MONDAY RESULTS – July 29

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES
2A QUARTERFINALS
#2-North Linn (39-5) 8, West Branch (20-8) 1
Des Moines Christian (29-8) 9, Central Lee (21-3) 7
West Sioux (22-5) 7, #7-New Hampton (28-10) 2
#5-Van Meter (32-3) 17, Underwood (26-5) 7, six innings

TUESDAY RESULTS – July 30

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES
3A QUARTERFINALS
#1-Cedar Rapids Xavier (39-2) 7, ADM, Adel (13-18) 2
#4-Marion (33-5) 4, Bishop Heelan (29-11) 0
#3-Central DeWitt (37-3) 11, #9-Centerville (24-7) 1, five innings
#2-Davenport Assumption (32-4) 7, Boone (20-13) 3

WEDNESDAY RESULTS – July 31

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES
4A QUARTERFINALS
#6-Dowling Catholic (31-11) 7, #3-Southeast Polk (30-14) 0
#1-Johnston (35-5) 6, Ankeny (21-18) 0
#9-Urbandale (29-14) 3, #5-Epworth, Western Dubuque (32-10) 0
#2-Iowa City West (34-7) 6, Pleasant Valley (25-12) 3

THURSDAY RESULTS – August 1

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES

DES MOINES — Sophomore Shane Neighbor executed a perfect bases-loaded squeeze bunt with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday afternoon to give No. 3 Alburnett a 4-3 victory over No. 10 Remsen St. Mary’s in the 1A State semifinals at Principal Park.  The game featured an outstanding pitcher’s duel between the Hawks’ Blaine Harpenau and the Pirates’ Keaton Parker.  The two matched zeros until the fifth when both teams scored three times.  St. Mary’s took a 3-0 lead on consecutive RBI singles by Spencer Shorg, Blaine Harpenau and Skylar Waldschmitt.  Alburnett answered with a three-run fifth when Reed Stallman tripled to right on a drive that one-hopped the wall, driving in two runs.  Stallman scored on Keaton Parker’s single through a drawn-in infield.  Harpenau walked the lead-off man in the seventh inning on a 3-2 pitch that put him at 110 pitches for the game, the limit for a day by a pitcher as set by the IAHSAA.  Skylar Waldschmitt took over and gave up two hits to load the bases before striking out Luke Smith.  Shane Neighbor, however, was able to successfully get a bunt down toward third for the winning hit.  Spencer Schorg and Skylar Waldschmitt actually collided trying to desperately field the bunt and fell down.  The loss was pinned on Harpenau, dropping his record to 15-and-1.  Parker went the distance for Albernett to improve to 13-and-2.  Alburnett (34-5) meets top-rated Newman Catholic (37-3) for the 1A State championship Saturday at 11 am.  Remsen St. Mary’s ends the season at 27-and-8 and return their entire roster next season.

1A SEMIFINALS
#1-Newman Catholic (37-3) 10, #6-Don Bosco (29-5) 0, five innings
#3-Alburnett (34-5) 4, #10-Remsen St. Mary’s (27-8) 3

2A SEMIFINALS
#5-Van Meter (33-3) 3, West Sioux (22-6) 0
#2-North Linn (40-5) 3, Des Moines Christian (29-9) 0

(N-F-L Hall-of-Fame game)

Denver Broncos 14, Atlanta Falcons 10

FRIDAY RESULTS – August 2

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES
3A SEMIFINALS
#1-Cedar Rapids Xavier (40-2) 4, #4-Marion (33-6) 1
#3-Central DeWitt (37-4) 4, #2-Davenport Assumption (32-4) 1

4A SEMIFINALS
#9-Urbandale (30-14) 10, #2-Iowa City West (34-8) 2
#1-Johnston (36-5)  7, #6-Dowling Catholic (31-12) 0

SATURDAY RESULTS – August 3

(high school baseball)

STATE TOURNAMENT AT PRINCIPAL PARK IN DES MOINES
1A FINALS-#1-Newman Catholic (38-3) 11, #3-Alburnett (34-6) 1, six innings
2A FINALS-#5-Van Meter (34-3) 6, #2-North Linn (40-6) 0
3A FINALS-#1-Xavier (41-2) 8, #3-Central DeWitt (37-5) 1
4A FINALS-#9-Urbandale (31-14) 8 #1-Johnston (36-6) 2

(Pro Football Hall-of-Fame Inductees)

CANTON, Ohio — Eight new Pro Football Hall-of-Fame inductees were added to the Hall in Canton, Ohio Saturday.  Tight end Tony Gonzalez (Kansas City Chiefs & Atlanta Falcons), safety Ed Reed (Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans & New York Jets), corner back Champ Bailey (Washington Redskins & Denver Broncos), corner back Ty Law (New England Patriots, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs & Denver Broncos), offensive lineman Kevin Mawae (Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets & Tennessee Titans), longtime Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen (seven Super Bowl appearances by the Broncos during his tenure), former Dallas Cowboys vice-president of operations, Gil Brandt (two Super Bowl championships during his tenure), and the veteran’s committee added former Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs all-Pro defensive back, Johnny Robinson all were presented the gold jackets.

SUNDAY RESULTS – August 4

AP-SportsMinute

UNDATED (AP) – The Minnesota Twins blanked the Royals, 3-0 to maintain their three-game lead over Cleveland atop the AL Central. Devin Smeltzer pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning for his first major league win, helping Minnesota complete a three-game sweep. Shane Bieber scattered five hits in his major league-leading third complete game of the season as the Indians knocked off the Angels, 6-2 to wrap up a three-game sweep.

HOUSTON (AP) – Justin Verlander picked up his major league-best 15th win by holding Seattle to a run and three hits while 10 strikeouts over six-plus innings of the Houston Astros’ 3-1 victory. Verlander has won his last five games to help Houston build an 8 1/2-game lead over Oakland in the AL West. The Astros ace took a two-hit shutout into the seventh and exited after Kyle Seager led off with a home run.

NEW YORK (AP) – Gio Urchela’s two-run homer sparked a six-run third off David Price as the New York Yankees knocked off the Red Sox, 7-4 to complete a four-game sweep. Aaron Judge belted a solo homer and Mike Tauchman capped the big rally with a two-run single. Boston dropped its eighth in a row despite home runs by Christian Vazquez and Michael Chavis.

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs completed a big three-game sweep of the Brewers as Jason Heyward drove in three runs and Yu Darvish pitched five effective innings in a 7-2 victory that gives Chicago a 1  1/2-game lead over St. Louis in the NL Central. Heyward and Kyle Schwarber homered as the NL Central leaders won for the 11th time in 13 games at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals were 4-2 losers in Oakland as Tanner Roark allowed a run and four hits over five innings of his Athletics debut.

ATLANTA (AP) – Tucker Barnhart launched a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Shane Greene in the 10th inning to send the Reds to a 6-4 victory in Atlanta. Ronald Acuna, Jr. hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth off Amir Garrett to complete the Braves’ comeback from a 3-0 deficit before Barnhart belted his first round-tripper since May 25. The outcome keeps Atlanta seven games ahead of Washington and Philadelphia in the NL East.

(major league baseball)

INTERLEAGUE
Chicago White Sox 10, Philadelphia 5
Tampa Bay 7, Miami 2
Oakland 4, St. Louis 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 6, Toronto 5
Cleveland 6, L.A. Angels 2
Houston 3, Seattle 1
Minnesota 3, Kansas City 0
Texas 9, Detroit 4
N.Y. Yankees 7, Boston 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 13, Pittsburgh 2
Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 6, San Francisco 2
Arizona 7, Washington 5
L.A. Dodgers 11, San Diego 10