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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
BASEBALL
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007
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ABOVE: Sophomore first baseman Preston Land tries to beat out a throw at first base during Sunday's doubleheader against Baylor.
BELOW: Senior center fielder Kyler Murphy gets a hit during Sunday's doubleheader against Baylor at Hoglund Ballpark. Murphy scored a run in the second game.
Junior left fielder John Allman is congratulated by teammate Robby Price as he crosses home plate after hitting a two-run home run during Sunday's doubleheader against Baylor at Hoglund Ballpark The Jayhawks won the first game 4-3 and lost the second 6-2.
Junior second baseman Ryne Price catches a pop fly during Sunday's doubleheader against Baylor. Price hit a game-winning home run to win the first game Sunday.
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Edmonds weathers slump Cardinals outfielder starts slow after shoulder surgery
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Jim Edmonds has stayed patient throughout his early slump, reminding himself that he got a late start in spring training.
The St. Louis Cardinals' center fielder was batting .233 with no RBI in 30 at-bats entering Monday night's game against Pittsburgh. His swing has looked a lot better the last few games, though, and he was able to shrug off a couple of nice defensive plays that robbed him of hits against the Brewers on Sunday.
"I've played this game too long," Edmonds said. "Given the circumstances of not having very many at-bats and what I'm going through, I just kind of shake it off."
Brewers right fielder Corey Hart made a diving catch on Edmonds' drive in the first inning and second baseman Rickie Weeks snared his smash up the middle in the third,
turning it into a double-play ball. Edmonds ended up 0-for-4 with a walk, and manager Tony La Russa anticipated frustration.
"At the end of the day he got an 0-fer, but it wasn't really an 0-fer," La Russa said. "It has a way of getting under your skin and you can come out of your name."
out of your game a little bit."
The 36-year-old Edmonds underwent surgery on his right shoulder and left foot after helping the Cardinals win their first World Series title in 24 years, and didn't start play-
concussion syndrome.
Edmonds batted .257 with 19 homers and 70 RBIs in 110 games.
"I was basically in a walking cast for six weeks, so I really don't have the muscle strength in my left leg that I need to keep my
"Given the circumstances of not having very many at-bats and what I'm going through, I just kind of shake it off."
JIM EDMONDS
Cardinals center fielder
ing in spring training until a week before opening day. He's coming off his worst season since coming to St. Louis in 2000 after being hampered much of the second half by post-
legs fresh",
E d m o n d s said. "I'm trying to build on that and play at the same time, and it's been a little difficult at times.
"But I'm happy to go every day."
out there and play every day."
Edmonds said he feels better at the plate than in center field, noting that his upper body is catching up quicker than his lower body.
BY PAT GRAHAM ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — The rain stayed away, and the San Francisco Giants finally squeezed in another game.
San Francisco hadn't played since Friday night because of rain in Pittsburgh. In a game played under overcast skies, Barry Bonds was one of five San Francisco players and coaches to wear Jackie Robinson's No. 42 — a tribute pushed back a day because of the
Barry Zito gave up three hits in six innings for his first victory with San Francisco, and Ray Durham and Bengie Molina hit back-to-back homers in the third as the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-0 Monday night.
"I've surprised myself how I've been able to do the things that I've actually wanted to do," Edmonds said. "There's been a couple of bad swings that haven't felt great, but there have been way more good swings than bad, so I'm happy with that."
Bonds was 1-for-3 with a walk, narrowly missing his fourth home run of the season. His fourth-inning drive to right landed just below the yellow line on the fence, and the ball hit so hard off the wall that Bonds had to hold at first with a single.
Zito (1-2) combined with three relievers on a six-hitter. Zito, just 12-17 in the month of April during his career, struck out four and walked three as he improved to 86-4 when his team scores four or more runs.
After Colorado loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, Zito struck out Jamey Carroll. Relievers Vinnie Chulk, Kevin Correia and Steve Kline pitched an inning apiece.
"We have some fresh arms," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said
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Jeff Francis (1-1) lasted only five innings and gave up seven runs and nine hits. He was pushed back from Sunday as he completed a five-game suspension, assessed after the commissioner's office said he intentionally threw at San Diego's Kevin Kouzmanoff during a spring training game.
Omar Vizquel had four singles, scored twice and drove in two runs. Durham had a three-run homer to right and Molina followed with a solo shot to left in the Giants' five-run third inning. It was the first home run of the season for both. Durham now has a hit in all 11 of San Francisco's games this season.
Colorado was blanked at home for the first time since a 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Aug. 1.
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Diamondback gets two home runs in victory
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PHOENIX — Tony Clark is a graybeard among all the youngsters in the Arizona Diamondbacks' line-up, and he gave the kids a lesson in power hitting on Sunday.
Clark drove in three runs with
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two homers and the Diamondbacks beat Colorado 6-4 to take two of three from the Rockies.
It was the 22nd multi-homer game for the 34-year-old Clark, one of many major leaguers who wore a No. 42 jersey to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut.
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Orlando Hudson, another who wore No. 42, went 2-for-3 for Arizona for his eighth multiple-hit game this season, pushing his average to .412. Todd Helton hit his first home run of the season for the Rockies; a solo shot in the fourth.
After getting the first two outs in the ninth, Jose Valverde walked Helton and Matt Holliday. Valverde then struck out Jeff Baker looking for his sixth save in seven chances.
The Diamondbacks jumped on Colorado's Byung-Hyun Kim for four runs in the first inning after the Rockies had scored a pair off Doug Davis. Kim, the
former Diamondback, was on the mound because scheduled starter Rodrigo Lopez was pushed back to Wednesday because of right elbow inflammation.
Arizona loaded the bases without an out on a walk to Stephen Drew and singles by Alberto Callaspo and Orlando Hudson. Two scored on sacrifice flies by Chad Tracy and Eric Brynes, then Clark hit a 2-0 pitch 420 feet onto the walkway in center field, a two-run homer that made it 4-2.
Willie Taveras' suicide squeeze bunt brought Troy Tulowitzki in from third to make it 4-3 in the second inning, then Helton _ who had singled in a run in the first _ lined one into the left-center seats to tie it at 4.
Clark's second homer, leading off the fourth, put Arizona ahead 5-4. Kim (1-2) left after that with a bruised right thumb. The ex-Diamondback closer pitched three-plus innings, allowing five runs on five hits.
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