The Missouri women’s basketball team knows its nonconference opponents for the 2018-19 season.

Here’s the schedule:

Oct. 29 – vs Missouri Western (exhibition)

Nov. 1 – Washburn (exhibition)

Nov. 6 – at Western Illinois

Nov. 14 – vs Missouri State

Nov. 16 – vs Green Bay

Nov. 18 – vs SIU Edwardsville

Nov. 23 – Michigan (Gulf Coast Showcase)

Dec. 2 – at West Virginia

Dec. 6 – vs UMKC

Dec. 9 – at St. Louis

Dec. 15 – vs South Dakota

Dec. 17 – vs Texas State

Dec. 21 – at Illinois

Dec. 30 – vs Arkansas State

Paul DeJong drilled a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to lift the streaking Cardinals to a thrilling 7-6 victory over the Nationals at Busch Stadium.  Washington scored two runs in the top of the frame to tie the game.  St. Louis took the lead in the eighth on homers by Jedd Gyorko and Matt Carpenter.  The Cards have won six straight and are now two games back of the Brewers for the NL’s second wild-card spot.

>>Cardinals Continue Series With Nationals Tonight

The red-hot Cardinals play game two of a four-game series with the Nationals tonight at Busch Stadium.  John Gant takes the mound for St. Louis opposite Washington’s Gio Gonzalez.  The Cards are five games back of the Cubs for first in the NL Central.

>>Cubs Open Two-Game Set Against Brewers

The Cubs open a two-game set this afternoon against the Brewers at Wrigley Field.  Jose Quintana takes the mound for Chicago.  Milwaukee counters with Jhoulys Chacin.  The Cubs are 68-49 and lead the Brewers by three games for first place in the NL Central.

Brad Keller pitched seven innings of one-run ball as the Royals beat the Blue Jays 3-1 at Kauffman Stadium.  Ryan O’Hearn hit a two-run homer and had a bases-loaded walk for three RBI in all.  The Royals had dropped nine of their previous 10 games.

>>Royals Host Blue Jays Again Tonight

The Royals and Blue Jays play the second of their four-game series in Kansas City tonight.  Heath Fillmyer goes for his second big league win as he opposes Toronto’s Ryan Borucki.  The Royals are last in the AL Central at 36-and-82, 31 games out of first.

>>Royals Put Duffy On DL

Royals left-hander Danny Duffy is on the 10-day disables list with a shoulder impingement.  He received an anti-inflammatory injection after giving up six runs in Saturday’s 8-3 loss to St. Louis.  Duffy is 7-and-11 with a 4.90 ERA in 25 starts on the season.

2018 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Division II Coaches’ Poll (Aug. 13, 2018)
Rk. School (1st Place Votes)         Rec.  Pts.
1.   Texas A&M-Commerce (13)   14-1   748
2.   West Florida (14)                 11-4   721
3.   Minnesota St. (2)                 13-1   691
4.   Indiana (Pa.) (2)                   13-1   666
5t.  Fort Hays St. (Kan.)              11-1   591
5t.  Northwest Missouri St. (2)     9-3     591
7.   Harding (Ark.)                      11-4   550
8.   Ferris St. (Mich.)                  11-2   503
9.   Central Washington              11-1   494
10.  Grand Valley St. (Mich.)        8-3     478
11.  Midwestern St. (Texas)         10-1   473
12. West Alabama                     10-3   470
13.  Indianapolis (Ind.)                11-1   402
14.  Colorado St.-Pueblo             9-3     401
15.  Ashland (Ohio)                     11-2   350
16.  Shepherd (W.Va.)                10-1   332
17.  Assumption (Mass.)             11-2   292
18.  Central Missouri                  9-3     209
19.  West Georgia                      9-4     196
20.  Sioux Falls (S.D.)                 9-3     158
21.  Winona St. (Minn.)               10-2   134
22.  Carson-Newman (Tenn.)       8-3     118
23.  Ohio Dominican                   7-3     105
24.  Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)          9-3     102
25.  Findlay (Ohio)                      10-3   101

*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2017

Others Receiving Votes: California (Pa.), 89; Delta St. (Miss.), 74; West Chester (Pa.), 74; Colorado Mesa, 66; Bowie St. (Md.), 60; Virginia St., 51; Minnesota-Duluth, 41; Albany St. (Ga.), 39; Florida Tech, 36; Colorado Mines, 34; Shippensburg (Pa.), 31; Tuskegee (Ala.), 26; Wingate (N.C.), 25; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 22; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 22; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 21; Notre Dame (Ohio), 18; Eastern New Mexico, 17; Edinboro (Pa.), 15; Missouri Western St., 14; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 13; Emporia St. (Kan.), 11; Central Oklahoma, 9; LIU Post (N.Y.), 8; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 8; Augustana (S.D.), 5; Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 5; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 4; Catawba (N.C.), 3; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 3; Hillsdale (Mich.), 3; Southern Arkansas, 1; Washburn (Kan.), 1.

Not even pesky aluminum foil could prevent the Royals from being swept by the Cardinals.  Luke Weaver was scratched as Sunday’s starter for St. Louis after the righty cut his index finger on the wrapping covering a food tray.  Trainers glued his finger, but the next morning Mike Shildt decided to not take any chances and inserted newly acquired Tyson Ross into the starting rotation.

Ross got the win, pitching six innings and allowing two runs.  He was the pitcher on record when the Cardinals opened up a tight 2-1 games by scoring seven runs in the final three innings off Kansas City’s bullpen for an 8-2 win.

Yadier Molina hit the go-ahead two-run single in the seventh.  Paul DeJong drilled a two-run homer in the ninth for St. Louis, which won its fifth straight and completed their first I-70 Series sweep at Kauffman Stadium since 2012.  St. Louis rookie Patrick Wisdom recorded two base hits, including an RBI-single, in his first major league start.

Jake Junis struck out eight over six innings of one-run ball as KC led 2-1, but Jason Hammel gave up three in the seventh to take the loss.

After getting swept by the Cardinals, the Royals now welcome the Blue Jays to “The K” tonight for the start of a three-game series.  Brad Keller starts for KC, while Toronto turns to rookie Sean Reid-Foley.  The Royals have lost nine-of-10 to fall to 35-and-82.  The streaking Cardinals open a four-game series with the Nationals tonight at Busch Stadium.  It’s the first of a seven-game homestand for St. Louis, which has won five in-a-row.  Miles Mikolas will oppose Washington’s Tommy Milone.  The Cards are 63-55 and just two-and-a-half games back of the Brewers for the NL’s second wild card spot.

It was a brief return to the field for Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson in Houston’s 17-10 preseason win over the Chiefs in Kansas City.  Watson played one series and completed his only throw for four yards to wide receiver Bruce Ellington.  It was the 2017 first-round pick’s first action since suffering a torn ACL last season.  KC QB Patrick Mahomes was taken two picks before Watson and saw a little bit more action.  Mahomes finished 5-for-7 for 33 yards across two drives.  He will start for the Chiefs this season after they traded Alex Smith to the Redskins.

Mahomes went 5-for-7 for 33 yards on his two drives of the game, but was sacked once and hit three times.  While Mahomes numbers weren’t bad, the offensive line played spotty.  Back up Chad Henne threw a 24-yard pass to Demarcus Robinson for KC’s only touchdown.  Robinson led all receivers with three catches for 48 yards.

Receiver Sammy Watkins who signed a three-year $48 million deal did not get targeted with any passes.