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Senior second baseman Roby Price turn a double play against Missouri in the Border Showdown at Kauffman Stadium last season. Kansas enters tonight's contest with a 2-0 record in non-conference games against the Tigers, an 7-3 victory last season.
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Like Robby Price, junior third baseman Tony Thompson has a broader perspective on facing the Tigers because he has faced them numerous times in his career.
Thompson said that this season's first matchup, conference game or not, was about making a statement.
"They're going to come here in a couple weeks and we want to show them that we mean business," he said.
Though he stressed the importance of simply getting a victory tonight, Thompson admitted that taking the Border Showdown to a Major League venue such as Kauff
man made the occasion that much sweeter.
"That's where everybody wants to be," he said. "That's where we've wanted to be since we were little kids."
- Edited by Taylor Bern
Royals lose by one against Blue Jays
MLB
TORONTO — Vernon Wells homered, John Buck drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 Tuesday night.
Wells went 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored twice, raising his average to .364.
overall.
Shawn Camp (1-0) pitched 12-3 innings of relief for the victory as Toronto won its ninth consecutive home series against the Royals. Kansas City has lost four of five
Jason Frasor worked the eighth and Kevin Gregg finished for his fourth save before a crowd of only 10,565.
Adam Lind's sacrifice飞花 gave Toronto a 1-0 lead after one but the Royals answered with two in the second. Jason Kendall extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI single and Mitch Maier hit a sacrifice fly.
The Royals took a 3-1 lead with an unearned run in the third. Leadoff hitter Willie Bloomquist went to second on a fielding error by third baseman Jose Bautista and scored two outs later on Alberto Callaspo's RBI double.
Wells cut it to 3-2 in the fourth with a one-out homer off the facing of the third deck in left, his seventh.
Toronto chased Kyle Davies (1-1) with a two-run seventh. Wells led off with a double to left and Lyle Overbay followed with a double to center that landed on the warning track, just beyond the reach of Rick Ankiel.
Josh Rupe came on for Davies after Bautista and Buck each hit an infield single, making it 4-3. Buck's hit, a slow grounder down the third base line, snapped a 0-for-15 slump.
Associated Press
Celtics defeat Heat with ease despite the absence of Garnett
NBA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics didn't miss Kevin Garnett at all, not the way Glen Davis filled in to lead them to a 106-77 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.
With Garnett serving a onegame suspension for elbowing Quentin Richardson in Game 1, Davis started and had 23 points and eight rebounds, going aggressively to the basket to grab missed shots and draw fouls.
The Heat took a 29-25 lead on a dunk by lermaine O'Neal. But the Celtics used a 44-8 surge over the next $16\frac{1}{2}$ minutes to go ahead 69-37, capped by one of Ray Allen's five 3-pointers in the third quarter. Allen led the Celtics with 25 points, while Dwyane Wade scored 29 for the Heat.
Game 3 is Friday night in Miami.
Tempers stayed under control throughout the game, just three days after a skirmish with 40 seconds left in Boston's 85-76 victory led to Garnett's suspension without pay and Richardson's $25,000 fine. Garnett was hovering over teammate Paul Pierce, who had
fallen near the Miami bench after hurting his shoulder.
Garnett held off Richardson as he came up from behind. They then exchanged words before the elbow hit the Heat forward in the face.
Garnett wasn't allowed in TD Garden, but made a prerecorded appearance on the scoreboard above midcourt during a timeout after the Celtics scored 19 straight points to take a 44-29 lead with 2:56 left in the first half.
He encouraged the fans and when the scoreboard followed with a "Let's Get Loud" message, they raised their voices.
In the opener, the Heat led 61-47 with 7:03 left in the third quarter. Then Boston outscored them 34-10 to go ahead 81-71 with 1:46 to go in the game.
Richardson was booed almost every time he touched the ball.
The Celtics started their spurt a lot earlier Tuesday.
Trailing by four after O'Neal's dunk with 10:10 left in the second quarter. Boston got started on a 3-pointer by Michael Finley. It took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Allen.
Then rarely used Shelden Williams, substituting for Davis, hit a field goal. Davis made two
straight baskets, Allen connected on another 3-pointer, Pierce sank two free throws and Allen got a layup. Davis followed with two free throws, giving the Celtics 21 straight points.
Miami finally broke through on a 21-foot jumper by Michael Beasley. That made it 46-31 with 2.07 left in the half.
The Celtics have won the last three games they played against the Heat without Garnett.
When Garnett, known as the "Big Ticket," missed last year's playoffs with a knee injury, Davis called himself the "Ticket Stub." He proved to be a very capable replacement, playing in all 14 games and averaging 15.8 points and 5.6 rebounds.
The Heat did accomplish one goal, cutting down on their 22 turnovers in the opener. They had just 13 Tuesday.
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