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Indian’s softball season closes at state

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By Dustin Armbruster

Two five run innings by the Kansas City Piper Pirates was too much for Hays High to overcome Friday at the 4A-1 state tournament. Hays fell 10-5 to the top seeded Pirates to end their season at 10-11. Hays led off the game with a pair of singles but could not capitalize. Piper scored five runs and sent ten to the plate to take the lead for good.

Hays did get within a single run with two outs in the top of the third. The Indians loaded the bases for Tessa Stickel who launched a grand slam over the fence in right center field. The Stickel blast put Hays back into the game, trailing 5-4. The momentum though was short lived. In the bottom half of the same inning Piper added five more runs to increase their lead to 10-4.

Highlights

Stickel narrowly missed another homer to left field when the ball hit the fence just eighteen inches from the top. That double drove in the Indian’s fifth and final run of the contest.

Coach Erin Wagner

Piper’s Abby Henry who has signed to play at Washburn took the victory in the circle for the Pirates who are now 19-2. Kaitlyn Brown was tagged with the loss allowing five runs over just two-thirds of an inning. Jaysa Wichers allowed five runs over 5.1 innings pitching in relief.

TMP Softball season ends in Quarterfinals

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MANHATTAN, Kan.-TMP scored one run in the top of the first inning and had the bases loaded with only one out.  The stage was set for a big inning for the number eight seed Lady Monarchs against the top seed Southeast of Saline. TMP would not score again as they grounded into a fielder’s choice and struck out to end the inning.  Southeast would score a run to tie the game in the bottom of the first and would take the lead for good with two runs in the third inning.

After seeing the Lady Trojans score a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead, TMP loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the sixth but were unable to score.  Southeast of Saline put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the inning, winning by a final score of 8-1.

TMP finishes their season with a record of 17-6.  Southeast of Saline advanced to the state semifinals against Oskaloosa, losing 10-1 to complete their season at 23-2.

 

HHS softball schedule updated

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SALINA – The Hays High Indians softball team will open play at the 4A-D1 state tournament Friday at 5 p.m. against Kansas City Piper.

The first round game was originally scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m. but severe weather and heavy rains in the Salina area forced the first round to be rescheduled for Friday evening.

The first round is scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday. The semifinals will start at 11:00 a.m. Saturday with the third place game at 1p.m. and the championship game at 2p.m.

You can hear the Indians on 96.9 KFIX.

Ellis baseball’s season ends with loss at state

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GREAT BEND – The Ellis baseball team saw their season come to an end Thursday at the 2-1A state tournament in Great Bend falling 5-0 to Medicine Lodge in a game that was delayed for more than three hours because of severe weather.

The two teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first four innings but in the fifth the Indians took advantage of three Ellis errors and two walks scoring four to take a 4-0 lead. Medicine Lodge added a single run in the sixth inning on their way to the 5-0 win.

Ellis was held without a hit in the game and stranded seven runners on base.

Easton Smith allowed five runs on four hits, walked six and struck out four in the loss .

The Railers finished the year 17-5.

Medicine Lodge plays Sacred Heart in the semifinals Friday at the Great Bend Sports Complex.

The Knights upset the No. 1 seed Sedan 3-2 Thursday.

Severe weather and heavy rains force changes to state tournaments

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Heavy rains and severe weather across Kansas postponed a number of first round state softball and baseball games.

TMP’s softball team will face top seed Southeast of Saline at 10 a.m. Friday in Manhattan at the 3A state tournament. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday evening.

According to the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) there will be no third place game. They instead will attempt to play the first round and semifinal games Friday with the championship game on Saturday.

Hays High’s first round game with Kansas City Piper at the 4A-D1 tournament in Salina has been postponed to Friday as well, although no start time has been set as of Thursday night. The two teams were set to play Thursday at 5p.m.

Weather also altered the 4A-D2 tournament on Thursday. Russell/Victoria’s opening round game against Goodland has been moved to Friday. They will play the second game of the day.

White Sox-Royals game postponed because of rain

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KANSAS CITY, MO - MAY 17: at Kauffman Stadium on May 17, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jason Hanna / Kansas City Royals)
Photo by Jason Hanna / Kansas City Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chicago White Sox game at the Kansas City Royals was postponed because of rain on Thursday night.

No makeup date was announced, but it will not be rescheduled as part of this series.

It was the second rainout this season for the Royals.

White Sox right-hander Miguel Gonzalez and Royals left-hander Danny Duffy, the two scheduled starters Thursday, will pitch Friday.

The revised rotation will have White Sox left-hander Carlos Rodon and Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura starting Saturday, and White Sox right-hander Mat Latos and Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez will be the probable pitchers for Sunday.

The White Sox are in first place in the American League Central, holding a two-game lead over the Royals and a half-game advantage over the Cleveland Indians.

Royals place Moustakas on DL with torn ACL

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Royals have placed third baseman Mike Moustakas on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Such injuries usually sideline a player for a long period.

Moustakas and leftfielder Alex Gordon collided Sunday while chasing a fly ball in Chicago. Gordon went on the disabled list Monday with a right wrist fracture.

Moustakas did not play in the next three games at Minnesota and was checked out by team physicians upon returning to Kansas City for a seven-game home stand beginning Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.

Moustakas, a 2015 All-Star game selection, was hitting .240 with seven home runs and 13 RBIs in 27 games. It is Moustakas’ second trip to the disabled list in May after missing three weeks with a broken left thumb.

FHSU men’s basketball adds transfer for 2016-17 season

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball announced the addition of JaQuan Smith for the 2016-17 season. Smith will be a senior for the Tigers this upcoming season, transferring from Stephen F. Austin State University, a member of the Southland Conference in NCAA Division I.

Smith played in a limited role as a junior for Stephen F. Austin, appearing in 17 games. Prior to Stephen F. Austin, he played two years at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. As a sophomore, he averaged 6.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.2 blocks per game. Smith recorded a total of 79 blocked shots in 2014-15, helping the team advance to the regional championship with a record of 19-12. He was a member of the all-conference and all-regional tournament teams. As a freshman, he averaged 2.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.7 blocked shots per game. Smith holds the school record for both single-season and career blocked shots at NOC-Tonkawa.

Smith is a native of Baltimore, Md., where he attended Edmondson High School. He stands at 6 feet, 9 inches and looks to help the Tigers in the post next yea

Sano, Twins stave off another sweep with 7-5 win over Royals

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Miguel Sano hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning after Minnesota lost an early lead, and the Twins staved off another series sweep Wednesday by beating the Kansas City Royals 7-5.

Eduardo Nunez and Brian Dozier each homered, too, the first two batters to face Royals starter Dillon Gee (1-2) and just the fifth pair in Twins history to go deep in their first two plate appearances of the game.

Tyler Duffey (2-3) gave away a 3-0 lead during a five-run fourth by the Royals, but the right-hander hung around long enough to become the first Twins starter this season to record his second victory. The rotation has totaled six wins. There were 11 pitchers in the major leagues with seven or more victories when the day began.

Cardinals acquire outfielder from Royals

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals acquired outfielder Jose Martinez from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations Wednesday.

The 27-year-old Martinez was playing for Triple-A Omaha and has been assigned to Triple-A Memphis. He was hitting .298 with three home runs and 18 RBIs at Omaha.

The Cardinals moved right-handed pitcher Mitch Harris (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Martinez on the 40-man roster.

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Perez, surging Royals take down Twins

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer, Lorenzo Cain had four hits and two RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals picked up where their bats left off the night before while beating the tumbling Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Tuesday.

Wade Davis worked a wobbly ninth inning for his 12th save in 13 attempts, preserving the seventh win for the Royals in their last nine contests. They raised their two-game total in Minnesota this week to 30 hits and improved to 5-0 against the Twins this season.

After going 5 for 5 in the series opener, missing the cycle by a home run, Perez went deep just one day and a couple of innings too late. The three-time All-Star catcher followed a leadoff walk by Kendrys Morales in the second inning with a soaring drive off his 2013 teammate Ervin Santana that landed in the grass behind the wall in center field for a 2-0 lead.

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