The Hays Eagles Senior American Legion begins “AAA” Zone Tournament play in Dodge City Tuesday night. The Eagles will play the winner of this afternoon’s game between Dodge City and Great Bend and seven o’clock.
Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong innings, winning for the first time since June 9th, as the Chicago White Sox down the Kansas City Royals 5-2 Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. Buehrle allowed the two runs on five hits while striking out three to snap a five-game winless stretch, moving him to 22-11 lifetime against the Royals.
Kyle Davies went 5 1/3 innings for the Royals, allowing four runs, two earned, on five hits with three walks to lose his eighth straight start. Davies has not recorded a win since April 13th. Billy Butler had two doubles and knocked in a run for the Royals who lose for the seventh time in their last nine games.
Rookie Danny Duffy takes to the mound tonight for the Royals. Pre-game at 6:35pm on KAYS.
The Ellis County Fair got off to a great start with races at RPM Speedway and the 4th Annual URSS Wheatshocker Nationals.
After a capacity crowd Saturday, the grandstands were full again Sunday night for the IMCA Stocks, Modifieds, URSS 305 Sprints, and yes, the school buses.
In the stocks, Josh Hudson led the most laps, but was overtaken by RPM Speedway point leader, Jason Schoenberger with six laps left to grab another feature win at RPM Speedway this year.
In the mods, Nic Baalman started on the pole but lost the front spot immediately before regaining the lead eights laps in and hammered it home the rest of the way to grab the checkers.
After Saturday night set up ten URSS 305 drivers as automatic qualifiers for Sunday’s ‘A’ feature, the winged speed demons ran through two ‘B’ features to set up the night’s main event. Going green to checkered up front was the B3 of Kasey Beckham out of Andover
The buses were also back for another night under the lights and this time, they all stayed upright, but, not all stayed out of trouble. After laying his bus over twice Saturday, Dustin Day ran into trouble again Sunday; actually he ran into the wall. After the track was clear, racing got back underway and Daren Unrein grabbed the black and white.
The next races at RPM Speedway are Friday, August 5th.
The Hays Larks score three in the first and that was all they needed as they knock off the Greeley Grays 8-2 for a sweep in the two-game non-league series at Larks Park.
Aaron Cornell, who had his 24-game hit streak snapped in a pinch-hit appearance in the ninth inning Saturday, went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored. Cody Gougler had two doubles driving in a run and scoring twice and Brandon Dixon doubled and drove in two and also stole home to make the score 6-1 in the fifth.
Starter Jesse Hart picks up the win as the Larks improve to 23-12.
The Larks, who share the Jayhawk League lead, returns to league play at home tonight against Dodge City at 7pm
Aaron Cornell postgame interview
Aaron Cornell Postgame
Manager Frank Leo postgame interview
Leo Postgame-Greeley
Larks vs. Greeley Game Highlights
Greeley Highlights
The nation-captivating run of the United States Women’s soccer team ended in defeat.
Japan won in a shootout 2 (3) to 2(1).
The U.S. team had an early lead only to see Japan make a late goal to tie the match, sending it into a penalty kick shootout.
The U.S. women missed three of four penalty kicks and Japan won soccer’s biggest prize in a year that has seen the country face great tragedy after earthquakes and tsunamis that devastated the island nation just months ago.
Jon Ryan’s towering 3-run homer down the right field line with two outs in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Hays Larks to a 7-4 come-from-behind win over the Greeley (Colo.) Grays Saturday night at Larks Park. The home run capped a four-run rally with two outs. Cody Gougler single and scored the tying run on Brandon Dixon’s double to left. Andrew Heck, playing in his first game of the summer, walked setting up Ryan’s heroics on his 19th birthday.
The four runs were the first for the Larks since the first when they scored three on a Ryan sacrifice fly and a Sloan Soulia 2-run double. The Grays scored two in the third and one in the sixth to tie the game then took the lead in the top of the ninth on a one-out single from Josh Leo.
Ethan Lieter gave up the run in the ninth but picks up the win as the Larks improve to 22-12.
They wrap up the 2-game non-league series Sunday night at 7pm. The game will be broadcast on KAYS beginning at 6:40pm.
NEW YORK (AP) – Following up on a burst of momentum in NFL labor talks, negotiating teams for owners and players are meeting again to try and reach a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Two people familiar with the negotiations tell The Associated Press that significant progress was mad Thursday on a major sticking point – soaring rookie salaries. That’s raised hopes an agreement in principle is in sight Friday, though there are still some key issues to be recolved an any handshake deal would need to go through a significant approval process.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because details of teh talks aimed at ending the NFL’s four-month-long lockout are not being publicly announced.
NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith says he knows “our fans are frustrated” and want the two sides to get a deal done. He and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are leading their respective negotiating teams.
The Hays Larks move into a first-place tie with Haysville atop the Jayhawk League after a 4-3 win over the Heat Thursday night in Haysville.
Cody Gougler (Southeastern Louisiana) broke the 3-3 tie, driving in Aaron Cornell (Eastern Oklahoma State JC) with a double in the seventh. The Larks tie the game in the third on a Cornell double and Gougler single. They tied it again in the fifth on Cornell’s groundout to third. Cornell has now hit safely in 24 straight.
Justin Ziegler (Bradley) moved to 3-0, allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings. Malcolm Purdy (Chandler-Gilbert CC) and Michael Burchett (Sam Houston State) both pitch a scoreless inning of relief. It’s Burchett’s sixth straight save and eighth overall.
The Larks have won six of their last eight and are now 21-12 overall and 15-10 in the Jayhawk League. They are off Friday before returning home to host the Greeley (Colo.) Grays in a pair of non-league games Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s game will be broadcast on KAYS and on-line at www.kaysradio.com.
The Minnesota Twins score four runs with two-outs in the fifth inning then added four more in the seventh as they rally from an early 3-0 deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 Thursday night in Minneapolis.
The Royals scored two in the first on a wild pitch and throwing error. Brian Pena drove in a run in the fourth to make it 3-0.
Bruce Chen gave up a two-run homer to Trevor Plouffe to cap the Twins four-run fifth. Chen (5-3) goes five innings, allowing four runs on nine hits and takes the loss . Reliever Blake Wood gave up four runs in the seventh on one hit, walking three and hitting a batter.
Francisco Liriano gave up all three of the Royals runs, one of which was earned, on seven hits with four strikeouts and picks up the win.
Melky Cabrera had two hits and RBI and threw a runner out at the plate for the Royals.
Luke Hochevar pitches tonight for the Royals with pre-game at 6:35pm on KAYS.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Clemens will have to wait until September to find out if he’ll start a new trial on charges of lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs.
On the second day of testimony today, a judge in Washington declared a mistrial — after prosecutors showed evidence to the jury that the judge had said they couldn’t show. The judge said the former pitching star couldn’t receive a fair trial after that.
Clemens and his lawyers are still under a court gag order, and they didn’t comment as they left the courthouse. Clemens signed autographs and a couple of baseballs for fans.
The issue that caused the mistrial involved testimony from Clemens’ former teammate and close friend Andy Pettitte, who says Clemens told him in 1999 or 2000 that he used human growth hormone. Pettitte also says he told his wife, Laura, about the conversation the day it happened. Prosecutors had wanted to call Laura Pettitte to back up the account, but the judge had said he wasn’t inclined to allow it. But in a video that prosecutors showed to jurors, a congressman referred to Pettitte’s conversation with his wife.
The judge said prosecutors had made a grave mistake. Prosecutors said he could just tell the jury to disregard what they saw — but the judge said he couldn’t “un-ring the bell.”
Ethan Leiter drove in five runs and Aaron Cornell had four RBI’s as the Hays Larks built an early lead then had to rally for a 12-11 win in Haysville Wednesday night.
Leiter’s bases loaded double highlighted a four-run first for the Larks who jumped out to a 6-0 lead after Leiter’s two-run homer in the third.
Haysville responded with four in the third. The Larks tack on three in the fourth on an Aaron Cornell three-run homer, but Heat come back with four in the bottom of the inning to pull within a run. They would grab an 11-10 lead heading into the eighth but the Larks tie it on a Cornell double then take the lead on a Cody Gougler single to right.
Nick Goza pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for his fourth win of the season. Michael Burchett worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save. Starter Andy Lewton was roughed up for six runs, three earned, on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
The Larks improve to 20-12 and 14-10 in the Jayhawk League and are back within a game of the front-running Heat. The two close out their series Thursday night.
The Kansas City Royals resume play following the All-Star break in Minnesota with the first of a four-game series Thursday night at Target Field. Lefty Bruce Chen makes the start for Kansas City against Twins lefty Francisco Liriano. Both have won five games so far this season.
The Royals are 37-54. The Twins are 41-48 but have been one of the hottest teams in the American League over the last several months and are just 6 1/2 games out in the AL Central.
Royals pre-game at 6:35pm on KAYS.
The Hays Larks lose their fourth straight road game Tuesday night, falling 5-2 to the first-place Haysville Heat.
The Larks struck first, scoring on a Cody Gougler double in the first but were then held hitless until Rick Stover’s homer in the eighth.
Haysville took the lead with two in the bottom of the first then tacked on single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
Kirk Jewasko allowed all five runs on ten hits over five innings and falls to 2-3 with the loss. Aaron Cornell doubled and scored in the first inning to extend his hit streak to 22 games.
The Larks are now 19-12 and 13-10 in the Jayhawk League where they are tied for third with Derby, two games back. Game two of the three-game set is Wednesday night in Haysville.
Elsewhere in the Jayhawk League Tuesday night…
Derby 2, Liberal 1
Dodge City 13, El Dorado 6
