Author: KMAN Staff

BALTIMORE (AP)– Omar Infante homered and tied a career high with six RBIs, James Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and the Kansas City Royals coasted to a 9-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Nori Aoki scored three runs for the Royals, who took two of three from Baltimore to conclude a 3-4 road trip that began in Cleveland. Kansas City is 12-0 when scoring at least four runs and 0-12 when scoring three runs or fewer. Infante hit a run-scoring groundout in the first inning, a sacrifice fly in the third, a two-run double in the…

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By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The K-State baseball team allowed the first four West Virginia batters to score in the sixth inning, turning a close game into an eventual 6-1 loss to the Mountaineers on Sunday at Hawley Field. K-State (23-22, 4-11 Big 12) trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the sixth, but Wildcat starting pitcher Nate Griep, who allowed two hits to his prior 16 batters faced, surrendered four straight hits to West Virginia (24-16, 7-7 Big 12) to start the sixth. The last of the two hits were for extra-bases and drove in…

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Thunderstorms dropped significant rain over Northeast Kansas Sunday morning and also triggered a Flash Flood Warning to be issued by the National Weather Service for a time for Manhattan and Junction City. Approximately 3.4 inches of rain fell just outside the KMAN studios on Sunday morning before the storms moved out shortly before Noon. Riley County Police had been urging motorists to avoid several Manhattan streets including North Manhattan Avenue, Bertrand and Vattier Streets. Authorities also reported high water on Denison and Jardine and Ehlers Road had rocks in the roadway shortly after 9 a.m. Lyon Creek in Geary County…

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Updated: 4:35 p.m. Sunday K-18 in Riley & Wabaunsee Counties is NOW OPEN to all traffic from the K-99 junction to the K-177 junction. Flood waters have receded from the roadway. Roadway was completely closed to all traffic earlier Sunday. Drivers are advised never to  attempt to drive through flooded or high water on roadways

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles traditionally thrust a pie in the face of a successful teammate while he’s being interviewed after a game at Camden Yards, and Nick Markakis was poised to be the recipient. On Saturday night, however, his teammates thought Markakis deserved better. He had played out of position for the sake of the team and singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after two throwing errors by pitcher Danny Duffy laid the groundwork for a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. So J.J. Hardy handed Markakis the pie and a fork, and he…

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