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SPORTS ■ PAGE 31

THE HERALD ■ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011

Cavs roll Heat in rematch By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — As he left the arena, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott smiled and accepted fist bumps and congratulaNBA tions from security guards lining the hallway. “Coach,” one of them said, “we’re going to talk about this one all summer.” And probably for many more. Cleveland got the win it wanted most. Take that, LeBron. Despite blowing a 23-point lead, the Cavs battled back to beat the Miami Heat 102-90 on Tuesday night, getting a small dose of satisfaction against James, the franchise’s biggest star who was making his second homecoming visit to Cleveland since bolting last summer. J.J. Hickson scored 21, Anthony Parker scored 20 and unsung center Ryan Hollins threw around his weight for the Cavs, who were embarrassed by the Heat 118-90 on Dec. 2 — a night when Cleveland fans unleashed pent-up hatred on James, the native son who scorned them. This time, it was James who left the floor beaten. He finished with 27 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds and had to endure another night of constant booing from fans who once cherished his every move but now view him as a bitter enemy for betraying them. James took the loss in stride, giving the Cavs credit they deserved. “Anytime we play anybody, we know we’re going to get the best out of them,” James said. “They came out and played extremely well. It was a good win for them.” Rockets 112, Nets 87: Kyle Lowry had 16 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds and Houston moved within two games of the final playoff berth in the Western Conference with a victory over New Jersey. Kevin Martin added 20 points as the Rockets posted their sixth win in seven games and inched closer to idle eighth-place Memphis with eight games left in the regular season. Brook Lopez had 22 points for the Nets, who lost their third in a row and seventh in eight games. Deron Williams missed his sixth straight game for New Jersey (2350), which has lost 50 games for the second straight season.

Thunder 115, Warriors 114, OT: Kevin Durant scored 39 points, Russell Westbrook hit the winning free throw with 11.4 seconds left in overtime and Oklahoma City finished its longest homestand of the season with a victory against Golden State. Durant scored eight of Oklahoma City’s nine points in overtime, but served as a decoy to create room along the right side of the lane as Westbrook drove to the basket and got fouled. Westbrook missed his first free throw, but made the second to put the Thunder on top. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 35 points. Kings 116, Suns 113: Marcus Thornton scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds for Sacramento, which won its season-high fourth straight by defeating Phoenix. Despite the strong possibility of the team moving to Anaheim next season, the Kings are enjoying their best stretch of the season, winning five of six games.

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Local schedule All Times EDT ■ TODAY, MARCH 30 No events scheduled ■ THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Prep Baseball Southridge at Evansville Bosse (V) . . . . . . . . . 5:00 Northeast Dubois at Bloomfield (V) . . . . . . . . . 5:00 Prep Softball North Daviess at Northeast Dubois . . . . . . . . . 4:30 Southridge at Evansville North (V) . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 Evansville Harrison at Heritage Hills (JV/V) . . . 6:00 Prep Track Pike Central at Northeast Dubois . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 ■ FRIDAY, APRIL 1 Prep Baseball Heritage Hills at Northeast Dubois (V/JV) . . . . 6:00 Prep Softball Jasper at Washington Catholic (JV) . . . . . . . . . 5:00 Forest Park at Boonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 Heritage Hills at Northeast Dubois . . . . . . . . . 6:00

Amateur volleyball AT HUNTINGBURG ■ PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MEN’S LEAGUE B DIVISION TOURNAMENT Monday’s Matches Sterling Drinkers 2, Net Masters 1 (23-25, 25-21, 27-25) Lammers Farms 2, Rauscher Farms 1 (25-14, 19-25, 25-21) Championship Sterling Drinkers 2, Lammers Farms 0 (27-25, 25-21)

Prep baseball AT POSEYVILLE/Pocket Athletic Conference VARSITY ■ North Posey 3, Southridge 2 Southridge . . . . . . . . . . . .002 000 0 — 2-4-2 North Posey . . . . . . . . . . .100 200 x — 3-8-1 Pitchers and catchers: (S) Seger, Zimmerle (6) and Nordhoff; (NP) Patton, Neumann, Scheller and Martin. LP: Seger (0-1). Doubles: (S) Broeker; (NP) Spahn AT LINCOLN CITY VARSITY ■ Heritage Hills 7, Evansville Reitz 4 Evansville Reitz . . . . . . . .002 011 0 — 4-7-1 Heritage Hills . . . . . . . . . .002 221 0 — 7-7-2 Pitchers and catchers: (ER) Trinkle, Brack (3), Goodwin (5) and Payton; (HH) Ty Simpson, Ward (5) and Tr. Simpson. WP: Ty Simpson (1-0). LP: Trinkle. Doubles: (HH) Burch, Tr. Simpson; (ER) Brack

Prep softball AT PAOLI VARSITY ■ Southridge 17, Paoli 4, five innings Southridge . . . . . . . . . . . .330 47 — 17-12-2 Paoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .030 01 — 4-4-3 Pitchers and catchers: (S) Bounds and Michel; (P) Kloss, Pigg (5) and Moore. WP: Bounds (1-0). LP: Kloss. Doubles: (S) Woebkenberg, Kippenbrock; (P) Kloss 2 AT EVANSVILLE VARSITY ■ Forest Park 7, Evansville North 3 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . .100 050 1—7-10-2 Evansville North . . . . . . . .000 030 0 — 3-6-5 Pitchers and catchers: (FP) Steffen and S. Bettag; (EN) Wade and Kane. WP: Steffen (1-0). LP: Wade. Doubles: (FP) Theising; (EN) Kane, Simme Triples: (FP) Theising JUNIOR VARSITY ■ Forest Park 27, Evansville North 0, five innings Forest Park . . . . . . . . .(12)(10)0 14 —27-20-1 Evansville North . . . . . . . .000 00 — 0-1-11 WP: Lange. LP: Miser.

College basketball ■ MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT All Times EDT FINAL FOUR AT HOUSTON/Reliant Stadium National Semifinals Saturday’s Games Butler (27-9) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (28-11), 6:09 p.m. Kentucky (29-8) vs. Connecticut (30-9), 8:49 p.m. National Championship Monday’s Game Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. ■ MEN’S NIT All Times EDT AT NEW YORK/Madison Square Garden Semifinals Tuesday’s Games Wichita State 75, Washington State 44 Alabama 62, Colorado 61 Championship Thursday’s Game Wichita State (28-8) vs. Alabama (25-11), 7 p.m. ■ MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL All Times EDT Championship Series, Best-of-3 (Creighton leads 1-0) Today’s Game Creighton (23-14) at Oregon (19-18), 10 p.m. Friday’s Game Creighton at Oregon, if necessary ■ MEN’S COLLEGEINSIDER.COM TOURNAMENT All Times EDT Championship Today’s Game Santa Clara (23-14) at Iona (25-11), 8 p.m. ■ WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT All Times EDT PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL Regional Championship Tuesday’s Game Connecticut 75, Duke 40

DALLAS REGIONAL Regional Championship Tuesday’s Game Texas A&M 58, Baylor 46 FINAL FOUR AT INDIANAPOLIS/Conseco Fieldhouse National Semifinals Sunday’s Games Stanford (33-2) vs. Texas A&M (31-5), 7 p.m. Notre Dame (30-7) vs. Connecticut (36-1), 9:30 p.m. National Championship Tuesday, April 5 Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. ■ WOMEN’S NIT All Times EDT Semifinals Today’s Games Toledo (27-8) at Charlotte (27-9), 8 p.m. Southern California (23-12) at Illinois State (24-10), 8:05 p.m. Championship Saturday’s Game Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.

Pro baseball ■ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL All Times EDT SPRING TRAINING NATIONAL LEAGUE W San Francisco...........................22 Colorado ..................................20 Milwaukee ................................19 Philadelphia..............................21 Atlanta .....................................17 Cincinnati .................................17 Florida......................................15 Washington ..............................15 New York ..................................16 St. Louis ..................................14 San Diego ................................13 Chicago....................................14 Los Angeles..............................13 Pittsburgh.................................11 Arizona.....................................12 Houston ...................................11 AMERICAN LEAGUE W Kansas City ..............................20 Minnesota ................................19 Detroit .....................................20 Los Angeles..............................18 Seattle.....................................16 Toronto.....................................16 Cleveland .................................15 Baltimore .................................15 Tampa Bay................................14 New York ..................................13 Texas .......................................13 Boston .....................................13 Oakland ...................................12 Chicago....................................11 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 2 Toronto 7, Baltimore 4 Florida 4, St. Louis 2 N.Y. Yankees 2, Detroit 1 Boston 1, Tampa Bay 1, tie Cincinnati 8, Cleveland 3 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Milwaukee 8, San Diego 7 Arizona 15, Chicago Cubs 8 Seattle 7, Colorado 2 Atlanta 4, Minnesota 2, 10 innings Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 4, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 Today’s Games Minnesota at Atlanta, 12:05 p.m. Florida vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. End Spring Training

OCTOBER 19 — World Series begins. NOVEMBER — Free agent period to sign exclusively with former teams, first 15 days after World Series ends. DECEMBER 1 — Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents. 5-8 — Winter meetings, Dallas. ■ THIS DATE IN BASEBALL 1966 — The Koufax-Drysdale holdout ended. The Los Angeles Dodgers give Sandy Koufax $120,000 and Don Drysdale $105,000, making them the highest-paid teammates in history. 1992 — The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox made a trade. The Cubs sent outfielder George Bell to the White Sox for outfielder Sammy Sosa and pitcher Ken Patterson. 2004 — The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays opened the season in Japan with Tampa Bay posting an 8-3 victory behind the pitching of Victor Zambrano and the hitting of Tino Martinez. Martinez had three hits including the 300th homer of his career.

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■ MLB REGULAR SEASON All Times EDT NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Atlanta (Lowe 0-0) at Washington (Hernandez) 0-0, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-0) at Cincinnati (Volquez 0-0), 2:10 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 0-0) at St. Louis (Carpenter 0-0), 4:15 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0), 8 p.m. Friday’s Games Houston (Myers 0-0) at Philadelphia (Halladay 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Correia 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-0), 2:20 p.m. Arizona (Kennedy 0-0) at Colorado (Jimenez 0-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0) at Florida (Johnson 0-0), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (TBA) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 0-0), 10:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games Detroit (Verlander 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-0) at Kansas City (Hochevar 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 0-0) at Cleveland (Carmona 0-0), 3:05 p.m. Boston (Lester 0-0) at Texas (Wilson 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Pavano 0-0) at Toronto (Romero 0-0), 7:07 p.m. Baltimore (Guthrie 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Haren 0-0) at Kansas City (Francis 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 0-0) at Oakland (Cahill 0-0), 10:05 p.m. ■ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CALENDAR MARCH 31 — Opening day, active rosters reduced to 25 players. JULY 12 — All-Star game, Phoenix. 24 — Hall of Fame induction, Cooperstown, N.Y. 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. AUGUST 15 — Last day to sign selections from 2011 amateur draft who have not exhausted college eligibility. SEPTEMBER 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players. 30 or Oct. 1 — Playoffs begin.

■ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct y-Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 22 .699 Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . .38 36 .514 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 38 .486 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . .23 50 .315 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 53 .274 Southeast Division W L Pct x-Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 23 .689 x-Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 27 .635 x-Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 32 .568 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 42 .425 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . .18 55 .247 Central Division W L Pct y-Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 20 .726 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 42 .440 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . .29 44 .397 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 47 .356 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 58 .205 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio . . . . . . . . . .57 17 .770 x-Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 21 .712 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . .42 32 .568 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 33 .554 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 35 .527 Northwest Division W L Pct x-Oklahoma City . . . . . . . .49 24 .671 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 29 .603 Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 31 .581 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 39 .480 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . .17 57 .230 Pacific Division W L Pct y-L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . . . .53 20 .726 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 37 .493 Golden State . . . . . . . . . . .32 43 .427 L.A. Clippers . . . . . . . . . . .29 45 .392 Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . .21 52 .288 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 102, Miami 90 Houston 112, New Jersey 87 Oklahoma City 115, Golden State 114, OT Sacramento 116, Phoenix 113 Today’s Games Orlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 7 p.m. Houston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. New Jersey at New York, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Boston at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Fourth Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Alexander Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Viktor Troicki (16), Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. David Ferrer (6), Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-1, 6-2. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4). Mardy Fish (14), United States, def. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). Gilles Simon (25), France, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. John Isner (30), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). WOMEN Fourth Round Kim Clijsters (2), Belgium, def. Ana Ivanovic (19), Serbia, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5). Quarterfinals Andrea Petkovic (21), Germany, def. Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Maria Sharapova (16), Russia, def. Alexandra Dulgheru (26), Romania, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5).

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Pro hockey ■ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times EDT Tuesday’s Games Carolina 3, Washington 2, SO Columbus 3, Florida 2, SO Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2, SO Phoenix 2, Dallas 1, SO Toronto 4, Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2 Boston 3, Chicago 0 Montreal 3, Atlanta 1 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2 Vancouver 3, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 2, Edmonton 0 Today’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Pro tennis ■ SONY ERICSSON OPEN AT KEY BISCAYNE, Fla./The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES MEN Third Round Alexander Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15), France, 6-7 (7-2), 6-4, 7-5.

TUESDAY’S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS ■ BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended minor league players free agent P Junior Astacio, C Erick Castillo (Cubs), free agent RHP Tony Feliz, free agent OF Pedro Nunez and RHP Amalio Reyes (Cubs) 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned C Craig Tatum and LHP Zach Britton to Norfolk (IL). Assigned INF Brendan Harris to their minor league camp. Placed RHP Justin Duchscherer on the 15-day DL. BOSTON RED SOX — Traded RHP Daniel Turpen to Colorado for C Michael McKenry. Designated C Mark Wagner for assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded INF/OF Jayson Nix to Toronto for cash considerations. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Vin Mazzaro to Omaha (PCL). Assigned RHP Louis Coleman, RHP Luis Mendoza, RHP Zach Miner, INF Irving Falu and INF Lance Zawadzki to their minor league camp. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed 1B Kendrys Morales, LHP Scott Downs, RHP Joel Pineiro, OF Reggie Willits, RHP Bobby Cassevah, and INF Freddy Sandoval on the 15-day disabled list. Optioned RHP Matt Palmer, RHP Trevor Bell, INF Andrew Romaine and RHP Francisco Rodriguez to Salt Lake (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned C Jesus Montero, INF Ramiro Pena and OF Justin Maxwell to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and C Austin Romine to Trenton (EL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned LHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contracts of INF Adam Kennedy and RHP Chris Ray from Tacoma (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Returned LHP Cesar Cabral to Boston. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contract of OF Corey Patterson from Las Vegas (PCL). Assigned OF Eric Thames, 1B David Cooper, RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Chad Cordero, LHP Sean Henn, LHP Mike Hinckley, LHP Will Ledezma and LHP Rommie Lewis to their minor league camp. Placed LHP Jesse Carlson on the 60-day DL. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Billingsley on a four-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of RHP Blaine Boyer and INF Willie Harris from Buffalo (IL). Designated RHP Manny Acosta for assignment. Sent LHP Pat Misch outright to Buffalo. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Traded 1B Allan Dykstra to the N.Y. Mets for RHP Eddie Kunz. Recalled RHP Samuel Deduno from Tucson (PCL). Placed RHP Mat Latos, LHP Joe Thatcher, INF Kyle Blanks and INF Jarrett Hoffpauir on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Granted release to RHP Jeff Suppan. ■ COLLEGE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE — Named Sally Bell coordinator of women’s basketball officials. FIESTA BOWL — Fired president and CEO John Junker. MAINE — Fired women’s basketball coach Cindy Blodgett. MARYLAND — Announced sophomore C Jordan Williams will enter the NBA draft. MEMPHIS — Signed men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner to a five-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season. PITTSBURGH — Announced junior G Ashton Gibbs will enter the NBA draft. UCLA — Announced junior G Malcolm Lee will enter the NBA draft.

On the air All Times EDT ■ TODAY, MARCH 30 TELEVISION 7 p.m. — NBA basketball: Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers (FOXSMW) 7 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open, quarterfinals (ESPN2) 7:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: New Jersey Nets at New York Knicks (ESPN) 10 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: McDonald’s AllAmerican Game (ESPN) ■ THURSDAY, MARCH 31 TELEVISION 1 p.m. — MLB baseball: Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees (ESPN) 1 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open, men’s quarterfinals and women’s semifinals (ESPN2) 4 p.m. — MLB baseball: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals (FOXSMW) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: NIT championship, Alabama vs. Wichita State (ESPN2) 8 p.m. — NBA basketball: Boston Celtics at San Antonio Spurs (TNT) 8 p.m. — MLB baseball: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN) 10:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers (TNT) 11 p.m. — Pro tennis: Sony Ericsson Open, men’s quarterfinals and women’s semifinals (ESPN2) RADIO 2:30 p.m. — MLB baseball: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals (WQKZ 98.5 FM)