5 years ago
ARLINGTON -- When the Rangers visited Kansas City for the first series of the regular season, they saw a mighty offensive outburst from a Royals team primed to be the best in baseball after a month of the season. At the end of June in Texas, the situation looked much different. The Royals suffered a series sweep ...

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After getting tripped up a few weeks ago, the Salina Liberty will enter the postseason with back-to-back impressive victories. Following a 37-13 win over Sioux City on June 19, the Liberty dominated a motivated Wichita Force team on their own turf. Salina closed the regular season with an impressive 54-33 victory, improving to 10-1. Wichita was ...

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ARLINGTON -- Earlier this week in New York, Royals lefty Kris Bubic felt like he had found another gear to his game with his curveball usage and fastball command. He pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings against the Yankees, including getting the final out of the bottom of the fourth with the bases loaded and the score tied. It ...

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ARLINGTON -- As Mike Minor plowed through the Rangers’ lineup through the first three innings on Friday night, Royals manager Mike Matheny thought he might be watching his club’s first complete game of the year. Minor had thrown 37 pitches through three scoreless innings and held a one-run lead after Whit Merrifield’s triple in the third. That’s ...

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For one final time, Spencer Davidson will put on a football helmet and shoulder pads. The Minneapolis senior is set to play in the 48th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl game on Saturday at Gowans Stadium in Hutchinson. Davidson is the first Lion in over 10 years to make the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Davidson will wear No. 86 ...

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NEW YORK -- The fastball that Brad Keller fired into the outside part of the zone to strike out Tyler Wade looking was the hardest one he threw on Wednesday afternoon, clocking in at 95.8 mph and helping him escape a bases-loaded jam. The problem was that it was his 114th pitch of the day. And it ended ...

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Back in 2019, Heron O'Neal signed a two-year contract extension with the Salina Liberty. Now, O'Neal has a new deal. General manager Francis Flax announced Wednesday that O'Neal and the Liberty agreed to a four-year extension that'll keep O'Neal in Salina until 2025. Assistant George Martinez also signed an extension. O'Neal took over a team that went a ...

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NEW YORK -- For all the walks the Royals issued Wednesday night, it was the long ball that eventually did them in. Gary Sánchez rocketed a game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth inning off closer Greg Holland, and then Giancarlo Stanton followed with a single. Pinch-runner Tyler Wade took second on a wild pitch ...

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The two winningest programs in college basketball history will meet this upcoming season at historic Allen Fieldhouse as Kansas hosts Kentucky in the 2022 Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 29. ESPN announced the 2021-22 Challenge matchups Wednesday. With 2,323 all-time wins, Kansas is just four victories behind Kentucky at 2,327. KU and UK are the ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will travel to Oxford, Mississippi to take on Ole Miss in the ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday, January 29, 2022, as ESPN and the two conferences announced the matchups for the annual series on Wednesday morning (June 23). It will mark the sixth meeting with the Rebels on the hardwood, ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in conjunction with the American Baseball Coaches Association has announced the 2021 ABCA-Rawlings-NAIA Baseball Gold Glove Team. Kansas Wesleyan's Kaden Sitzman (SR/McCook, Neb.) was selected as the Gold Glove winner at the pitcher position. The nine award winners, who were chosen based upon their defensive success, were selected by ...