8B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY APRIL 29, 2000
MONDAY, APRIL 20. 2009
BASEBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
THE DAILY TOREADOR
Sophomore Jimmy Winters hits Sunday against Texas Tech. Kansas beat Tech 15-6 to avoid being swept in the weekend series.
like that. It's always nice to get a lead early and get our pitchers some runs to work with." Thompson said.
Fifteen runs on 15 hits was as efficient as the Jayhawks had been all season. Kansas has left runners on base in the past and it has been a problem all season.
And it wasn't just Thompson and the rest of the middle part of the order that did the damage. Every Jayhawk that played had a hit and six Jayhawks had at least one RBI with junior shortstop David Narodowski leading the way with four.
"The tail end of our lineup contributed all three days," Price said. "That's why we scored as many runs as we did."
But Thompson's three home runs was the story for the Jayhawk offense this weekend, especially on
Sunday, Price even said it would be a remarkable effort to reach Metcalf's record.
"If he continues to swing the bat the way he's going about his business I think there's no doubt about it he'll break that record before the season ends." Price said.
But with Thompson now the closest any Jayhawk has ever been to reaching Metcalf's record in the past five years, does the Reno, Nev., native feel luck enough to reach the record in the final 17 games?
"It would take a pretty big effort and it would be a great record to have, but as long as we're winning that's all I care about," Thompson said.
Edited by Liz Schubauer
BOX SCORE
Kansas 7 02 1 04 1 00 - 15 15 1
Texas Tech 0 00 0 10 5 00 - 6 14 2
**Kansas** <b>ab r h rbi</b>
Narodowski SS 5 2 2 4
Price 2B 5 1 1 0
Heere RF 4 1 3 3
Afenir C 5 1 1 0
Thompson 3B 5 3 2 3
Lytle LF 6 1 1 1
Waters DH 3 3 1 1
Land 1B 4 2 2 0
Brunansky CF 5 1 2 2
Totals 42 15 15 14
**Texas Tech** <b>ab r h rbi</b>
Rueda 2B 3 0 1 0
Fleming PR/CF 2 2 1 0
Reed LF 2 0 0 0
Macnoll LF/RF 1 0 1 0
Monreal PH/3B 2 0 0 0
Kenworthy SS 2 0 2 0
Hanslik PH/LF 2 1 1 0
Richburg 1B 3 1 1 1
LeJeune DH 4 1 2 1
Ashby CF/LF 4 1 1 1
Berry 3B 3 0 2 0
Leslie PH 1 0 1 1
Brown 2B 1 0 0 0
Totten RF/2B 3 0 0 0
Alavi PH 1 0 0 0
Mayo c 2 0 0 0
Whitehead C 2 0 1 2
Totals 38 6 14 6
E-Texas Tech: Reed (4); Kenworthy (15)
2B-Kansas: Narodowski (9); Brunansky (5)
HR-Kansas: Thompson (2) 12
Pitching
Kansas
IP H R ER BB SO
Ridenhour W (4-2)
6.0 8 1 1 3 1
Blankenship
0.1 4 4 4 0 0
Bochy
2.2 2 1 1 2 5
Texas Tech
IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan L (2-5)
0.0 2 7 5 3 0
Douglas
3.1 7 3 3 1 1
Large
2.1 4 4 4 4 1
Farrar
3.1 2 1 0 2 2
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NHL
St. Louis Blues Chris Mason (50) blocks a shot by Vancouver Canucks' Henrik Sedin (33), of Sweden, in the second period of Game 3 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff game Sunday in St. Louis. Vancouver can sweep the nets with a victory in Game 4.
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Canucks defeat Blues in playoff series
Vancouver set up to sweep St. Louis with victory on Tuesday in Game 4
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
Associated Press
ST, LOUISE — Roberto Luongo carried the Vancouver Canucks for two games. Specialty units helped them take a 3-0 series lead against the St. Louis Blues.
The Canucks scored three power-play goals, including Steve Bernier's go-ahead score in the opening minute of the third period, while again stifling their opponents' chances with the man advantage in a 3-2 victory Sunday night.
Vancouver, the third seed in the Western Conference, silenced a standing-room crowd of 19,500 for the Blues' first home playoff game in five seasons. The Canucks can finish off the sixth-seeded Blues in Game 4 on Tuesday night in St. Louis.
Andy McDonald, frequently frustrated by Luongo the first two games, finally broke through to tie it at 2 in the second period
for the Blues, and added an assn. But St. Louis was shut on five power plays, especially squandering early chances to seize control, and is 1-for-16 in the series.
Mattias Ohlund and Daniel Sedin also scored power-play goals for the Canucks, who were
strong, the last two periods after mustering five shots and trailing 1-0 after the first And Luongo, who allowed one goal on 56 shots the first two games, made 24 saves and was good
alone in front of the net for an easy tap-in at 41 seconds of the third. Bernier scored his second career playoff goal in 26 games.
The Canucks capitalized on the Blues' lack of discipline at the start of the second period, scoring a pair of play-play scores in a
Vancouver silenced a standing-room crowd of 19,500 for the Blues' first home playoff game in five seasons.
enough even if he wasn't the star that prompted a fans" "LuonGO Home" sign.
The go-ahead goal was a bit of a fluke, keyed by Sami Salo's wide shot from the point that took a lively bounce off the end boards and right to Henrik Sedin, who redirected the puck to Bernier
span of 2:25 to take their first lead.
Blues coach Andy Murray used his timeout after Ohlund's shot from the right point squirted between Chris Mason's pads at 7:53. But Jay McClement was
whistled for holding the stick about a half-minute later, his second straight trip to the penalty box, and Daniel Sedin poked in the go-ahead goal just before a flailing Mason could glove the puck at 10:18.
The Blues were outshot 11-3 the first 12-plus minutes of
the period before rallying on McDonald's tying goal at 16:13. McDonald banged three shots off the goal post or crossbar in the Canucks' 3-0 Game 2 victory, also Luongo's first career playoff shutout, before finally beating the goalie off a blistering cross-ice feed from David Perron to tie it at 16:13.
Backes' first goal in six games gave the Blues their first lead of the series. McDonald got the puck in deep after passing off the boards to himself, and Backes scored off Brad Boyes' feed from behind the net at 3:11.
St. Louis missed many more chances, though, totaling just three shots in 6:34 of power play time while rarely getting a chance to set up shop in the offensive zone.
That included 1:26 with a two-man advantage after Willie Mitchell was whistled for a double minor midway through the period.
SOFTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
circle, pitching all 14 innings for the Longhorns while striking out 12 and allowing only two runs. But as Bunge alluded to, Kansas
had its share of opportunities to score.
The Jayhawks left 13 runners on base in the two games, unable to capitalize off of seven walks and three Longhorn errors. Chapple and senior outfielder Dougie McCaulley led Kansas with two hits apiece
over the weekend, but the rest of the lineup had only three hits combined against Barnhill.
"She did what she needed to do to win," Bunge said. "Give her credit. She threw the ball pretty well out there, but we've got to make adjustments at the plate. We just didn't get it done."
Bunge said there wasn't time to dwell on the losses because Kansas would face a doubleheader Tuesday against Tulsa.
"We need to shake this series off and get ready for Tulsa," she said.
Edited by Jesse Trimble
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Pittsburgh leads the series 2-1. Game 4 is Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Carter, the NHL's scored-leading goal score, scored his first of the postseason 3 minutes into the game, and Richards made it two goals on two shots 2:15 later
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