MONDAY,MARCH 24,2003
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
'Hawks lose series against Tigers
By Daniel Berk
berk@kansan.com
Kansan writers writer
The Kansas baseball team had a minor backset this weekend, losing three games to rival Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
The losses dropped the Jayhawks' record to 20-9 overall and 0-3 in the Big 12 conference. Despite the losses, coach Ritch Price was still happy with how his team played.
"Missouri played very well this weekend," Price said. "If you take away four or five pitches, we could have won the series. I give them credit though, because they had the clutch hits."
Kansas dropped the first game of the series 11-7 with its No.1 pitcher, senior Kevin Wheeler, on
the mound. After four innings of shutout baseball, Kansas added two runs in the fourth inning with RBI singles by senior Lance Hayes and junior Matt Tribble.
The Tigers responded with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning including three homeruns, driving Wheeler out of the game.
The Jayhawks had an answer as they rallied in the top of the seventh by scoring five runs. The inning was highlighted by senior Casey Spanish's fifth homerun of the season, which drove in three runs.
Missouri responded again, hitting its fourth homerun off junior reliever Brandon Johnson.
Johnson left the game with an elbow injury and did not pitch the remainder of the series. He will be evaluated this week.
KANSAS 4 - MISSOURI 7
In the second game of the series.
Pitcher:
Knippschild, Johnson (6)
Missouri-Roger, Shipman (6)
Win. Roper (4-1)
Save. None
Loss. Knippschild (5-2)
home runs: None
Missouri topped the Jayhawks 14-8. Junior starter Josh Duran got off to a rocky start, allowing a 7-1 lead. Kansas tried to claw itself back but could not get closer than one run. Duran was credited with the loss.
"Brandon Johnson getting hurt this weekend was a big setback to our team," Price said. "Especially because we try to make our bullpen the strength of our staff."
To cap the series, the Jayhawks
dropped the final game of the three-game set, 7.4. Junior Ryan Knippschild got the start for Kansas and lasted six and two-thirds innings with seven runs on nine hits and three strikeouts.
The Jayhawks were led by Baty, who went 3-4 with one RBI and one run scored.
"Coming in here, we had a lot of confidence, and I still think we played pretty well," Spanish said. "You got to tip your hats to Missouri though because they got the hits when they needed them. It is a long season though, and I think we will respond well."
Kansas will attempt to rebound at 6 p.m. tomorrow when it faces Baker University at Hoglund Ballpark.
But Graves said he thought Diogu might have learned more than he let on.
— Edited by Brandon Gay
"I think he might have picked up a little bit more," Graves said. "Watch what you say. That's all I can say."
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Diogu may have been a new pupil, but Collison's teammates certainly are not. As they have done all season, the Jayhawks followed his example and then some.
Two days after criticizing himself for passing up open shots
Sophomore guards Langford, 19 points, Aaron Miles, 18 points, and Michael Lee, 10 points, all joined Collison in double-figures, while shooting 67.8 percent from the field. If the Jayhawks weren't inspired by Collison's performance, they could have easily turned to the team's other senior leader.
"We made things happen, and that's a key to our offense."
Kirk Hinrich senior guard
and playing passively in Kansas' 64-61 victory against Utah State, Kirk Hinrich appeared with a vengeance. He took 14 shots, making nine, and was 3-for-4 from three-point range. He finished the contest with a game-high 24 points.
"I knew going in that I had to be more aggressive on offense," Hinrich said. "We made things happen, and that's a key to our offense."
The Jayhawks (27-7 overall) will face the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils (26-6) in the West Regional semifinals on Thursday.
Edited by Michelle Burhenn
Food poisoning doesn't stop Tiger
The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — Not even a nasty bout of food poisoning could stop Tiger Woods from winning the Bay Hill Invitational for the fourth straight year
So sick that he frequently ducked into the bushes and dropped to his knees. Woods still looked as dominant as ever yesterday with a 4-under 68 to win by 11 strokes, the fourth time in his career he has won by double digits.
Woods became the first player in 73 years to win the same tournament four years in a row, and the final margin indicates this one was the easiest of all.
That was hardly the case.
Woods, whose girlfriend collapsed Friday outside the clubhouse with food poisoning, came down with it himself after eating spaghetti on the eve of the final round.
He threw up three times during the first five holes and often stopped in his tracks and doubled over, wincing in pain. When he tapped in for par on the final hole, he had just enough strength left on a rainy afternoon to raise his right arm and salute the crowd.
Woods finished at 19-under 269 and became the first player since Gene Sarazen in the Miami Open (1926-30) to win the same event four straight times.
Brad Faxon missed a 6-foot par putt on the 18th hole that cost him $189,000. He had a 74
and dropped into a four-way tie for second with Kirk Triplett (70), Kenny Perry (71) and Stewart Cink (72).
An anticipated showdown between Woods and Ernie Els never materialized, with the South African finishing 19 strokes back after a 77 Sunday.
Arnold Palmer owns the Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Woods owns the tournament.
The 11-stroke victory was the largest margin in the 25-year history of Bay Hill, breaking by two the previous mark, set by Fred Couples in 1992.
It matched the third-largest margin in Woods' career, behind his 15-stroke victory in the 2000 U.S. Open and his 12-stroke win in the 1997 Masters.
Woods also won at Firestone by 11 shots in 2000, when he could barely see the 18th green because of darkness.
Steady rain that fell throughout the day almost kept Woods from finishing this one. Large pools of water covered every fairway, but there was no point in stopping everyone knew how this was going to turn out.
It was the 12th time Woods has won a PGA Tour event by at least four shots.
The most unseemly sight was Woods on his knees behind the tee boxes, in the bushes or between a couple of courtesy vans, seeking some privacy while about 10,000 people watched his every move.
Softball
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The first game turned into a pitcher's' duel of Pierce and Oklahoma State's Lauren Bay.
The Cowgirls rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the fourth inning of game two and went on to score four unanswered runs for the victory.
On Wednesday, the Jayhawks bounced back by taking both contests in a road doubleheader against Southwest Missouri State, 7-6 and 3-0 with methodical hitting.
Milhoan picked up both victories for Kansas, improving her record to 7-2 on the year.
Kansas' scheduled border war game against Missouri on Thursday was canceled
The Jayhawks were up 6-0 in the first game but still managed to hold off a late offensive SMS attack.
because of rain and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader at 3 p.m. on April 21 in Lawrence.
Oklahoma gave the Jayhawks a rude homecoming this weekend by winning two.
Kansas was up 1-0 on the Sooners in the third inning when Erin Evans hit a two-run homer for Oklahoma after a one-hour rain delay to start the contest. The Sooners went on take the game, 5-1.
Yesterday, Oklahoma scored nine runs in the third inning in a 10-0 shellacking of the Jayhawks.
Pierce took both losses for Kansas, dropping her overall record to 11-6.
Kansas will attempt to rebound at 2 p.m. tomorrow as the team hosts Oklahoma City University for a doubleheader home game.
Edited by Brandon Gay
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