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INSIDE SPORTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
White Sox beat Royals one player unsatisfied
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Jon Garland's impressive performance against Kansas City did little to change his opinion of his overall performance this year.
Garland pitched into the ninth inning, and Wilson Valdez hit his first career homer to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals yesterday.
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the way I have thrown the ball."
Jon Garland White Sox pitcher
Garland (11) came within two outs of his second complete game of the season, and first since June 20 at Montreal. It was his first victory since Sept. 3 against Seattle.
"I'm not happy with the way I have thrown the ball," Garland said. "I feel I'm a lot better pitcher than I have shown, especially this year. I guess time will only tell how I end up."
"It was just nice to go out there and give my team a chance," Garland said. "I haven't done that lately. I have been putting them in a hole and nothing good could come out of that."
He gave up one run and five hits in eight 1-3 innings, struck out five and walked two.
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Ross Gload also homered, and Jose Valentin and Joe Borchard hit back-to-back shots in the seventh inning for the White Sox, who won three of four against the Royals.
Chicago has hit the second-most homers in baseball history at home this season with 145, second to Colorado's 149 in 1996.
"We hit a lot of home runs, but we give up a lot of home runs, too," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "The ballpark seemed pretty small this year."
Damaso Marte got two outs for his sixth save.
Brian Anderson (5-12) allowed five runs on nine hits for the Royals, who lost for the 98th time this season the second-most losses in franchise history. Only the 2002 team (62-100) lost more.
"He threw the ball well, but he gave up four home runs. Against this type of ballclub, if you leave the ball up and over the middle of the plate, you're going to pay," Royals manager Tony Pena said.
Gload homered in the second inning off Anderson to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
"I made a couple of mistakes and instead of going for a single, they went for home runs," Anderson said.
Aaron Rowand singled with two outs in the third and scored on Juan Uribe's double to left-center.
Garland gave up his only run of the game on a 456-foot shot by Calvin Pickering in the fifth to make it 2-1.
Valdez homered with two outs in the fifth off Anderson to give Chicago a 3-1 lead.
With one out in the seventh, Valentin homered off Anderson on a full count for his career-high 29th. Borchard followed by hitting another full-count pitch to left.
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Heather Bowman. 2003 graduate, blocks a shot while Robbie Overton, Leawood senior, moves in for the rebound Sunday afternoon. Overton invented Field Crumpets last year and now the club meets, rain or shine, at 1:30 p.m. on Sundays in front of Allen Fieldhouse.
Chiefs record third straight loss
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marcus Coleman made the interception and the long return. Andre Johnson and Derick Armstrong made the catches.
And, finally, Kris Brown made the kick that kept the Kansas City Chiefs winless.
The Houston Texans came up with one clutch second-half play after another Sunday, and Brown capped the rally by nailing a 50-yard field goal with 2 seconds left for a 24-21 victory.
The Chiefs, the defending AFC West champions, became the fourth team since 1990 to start 0-3 after making the
playoffs the previous season.
Priest Holmes became the Chiefs' career leading rusher with 4,941 yards but couldn't get into the end zone. Trent Green threw three touchdown passes but also gave up the interception that Coleman returned 102 yards for a third-quarter touchdown to tie the game at 14.
And the defense kept Houston in check for three quarters — before giving up three plays of 20 or more yards in the fourth. On the winning drive, Houston marched 42 yards in 2:16 to set up the field goal.
an opportunity to win a football game here, and we couldn't take advantage of it."
Kansas City. 13-3 a year ago, hasn't started this badly since opening the 1981 season 0-4.
"Right now, we're sort of snakebit," Chiefs coach Dick Vermei said. "We can't make things go our way. We had
Coleman's return was the longest defensive.touchdown ever given up by the Chiefs.
"It feels like someone's got me in a headlock, and I can't get out of it," said tight end Tony Gonzalez.
The Texans' previous record was Marlon McCree's 95-yard interception return against Tennessee last Dec.21, while Buffalo's Tony Greene returned an interception 101 yards against Kansas City in 1976.
TENNIS
Jayhawks surge in Tulsa as freshmen emerge
This weekend's Hurricane Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., showcased the emergence of two Kansas freshman tennis players, as the Jayhawks bore the fall season.
began the fall season.
Freshmen Lauren Hommell and Stephanie Smith swept their singles matches in their first ever collegiate tournament at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at the University of Tuva
Freshman Stephanie Smith earned her first win in impressive fashion in a 6-0, 6-0, rout of Southwest Missouri State's Mali Gakovic.
Hornmell won all three singles matches, including a straight-set dismalting of Aleandra Ropoll of Wichita State, 6-1 and 6-0, on Sunday.
Smith went on to win her next two singles matches in three sets.
HOMMELL
The veteran players for Kansas coach Amy Hall-Holt, junior Luiza Loureiro and Christine Skoda, also contributed to the team's success.
SMITH
Loureiro posted two singles victories, including a 6-0, 6-3 win over Jackie Richey of Wichita State.
Skoda teamed up with Lauren Hommell, and the duo won two out of three matches, including two on Friday.
Christine Skoda displayed her allaround game, especially in the doubles competition.
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Kansas sophomore Brittany Brown and freshman Anna Jackson were listed as inactive for the weekend.
The Jayhawks now look to prepare for the Notre Dame Invite in South Bend, Ind., on Oct. 15.
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FARMINGTON, Pa. — Vijay Singh is running out of firsts to take away from Tiger Woods.
Singh broke the PGA Tour single- year money record Woods set while winning three majors in 2000, holding off Stewart Cink to win the 84 Lumber Classic by one shot Sunday for his third consecutive victory.
Singh's eighth championship this year pushed his money total to $9,455,566 in 26 events, surpassing Woods' $9,188,321 while he was winning nine times in 20 events in 2000.
With Singh expecting to play four more times, he could become the first to win $10 million in one year.
Singh led from start to finish for his fifth victory in six tournaments, the best such streak since Woods won six in a row to end 1999 and start 2000.
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Singh has won seven times in his last 16 events.
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GOLF
Women's team finishes 13th, struggles in Lubbock, Texas
The Kansas women's golf team finished 13th in an 18-team field yesterday at the Jeannie McHaney Invitational in Lubbock, Texas.
The tournament was originally scheduled for three rounds, but the Saturday round was cancelled due to inclement weather.
invitational in Lubbock. The Jayhawks posted a 317 team total in the final round of the tournament to finish with a two-round total of 628.
"Our short game and course management was better than the last tournament," said Kansas coach Erin O'Neil. "We kind of struggled in other areas, but we are making progress, and I can see that."
Kansas was led by sophomore Amanda Costner, who tied for 17th with a two-round total of 151.
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Notre Dame won the tournament with a 593. Oklahoma placed second with a 597, while SMU and Missouri finished in a tie for third at 598.
The Jayhawks resume action on Oct. 4 when they compete in the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate tournament from Las Cruces, N.M.
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