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TOP OF THE NEWS

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• Isringhausen on DL; Chris Perez recalled

  The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have placed pitcher Jason Isringhausen on the 15-day disabled list with a right hand laceration and purchased the contract of Chris Perez from Class AAA Memphis.

• Mascoutah hires new girls basketball coach

  After spending the past three seasons as the girls freshman basketball coach at Mascoutah High School, Dan Underwood has been promoted to varsity head coach.

• Local sports calendar: The games on tap today

  Prep Softball

  Edwardsville at Belleville West, 4:15 p.m.

  Althoff at Carbondale (DH), 4 p.m.

• Granite City hires new basketball coach

  Former Highland and Petersburg Porta head coach and longtime Collinsville assistant Steve Roustio has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Granite City High School.

• More rain wipes out area playoff games

  In another shocking development in this rainy spring, more wet weather sent area athletic directors scurrying to reschedule much of the region's prep baseball, softball and girls soccer playoff games.

• Bay's pinch-hit homer lifts Pirates past Cardinals

  Jason Bay's first pinch-hit homer delivered the latest jolt of anguish to Jason Isringhausen.

• Leonard good to go after surgery

  After offseason surgery on both shoulders, St. Louis Rams fullback Brian Leonard will be bigger, and expects to be better, in 2008.

• Local sports calendar: The games on tap today

  Prep Baseball

  Centralia at Highland, 4:15 p.m.

  Mount Vernon at Mater Dei, 4:15 p.m.

• Roustio hired as GC boys basketball coach

  Former Highland High boys basketball coach Steve Roustio has been hired as the new coach at Granite City. He replaces Carl Luehmann, who resigned in April.

• Wellemeyer, Cards defeat Pirates 5-1

  Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer allowed one run on two hits in seven-plus innings and the St. Louis Cardinals pounded out 15 hits in a 5-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium.

• Edmonds gets another chance with Cubs

  Jim Edmonds insisted he's healthy and can perform at a high level. The Chicago Cubs are giving him a chance to prove it, and his first opportunity came against his former team, the San Diego Padres.

• Wednesday's high school scores

  Prep Baseball O'Fallon 14, Waterloo 3 Belleville West 10, Granite City 4

• Local sports calendar: The games on tap today

  Prep Baseball

  Centralia at Highland, 4:15 p.m.

  Mount Vernon at Mater Dei, 4:15 p.m.

• Cardinals lose to Pittsburgh in 10 innings

  Ronny Paulino had a go-ahead single in the 10th inning and Adam LaRoche followed with a three-run double two batters later as Pittsburgh defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 on Monday night at Busch Stadium.

• Tuesday's high school scores

  Prep Baseball Mascoutah 1, Waterloo 0 Belleville West 13, Edwardsville 9

• Tyler Johnson to have shoulder surgery

  St. Louis Cardinals left-handed reliever Tyler Johnson, sidelined since spring training with a rotator cuff strain, will undergo arthroscopic shoulder surgery today in Los Angeles.

• Rams likely will train at Concordia University

  All signs point to the St. Louis Rams holding training camp next year at Concordia University in Mequon, Wis.

• Blues sign former No. 1 picks Oshie and Eller

  Former No. 1 draft picks T.J. Oshie and Lars Eller were signed to three-year contracts on Tuesday by the St. Louis Blues.

• Local sports calendar: The games on tap today

  College Baseball

  St. Louis U. vs. SIU-Carbondale at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, 7 p.m.

  Prep Baseball

  O’Fallon at Belleville East, 4:15 p.m.

  Belleville West at Edwardsville, 4:15 p.m.

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