Author: KMAN Staff

BALTIMORE (AP)– The Kansas City Royals kept getting on base in front of Mike Moustakas, and he repeatedly brought them home. And that, quite simply, is how Moustakas amassed a franchise-record nine RBIs in a 14-6 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. “It’s pretty special,” Moustakas said. “I was just able to get good pitches, and I didn’t miss them today.” Moustakas hit a two-run single in the sixth inning, his second career grand slam in the seventh and, capping the unprecedented performance, a three-run homer in the ninth. The previous team record for RBIs in a game was…

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The Kansas State Volleyball team continued its early season hot streak with a sweep of two matches against Seattle and Middle Tennessee State Saturday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Kansas State 3, Seatlle 0 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – K-State earned its fourth sweep of the year, behind three players reaching double-figures in kills, as the Wildcats beat Seattle, 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23, on Saturday at Alumni Memorial Gym. K-State (7-1) was led by Bryna Vogel (13), Brooke Sassin (10) and Alyssa Schultejans (10) in kills as the offense out-killed and out-hit Seattle (3-4) 50-36 and .297-.192, respectively.…

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SAN ANTONIO — It took longer than desired and perhaps more frustration than necessary, but Kansas State made plays when it mattered and took control in the second half Saturday in a 30-3 victory over UTSA. The Wildcats struggled offensively in the first half and was forced to rely on its defense for most of the afternoon. But its dominant effort after halftime was more than enough to move to 2-0 on the season. “I thought we played hard and reasonably smart,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. Joe Hubener, starting a game at quarterback for the first time, took hit…

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Riley County Police made a high bond arrest on Friday, when 20-year-old Jonathon Elliott was arrested on two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of child misconduct and one count of theft of property or services. Elliott received a bond of $260,000 and he is confined to the Riley County Jail. ### A Manhattan man was arrested Friday evening for several crimes against a child. Zachary Estrada,25, was arrested on one count of indecent liberties with a child and one count of attributing to child misconduct. Bond was set at $10,000 and Estrada remains confined.

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By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – K-State bounced back from a second-set loss by hitting a combined .429 over the final two sets to beat VCU, 3-1 (25-17, 19-25, 25-10, 25-18), in the Alumni Memorial Gym on Friday to open the Middle Tennessee Invitational. K-State (6-1) out-paced VCU (2-6) in every major statistical category, from 61-47 in kills, 57-43 in digs and 9.0-7.0 in blocks, but an error-filled second set by the Wildcats forced the match to go four after K-State out-hit the Rams, .393-.276, in the first. “We were uncharacteristically high-error in the second,” said K-State…

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The Public Affairs office at Ft. Riley issued a press release early Saturday regarding the death of an unidentified teenager on post. According to the release, a teenage family member died of an apparent gunshot wound around 7:30 FRiday evening The release went on to say that this was an isolated incident and that there was no active shooter. Fort Riley leaders are providing support to the affected families. The incident is under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division of the United States Army.

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