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Jayhawks seek first conference win against Texas Longhorns
TYLER CONOVER
tconover@kansan.com
Coming off a two-game road trip, the Jayhawk tennis team is ready to host the Texas Longhorns this Friday. This match has potential to be a springboard for Kansas as the team is on a 19-game conference losing streak and needs a Big 12 win in order to escape the conference cellar.
Right now the Jayhawks are one of three teams in the Big 12 without a win in conference play, Texas, however, is 4-1 in Big 12 play and 11-9 overall, so a win against them may be what the Jayhawks need to
put some pep in their step.
For Kansas, the winning formula this season has been to get off to a quick start in doubles play, something the team has struggled with over the past few matches. The duo of junior Paulina Los and sophomore Maria Belen Ludueña has been stellar this year. If they can spark the rest of the doubles players, then Texas might have its hands full.
Singles play has been a roller coaster ride for the Jayhawks this spring as the team has a couple 7-0 victories on the season, but also a few 7-0 losses. Kansas is at its best when Los, freshman Anastasija
Trubica and fellow freshman Maria Jose Cardona are playing well. For them, it will be a long day as Texas has a formidable lineup. Most notably in the lineup is the two-time All-American Aerial Elli, who in her last match earned her 100th career singles win.
If Kansas is able to stymie the Longhorns in doubles play, then the team might be able to end its losing streak. The match begins at 2 p.m. at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
HOME RUN
— Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
ASSOCIATED PRESSS
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Westbrook throws during the first inning against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in St. Louis.
Westbrook throws fourth shutout, Cardinals defeat Reds at home
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Jake Westbrook pitched a five-hit shutout and the St. Louis Cardinals backed him with four home runs Wednesday in routing the Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
Jon Jay, Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in a span of seven at-bats off Homer Bailey as the Cardinals took two of three from the NL Central champions.
Matt Carpenter added a two-run homer on a four-hit day. Adams homered for the second straight game and added an RBI double and walk.
The Cardinals have dominated the Reds at home the last decade, losing just three of 28 series with two splits.
Westbrook (1-1) threw his fourth career shutout, walking
four and striking out three.
Westbrook pitched his first shutout since Aug. 9, 2006, against the Angels when he was with Cleveland, and this was his 15th career complete game. He held the Reds hitless in six at-bats with runners in scoring position, and contributed his 11th career RBI with a single in the seventh for St. Louis' final run.
Bailey (1-1) had gone 23 straight shutout innings — including his no-hitter against Pittsburgh last season — before the Cardinals broke open a scoreless game with four runs with two outs in the fifth.
The Cardinals advanced only two runners into scoring position in the first four innings and Bailey got two quick outs to start the fifth before running into trouble against the top of the lineup. St. Louis scored 10 runs on 11 hits in the fifth, sixth and seventh off Bailey, Logan Ondrusek and Alfredo Simon.
Bailey was charged with seven runs in five-plus innings and dropped to 3-8 with a 5.52 ERA against the Cardinals, including 0-4 with a 6.93 ERA at Busch Stadium.
Jay's second homer just cleared center fielder Shin-Soo Choo's leaping attempt at the wall. Carpenter followed with a single and Matt Holliday hit an RBI double, prompting a visit from pitching coach Bryan Price.
Adams hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Bailey. Carpenter's two-run shot homer three batters later made it 8-0.
Beltran then hit his first homer of the season on to make it 4-0.
--an inflated runtime and melodrama.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Chadwick Roseman plays baseball legend Jackie Robinson in "42."
'42' tells an important story but lacks a strong narrative
Films about racism can portray it two ways: realistically, with poignancy and a balanced, effective point, or tritely, lacking in subtlety and emotional resonance while repeatedly hitting you over the head with a message.
"42" hews a lot closer to the second camp than the first, which is a shame. Jackie Robinson was a baseball legend and one of the most important players in the history of sports for bridging the racial divide in America's pastime, so his story deserves a better cinematic treatment. What could've been a great movie is undone by clichéd writing, slow pacing and dull direction.
The only real saving grace is some solid performances and the sequences where Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) works his magic on the field. The film highlights these strengths early on, as Brooklyn Dodgers team executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) searches for the first black man to bring into white baseball.
He quickly finds the base-stealing firebrand jackie Robinson and starts him out on the Montreal Royals before moving him up to the Dodgers for his inaugural season in 1947. There, Robinson must overcome great prejudice amidst
Writer/director Brian Helge兰德 drags the story out too long, letting many scenes meander without enough focus, and he lacks a bit on actual baseball action. Anytime Robinson is playing, and especially when he's stealing bases, it's exciting to watch (John C. McGinley from "Scrubs" as the commentator is a particularly enjoyable touch). When he faces challenges on the field, like a pitcher beaming in the head or an opposing team's manager (Alan Tudyk) harassing him with nasty, racist slurs, the movie succeeds in being both a strong sports tale and racial drama.
Off the field, however, the racial politics are far less compelling and feel simplified for the most general demographic. "Moneyball" was able to make the off-field and behind-the-secens goes-on more
interesting than the game itself, but it had more complex, dynamic writing boosting it. Boseman and the other supporting players (there are plenty of recognizable faces that are fun to pick out) can carry the narrative along in the meantime, but can't support it with much momentum.
While the simmering anger, outstanding power and devilish energy Boseman brings to the role prove him a worthy leading man, it's Ford who steals the show. He goes full growl here, grulfully delivering his lines with more vigor than he's had in many of his recent roles, and the gravelly voice supremely entertains. He's getting closer and closer to the Clint Eastwood old man snarl, and it makes Ford the best part of "42."
Undemanding audiences and baseball lovers will probably find this extremely formulaic sports flick agreeable enough. But for those who think baseball is boring or value efficient storytelling, this one's a strike out.
Edited by Tyler Conover