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Brewers Rockies Rockies Rockies 6:15 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 7:40 p.m. 2:10 p.m. FSM/ FSM FSM FSM MLBN
Next: 9-15 Broncos 3:25 p.m. FOX
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Pct GB .566 — .535 4½ .521 6½ .465 14½ .434 19
W Los Angeles 93 Arizona 75 San Francisco 69 San Diego 66 Colorado 60
L 52 68 74 76 84
Pct GB .641 — .524 17 .483 23 .465 25½ .417 32½
Sunday’s AL Results Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 3 Texas 10, Baltimore 4 Houston 21, Seattle 1 Cleveland 5, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 5, L.A. Angels 1 Oakland 3, Detroit 1 N.Y. Yankees 10, Boston 5
Washington 9, Atlanta 4
WGN-AM 720, Cardinals games can be heard on WLPO-AM 1220 or WLPO-FM 103.9 and Bears games can be heard on WBBM-AM 780.
Milwaukee 8, Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Mets 7 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 0
TODAY BOYS GOLF St. Bede, Princeton at Kewanee, 4 p.m. Newman, Sherrard at Bureau Valley, 4 p.m. Earlville at Somonauk, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS Streator at La Salle-Peru, 4:30 p.m. Peoria Christian at St. Bede, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Serena at Hall, 7 p.m. Annawan at LaMoille-Ohio, 6:30 p.m. Henry at Williamsfield, 7 p.m.
BASEBALL MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division
W
L Pct
GB
New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore
94 86 76 55 46
50 59 67 89 97
.653 — .593 8½ .531 17½ .382 39 .322 47½
Central Division W L 88 55 83 61 63 80 53 91 42 100
Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit
Pct GB .615 — .576 5½ .441 25 .368 35½ .296 45½
West Division W 94 84 72 67 58
Houston Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle
L 50 59 73 77 86
Pct GB .653 — .587 9½ .497 22½ .465 27 .403 36
San Diego 2, Colorado 1, 10 innings Sunday’s Interleague Result Miami 9, Kansas City 0 Today’s AL Games N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami Central Division
Kansas City (Junis 9-12) at Chicago White Sox (Nova 9-12), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 8:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 8:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.
Detroit Chicago
0 0 1 .500 27 27 0 1 0 .000 3 10
West
W L San Francisco1 0 L.A. Rams 1 0 Seattle 1 0 Arizona 0 0
T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500
PF 31 30 21 27
PA 17 27 20 27
Monday, Sept. 16 Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 7:15 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL At Sterling Newman 25, Princeton 21 PHS
7 14 0 0 — 21
Oakland (Roark 9-8) at Houston (Miley 13-4), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Results Baltimore 59, Miami 10
NCC
0 10 8 7 — 25
SCORING PLAYS
Cleveland (Plesac 7-6) at L.A. Angels (Suarez 2-5), 9:07 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.
Kansas City 40, Jacksonville 26 Minnesota 28, Atlanta 12
First quarter
Tennessee 43, Cleveland 13 Buffalo 17, N.Y. Jets 16
P — Worrels 5 run (Reinhardt kick) 8:10
L.A. Rams 30, Carolina 27
Second quarter
Philadelphia 32, Washington 27
N — O’Brien 2 run (Ahlers kick) 11:15 P — W. Davis 72 pass from Gibson (Reinhardt kick) 9:12
Tuesday’s NL Games Atlanta (Fried 16-4) at Philadelphia (Vargas 6-7), 6:05 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Arizona (Gallen 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 10-7), 6:10 p.m.
AFC
Milwaukee (Anderson 6-4) at Miami (Hernandez 3-5), 6:10 p.m.
W Buffalo 1 New England 1 N.Y. Jets 0 Miami 0
Pittsburgh (Keller 1-3) at San Francisco (Cueto ), 8:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Quintana 13-8) at San Diego (Bolanos 0-1), 9:10 p.m.
NFL
L.A. Chargers 30, Indianapolis 24, OT
East L 0 0 1 1
T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000
PF 17 33 16 10
PA 16 3 17 59
Tennessee Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville
W 1 0 0 0
L 0 0 1 1
T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000
PF 43 0 24 26
PA 13 0 30 40
W 1 0 0 0
L 0 1 1 1
T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000
W Kansas City 1 L.A. Chargers 1 Denver 0 Oakland 0
L 0 0 0 0
T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 40 26 0 1.000 30 24 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh
Washington (Sánchez 8-7) at Minnesota (Berríos 11-8), 6:40 p.m.
West
Tampa Bay at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 7:10 p.m.
PA 10 21 43 33
NFC
San Francisco 31, Tampa Bay 17
Third quarter
Arizona 27, Detroit 27, OT
Today’s Games Houston at New Orleans, 6:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Game Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7:20 p.m.
Dallas Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants South New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay
Green Bay Minnesota
N — McBride 13 pass from Ackman (Donald kick) 6:36 TEAM STATISTICS P
N
First downs Total yards
15 304
10 158
Rushes-yards
26-99
37-77
Passing yards
205
81
Passing (C-A-I) 9-19-3 6-11-0 3-2
0-0 5-50
Indianapolis at Tennessee, Noon
Punts-ave.
4-35.5
Arizona at Baltimore, Noon
RUSHING – Princeton: Worrels 1’2-64, Max Taylor 5-21, Gibson 6-8, Jacob Starr 1-3, Ethan Wright 1-3, Drew Harp 1-0. Newman: McBride 1226, Andrew Velasquez 7-26, O’Brien 11-24, Ahlers 2-4, Brady Stevens 1-1, Ackman 4-(-6). PASSING – Princeton: Gibson 9-19-3, 205 yards. Newman: Ackman 5-10-0, 75 yards; Ahlers 1-1-0, 6 yards.
2-40
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
L 0 0 1 1
T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000
PF 35 32 27 17
PA 17 27 32 35
L.A. Chargers at Detroit, Noon
W 0 0 0 0
L 0 1 1 1
T 0 0 0 0
PF 0 27 12 17
PA 0 30 28 31
Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, Noon
W L T Pct PF PA 1 0 0 1.000 10 3 1 0 0 1.000 28 12
Fourth quarter
Penalties-yards 7-58
W 1 1 0 0
Pct .000 .000 .000 .000
N — O’Brien 1 run (O’Brien run) 1:17
Fumbles-lost
Sunday, Sept. 15 Seattle at Pittsburgh, Noon
New England at Miami, Noon
East
North Wednesday’s NL Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
PF 59 20 13 3
N — Ahlers 32 FG 1:33 P — Worrels 40 pass from Gibson (Reinhardt kick) 5.3
Dallas 35, N.Y. Giants 17
Denver at Oakland, 9:20 p.m.
Tuesday’s Interleague Games L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 12-3) at Baltimore (Blach 1-2), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bauer 10-12) at Seattle (Sheffield 0-1), 9:10 p.m.
Seattle 21, Cincinnati 20
New England 33, Pittsburgh 3
South
North
Boston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.
Tuesday’s AL Games
Milwaukee at Miami, 6:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Interleague Games L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Today’s NL Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 6:10 p.m.
GB — 9 14 16 37
Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 11-3) at Texas (Lynn 14-10), 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s AL Games N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Pct .618 .556 .521 .507 .359
St. Louis at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 9:07 p.m.
East Division L 55 63 68 70 91
Boston (Eovaldi 1-0) at Toronto (Font 3-4), 6:07 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE W 89 79 74 72 51
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wacha 6-6) at Colorado (González 0-6), 7:40 p.m.
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0
Cubs games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670, White Sox games can be heard on
N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Detroit (Jackson 3-9), 5:40 p.m.
Cincinnati at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
Sunday’s NL Results Cincinnati 4, Arizona 3
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L 62 66 68 77 81
West Division
Home games are dark, road games are white
MON
W 81 76 74 67 62
St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh
Dallas at Washington, Noon Jacksonville at Houston, Noon San Francisco at Cincinnati, Noon Minnesota at Green Bay, Noon Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 3:25 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.
RECEIVING – Princeton: Davis 5-134, Worrels 1-40, Branden Haring 2-23, Noah Atkinson 1-8. Newman: McBride 4-56, O’Brien 1-19, Velasquez 1-6.
MLB: CARDINALS 2, PIRATES 0
Flaherty dazzles again as St. Louis tops Pittsburgh By Will Graves
AP SPORTS WRITER
PITTSBURGH — Jack Flaherty always had the tools. Figuring out how to put them together has been the challenge for the 23-year-old pitcher since the former first-round pick arrived in St. Louis two years ago. While Flaherty is sketchy on specifics about what exactly he changed heading into the All-Star break, one thing is for certain: the roadblocks — mental, physical and otherwise — are all gone. Flaherty is rolling, and so are the Cardinals. Flaherty overwhelmed the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 2-0 victory on Sunday, striking out 10 against five hits and a walk over eight electric innings to keep up a dazzling run that has turned him into the de facto ace for the NL Central leaders. Flaherty (10-7) won for the sixth time in eight starts while dropping his
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Salle-Peru co-op place sixth at the Warrior Invitational. The Lady Cavaliers scored 239 points. Moline won with 447. Heagy swam a 1:02.7 in the fly and a 103.82 in the backstroke. Also for L-P, Nicole Pocivasek placed second in the 200 freestyle (2:09.94) and third in the 500 free-
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“I did know a little about volleyball at first but not much. They taught me a lot. I’m always trying to pick
post All-Star break ERA to 0.76 as St. Louis pushed its lead in the division to 4 1/2 games over second-place Chicago with three weeks to go in the regular season. “He’s in control of the conviction of what he’s doing,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “Just a lot of big league pitches consistently. Fastball where he wants it to with good life on it, and a really good slider as well. That’s what pitching looks like. Phenomenal job.” Flaherty’s surge began with seven innings of two-hit ball against San Francisco on July 7. The Cardinals lost 1-0 that day, but the switch flipped. Flaherty has been lights out while fueling St. Louis’ sprint to first and has allowed just three earned runs 56 innings across eight starts since Aug. 1. “(I’ve made) small adjustments, not really to my mechanics, but mentally to how I was going about things,” Flaherty said. “So
little things here and there. Just tried to kind of carry it from one start to the next.” Carlos Martinez worked a perfect ninth for his 19th save to finish off a season series dominated by the Cardinals. St. Louis won 14 of its 19 meetings with Pittsburgh, including 10 of 12 in the second half, one of the main reasons the Cardinals are heading to October while the Pirates are planning for next season. “Guys are healthy,” Flaherty said. “We’re playing together. Playing as a team. Not letting any moment get too big.” Paul Goldschmidt had an RBI double , and Harrison Bader added a run-scoring single off Pittsburgh rookie James Marvel (0-1). Matt Carpenter went 2 for 3 while starting at third base and is hitting .400 (6 for 15) in September as the veteran tries to shake out of a season-long slump. “Like everybody else, he understands it’s about the team,” Shildt
style (5:51.81), while Peyton Heagy took second in the 100 freestyle (56.38) and fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:26.28). The Lady Cavalier 200 freestyle relay of Emma Mertez, Ashley Heagy, Peyton Heagy and Pocivasek took second in 1:49.26.
the top three on Saturday to help the Lady Cavaliers placed third in the eight-team at the Pekin Invitational. The No. 1 doubles duo of Lauren Klein and Amethyst Ernat placed second, while No. 3 singles player Karissa Etzenbach also was runner-up. GIRLS TENNIS No. 2 singles player Olivia Ernat placed third, while At Pekin the No. 2 doubles pairing of La Salle-Peru had four Brianna Strehl and Olivia of five entrants place in Woods also took third.
up new things that I see. The game is really fast, but I picked it up really quick.” Before enrolling at Hall and moving in with the Duffield’s Totland had only played one sport. Salazar has enjoyed hav-
ing Totland on the team since she is always smiling and learning. “I love her to death. She is just a funny kid. The only organized sport she has ever played is handball,” Salazar said. “She’s learn-
said of Carpenter. “He’s got his head in the right spot to help us win baseball games.” Flaherty’s effectiveness ended Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle and second baseman Adam Frazier’s respective days a little bit early. Both were ejected by home-plate umpire Roberto Ortiz in the seventh for arguing balls and strikes after Ortiz ruled a pair of borderline pitches in favor of Flaherty. “He’s taken it to another level,” Hurdle said of Flaherty. “ He was as advertised from what we watched coming in here. It’s been going on for two months.”
out onto the field at PNC Park, Marvel gave up two runs and four hits in five-plus innings with two walks and two strikeouts. “I can’t really hear things when I’m pitching,” Marvel said. “I tend to zone out and focus on what I’m doing and the glove. But I’d be lying if I said that today there weren’t a few instances where I heard them.” There was plenty to cheer about. Marvel didn’t allow a hit until Marcell Ozuna’s twoout single in the fourth. Bader’s flare to center in the fifth scored Carpenter to put the Cardinals in front and Goldschmidt hit an opposite-field double following a lead-off walk to Kolten Wong in MARVEL-OUS DEBUT Marvel, the 1,087th player cho- the sixth. Otherwise, Marvel was sen in the 2015 draft, was solid efficient and rarely rattled. in his first major-league start after piling up 16 victories across UP NEXT Cardinals: Start a three-game Double-A and Triple-A this season. With more than 40 people set in Colorado on Tuesday with in the stands who roared every Michael Wacha (6-6, 4.98 ERA) time he stepped out of the dug- on the hill.
Sterling Tungent finished In the boys race, sixth at No. 1 singles. Princeton’s Reece Bohms placed 40th in 19:02, Elias Reich led Bureau Valley by finishing 75th in CO-ED CROSS COUNTRY 20:21, Mendota’s Andrew Stamberger was 77th in At Oregon Amboy-LaMoille had 20:26.6, Putnam County’s the top area runners at the Wyatt Grimshaw was 81st Oregon Invitational on in 20:35.9 and HenryMidland’s Eric Garrison Sautrday. A-L’s Brock Loftus took 93rd in 21:03.6. In the girls race, placed 20th in 18:09, while teammate Margaret Princeton’s Jenna Loftus Vaessen led area girls as placed 42nd in 24:20.6, she finished 24th in 21:23. H-M’s Maddie Oltman took
ing a lot. It’s pretty interesting to watch because all of our kids watch her. She is improving a ton. She can pass pretty well, but she still hasn’t got the serve down right. Everyday she takes a step back. We started her at
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the 10-foot line and we have her take a step back each time. She’s getting better. “She’s starting to understand our humor a little bit. At first, she didn’t really understand our humor. It has been a lot of fun. There isn’t a language barrier at all because when she moved to Norway, they speak English.” The long-time volleyball coach who is in his fourth season in his second stint with the Lady Red Devils had a foreign exchange student from Amsterdam when he was the Putnam County coach. Instead of throwing a team off because there’s a new member from another country, Salazar said it helps bring everyone together as they learn from each other and enjoy the game of volleyball. “She went from being quiet to bantering with us. I think she was always a noisy kid, but with us she was real quiet in the beginning,” Salazar said. I think she’s starting to realize she fits, so she’s OK with it. She’s kind of a big pick me up. Every time she does
79th in 24:20.6, Bureau Valley’s McKenzie Hunt was 82nd in 24:24.1 and Mendota’s Aliza Salinas took 85th in 24:39.6.
BOYS SOCCER
Alleman 3, DePue-Hall 2 The Little Giants lost Saturday in Moline. The game was tied 2-2 at halftime before the Pioneers scored in the second half.
something new, the kids get pretty pumped about it. She took a hard-driven spike that bounced off of her and everyone was worried. She got up laughing. It was pretty cool. “When there is a foreign exchange student, the kids here want to know what’s new to them or different. But a lot of times, there isn’t much that is different for the player from another country because kids do the same things. They listen to the same music and do the same activities.” Totland hasn’t played in a varsity match this season but was a fixture in the preseason lineup. Salazar hasn’t entered the new player into the lineup early on this season because Hall has played hard hitting, fast teams such as Princeton and Newman. However, Salazar said he wants to give Totland the experience of her first match at some point this week. Brandon LaChance can be reached at 220-6995, or sports@newstrib.com. Follow him on Twitter @ NT_LaChance.