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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11.2005
BIG 12 BASEBALL
Texas keeps No. 3 rank despite loss
BY MATT WILSON
AND ALISIA BAUER
sports@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWITTERS
Baylor
31-17 overall, 15-6 Big. 12 (No.
10 Cranford
1 Big 12, ranked
No. 10 in
Baseball
America)
Last week: No. 1
Big 12
May 3: Defeated
University of Texas
Antonio 6-5
May 3, Declared University of Texas-San Antonio 6-5
Highlight plavers:
♦ Senior shortstop Paul Witt went 3-3 with two RBI against UT-SA. Witt drove in a team-leading 14th two-out RBI against UT-SA.
♦ Senior catcher Josh Ford went 2 and scored twice vs. UT-SA. He leads the team with a .329 batting average.
Next Up:
The Bears play Rice tonight in Houston.
Nebraska
19-10 overall,
14-7 Big 12
(No. 2 Big 12,
ranked No. 7
in Baseball
America)
Last week:
No. 2 Big 12
May 6 Won
its series against Missouri 2-1 (1-2, 7-5, 6-5 in 11 inn.)
Highlight plavers:
- Senior outfielder Jesse Boyer tagged his first career home run in the bottom of the 1th to give the Huskers the series victory against the Tigers on Sunday.
- Junior third baseman Alex Gordon posted his first four-hit game of his career in game two against Missouri. He went 4-5 on the day.
Texas
Nebraska takes on Texas Tech for a three-game series.
Next Up:
39-11 overall, 14-9 Big 12 (No.
ranked No.
ONGHORN
Baseball
America)
Last week:
No. 3 Big 12
May 6-8 L
May 6-8: Lost series 1-2 against Kansas (2-5, 1-2, 16-5)
Highlight players:
- Sophomore outfielder Drew Stubbs went 5-12 and drove in 3 runs against Kansas.
Senior shortstop Seth Johnston hit 5-13, scored three times and had 3 RBI this weekend.
Next Up:
Texas will face Dallas Baptist in a double-header this Saturday.
Missouri
32-16 overall, 12-9 Big 12 (No.
4 Big 12,
ranked No. 20
in
Baseball
America)
Last Week:
No. 4 Big 12
MISSOURI
May 3: Lost against Southwest Missouri State 6-10
May 6-8: Lost series 1-2 against No. 7 Nebraska (2-1, 5-7, 5-6)
Oklahoma State
Highlight players:
*Junior left fielder Tyler Williams was 4-for-12 in the three games against Nebraska. He was making just his fourth, fifth and sixth starts of the season for Mizzou.*
- Sophomore pitcher Max Scherzer continued to make a push for Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. He threw a complete game, allowing only one run while striking out nine in the Tigers' victory Friday night.
Next up:
Missouri will host three games with Kansas during the week-end.
30-18, 10-11 (No.5 Big 12)
1: Lost series
1-2 against
Tesas A&M
(2-3, 8-0; 1-3)
Last Week:
No. 5 Big 12
Highlight players
Senior right fielder Corey Brown was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI on Saturday. He now has 11 home runs this season.
Junior pitcher Blake
Kronosky threw a complete game shutout in Saturday's shutout victory against the Aggies. He allowed just five hits and walked none while throwing just 75 pitches.
Oklahoma State will start a three-game series against Oklahoma on Friday. The first game will be in Tulsa with the second and third in Oklahoma City.
Next up:
Oklahoma
26-21, 9-12 (No. 6 Big 12)
20-21 12 Week
Last Week: No.
7 Big 12
May 3: Defeated
Wichita State
5-4
Highlight players:
May 6-8: Won
series 2-1
against Kansas
State (5-8, 10-8, 5-6)
State (5-8, 10-8, 5-6)
Junior third baseman Ryan Rohlinger hit a game-winning home run in the 10th inning Sunday, giving the Sooners a series victory. Rohlinger homered in each
Oklahoma's pitching staff pieced together a solid outing Tuesday. Juniors John Brownell, Will Savage and Garrett Patterson allowed only three earned runs in the Sooner victory.
game series with Oklahoma State on Friday. The first game will be in Tulsa with the second and third in Oklahoma City.
Texas Tech
29-18 overall, 8-11 Big 12 (No.
Next up:
Oklahoma will start a three-
7 Big 12)
Last week: No.
6 Big 12
May 5-7: Lost
series 1-2
against Dallas
Baptist
University (6-2,
3-9, 16-26)
Hiohlieht plavers:
Next Up:
Kansas
*Senior shortstop Cameron Blair hit his 14th home run in game three against Dallas Baptist and collected four RBI. *Junior second baseman Joey Callender had all three RBI in game two of the series.
The Red Raiders host a threegame series against the 'Huskers.
8 Big 12)
Last Week:
No. 9 Big 12
May 4:
Defeated
Wichita State
5-3
33-22 overall, 8-12 Big 12 (No.
Next up:
its series 2-1 against No. 3 Texas (5-2, 2-1, 5-16)
May 6-8: Won
Highlight players:
Junior first baseman Jared Schweitzer broke the KU record for longest hitting streak. It stands at 23 games after he finished the series against Texas with two home runs and three RBI
$\diamond$ Senior hurler Mike Zagurski pitched 7 / 3 innings Saturday night against the Longhorns and allowed no earned runs while striking out six. He earned his sixth victory of the season.
Missouri State on Wednesday, before going to Columbia, Mo., to take on the No. 20 Tigers the weekend.
Texas A&M
28-20 overall, 8-13 Big 12 (No. B-12)
Last week: No.
8 Big 12
April 29-May 1:
Lost series 1-2
against
Oklahoma
State (2-3, 8-0,
1-3)
Highlight players;
Junior shortstop Cliff
Junior shortstop Jim Pennington went 3-4 with an RBI in the Aggies last action against Oklahoma State on May 1. He leads the team with a .363 batting average and 35 RBI.
Next Up:
This weekend A&M play a three-game series vs. Texas.
Next up.
Kansas will head to Southwest
Kansas State
10 Big 12)
Last Week:
No. 10 Big
12
25-22 overall, 8-16 Big 12 (No.
May 4:
Defeated
Washburn
26.7
May 6-May 8: Lost two of three against Oklahoma (8-5, 8-10, 5-6)
26-7
MLB
Highlight olavers:
Freshman first baseman Cris Tapia went 3-for-5 in Friday's victory against the Sooners. He hit a double and drove in two runs.
◆ Junior pitcher Chase Mitchell got the victory Friday night against Oklahoma. He gave up five runs in 8 1/3 innings to earn the victory and improve his record to 6-5.
Next up:
Kansas State will host a weekend series against Northern Colorado.
Next up:
— Edited by Austin Caster
Dodgers end Busch stadium drought
ST. LOUIS — Hee-Seop Choi hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after he withstood a collision that forced Scott Rolen from the game with a sprained left shoulder in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals last night.
Jeff Kent also homered and Cesar laturis had two hits and two RBIs, helping the Dodgers end a six-game losing streak at Busch Stadium, counting the first round of the postseason last year.
Chole drove in four runs for the Dodgers, who squandered an early three-run lead but erased a four-run deficit with a six-run sixth against Matt Morris and reliever Kevin Jarvis (0-1).
Rolen, who hit a two-run shot in the fourth, left in the fifth after a violent collision with Choi at first base and was to have precautionary X-rays. Rolen crashed into Choi after grounding out to pitcher Scott Erickson, whose throw pulled the first baseman into Rolen's path.
Rolen, who separated his left shoulder in the 2002 playoffs, left the field holding his upper left arm, and was replaced at third base by Abraham Nunez.
Reggie Sanders homered twice and had four RBIs for the Cardinals, who have homered five times in the first two games of the four-game series. Albert Pujols had an RBI single and a sacrifice fly that cut the gap to 9-8 in the sixth, giving him six RBIs in the series. But he grounded into an inning-ending double play against Giovanni Carrara with runners on first and second in the eighth.
Rolen and Sanders hit consecutive homers in the fourth to tie it at 3. Sanders capped a four-run fifth with a three-run shot, his ninth, to put the Cardinals ahead 7-3.
R.B. Falistrom/
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