KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Alex Gordon extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI double in a four-run first inning and Luke Hochevar won another afternoon start as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 Sunday. Hochevar is 9-3 with a 4.43 ERA in 14 day starts the past two seasons, compared to 2-11 with a 5.28 ERA in 21 appearances at night. He picked up just his second victory in his last 10 starts, with both coming in afternoon games. Hochevar (5-8) departed after 5 2-3 innings. He gave up three runs on seven hits…
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Florida and South Carolina don’t immediately come to mind when conversation shifts to Southeastern Conference rivalries unless you’re talking about baseball. The Gators (53-17) and defending national champion Gamecocks (53-14) will play their biggest series to date when they meet in the College World Series finals beginning Monday. Last year, the Gators traveled to Columbia, S.C., the final weekend of the regular season and won two of three to edge out the Gamecocks for the SEC title. Three months ago, South Carolina went to Florida and won two of three, and the teams ended up in a…
The Manhattan Optimist Lasers 18-and-under softball team won an invitational tournament in Independence, Missouri over the weekend. The Lasers won their first five games at the tournament, but dropped the first championship game of the double eliminaton tournament to the Trenton Missouri Phantoms 5-2. But the Lasers came back to beat the Phantoms 8-0 in the winner take all final with Katie Hodges pitching a shutout. Kylie Rupe also pitched, and led the offense with 11 hits, seven for extra bases. The Lasers are now 26-9 on the season.
A group of five K-State Wildcats are competing this weekend at the USA track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. The Cats’ two NCAA title winners will both compete, Erik Kynard in the high jump and Ryann Krais in the heptathlon. The top three finishers in each event at the USA meet qualify for the national team at the World Championships as long as they meet the “A” qualifying standard. Kynard will compete in the high jump on Sunday afternoon, while Krais will be in the heptathlon on Saturday and Sunday. Plus, Tiara Walpool will compete in the women’s triple…
For the second consecutive year, the Big 12 led all other conferences with six first round picks in the NBA Draft. Texas’ Tristan Thompson was one of the surprises of the night by being selected #4 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Three Big 12 players were taken in a row to conclude the lottery, Colorado’s Alec Burks at #12 to the Utah Jazz, Kansas twins Markieff Morris to the Phoenix Suns at #13, and Marcus Morris to the Houston Rockets at #14. Two more players from Texas were picked at the end of the first round, Jordan Hamilton was selected…
More post season honors are here for Nick Martini and James Allen. The pair were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Midwest Region second team. It was Allen’s first selection to the team, while it was the second time in Martini’s career he was named to the ABCA All-Midwest Region team after his first-team honor a year ago. The honors mark the fifth-straight season a Wildcat has been named all-region, and it is the first time since 1997 that Kansas State had two players on the list.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Daniel Hudson pitched seven strong inning to win his ninth game, and Miguel Montero and Juan Miranda each homered to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Hudson (9-5) is tied for the National League lead in victories. He is 8-1 with a 2.78 ERA in his past 11 starts after losing his first four starts. He held the Royals to three runs on six hits, while walking one and striking out one. Montero led off the second with his ninth homer, while Miranda connected in the…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Players and staff from the Kansas City Chiefs are vowing to stay committed to Joplin’s recovery after spending a day helping clear debris from last month’s monster tornado. More than 130 players, coaches and front-office personnel traveled in buses Thursday to Joplin, where they put on dust masks and work gloves before hauling rubble to the street in one devastated neighborhood. Later in the day they signed autographs and posed for pictures with hundreds of Chiefs fans in a church parking lot. General manager Scott Pioli says there was dead silence on one bus when the Chiefs…
The NBA Draft is Thursday night in Newark, New Jersey, and a new obstacle is in front of Jacob Pullen. The Sacramento Bee reports that Pullen went down holding his right knee today at a workout for the Sacramento Kings. The Kings beat writer for the Bee, Jason Jones, joined the Game on SportsRadio 1350, and he says Pullen was hurt at the end of a workout. Pullen had previously worked out for 11 other NBA teams. The extent of his knee injury is not known, but Pullen did say this on Twitter on Tuesday, “I fall a lot and…
A Fort Riley Soldier was found dead in his barracks room on post Monday. Fort Riley officials indicated late Monday identification of the Soldier is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin. The incident is under investigation. A cause of death has not been announced….