Four of our five pickers see Mizzou winning the six games required to reach a bowl game, but a 7-5 record is our top mark.

DAVE MATTER BEAT WRITER

BEN FREDERICKSON COLUMNIST

JEFF GORDON COLUMNIST

BENJAMIN HOCHMAN COLUMNIST

JESUS ORTIZ COLUMNIST

Mizzou’s defense might not rank No. 6 nationally like last year, but if the offense is functional the Tigers will return to the postseason.

MU could spring a surprise at West Virginia but must sweep home games against Vandy and Kentucky.

The defense should be stout again and the offense can’t get worse, right?

Barry Odom’s inaugural team is good enough to win the games it should, but I wonder if it has the potential to surprise. We’ll find out right away at West Virginia.

New offensive coordinator Josh Heupel might have the toughest job in America, rebuilding a quarterback and an offensive line while integrating new skillposition players into his scheme. Playing .500 ball would be a huge step under the circumstances.

This is a fascinating team, with a new coaching staff, new offensive line and (potentially) new marquee running backs and receivers.

I see them winning a game they shouldn’t (Georgia) and losing a game they shouldn’t (South Carolina), finishing 6-6.

MU’s schedule is stout with road games at LSU, Florida and Tennessee. Season ticket holders might deserve a refund for such a weak home schedule, but Eastern Michigan, Delaware State and Middle Tennessee State are the only locks on this rugged schedule.

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VS. GEORGIA (SEPT. 17)

VS. DELAWARE STATE (SEPT. 24)

AT LSU (OCT. 1)

AT FLORIDA (OCT. 15)

VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE (OCT. 22)

VS. KENTUCKY (OCT. 29)

AT SOUTH CAROLINA (NOV. 5)

VS. VANDERBILT (NOV. 12)

AT TENNESSEE (NOV. 19)

VS. ARKANSAS (NOV. 25)

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