THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
SPORTS
3B
Last line of defense
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Pittsburgh Penguins' Gary Roberts has Ottawa Senators' Anton Volchenkov draped over him as he attempts to put a third- period rebound past Senators goaltender Ray Emery in NHL Stanley Cup quarterfinal hockey action in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Emery made the save and the Senators won 2-1.
KIRK (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
KIRK
pole vault, shot put and discus.
(CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Competitors receive a certain amount of points for their performance in each event, and a running tally lets everyone know who leads after each event, which is an advantage for the athletes.
"You perform through your ups and downs, and at the end the best overall athlete wins," Kirk said.
Freshman Jacob Breth will join Kirk in the decathlon for Kansas, while freshman Chelsea Helm represents Kansas in the heptathlon. Both competitions are spread out between two days.
The first Kansas Relays event is the 100-meter dash portion of the decathlon at 10 a.m. today in Memorial Stadium.
Edited by James Pinick
Kansan sportswriter Taylor Bern can be contacted at tbern@kansan.com.
relav schedule
Decathlon Schedule
TODAY
10 a. 1m. 100 meter dash
10. 45 Long jump
12:35 p.m. Shot put
2:25 High jump
4:30 400 meter dash
4:30 400 meter dash
THURSDAY
8:30 a.m. 110 meter hun-
9:15 Discus
1:15 p.m. Pole vault
3 Javelin
4:20 1,500 meters
8. 30 a.m. 110 meter hurdles
Heptathlon Schedule
TODAY
10. 30 a.m. 100 meter hurdles
1:45 pm. Shot out.
11:15 High jump
11:15 High jump
3:15 200 meter dash
THURSDAY
12:30 p.m. 800 meters
9 a.m. Long jump
10:40 Javelin
10:40 Javelin
JORGENSEN (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
ers who might have surprising seasons (I'm assuming current freshmen Greg Oden and Brandon Wright will declare for the draft).
Rush can compete with all of them, if not beat them all in an MVP race. If he leaves now, maybe he can manage to improve into a starting NBA player. If he stays, he will gain so much more. His confidence, hunger and competitiveness will all improve. He will finally get that All-American bid and eventually have his jersey retired. Then he will be a high lottery pick next year and immediately help an NBA team improve.
That's if he stays.
MLB
Polanco's single lifts Tigers over Royals
Jorgensen is a Baldwin City senior in journalism.
- Edited by James Pinick
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Pacido Polanco's tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 7-6 win over Kansas City on Tuesday night and extended the Royals' losing streak to six.
Polanco also hit a solo home run and tripled, Magglio Ordonez had three hits and three RBIs and Marcus Thames homered.
D av i d DeJesus had four hits with a homer and scored three runs for Kansas City, which is 1-7 on the road.
With the score
6-6, Omar Infante
singled to lead off
the eighth and
was sacrificed to
Kansas City starter Jorge De La Rosa allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings.
Kansas City starter Jorge De La Rosa allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings.
Maroth allowed four runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings.
second by Neifi Perez. One out later, Polanco singled off David Riske (0-2).
Detroit tied it in the bottom half of the inning on Ordonez's two-out, run-scoring single. Rodriguez led
Detroit tied the game 6-6 in the seventh off Joel Peralta when Polanco tripled and scored on Gary Sheffield's double.
Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in the first on Mike Sweeney's RBI single. It scored DeJesus, who led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.
Tony Pena Jr. drove in the first run of the inning with a groundout that chased Tigers starter Mike Maroth. Diesus greeted reliever Wilfredo Ledezma with an RBI single. And after a walk to German, Sanders drilled a 2-0 pitch down the right-field line.
Wilfredo Ledezma (3-0)
earned the win despite giving up
two runs in 2 1-3 innings. Todd
Jones allowed one hit in the ninth
for his seventh save in seven
chances.
Reggie Sanders' two-out two-run double in the sixth gave Kansas City a 6-5 lead and capped a four-run outburst.
off with a double and went to third on a flyout. Ordonez lined De La Rosa's 3-2 pitch into left-centerfield.
Ordonez put the Tigers ahead 3-1 with a two-run double in the third. It scored Rodriguez, who
led off with a single, and Polanco, who reached on an error by Pena at short.
Dejesus pulled the Royals to within 4-2 with his third home run to lead off the top of the fifth.
Polanco restored Detroit's three-run lead with his first homer of the season, leading off the bottom of the fifth.
Note: Detroit 3B Brandon Inge didn't play because of the flu. ... Tigers' RHP Jose Mesa has a groin strain and will pitch again Friday, at the earliest. ... It was DeJesus' fifth four-hit game. His last one came on July 16, of last season in Detroit against the Tigers. He also has a nine-game hitting streak against Detroit in which he is 22-for-40, with a home run, five doubles and three triples and 10 RBI.
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