THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
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Royals defeat Los Angeles Angels 5-2
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BY DOUG TUCKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gil Meche allowed two hits in seven innings, retiring 17 straight batters and led the Kansas City Royals to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2, Thursday.
Mchee (3-1), whose 2.23 ERA is third in the AL behind Oakland's Dan Haren (1.60) and the Angels' John Lackey (2.19), struck out six and walked one. Meche walked Reggie Willits in a 10-pitch at-bat right ahead of Guerrero's ninth home run.
Only two Angels hit the ball out of the infield during his stretch of 17 straight batters retired, a streak that ended in the seventh when Guerrero reached on a one-out infield single that went off second
arrives at second for a steal past the tag of Los Angeles Angels second baseman Erick Aybar in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24)
baseman Esteban German's glove.
Guerrero took second on an error by Ross Gload on Meche's pickoff attempt, but Meche struck out Casey Kotchman and retired Erick Aybar on an easy grounder.
Brandon Duckworth and rookie
Joakim Soria finished the three-hitter, with Soria pitching the ninth for his fifth save in five chances. The victory gave Kansas City a split of the four-game series.
Gload had the
RBL.
Gload had the first four-hit game of his major league career drove in two runs and scored three.
Jered Weaver (1-3) matched his career high with nine strikeouts but gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings. Weaver, who has a 5.12 ERA, lost to Kansas City for the first time in three decisions.
first four-hit game of his major league career. He drove in two runs and scored three.
Gload tripled and scored in the second inning, had an RBI single in the fourth, a single in the sixth and an RBI double off Dustin Moseley that made it 4-2 in the seventh. Rookie Billy Butler then singled him home for his first major league
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Guerrero had big first innings in the series, hitting a two-run double and his fifth career slam in addition to Thursday's homer. He had 29 RBI in 27 games.
Gload tripled
leading off the second and scored Kansas City's first run on John Buck's sacrifice fly. Gload tied it 2-1 all in the fourth with an RBI single following Mike Sweeney's double.
After singling in the sixth for his third hit, he stole second, took third on Billy Butler's long fly ball and scored on Tony Pena Jr.'s single for a 3-2 lead.
Cardinals pitcher publicly mourned
Ieammates mostly silent during uplifting hour-long service, only one spoke
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUPELO, Miss. — The St. Louis Cardinals were among an estimated 500 mourners Thursday at a public memorial service for pitcher Josh
Hancock, who died in an automobile accident early Sunday.
Hancock's younger sister, Katie, a star athlete at Tupelo High School, called him a "great guy, a great man and a great big brother." Hancock's
only teammate who spoke at the service, recalling Hancock the prankster and also remembering how the two played catch every day. "Every day, I was reminded of his heart," Flores said.
Organizers had expected three or
"The St. Louis Cardinals players and coaches are bonded together ... like no other family in baseball."
DEAN HANCOCK Pitcher Josh Hancock's father
agent, the scout who signed him to his first pro contract and a high school coach all related memories many of them preparing laptops
in a mostly uplifting hour-long service at First United Methodist Church.
four Cardinals to participate in the service, including manager Tony La Russa, and also anticipated several players to speak after the service. Instead, the traveling party of 50, minus only outfielder Preston Wilson from the
Reliever Randy Flores was the
active roster, filed onto two buses behind the church and left immediately without speaking to media after outfielder Jim Edmonds advised players to go.
"What do you want me to say?" general manager Walt Jocketty said before boarding the bus.
NCAA BASKETBALL SLU coach signs new recruit days after being introduced
ST. LOUIS Just days into the job and new Saint Louis University coach Rick Majerus has his first recruit.
The Billikens announced late Wednesday the signing of 6-foot-7 power forward Barry Eberhardt, who was a third-team junior college All-American last season at Coffeyville in Kansas. He averaged 17.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game while shooting 56 percent from the field.
"Barry gives us a low post scoring presence with the ability to pick and pop," Majerus said. "We are excited about his developing rebounding game in conjunction with a defensive commitment."
Eberhardt joins Anthony Mitchell of East St. Louis (III.) High School and Chicago's Markus Relphorde, who signed earlier in the signing period.
Majerus was introduced Monday, replacing Brad Soderberg, who was fired last month.
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Hancock's father, Dean Hancock, wore a red ribbon with the No. 32 — his son's uniform number — on his left lapel as he read a statement before the service. He took no questions, thanking the media for "respecting our privacy and for respecting Josh's honor."
"Professional baseball players are brothers within a family, and the St.
Louis Cardinals players and coaches are bonded together, in my opinion, like no other family in baseball." Hancock said. "Josh was so proud to be a member of that family."
Hancock was driving a rented Ford Explorer early Sunday when it slammed into a flatbed tow truck on Interstate 64 in St. Louis.
Luke Walden, 12, of Booneville Miss., center left, and his friend Cole Lauderdale, 12, of Reinzi, Miss., center right, look at memorial table following the memorial service for St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock in Tupelo, Miss., on Thursday. Hancock was killed in an automobile crash early Sunday.
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