(AP) – Mike Moustakas helped the Kansas City Royals (11-23) win a series for the first time in 11 tries this season. Moustakas drove in three runs with a double and sacrifice fly, and the Royals beat Detroit 4-2 on Sunday to take three of four from the Tigers. Kansas City had lost nine previous series this year and split one. “We’ve been going out and grinding and playing good baseball,” Moustakas said. “Obviously things haven’t really been going our way. Lately we’ve been playing great ball. Things are starting to fall for us. Our staff has been doing phenomenal…
Author: Mitch Fortner
Sophomore Will Brennan stuck out a career-high nine hitters over 6 1/3 innings and senior Kyle Barfield hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth, but the Oklahoma Sooners rallied with two runs in the bottom half of the eighth to win the series finale Sunday, 4-3, at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Barfield’s solo homer in the top of the eighth put K-State (18-29, 3-18 Big 12) in front 3-2 before Oklahoma (31-18, 13-8 Big 21) plated two runs that were aided by two Wildcat errors in the home half. OU completed a three-game sweep and handed the Wildcats their sixth…
Back in 1997, former Collegian writer Todd Stewart said former Wildcat Manny Dies is the worst college basketball player in the sport’s history. Hear Todd talk about that article during hour one of the show. According to a survey, the K-State football brand hardly exists. Plus, Match Game and You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – “Dysfunctional, can’t-miss prospect college basketball’s worst” 11:37 – Interview with Todd Stewart 27:05 – Tyler’s SEC/Star Wars comparison 32:26 – May The Fort be with you 39:19 – More Todd Stewart/KSU football “Brand” 50:47 – Match Game 1:03:47 – Mike Lee tries to start a…
(AP) – Ned Yost was happy to see Jorge Soler’s pitch recognition sharpen, slugging first baseman Lucas Duda produce some timely hits and Alex Gordon’s long-awaited breakout continue for at least another day. For once, the Royals manager had plenty of reasons to praise his offense. Duda finished with three hits and drove in four, and Soler and Gordon went deep along with catcher Salvador Perez as Kansas City outscored the Detroit Tigers 10-6 on Thursday to open their four-game series. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit except for Cheslor Cuthbert, and he came within a…
Former K-State cornerback Kip Daily, now a police officer, makes headlines after chasing down a purse snatcher. After being cutoff by severe weather coverage, we finished the rest of the Matthew McCrane interview. John gets caught up on the Royals. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – John needs an update on the Royals 6:45 – Kip Daily catches a purse snatcher 16:40 – Final two minutes of McCrane interview 26:23 – Worst former Wildcat to be tackled by 37:23 – You Can’t Be Serious
(AP) – Mookie Betts heard the name Ted Williams, and that was enough for him. Betts belted three solo homers and J.D. Martinez also went deep, powering the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. It was the fourth three-homer game for the 25-year-old Betts, snapping a tie with Williams for most three-homer games in franchise history. Betts broke into the majors with the Red Sox in 2014, so he was well aware of the significance of the connection to the Hall of Famer. “It’s pretty cool,” Betts said. “He hit .400 in…
K-State hoops schedules Marquette for a home-and-home series starting next season. Former Wildcat kicker Matthew McCrane calls to talking joining the Arizona Cardinals. There was a little bit of chaos in the 2nd hour because of severe weather. Plus, Mitch’s music game and Jabroni of the Week.
For the first time since 2003, and just fourth time in program history, the Kansas State women’s tennis team earned a bid to the NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship, the selection committee announced Tuesday. This is according to a release from K-State. K-State (14-10) will travel to Evanston, Illinois, to face Kentucky (14-10), Friday, May 11 at 3 p.m., in the Round of 64 at Vandy Christie Tennis Center. The winner will advance to play the winner of pod-host Northwestern and Buffalo on Saturday, May 12. “This is huge for the program,” said fourth-year head coach Danielle Steinberg. “When…
(AP) – The Kansas City Royals just wouldn’t stop rallying against the Red Sox. Alex Gordon hit a tying home run off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning, and Jorge Soler slugged a three-run homer in the 13th and the Royals beat Boston 7-6 on Tuesday night. “They kept battling. They kept fighting and kept trying to put together good at-bats,” manager Ned Yost said of his club. “Gordon’s home run was big there to keep us in the ballgame and just keep plugging away.” Boston led 3-2 before Gordon’s one-out drive off Kimbrel, who was trying for his 299th…
Tyler has the world after him again because of a tweet. Gene Taylor calls in to discuss his one year anniversary as K-State’s Athletic Director. Plus, John’s new show idea for the Summer and You Can’t Be Serious 0:00 – Tyler v The World 12:52 – Geary and Ertz to NFL mini-camps 22:22 – John’s new segment idea 32:46 – More on Mitch’s life choices 36:47 – Interview with Gene Taylor 49:05 – You Can’t Be Serious