ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Moustakas had three hits and three RBIs, Kendrys Morales kept up his torrid two-out hitting and the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Saturday night.
Morales had an RBI single and Moustakas a run-scoring double off Jake Odorizzi (6-7) as the Royals grabbed a 4-3 lead in the fifth. Morales leads the majors with 47 RBIs with two outs this season, breaking the team record of 46 set by Joe Randa in 2000.
Lorenzo Cain had a run-scoring single in the sixth, and Moustakas added an RBI single in the ninth.
Kris Medlen (3-0) allowed three runs and four hits over 5 1/3 innings in his second start and ninth appearance since returning from elbow ligament replacemet surgery. Wade Davis got the last three outs for his 13th save.
Kevin Kiermaier homered for the Rays, who have lost 10 of 15.
Hays High held their Maroon and Gold scrimmage on Friday night at Lewis Field Stadium. The fall sports teams were introduced as were the cheer and dance teams. The soccer team held a scrimmage and the evening was capped with the football scrimmage.
Coach Randall Rath had his varsity run 16 live plays on offense and 12 of defense. Eight different players carried the ball for the varsity squad with touchdown runs by Kohlton Meyers, Keith Dryden and Maddux Winter. Meyers also hooked up with tight end Shane Berens for a 22 yard touchdown pass.
The varsity continued to work on offensive plays while the freshmen and junior varsity scrimmage on the opposite end of the field.
Coach Rath liked what he saw out of his team on Friday night and felt that the combination of cooler weather, lights and crowd helped to raise the level of excitement in the team.
Coach Rath
The Indians now will turn their attention to the first game of the season September 4th. Hays will host Olathe Northwest to open the season. Game time is set for 7:00.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns in less than a half, and the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense looked the sharpest it has all preseason in a weather-shortened 34-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Friday night.
The game was called with 3 minutes, 50 seconds remaining after thunder rumbled and lightning streaked across the sky. Heavy rains had turned one end zone into a lake.
Smith was 16 of 18 before giving way to third-string quarterback Aaron Murray just before halftime. Murray played the rest of the game for the Chiefs (3-0), throwing for 146 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception as backup Chase Daniel got the night off.
Marcus Mariota got off to a slow start for Tennessee (1-2), misfiring on his first three throws. But the first-round pick out of Oregon was 7 of 8 for 99 yards the rest of the half.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Kendrys Morales hit his 15th homer, Edinson Volquez pitched into the seventh inning and the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Friday night.
Morales put the Royals up 3-1 with a two-run shot in the third off Erasmo Ramirez (10-5) that struck an overhanging catwalk. He has 89 RBIs this season, including a majors-best 46 with two outs.
Volquez (12-7) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. Greg Holland, the third Kansas City reliever, got three outs for his 29th save.
Ramirez gave up three runs and six hits over 4 1-3 innings for the Rays, who started play 2 1-2 games back in the crowded second AL wild-card race. Tampa Bay is 1-3 on a six-game homestand.
Kansas City Chiefs training camp has now shifted from St. Joseph to Kansas City. Stay up to date with daily reports from the “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus. The reports air Monday through Friday at 6:30 p.m. on KFIX (96.9-FM).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA formally announced today that Lindenwood University will serve as the host for the 2016 MIAA Baseball Tournament.
The Tournament will be played at the Lou Brock Sports Complex in St. Charles, Mo. The complex has hosted NCAA Regional Tournament games as well as hosting the 2009 NAIA National Championship opening round.
“Our coaches have requested that our post-season tournament return to campus sites and that the tournament be played in the format adopted,” said MIAA Commissioner Dr. Bob Boerigter. “We are pleased that Lindenwood University has agreed to host the 2016 event. Their quality facilities should provide a significant venue for the MIAA to conduct this competitive and exciting championship.”
“We are excited about hosting the 2016 MIAA Baseball Tournament. We feel like we have a great venue in the Lou Brock Complex,” said Lindenwood Athletic Director John Creer. “I think this will be a big boost for our baseball program and the St. Charles community. It will definitely fill up some hotel beds and provide restaurants with some business. It will also be an opportunity for Lindenwood University to show off our beautiful campus and the historic downtown St. Charles. This will also be motivation for our team to make sure we are playing well this coming season and get to the conference tournament, and give our students, parents, and fans an opportunity to watch them play in the tournament.”
The MIAA baseball tournament is scheduled for May 12-15 with a four-day eight-team double elimination tournament.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Game 1: #3 seed vs. #6 seed 9 a.m.
Game 2: #2 seed vs. #7 seed 12:30 p.m.
Game 3: #1 seed vs. #8 seed 4 p.m.
Game 4: #4 seed vs. #5 seed 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Game 5: Loser game 1 vs. Loser game 2 9 a.m.
Game 6: Loser game 3 vs. Loser game 4 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Winner game 1 vs. Winner game 2 4 p.m.
Game 8: Winner game 3 vs. Winner game 4 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Game 9: Loser game 7 vs. Winner game 5 9 a.m.
Game 10: Winner game 8 vs. Winner game 9 12:30 p.m.
Game 11: Loser game 8 vs. Winner game 6 4 p.m.
Game 12: Winner game 7 vs. Winner game 10 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Game 13: Winner game 11 vs. Loser game 11 9 a.m. (If neccessary)
Game 14: Winner game 12 vs. Loser game 12 12:30 p.m. (If neccessary)
Game 15: MIAA Championship 4 p.m.
Paulo Orlando homers in Kansas City’s win over Baltimore Thursday. (Chris Vleisides)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered and the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Thursday.
Ventura (9-7) allowed two hits and four walks to improve to 5-0 in his last seven starts.
Mike Moustakas is congratulated in the Royals dugout. Thursday. He extended his hitting streak to 8 games.(Chris Vleisides)
The Royals’ usually solid bullpen nearly gave it away, though. Kelvin Herrera served up a homer to Ryan Flaherty in the seventh, and Greg Holland allowed two more runs in the ninth before getting Gerardo Parra to ground out with a runner on to end the game.
Chris Tillman (9-9), who tossed a five-hitter at Kauffman Stadium last May, followed his first loss since May 31 with another.
The game wasn’t all that Baltimore lost, either.
All-Star outfielder Adam Jones left soon after crashing into the wall trying to track down a fly ball in the first. Jones lay on the warning track for a few minutes before standing up and finishing the inning. There was no word on the nature or severity of the injury.
The Fort Hays State men’s cross country team was picked fourth in the 2015 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll, released on Thursday. Coaches across the conference agree that the Tigers should improve on their seventh-place finish at the MIAA Championships in 2014. Even one coach in the conference voted FHSU as the favorite.
Fort Hays State returns their top two runners, Cory Keehn and Jonny Berntansky, who redshirted in 2014. With both fully healthy and a solid group of returners from last year, the Tigers are primed to make plenty of noise at the MIAA Championships this year. Keehn and Bernasky were both All-MIAA performers in 2013 and Keehn was the MIAA Champion individually in 2012.
Add in 2014 All-MIAA performer Isaac Williams and Colby (Kan.) Community College transfer Micheal Kinuthia, the Tigers will have several strong runners up front. Kinuthia transferred to FHSU from Colby Community College for the Spring 2015 semester, but he ran cross country at Colby last year and won the Region 6 and KJCCC individual championship. He then earned All-American honors by finishing eighth overall at the NJCAA Championships. Kinuthia was an All-MIAA performer in track and field for the Tigers this past spring.
Troy Wineiger had a breakout season for the Tigers last year, nearly grabbing All-MIAA honors by finishing 23rd at the conference championship in 2014. Ryan Hopkins, Seth Parres and Brock Elgin also had great seasons, contributing to the team scoring on a regular basis.
If this year’s team stays healthy, head coach Jason McCullough feels they can compete for a conference championship. The Tiger men won the MIAA Championship in 2012.
The Tigers host the FHSU Alumni Run at the Sand Plum Nature Trail, just outside the west edge of Victoria, Kan., on Saturday, August 29 at 9:30 am. Bethany College will be coming to compete with the Tigers in the exhibition event.
2015 MIAA Preseason Men’s Coaches Poll
1. Nebraska-Kearney (6) 58
2. Pittsburg State 52
3. Missouri Southern (1) 47 4. Fort Hays State (1) 45
5. Northwest Missouri 37
6. Central Missouri 36
7. Southwest Baptist 28
8. Lindenwood 12
9. Emporia State 11
FHSU women tabbed 4th
(Courtesy FHSU Athletics)
The Fort Hays State women’s cross country team was picked fourth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll, released on Thursday.
The Tigers finished fourth at the MIAA Championships last season under head coach Jason McCullough, who believes a top-three finish is attainable this year.
Two returning runners, Chelsea Jackson and Micki Krzesinski, received All-MIAA honors last season and are looking for solid performances again in 2015. Amanda Morgan came on strong at the end of the season and nearly grabbed all-conference status as well. Shea Bonine and Jordan Schulte also return to the team this year. McCullough expects several newcomers to compete and possibly have an immediate impact on the team scoring.
The Tigers host the FHSU Alumni Run at the Sand Plum Nature Trail, just outside the west edge of Victoria, Kan., on Saturday, August 29 at 9:30 am. Bethany College will be coming to compete with the Tigers in the exhibition event.
2015 MIAA Preseason Women’s Coaches Poll
T1. Missouri Southern (6) 94
T1. Southwest Baptist (5) 94
3. Pittsburg State 79 4. Fort Hays State 73
5. Northwest Missouri 60
6. Nebraska-Kearney 54
7. Central Oklahoma 48
8. Central Missouri 44
9. Lincoln 22
10. Emporia State 21
11. Lindenwood 16
DALLAS – (AP) – Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he expects the conference to mandate due diligence and include more than just violent acts in a new rule that will prohibit schools from accepting transfer athletes with past disciplinary issues.
Bowlsby told The Associated Press the structure of the policy being crafted will be similar to one implemented by the Southeastern Conference. The SEC prevents schools from accepting transfers who have been dismissed from another team for “serious misconduct,” defined as sexual assault, domestic violence or other forms of sexual violence.
Bowlsby says he expects the Big 12 rule to “cast a broad net” and for schools to look into past discipline problems beyond violent acts.
He added that expects that decisions on transfers will be made by more than coaching staff personnel.
Mike Moustakas hits a 2-run HR vs. Baltimore Wednesday night. (Jason Hanna)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop each hit a two-run homer off Johnny Cueto, and the Baltimore Orioles totaled five long balls in all Wednesday night to power their way to an 8-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals that snapped a six-game skid.
Wei-Yin Chen (8-6) allowed three runs for the Orioles while scattering nine hits over six innings. The losing pitcher against the Royals in Game 3 of last year’s AL Championship Series, he has now gone seven straight starts without a defeat.
Cueto (9-9) labored through five innings for Kansas City, allowing 10 hits and a walk. It was his second consecutive shoddy start after yielding a career-high 13 hits in a loss at Boston.
Bilat Salat awaits a pass from Treveon Albert during Wednesday’s scrimmage.
The Fort Hays State football team held their final intrasquad scrimmage prior to their season opener Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Field.
The Tigers used the scrimmage to work on their game day routine including pregame warmups and a halftime break.
“We tried to make it as live as possible” fifth-year head coach Chris Brown said. “It didn’t go great today but I’m glad we did it today so we get our kids on the same page of how game day is”. “Hopefully they see today that they’ve got to get a lot better”.
Coach Chris Brown discusses Wednesday’s scrimmage
Quarterback Treveon Albert connected with redshirt freshman Codaryl Pandolfo on a 35-yard touchdown pass on the first play after a short halftime break to highlight the offense.
Head coach Chris Brown addresses his team following Wednesday’s scrimmage.
Backup quarterback Jacob Mezera guided the No. 2 offense on a 15-play scoring drive then culminated with a 20-yard Drew O’Brien field goal.
Senior linebacker Justin McPhail intercepted a Treveon Albert pass in the two-minute drill to highlight the defense.
The Tigers open the season on the road Sept. 3 at Central Oklahoma.
Former Kansas State quarterback Jake Waters has been released by the Seattle Seahawks Wednesday, eight days after they signed him. Waters did not play in Seattle’s 14-13 loss to the Chiefs Friday in Kansas City.
Waters, who set the Kansas State single-season passing record at Kansas State last season, has now been released by two teams. After not being drafted, Waters signed a free agent contract with Jacksonville but was let go after just a couple of days.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the second ever men’s and women’s golf poll to be released by the MIAA the Central Missouri men and the Central Oklahoma women have been picked to win the league championship. Both teams are coming off season’s where they were able to win the conference tournament.
In the men’s poll UCM recieved eight first place votes coming in just five points ahead of Central Oklahoma who claimed the other three first place votes. Northeastern State was picked third overall for the men with Washburn picked to finish in the fourth slot. Just seven points behind the Ichabods was Lindenwood who is picked fifth with Missouri Western picked two points behind in the sixth spot.
Missouri Southern sits just six points behind the Griffons as they are slated to finish seventh this year. Nebraska-Kearney was picked in the eight slot with Lincoln picked to finish ninth overall. Fort Hays State was picked 10th just one point ahead of 11th place pick Southwest Baptist.
On the women’s side UCO claimed seven of the ten first place votes coming in three points ahead of Northeastern State who claimed the final three first place votes. Ten points behind the the RiverHawks is LIndenwood who is picked to finish third with Nebraska-Kearney being slated in the fourth spot. One point behind the Lopers is Missouri Western who is picked by the cooaches to finish fifth this season.
Central Missouri earns the nod at the sixth space while Northeastern Missouri has ben picked seventh by the coaches. Fort Hays State is picked to finish eight with Southwest Baptist ninth and Lincoln picked to finish 10th overall.
The fall season is set to get underway shortly with the teams pushing towards the MIAA Championships to be held on April 18-20 in Lawrence, Kan.
2015 MIAA Preseason Men’s Coaches Poll
1. Central Missouri (8) 98
2. Central Oklahoma (3) 93
3. Northeastern State 75
4. Washburn 67
5. Lindenwood 60
6. Missouri Western 58
7. Missouri Southern 52
8. Nebraska-Kearney 42
9. Lincoln 23 10. Fort Hays State 19
11. Southwest Baptist 18
2015 MIAA Preseason Women’s Coaches Poll
1. Central Oklahoma (7) 78
2. Northeastern State (3) 75
3. Lindenwood 65
4. Nebraska-Kearney 52
5. Missouri Western 51
6. Central Missouri 43
7. Northwest Missouri 35 8. Fort Hays State 24
9. Southwest Baptist 17
10. Lincoln 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Moustakas had three hits and three RBIs, Kendrys Morales kept up his torrid two-out hitting and the AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 on Saturday night.
