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tuesday, September 16,2003
Giving the team a lift
Jackie Miller, Lawrence, junior, reels in a ball during a line out while she is supported by Elisia Price, sophomore, right, and Kat Boone, left, at a women's rugby club practice at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. A line out is a method of getting the ball back into play, where two players from the same team hoist a team member in the air to retrieve the ball from a throw-in. The women's rugby club will play their next home game a Sept. 20 at Westwick Sports Complex.
Royalstake series from Tigers
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Trying to avoid setting the post-1900 record for losses, the Detroit Tigers keep coming up against teams fighting for playoff spots.
Detroit became the first AL team to lose 111 games since the 1939 St. Louis Browns, dropping to Kansas City 10-4 yesterday night as former Tiger Joe Randa drove in five runs.
Randa drove in five turtles.
The Tigers lost their third in a row after winning the series opener.
winning the series.
"A win is a win, even against them," Kansas City manager Tony Pena said. "They beat us in the first game, but now we've started to get some momentum. We need to keep that and take it into the next series."
Kansas City remained three games behind Minnesota, which took over sole possession of the AL Central lead by winning at Cleveland, and closed within 2 1/2 games of idle Chicago.
1/2 games of rule coaching. "That's a good team, and they are still competing for a playoff spot," Tigers manager Alan Trammell said. "They looked flat when we beat them on Friday, and I thought maybe they were done, but they've come back and played three very good games. Now we are the ones looking flat again."
ing hat again. At 38-11, the Tigers have the most defeats in the majors since the 1965 New York Mets lost 112 times and need five wins in their final 13 games to avoid matching the modern-day record of 120 losses, set by the 1962 Mets.
"We made a gallant effort again tonight, and it got away from us in the end," Trammell said. That's just how things have been this year."
Randa tied his career high for RBIs. He hit a three-run homer in the ninth, and Aaron Guel homered later in the
inning.
Raul Ibanez had three hits and scored three times, and Brent Mayne homered for the Royals.
"If we take care of business, we are going to be there at the end of the season." Ibanez said. "We've got to play Chicago tough and be ready if Minnesota falters."
Brian Anderson (12-11) improved to 3-0 against the Tigers this year, with the first two wins coming for Cleveland.
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3-0 against the Tigers since first two wins coming for Cleveland. Anderson allowed four runs and 10 hits in 7/13 innings. Curtis Leskanie and Mike MacDougal finished.
Gary Knotts (3-7) allowed four runs, four hits and two walks in 2/2/3 innings. In his last two starts, Knotts has given up 14 runs in six innings.
"I really don't have any answers right now." he said. "Not for today and not for this season. I'm going to have a lot to think about in the offseason."
Detroit had a chance to take a 1-0 lead in the first but, with cleanup hitter Dmitri Young batting, Alex Sanchez easily was thrown out at the plate by Anderson while trying for a rare delayed steal of home. Trammell said that Sanchez attempted the play on his own.
own.
"I think that, in a situation like that, with their best RBI guy at the plate, trying to steal home might be a little too tricky." Anderson said. "But if you want to give me an out, I'll take it."
After Knottis held the Royals hitless in the first two innings, they hit for the cycle in the span of five batters while scoring four runs in the third.
With one out, Mayne hit a 405-foot homer over the right-center field scoreboard. After Angel Berroa walked, Carlos Beltran tripled off the scoreboard to make it 2-0.
make it 2-0. Mike Sweeney's single increased the lead to 3-0, and Ibanez doubled to put runners on second and third. Randa's groundout gave Kansas City its fourth run of the inning.
run of the ming Trammell thought Mayne's homer rattled Knotts.
"Gary has to do a better job of getting past that homer," he said. "A solo homer is no big deal — that's going to happen to everyone in this game. But it looked like it affected him for the rest of the inning, and suddenly he goes from having great stuff in the first two innings to being out of the game in the third."
Detroit closed to 4-2 in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly by Shane Halter and a RBI single by Bobby Higginson.
son.
Kansas City made it 5-2 in the fifth on Guiel's RBI single, but Detroit got two runs in its half when Sanchez grounded into a run-scoring double play and Halter followed with his 11th homer.
ter followed with the IHP. Randa's double increased the margin back to two runs in the seventh.
Notes:
Detroit Shock All-Star Swin Cash threw out the first pitch. The Shock and Los Angeles Sparks play in the deciding game of the WNBA finals Tuesday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The game was a makeup of an April 8 rainst, and drew just 9,342 fans. Halter's homer broke an 0-for-13 slump. Randa played for the Tigers in 1998. Rondell White was hit by a pitch in the third inning, increasing Kansas City's franchise-record total to 70 for the season. The previous mark was 64 in 1999.
--give them a 32-29 lead.
But Bryant's ensuing squib kickoff went out of bounds at the 1, giving Dallas the ball at its own 40. Carter then hit Antonio Bryant with a 25-yard pass to the New York 34. Cundiff sent it to overtime with his career-long field goal.
Cowboys beat Giants in OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - This could have been one of Bill Parcells' worst losses. Billy Cundiff turned into one of his biggest wins.
Cundiff, who tied the game at the end of regulation with a 52-yard field goal, tied an NFL record with the game-winner from 25 yards with 5:57 left in overtime to give the Dallas Cowboys a 35-32 victory over the New York Giants.
It was Parcells' first win as Dallas' coach and it came over the team he led to two Super Bowl victories.
The last field goal was Cundiff's seventh of the game to tie the record held by three others and it came after an eightplay, 51-yard drive led by Quincy Carter.
The Giants rallied from a 29-14 fourth-quarter deficit and seemed to have the game won when Matt Bryant kicked a 30-yard field goal with 11 seconds left to give them a 32-29 lead.
Carter, who finished 24-of-39 for 298 yards, led the Cowboys 51 yards on the winning drive. The key play was a 23-yard pass to former Giant Dan Campbell, who made his first catch for Dallas after signing in the offseason.
For most of the final quarter, it looked like Parcells' Cowboys (1-1) would go down valiantly.
Parcells watched helplessly as Kerry Collins rallied the Giants (1-1) from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to a 32-29 lead before Bryant's kick gave the Cowboys just enough field position for the tying kick.
The Associated Press
Singh shoots 16 under, wins Deere Classic
The Associated Press
Tournament extends into Monday after downpour postpones Saturday's action
SILVIS, Ill. — Vijay Singh won the rain-delayed John Deere Classic by four strokes yesterday, his third title of the year that sent him to the top of this season's PGA money list.
Singh closed with a 6-under-par 65 for a total of 16-under 268. He had six birdies in a bogey-free final round that was held over a day after darkness suspended play Sunday night.
Chris Riley (71), J.L. Lewis (71) and Jonathan Byrd (68) shared second at 12 under 272.
The $630,000 first prize boosted Singh's earnings for the year to more than $5.6 million, edging him past Davis Love III. Love, nursing a sore back, finished
more important to "I can control the money list. I can't control the player of the year," said Singh, adding that Masters champion Mike Weir would top his list for that award.
tied for 27th at the Quad City PGA stop.
led for 2 if not the Quarter Singh, in his first Deere Classic appearance, also is in the running for player of the year honors. But he said the money list is more important to him.
With three more tournaments ahead, Singh said this year might be his best shot at topping the money list.
at topping the money line.
"I if I play well, I just have no worries about what can go wrong," said Singh, who now has won 14 career PGA events.
who now his wife is.
Riley called Singh a world-class player who's hard to catch when he has a weekend lead.
bad.
"He's in there with Tiger Woods, Davis
six top 100 misses this year Singh started play yesterday at 12 under, tied with Lewis, who posted his lone career win at the Deere Classic in 1999.
Love, Mike Weir, he's in their class. I'm trying to get there," said Riley, who won the 2002 Reno-Thohe open and now has six top 100 finishes this year.
The pair resumed their final round yesterday on No. 6, and Singh began to pull away after he birdied No. 8 and Lewis followed with a bogey on No. 9.
Lewis, who used only 50 putts when he shot consecutive 6-under 65s in the first two rounds, struggled on the green over the weekend.
Paul Stankowski, in his third PGA event since returning from wrist surgery, tied for fifth at under with Hidemichi
Janaka and Kevin Sutherland The Deere Classic drew its best field after being moved back from its usual tee off in July. However, the tournament was plagued by a Saturday downpour that postponed Saturday's third round.
postponed Saturday's third ROE Tournament officials had hoped to wedge in 36 holes on Sunday so players could travel to the next stop, the 84 Lumber Classic in Pennsylvania.
A storm front that dumped more than 3 inches of rain Friday and Saturday lingered over the Quad Cities, pushing tee times back until late morning.
times back until late morning. The Deere Classic is the first PGA Tour event to extend into Monday since the FBR Capital Open in June. However, 22 of 39 tournaments this year have had some kind of weather delay.
Free for All
When was the last time that the KU football team had a .500 record at any point in its season?
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I watched the KU soccer girls beat Florida State this weekend. Man, they're hot.
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If you haven't been to a Kansas soccer game yet,you are missing out.
Kansas athletics calendar
You would think that since our 2003 seniors went pro that they would move on to bigger and better things. I just saw Nick Collison on 15th Street. I am reminded how much I miss KU basketball.
wednesday
friday
Soccer @ San Diego, San Diego, Cali
saturday
Volleyball @ Kansas State, 7 p.m. in Manhattan
Women's golf @ Mary Fossum Invitational East Lansing, Mich.
East Lansing, Mich.
Volleyball vs. Colorado Horesei Family Athletics Center, 1 p.m.
Football vs. Jacksonville State Memorial Stadium 6 p.m.
sunday
Women's golf @ Mary Fossum Invitational Fast Lansing, Mich.
East Lansing, WI
Soccer @ Loyola Marymount Los Angeles 1
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This week's picks
- Kansas vs. Jacksonville State
- Oregon vs. Michigan
- Michigan State vs. Notre Dame
- Georgia vs. LSU
- Miami vs. Boston College
- Tennessee vs. Florida
- Texas Tech vs. NC State
- Colorado vs. Florida State
- Arizona State vs. Iowa
- UCLA vs. Oklahoma
- Bowling Green vs. Ohio State
- Nichols State vs. Texas A&M-
-Kingsville
Jax State tries new QB starter
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Jacksonville State junior Anthony Mayo will start at quarterback Saturday against Kansas, coach Jack Crowe said yesterday.
The Associated Press
Mayo completed 9-of-17 passes for 92 yards in the fourth quarter of the Gamecocks' 28-17 loss to Division II North Alabama after starter Maurice Mullins struggled.
Mullins was 8-of-19 for 58 yards. Both quarterbacks were intercepted once.
quarterbacks with the other.”
“I think that Anthony gives us, quite honestly, a better manager of the game at this point in time,” Crowe said. “I probably was a series late getting him in there the other day.”
the other day. Mayo started seven games last season, splitting time with senior Reggie Stancil.
"It's a great feeling knowing I'm going to be the starting quarterback for a college team," Mayo said yesterday. "It's what I grew up wanting to do as a Pee Wee player and a high school player."
Kansas (2-1) will be the first Big 12 opponent for the Gamecocks (1-2).
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