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what we heard "It was a lot more fun than it is right now." KC Royals left fielder Aaron Guiei on the team's 4-8 start after going 11-1 last season. off the bench
tuesday, april 20, 2004
MLB
Lee's grand slam highlights Cubs victory against Reds
CHICAGO — Denrak Lee hit a grand slam, leading Matt Clement and the Chicago Cubs to an 8-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds yesterday.
With Chicago leading 3-1 in the seventh inning, Lee connected off reliever Ryan Wagner, sending a drive into the right-field bleachers. It was Lee's fourth career grand slam and first with the Cubs.
Clement (2-1) settled down after a rocky first inning to allow one run on four hits in 6 1-3 innings.
The right-hander retired 11 batters in a row and 15 out of 16 at one point, striking out six and walking four.
Aramis Ramirez hit his fifth homer of the season. Corey Patterson added a two-run, single for the Cubs and Alex Gonzalez had three hits and scored two
Wagner allowed five runs without recording an out.
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Kenny Bauman, Prairie Village freshman, played horseshoes yesterday afternoon outside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. Bauman said he was celebrating Paddy Murphy, which is a holiday' that honors a Sigma Alpha Epsilon alumnus.
St. Louis Cardinals wanting to rebound against Houston
ST. LOUIS — After getting swept by the Houston Astros at home last week, the St. Louis Cardinals know the challenge facing them the second time around.
"We've definitely got to play better against those guys," catcher Mathy enaid said. "We have a nice day off in between and hopefully we can get ourselves fresh and ready to get a good run
"But it's one series at a time and you can't too far ahead of ourselves now that we're playing better."
The Cardinals and Astros begin a three-game series today in Houston. The sweep contributed to a 2-4 homestand and a 6-7 start for St. Louis while the Astros lead the NL Central with a 9-4 record.
The Astros dominated the Cardinals last week, winning by a combined score of 26-9.
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Cardinals' outfielder Taguchi earning his $3 million contract
ST.LOUIS—Year 3 of the St.Louis Cardinals' Japanese experiment appears to be a success.
Slingin' horseshoes
The Cardinals never envisioned outfielder So Taguchi as the type of player to rival a luxury import such as Ichiro, or even Hideki Matsui. What they wanted was a contributor, and in the final season of a three-year, $3 million contract, Taguchi has become just that.
The backup outfielder is capable defensively, and at the plate he's maximized his abilities with a spray hitting style, hitting .286 through 21 at-bats. He made his fourth start on Saturday and was 3-for-5 with a double, stolen base and two runs scored, and also made a nice running catch to help Jason Marquis escape a bases-loaded, none-out predicament in the fifth inning of a St. Louis victory.
Roger Clemens''comeback' paying off for Houston Astros
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HOUSTON — Roger Clemens walked off the mound to a standing ovation after a series of blistering fastballs.
after a series of hard fights. Clemens had just fanned his last batter of the day, an appropriate way to exit his 313th victory. Not bad for a 41-year-old pitcher who briefly called it quits
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Softball at Arkansas at 3:30 p.m.
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Track and Field at Drake Relays
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Track and Field at Drake Relays
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Rowing vs. Minnesota and SMU
Tennis at Texas A&M at 1:30 p.m.
Softball at Oklahoma at 2 p.m.
Soccer vs. Drake at 3 p.m.
Baseball at Baylor at 6 p.m.
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Baseball at Baylor at 1 p.m.
Women's Golf at Big 12 Championships
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"The thing that I'll take from today ... was that I didn't get winded this time," Clemens said after beating the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1 on Sunday, "I got a second wind and got a little stronger as I went."
The Rocket still has plenty of fuel left, perhaps enough to get the Houston Astros to the World Series for the first time in the franchise's 42-year history.
Clemens (3-0) struck out seven in
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seven innings, giving up just one run and four hits to lead the Astros to their seventh win in eight games. The win moved Clemens within one of Gaylord Perry for 15th on the career list.
Thus far, Clemens has clearly been the same power pitcher he was with Boston, Toronto and the New York Yankees — only two of his first 30 pitches Sunday dipped below 90 mph.
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Timberwolves step up, depend less on Garnett
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Garnett has shouldered most of the burden for the Minnesota Timberwolves' past playoff failures.
With teammates good enough to finally get him somewhere in the postseason. Garnett is having a blast.
song came to mind.
"It's beautiful," Garnett said after the Timberwolves opened their Western Conference first-round series by beating the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. Game 2 is on tomorrow night.
Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell highlighted a series of summer acquisitions by the Timberwolves, and the trio accounted for 64 percent of their points this season.
"I attribute everything to Sam and Spree with the way I've played," Garnett continued. "I'm having fun. I have two guys that make me have fun, sometimes even when I don't really want to. I think that's the beauty in having teammates."
that's the beauty. Garnett had a great sidekick in the beginning, but Stephon Marbury didn't want to be seen as second-in-command. He requested a trade in 1999 and, three teams later, now plays for New York.
It's taken a long time for the Timberwolves to recover and rediscover the right mix, as evidenced by their NBA record streak of seven straight first- round series lost.
Their offseason moves, though, resulted in the best built-for-the-playoffs team they've ever had.
"I attribute everything to Sam and Spree with the way I've played."
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Minnesota Timberwolves forward
"There's no question," coach Flip Saunders said. "In the previous years, we brought in players we thought K.G. could make better. This year, we brought in players we thought could make K.G. better."
Garnett took a game-high 30 shots in Sunday's 106-92 victory, and Denver made a strong run while Garnett was resting late in the third quarter.
"I don't have to do so many things, but I'm still the first option on offense and I've still got to make sure guys are ready," said Garnett, who had 30 points and 20 rebounds against the eighth-seeded Nuggets.
Cassell tied a career high with 40 points, and although nobody else other than Garnett had more than 11, the top-seeded Wolves played sound defense and controlled the boards.
Ervin Johnson, Trenton Hassell and Michael Olowokandi — each in their first year with Minnesota — made worthy contributions.
"We've got a little bit more macho attitude toward the playoffs," said swingman Wally Szczerbiak, one of only three holdovers on the postseason roster.
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