8 years ago
The Wichita Sluggers lived up to their name Tuesday night. Wichita (3-3) received runs from every player, the pitching fooled Salina at the plate, and the Sluggers handled the Shock 15-0. Seven different batters picked up RBI hits. The Sluggers took out the Shock (0-4) early, plating eight runs in the first frame. Salina didn't help its ...

8 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- You don't wind up 22-45 without some bizarre losses. The Royals' 5-1 defeat in 10 innings on Tuesday night at the hands of the Reds certainly qualifies. The record will show that Joey Votto did the damage with a three-run triple that keyed a four-run rally in the 10th. But the inning started out ...

8 years ago
A group consisting of citizens, schools and community organizations is proposing a new baseball/softball complex, which would be funded by a public / private sponsorship. A group called Salina Athletic Partners, which includes Salina Baseball Enterprises, Visit Salina, USD 305, Sacred Heart High School, St. John's Military School, and Kansas Wesleyan University, unveiled plans to the ...

8 years ago
The weather conditions weren't exactly ideal for baseball over the weekend. The hot temperatures settled in. So did the Salina Falcons, who might be a tad bit hotter at the moment. Salina rolled to the championship and held off Emporia 5-3 to win the Sam Ellis Classic Championship in Emporia. Brogen Richardson was named the tournament's most ...

8 years ago
The Salina Shock are still looking for their first win of the season after losing to Hutchinson 13-3 and Haven 14-2. On Friday, Salina was limited to four hits, but took an early 1-0 in the opening frame. The advantage switched in the second when Hutchinson plated four runs. Trailing 6-1 in the fourth, Salina put ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- The Royals were denied a chance to take the lead in the top of the eighth and they lost the game in the bottom of the inning, when Matt Chapman blasted a solo homer to left off reliever Jason Adam for the winning run in a 3-2 loss to the A's at the ...

8 years ago
The Abilene Rebels Senior Babe Ruth team and the Abilene Bandits Junior Babe Ruth team both won the 4th Annual Salina Scorpions tournament this past weekend in Salina. Both teams went undefeated in the two-day tournament and won the Championship Games on Sunday morning. The Rebels had a couple of battles on their hands on Saturday, ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- In the midst of a six-game losing streak, the Royals and their scuffling offense needed a strong pitching performance to stop the slide. Danny Duffy provided that on Saturday in a 2-0 win over the A's at the Coliseum, allowing no runs on three hits and three walks and striking out 10 in an ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- The offensive woes continued, Jakob Junis struggled and the losing streak reached six as the Royals fell, 7-2, to the A's on Friday at the Coliseum. The Royals mustered seven hits, but they were a Mike Moustakas two-run homer in the eighth inning away from being shut out. Kansas City has dropped seven of ...

8 years ago
Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. The weather is hot and that means it is Catfish time in Kansas. The Cats are spawning right now and can be found on rocky areas like dams at reservoirs. Beat the heat and fish at night using submerged ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- Twilight time proved to be bad luck for the Royals on Thursday when an otherwise catchable fly ball off the bat of the A's Matt Chapman went for a tiebreaking sixth-inning double in Oakland's 4-1 win over Kansas City. With the sun down but not entirely set and the Coliseum lights not yet having ...