thursday, april 29, 2004
the university daily kansan 11A
DRAFT:Whittemore could get call
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14A
while his leadership and intangibles will help him. Whittemore's injury-prone past may have been what pushed him out of the draft.
With the success of lesser-known players such as Jake Delhomme of the Carolina Panthers, Jon Kitna of the Cincinnati Bengals and Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams, teams are looking to at least give players like Whittmore a shot. His agent told The Associated Press that several teams were looking to bring Whittmore to camp.
Other Kansas players have
also received slight interest, but Jones and Ansel are currently the only ones on NFL rosters. Note:
Kansas Football Note:
Russell Poulton
Joe Vaughn, junior center,
was named to The Sporting
News All-Spring team for his
performance in spring practice.
Vaughn was the Big 12 Confer-
ence Offensive Newcomer of the
Year last season after transferring
from Northeastern Oklahoma
A&M. Jones was the only Jay-
hawk, and one of three Big 12
players on the list.
Edited by Stephanie Lovett
Royals try to move past mounting injury woes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The beaileagered Kansas City Royals' pitching staff, which already has four starters on the disabled list, will be without Darrell May for at least one start.
The Associated Press
least one star. May, who left his Saturday start with a strained muscle in the groin area, is scratched from his start today. Dennys Reyes will take May's spot in the rotation and start against the Texas Rangers.
May said he felt some discomfort in the groin area while trying to throw in the bullpen Tuesday, which led the club to scratch him from the today's start.
"I don't know," May said when he would start again. "I'll throw a bullpen Thursday and we'll see."
sports
The Royals are still undecided on their Saturday starter at New York. If May has no setback in his bullpen session today, he could start against the Yankees.
"We'll have to wait and see how he throws Thursday and go from there." Royals manager Tony Pena said.
Pena said the club had not decided who would start Saturday if May is unable to go.
The Royals placed Kevin Appier on the disabled list Saturday with a strained right forearm and he is expected to be out four to six weeks.
Runelvys Hernandez are out for the season after having surgeries.
Three other starting pitchers,
Mielau Asencio, Kyle Snyder and
the season and the Royals besides the pitchers, the Royals have shortstop Angel Berroa, the 2003 American League Rookie of the Year, and second baseman Desi Relaford on the disabled list.
disobese is.
Berroa is out with a migraine headache, while Relaford pulled his left hamstring in the season.
opener.
Berroa began a minor league rehab assignment Wednesday with Wichita, the Royals' Class AA affiliate, and Relaford is rehbving with the Royals' Class AAA Omaha
farm club.
If they do not have setbacks, they are expected to rejoin the club Friday in New York and will be activated.
Meanwhile, Juan Gonzalez was not in the lineup Wednesday for the second straight day because of flu-like symptoms.
The Royals did welcome Mike Sweeney back to the lineup. Sweeney, who was out with a sore right wrist, was making his first start since April 20.
start since April.
"He makes a big difference," Pena said. "Mike Sweeney is one of the best hitters in baseball. When you have one of these type of hitters out, it hurts the lineup. I'm just happy to have Mike back."
Gonzalez homers to return; Florida defeats Colorado
The Associated Press
DENVER — One phone call was all it took to relax Alex Gonzalez — the one that said he would be playing yesterday against the Colorado Rockies.
Gonzalez was suspended for three games for his part in a bench-clearing brawl last week in Philadelphia. He will not serve the penalty until a hearing is held.
"My agent called me early and said you can play." Gonzalez said after homering in a 9-4 victory over Colorado.
"It's Major League Baseball's penalty to hand out," Florida manager Jack McKeon said. "Do I like it? No, I don't like anything, any time you lose a player, you don't like it."
Josh Beckett (2-2) gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings, while striking out seven at hitter-friendly Coors Field.
The World Series MVP avoided losing three straight starts for the second time in his career.
"He had enough to get them out," McKeon said. "This park is tough on any pitcher. You can
take Cy Young or Nolan Ryan put them in here everyday and you're going to give up a few runs."
"That guy Beckett is a horse," Colorado manager Clint Hurdle said.
Jason Jennings (1-3) was tagged for six runs and walked four in five innings.
Miguel Cabrera, Mike Lowell and Hee Soop Choi also homered for the Marlins, who wrap up their road trip in San Francisco for a four-game series with the Giants.
Gonzalez led off the fourth with his second homer this season. Cabrera added his ninth leading off the fifth to make it 6-4.
"I tried to get my swing back," Gonzalez said. "We've got four games left on the road to try to help on offense and defense."
Lowell hit a three-run shot in the first, and now has homered in every National League stadium except San Francisco's SBC Park.
"I left a sinker up in the zone," Jennings said. "I make a better pitch and I get out of the inning."
RBI double in the third made to make it 4-1.
Mark Sweeney hit an RBI single in the second for Colorado. Matt Holliday singled and moved to second on a wild pitch ahead of Sweeney's single.
Sweeney's single.
Back-to-back RBI doubles by Vinny Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz in the third inning pulled Colorado within one. Todd Greene then hit an RBI single to tie it at 4-all.
the f at 4-4.
Chol hit three-run shot in the ninth, his seventh homer in 21 games.
nning. Jeff Conine added a two-out
games.
Notes: McKeon and San Jose Sharks coach Ron Wilson spoke briefly before the game. The Sharks played Game 4 later that night against the Colorado Avalanche. ... Florida has not lost consecutive series this year.
... RHP Chad Fox was placed on the 15-day DL with right elbow inflammation. He will see Dr. James Andrews on Monday in Birmingham, Ala. ... The Martins recalled LHP Franklin Gracesqui from Triple-A Albuquerque. ... Royce Clayton has an 11-game hitting streak. ... Todd Helton is hitting .383 against Florida.
Cardinals' worst start in decade The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Pinch-runner Marlon Byrd scored on an infield grounder, snapping a tie in the ninth, and rookie Ryan Madson threw four innings of one-hit relief, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-3 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals last night.
Edgar Renteria had two RBI for the Cardinals, who fell to 3-9 at home. That's their worst start since they also were 3-9 in 1990.
1990. Pat Burrell had a two-run double, giving him five hits and five RBI the first two games of the series, for the Phillies. Jim Thome, a career .484 hitter against the Cardinals, was 3-for-5 with three RBI. He added a two-run single in the ninth off Steve Kline for the final margin.
David Bell doubled to start the ninth off Mike Lincoln (2-2) working his third inning of relief. Bell moved up on Jimmy Rollins' sacrifice and then was replaced by Byrd.
He scored the winning run on a close play at the plate.
WIN: Jayhawks take advantage of Cornhusker errors
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 A
an error by Nebraska first baseman Jocelyn Evans. Sophomore left fielder Heather Stanley singled past first base, advancing May to second.
A ground out by sophomore right fielder Mel Torres advanced both Stanley and May. A sacrifice fly by sophomore shortstop Destiny Frankenstein allowed May to score and moved Stanley to third. The last run of the inning was scored when sophomore designated player Serena Settlemier struck out, but an error by the catcher allowed Stanley to score and May to reach safely.
Nebraska struggled in the field. Of the three errors it committed, two contributed to runs
Kansas and Nebraska have played four times this season, with each team winning two games. The first two games of the season were played in the Hampton Inn/Jayhawk Classic and are not considered conference games.
games.
"We've talked about finishing out 5-0, going into conference play." Bunge said. "We had to get
the first one."
Kansas will return from a five-game road tour in which it went 3-2. It will have just four regular season games left, two against Texas and two facing Iowa State
The Texas series is this weekend with games scheduled for 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
-Edited by Abby Mills
PERKINS: 'Journal-World' battling to access contract details
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14A
requests to the University for release of the records.
release of the recorder Since December, the Journal-World and 6News have asked the school to make public a variety of documents, including Perkins' employment contract. The University earlier disclosed Perkins received an annual salary of $400,000 and fringe benefits.
trudge benefits.
The contract mentions "contingent supplemental compensation is potentially available."
The newspaper has reported the supplemental income has been said to boost Perkins' annual salary to about $1 million.
University attorneys have said the open records law always has recognized "that employees in
state service should be afforded some privacy."
Meanwhile, legislators are expected to vote this week on a bill that makes minor changes to the open records law to clarify what records are open to the public.
Kansan Classifieds