KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Robinson Cano hit his eighth career grand slam, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot and the New York Yankees roughed up Luke Hochevar in a 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Nick Swisher added a homer in his return to the starting lineup, helping the Yankees to a four-game split. The series began with a freak, season-ending injury to All-Star closer Mariano Rivera, but ended with the Yankees’ best offensive output in a dozen games. The Yankees already led on RBI singles by Raul Ibanez and Curtis Granderson when Cano came to…
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*STORY COURTESY OF KSTATESPORTS.COM* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Jared King and Wade Hinkle combined for five hits and seven RBI as Kansas State completed a weekend sweep of Nebraska Omaha with a 10-2 victory Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. With the win, K-State improved to 22-27 on the season and earned its first three-game sweep since early April. The Mavericks fell to 12-35 with the loss. The Wildcats tallied double-digit hits for the third-straight game and scored at least 10 runs in back-to-back contests. K-State also drew six walks after seven on Friday and 16 on Saturday as the Wildcats recorded a team on-base percentage…
LAS VEGAS (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. used his speed and accuracy to win a unanimous decision Saturday night over a game Miguel Cotto in one of his toughest fights ever. Mayweather dominated late, rocking Cotto in the 12th round to pull out a win and remain unbeaten in 43 fights. But it wasn’t easy, with Mayweather getting his nose bloodied and Cotto fighting until the final bell. Mayweather won Cotto’s 154-pound title in the fight, which two judges scored 117-111 and the third 118-110. The decision was roundly booed by the crowd at the MGM Grand arena, which cheered wildly…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felipe Paulino came off the disabled list to toss six shutout innings, Billy Butler drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Saturday night. Paulino (1-0) retired 11 straight to start the game and did not allow a ball out of the infield until Raul Ibanez singled with one out in the fifth. Paulino gave up only four hits and walked two while striking out six in his first start of the season. Butler doubled in the first and again in the fifth, each time driving in Alex…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) I’ll Have Another caught Bodemeister down the stretch and pulled away in the final furlong on Saturday to win the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Mario Gutierrez, riding in his first Derby, guided the 3-year-old colt ahead of Bob Baffert’s Bodemeister and a late closing Dullahan to win on a fast track. It was trainer Doug O’Neill’s first Derby victory. He had never finished better than 13th in the Kentucky Derby with two other horses. I’ll Have Another, the Santa Anita Derby winner, went off at 15-1 in one the deepest and evenly balanced fields in recent years.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have reinstated Felipe Paulino from the disabled list to start Saturday night’s game against the New York Yankees. They optioned right-handed reliever Louis Coleman to Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Paulino hasn’t pitched this season after spending time on the DL with a strained right forearm. He takes the rotation spot of Luis Mendoza, who has been shuffled to the bullpen. Paulino is coming off a strong start at Double-A Northwest Arkansas, where he allowed four hits and no runs in 6 1-3 innings. He threw a side session Wednesday and…
*STORY COURTESY OF KStateSports.com* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State put a season-best 31 runners on base – including a Big 12 record-tying six walks by Tanner Witt – en route to a 14-5 victory over Nebraska Omaha Saturday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. With the win, K-State improved to 21-27 on the season and will look for its first three-game sweep on Sunday since early April. The Mavericks fell to 12-34 with the loss. In a game that K-State drew 15 walks, Witt had five strikes thrown against him in the 29 pitches he saw. He broke the school record of five…
Isaac Alberto Mendoza, 27, Fort Riley, Kan., for failure to appear. Bond set at $300. John Grady Simpson, 30, homeless, for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $750. Anthony Leon Williams, Jr., 24, 1326 Yuma St., for failure to appear. Bond set at $30,000. Chancellor Blair Copenhaver, 20, Westmoreland, Kan., for driving under the influence. Bond set at $500. Gabriel N. Burch, 19, Fort Riley Kan., for domestic battery. Bond set at $500. Luis Enrique Rosario III, 22, Fort Riley, Kan., for disorderly conduct. Bond set at $750. Eric Duane Douglas, 23, 1960 Hudson Ave., for driving under…
Riley County dispatch reports they received notification via e-mail late Saturday morning that 911 service for residents who have land lines in North Riley County is down until further notice. Dispatch says that residents in that area can still access 911 by cell phone for emergencies only. Authorities are working to restore land line service in that area as soon as possible.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Derek Jeter belted a two-run homer, CC Sabathia went eight innings for the third straight time and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on an encouraging Friday night. It began with closer Mariano Rivera’s announcement that he plans to return from a devastating knee injury rather than retire, and ended when David Robertson struck out the side in the ninth to give Sabathia (4-0) his fourth straight victory. Jeter singled and scored on Mark Teixeira’s homer in the first inning, and then broke the game open with his fifth homer during a…