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Freshman short stop Mariah Montgomery drives a ball to right field, driving in one run and advancing another to third base. Montgomery continued her hit streak to five games after batting two-for-five during the second game against Wichita State Wednesday night.
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Westside White/KARSAN Senior second baseman Sara Ramirez slides to field a ground ball before pitching it to first base for an out. Kansas dropped the first game of its nonconference double header Wednesday night 4-1.
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Senior pinch runner Alicia Irwin slides into a tag at home plate after pinch running for freshman short stop Mariah Montgomery. Kansas dropped the first game 4-1 before defeating Wichita State 9-2 in the second game of the Wednesday night double-header at Arroca Ballpark.
MLB
Cardinals hand Braves eighth loss
ST. LOUIS — Rookie Jaime Garcia worked seven scoreless innings and David Freese had two hits and two RBIs to help the
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Most Atlanta hitters took early batting practice and manager Bobby Cox gave struggling rookie Heyward, in a 1-for-20 tailspin, a day off.
St. Louis Cardinals beat Atlanta 6-0 Wednesday night, handing the punchless Braves their eighth straight loss.
Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus each had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who have won four in a row and can sweep the Braves for the first time since 1993 in the finale of a four-game set Thursday, with Adam Wainwright coming off consecutive complete games. Jair Jurrens will pitch for the Braves, who have mustered only 13 runs during their worst slump since losing 10 in a row in June 2006.
Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami allowed two runs on
wild pitches and gave up four earned runs in 4 1-3 innings, the shortest of his four starts.
Garcia, the Cardinals' first lefty starter to win a game since Mark Mulder in 2006, allowed four singles and struck out five while lowering his ERA to 1.04.
Puiols had an RBI single in the first, and doubled and scored in a three-run fifth that included two intentional walks and put the Cardinals ahead 6-0. Rasmus' RBI double in the fifth off Jonny Venters was his first hit in 13 atbats off left-handers and Freese's two-run single capped the rally.
Garcia benefited from not facing an ace for the first time, after opposing Yovani Gallardo, Johan Santana and Tim Lincecum in his first three starts.
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MLB
Rangers take down White Sox, 6-5
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton's two-run homer keyed a five-run first, Rich Harden pitched six innings despite more control problems, and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Harden (1-1) allowed three runs and four hits after lasting less than five innings due to wildness in three of his first four starts. This time he hit two batters and walked five, giving him 23 walks in his five starts.
The White Sox were unable to capitalize until Carlos Quentin ended a 2 for 37 slide with a three-run homer of Harden in the sixth that reduced the deficit to 5-3.
The Rangers signed Harden as a free agent in December to take over one of the top two spots in their rotation, but Harden's once-
dynamic fastball has been less than imposing so far.
Netftal Feliz allowed RBI singles in the ninth to A.J. Pierzynski and Alexei Ramirez before retiring Juan Pierre
on a ground-
out for his
third save in
four chances.
Chicago starter Jake Peavy (0-2) was in trouble early as Hamilton's 430-foot blast got the Rangers rolling in the first. One out
"Like I say every day, you can't come here and think you're carrying this ballclub."
OZZIE GUILLEN White Sox manager
later, Peavy walked three straight.
Two scored on Joaquin Arias single, and Julio Borbon followed with an RBI single to make it 5-0.
But Peavy got untracked, retiring 16 of the next 18 from the first through the sixth.
Peavy gave up six runs and six hits in 61-3 innings with seven strikeouts and five walks.
Michael Young hit a groundrule double off Peavy in the seventh, and Young later scored on David Murphy's double off reliever Randy Williams to stretch Texas' lead to 6-3.
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen didn't have slumping second baseman Gordon Beckham
Beckham's second major league season is off to a 15-for-73 start with four hits in his last 33 at bats.
in his starting lineup for the third time in 21 games this season.
Guillen said Beckham is simply trying too hard.
Like I say every day, you can't come here and think you're carrying this ball-club," Guillen said. "This is about 25 guys, not about one. He's trying to do too much, he's desperate to do good."