"It's extremely important for faculty credibility that someone outside the athletic department is investigating these allegations." Michael Devaney, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Missouri, named to lead an investigation of the school's basketball program
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Royals place RHPs Hernandez, Appier on DL
The Associated Press
Hernandez, the team's opening-day starter, is out for the season and will need "Tommy John" surgery to replace a torn ligament. The Royals do not expect him back before the middle of next season manager Tony Pena said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals placed right-handers Runnelsy Hernandez and Kevin Appier on the 15-day disabled list on yesterday, both with elbow injuries.
The Royals still do not know whether Appier will need surgery to repair a tear in his flexor tendon, general manager Allard Baird said.
Aiara Bard said.
Hernandez was 4-0 with a 1.04 ERA after five starts this season but developed soreness in the elbow and was placed on the disabled list May 27.
the disabled his Mary.
He was 3-2 after his return July 11 but never regained his form, ending the year 7-5 with a 4.61 ERA in 16 starts.
In his last outing Aug. 16, he gave up 9 runs on nine hits in 3 1-3 innings in
Kansas City's 14-5 loss to Minnesota. The Royals sent him down to double-A Wichita the next day.
"He was trying to work through it, and you have to admire him for that," Baird said. "Nobody wants to leave this team and take off the jersey. But we're right in it, and every game counts."
in that game. Appier left Sunday's 8-1 loss to Minnesota after two innings with tightness in his elbow.
Since the Royals signed him as a free agent on Aug. 6, Appier was 1-2 with a
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4.26 ERA in four states.
"When I saw him on Sunday, and when I saw him again today, he kept apologizing," Baird said. "I said, 'What are you apologizing for? If we win this thing by one game, that's your win.'"
On Monday, the Royals acquired left-hander Brian Anderson from Cleveland for two minor leaguers. Anderson started Tuesday night's game against the Texas Rangers.
Royals score big in sixth inning for victory
The Associated press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Sweeney found the hitting stroke that had eluded him for nearly a week.
had cuded him into. But when Brian Anderson walked into the clubhouse last night, Sweeney nodded in his direction and said, "There's your hero."
A day after the Royals acquired him in a trade with Cleveland, Anderson — with plenty of support from Sweeney and Aaron Guiel — gave his new team six solid innings in a 9-2 win over the Texas Rangers.
"For him to come in and throw the ball like he did — that's definitely a big emotional lift for our team," said Sweeney, who went 3-for-5 after getting just one hit in his previous 13 at-bats. "If Brian can give us six more games like that, that will be just what we need."
Sweeney and Guiel each homered and drove in four runs as the Royals stayed one game back of the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
Anderson (10-10) pitched six innings, giving up two runs and four hits. He struck out three and walked none.
"When you come to a new team, your main feeling is not wanting to screw up what they've got going — but that's negative thinking," Anderson said. "So you tell yourself you want to come in and do what you can to help."
Anderson retired the first 11 68-62 batters before Alex Rodriguez sin- gled with two outs in the fourth inning and Rafael Palmeiro followed with a two-run homer to right field that cut Kansas City's lead to 3-2.
City's lead Jeremy Affelt relieved Anderson to start the seventh, striking out five in two shutout innings, before Curtis Leskanie
came in to pitch the ninth.
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Gueli, whose four RBIs were a career high, went 3-for-5. He homered off starter R.A. Dickey (8-6) in Kansas
City's three-run third and ignited a six-run sixth with a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded.
The homer came on a 3-0 count, when Dickey grooved a fastball — not knowing that Royals manager Tony Pena had told Guiel to swing away.
"I took it for granted that he was going to take a strike, and I threw a BP fastball in there," Dickey said. "He did just what he
should have done with it, if he was going to swing away. It took me totally by surprise."
prise. Sweeney had an RBI single in the third and capped the Royals' big sixth with a three-run shot off Rosman Garcia.
"I probably took a thousand swings
today trying to get back on track," Sweeneysaid.
The Royals led 3-2 when Dickey opened the sixth by walking Raul Ianez, giving up Ken Harvey's bloop single and hitting Angel Berroa with a pitch to load the bases with one out.
Aaron Fultz relieved Dickey and struck out Brent Mayne, but Guiel chased him with his two-run single. Joe Randa singled off Garcia, driving in Berroa before Sweeney hit his first homer since June 16.
Randa went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to nine games with a third-inning double. Berroa doubled twice and went 2-for-3.
went 2 for 1.
Rodriguez and Einar Diaz had two hits each for Texas. Notes: Palmeiro's 521st career homer tied him for 13th on baseball's list of leaders, along with Willie McCovey and Ted Williams. He has 38 home runs against the Royals, the most ever by any player.
Moyer picks up 16th victory over Tampa Bay
The Associated Presse
SEATTLE (AP) — Jamie Moyer pitched seven innings for his first victory in three weeks and Carlos Guillen hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs as the Seattle Mariners snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays last night.
Guillen and Dan Wilson each added two-run singles in the seventh as Seattle went ahead 9-3, scoring five runs on three hits. Tampa Bay relievers Brandon Backe and Jesus Colome combined to issued five walks that inning, one intentional.
tional.
Moyer (16-6) won for the first time since Aug. 5, finally securing his 16th win after a loss and two starts without a decision. He allowed three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks.
After falling behind 3-0 in the first on a three-run homer by Aubrey Huff, Moyer settled and held the Devil Rays scoreless on four hits over the next six innings.
He was as crafty as ever, too. Moyer ended the sixth by striking out Damian Rolls on a 74-mph breaking ball, and ended Tampa Bay's side of the seventh bv
fooling Jared Sandberg with the same pitch at 72 mph.
Arthur Rhodes and Armando Benitez each pitched a perfect inning.
Victor Zambrano (9-8), who barely missed his first career complete game in a July 12 victory at Safeco Field, lasted 5 2-3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with four walks and seven strikeouts.
Padres trade White to Royals
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres traded All-Star outfielder Rondell White to the Kansas City Royals for two minor league pitchers yesterday.
The trade came shortly after the Padres acquired outfielder Brian Giles, who grew up in the San Diego area, from the Pittsburgh Pirates for left-hander Oliver Perez, minor league outfielder Jason Bay and a player to be named.
named. The Padres acquired lefty Chris Tierney and right-hander Brian Sanches from Kansas City in the deal for White.
White goes from a team that's been in last place since April to a team that's just one game behind the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central race.
White was obtained from the New York Yankees in a spring training deal for outfielder Bubba Trammell and minor league left-hander Mark Phillips.
The Padres had been looking to move White for some time. He's making $5 mil-
hon this year and is engible for free agency after the season.
The Padres will send some cash to Kansas City, but will also save some money on White's salary that they can apply to Giles, who will earn a little more than $1 million the rest of the season.
Tierney, a seventh-round draft pick in 2001, was 5-11 with a 4.38 ERA in 26 starts for Class A Wilmington this season.
Sanches, a second-round pick in 1999, was 1-5 with a 3.16 ERA and two saves in 38 games for Double-A Wichita.
White was hitting.278 with 18 homers and 66 RBIs.
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Chiefs Gonzalez hurts knee, hopes to return soon
The Associated Press
Early medical outlook good for the tight end
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez injured his left knee during practice yesterday when he was hit while reaching for a pass.
Coach Dick Vermeil said early indications were that the injury did not threaten the All-Pro's career or season. "I think it will be short term, but that's a first look," Vermeil said. The coach said Gonzalez was twisting to reach for a pass thrown behind him when he was hit at the same time. "You hate that part of this and shreds."
will and you hate it more when it's a high caliber and quality football player and a great person," Vermeil said.
Vermeil said Gonzalez's injury did not appear to be as serious as a knee injury he suffered two years
"He strained his knee, but there was no swelling and it wasn't loose," Vermeil said. A Chiefs' spokesman said late yesterday afternoon there would be no further updates on Gonzalez's condition until today.
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