PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) The Kansas City Royals set a team record for spring training wins with their 23rd victory, beating the Seattle Mariners 11-6 Tuesday behind Brett Hayes’ four hits. Hayes tripled and drove in two runs. The Royals had 18 hits, including seven doubles. Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson and Miguel Tejada added two hits for Kansas City. The Mariners took a 4-1 lead before a six-run seventh for Kansas City. Mariners starter Jeremy Bonderman gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings. Franklin Gutierrez and Michael Morse homered for Seattle in the seventh.
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Ross Kivett knocked in a career-high five runs as K-State survived a wild game on a frigid Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium, 10-8 over Nebraska. Kivett drove in a run on a second inning single to pull the Cats within 2-1 of the Huskers. He followed with a sacrifice fly to score Jon Davis for the second time and tie the game at 2 in the fourth. Kivett doubled in the 5th for the first of three runs scored by K-State to give K-State the lead for good at 8-5. He complete the scoring for K-State with an RBI…
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