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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SOFTBALL
Kansas defeats UMKC with help from Pille
The Kansas Jayhawks (29-13, 3-3 Big 12) shut out the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos yesterday 5-0. Junior pitcher Alicia Pille threw her sixth shutout on the season, and pitched without a hit from the Kangaroos until the seventh inning.
"I am really pleased with Pille's performance," said head coach Megan Smith. "After a tough weekend at Oklahoma, it's great to see her bounce back and pitch extremely well. All of her pitches were working well and she was going after hitters."
At the plate, freshman infielder Chianin Naudin hit a homerun her fourth of the season. Naudin
"Chanin's late home run late in the game was a big hit for us," Smith said. "Her home run put it out of reach for them."
recorded two RBIs on her lone hit of the game.
Other than Naudin, "[Ashley] Newman and AJ [Alex Jones] sparked us and did some good things up at the plate," Smith said. "Taylor McElhaney seems to always be on base, which is a good thing. Those three really got us started and we carried that over."
Next up for the Jayhawks is a home conference series April 17-19 against Texas Tech. First pitch against the Red Raiders is scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 17.
Amie Just
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ton, Texas had an average per game of 35,593 people attend the opening series against the Philadelphia Phillies. That was a 10,434 people per game difference from the 2013 opening series. The Rangers ranked 11th in the attendance for the 2013 season, filling 78 percent of seat each night.
Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays.
The other six teams that dropped in attendance from 2013 to 2014 include: the
Among the 10 teams that have experience a decrease in attendance, an average total of 39.323 less people per game attended this season's opening series.
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er, took a change in philosophy this season.
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The coach talked with new wide receivers coach Eric Kiesau and has taken more precedent working with his receivers and hopes to add more to an offense that was almost entirely one-dimensional last season.
he wants to see what wrinkle they can add to the offense with a new play caller at the helm.
"I would like to see good execution. I don't want to turn the ball over on offense and I want to get turnovers on defense," Weis said. "I would like to see the operation on offense show efficiency because the operation is the newest thing that we have going."
While Weis wants the team to remain unscathed coming off the last practice of spring,
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NBA
Minnesota Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio, from Spain, guards San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (20), from Argentina during the second quarter in an NBA basketball game at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 8.
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Spurs without Parker, lose to Timberwolves
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MINNEAPOLIS — Ricky Rubio scored 23 points and Gorgui Dieng had 12 points and 15 rebounds, leading the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 110-91 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
Kevin Love had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Corey Brewer scored 14 points and the Timberwolves, who have beaten Miami and San Antonio in two of their last three games.
injury, but coach Gregg Popovich said before the game he didn't believe it was that serious.
Kawhi Leonard had 11 points and six rebounds for the Spurs, who were playing without Tony Parker and have now lost two of three following a 19-game winning streak. Parker has a back
The Spurs (60-18) entered the night with a 4½-game lead over Oklahoma City in the race for the best record in the NBA.
Manu Ginobili left in the third quarter with a left calf contusion, and the Spurs were just 4 for 17 from 3-point range in a listless performance. The Spurs haven't clinched home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, but there's no doubt they would like to seal that up after losing Games 6 and 7 of the NBA Finals in Miami last season.
With the turnovers and clanked shots piling up early
— San Antonio trailed by as many as 28 in the third quarter — Popovich played Tim Duncan just 20 minutes and went deep into his bench as he often does.
The Timberwolves were playing without Nikola Pekovic (ankle), Kevin Martin (heel), Chase Budinger (ankle) and Shabazz Muhammad (knee), and Love went just 5 for 15 from the field. But Rubio was more aggressive than he's ever been looking for his own shot and the rookie Dieng stood up well against Duncan in the paint to help the Wolves grab control early.
There was a sparse crowd for the game that was originally supposed to be played in Mexico City as part of the NBA's initiative to expand
its global reach. But originally scheduled meeting in December had to be canceled after a malfunctioning generator sent plumes of smoke into the arena about 90 minutes before tipoff.
The Spurs were disappointed to have to come up to Minnesota and see what would have been a treasured four-day break near the end of the season interrupted by the trip. And once the game started, they showed little of the fire or focus that have been hallmarks of their remarkable season.
They turned the ball over 10 times in the first half and shot under 37 percent to fall behind 54-34 at the break, their lowest point total in a half this season.
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