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Sophomore third baseman Erik Morrison doubled to left to score fellow sophomore John Allman. Morrison later came home on the Spires first of two errors on the evening.
Regardless of the score, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics school from Leavenworth was outhitting Kansas, 2-1.
That only lasted four innings.
Kansas scored three runs on pitcher No. 4, Matt Reitemeir, in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Spires sent a new pitcher to the mound every inning, eight in all.
ning, eight inning.
"It's weird," Morrison said of the constant Saint Mary pitching changes. "At this level you should be able to make an adjustment from pitcher to pitcher, but it definitely throws you off when they're coming in with a different guy every inning."
Morrison again crossed the plate in his team's second scoring rally of the evening after freshman first baseman Preston Land crushed a double to center field that put them both on base with nobody out.
A pair of sacrifice flies scored Morrison and sophomore designated hitter Brock Simpson to level the score at 5-0 at the halfway mark.
Afenir's RBI double in the sixth was the last run Kansas scored as the team put more focus into pitching than hitting in the last game before the Texas series this weekend.
texas series this week.
Junior left San Land (5-6) made his first midweek start of the season. He is scheduled to throw his second midweek start next Wednesday against Creighton. In his pre-scripted three-inning start, Land didn't allow a run or a hit and struck out four.
"I'm trying to get his confidence level back," Price said of his usual Friday night starter.
With that in mind, a change in the weekend rotation is essential. Price said on Tuesday night that freshman left-hander Nick Czyz will step into the rotation for Land against No. 7 Texas this weekend.
The victory brought Kansas' record to 7-0 in midweek. hope gams.
"We're not skipping a beat," Morrison said about the transition from Saint Mary to Texas. "We're going to Austin just like we left off on Sunday. We're going to leave it all on the field, give it everything we've got and the best team will prevail."
Baseball Notes:
Sophomore second baseman Ryne Price entered the game in the top of the seventh inning. Price underwent wrist surgery to repair a broken hamate bone on April 14. Coach Price said Ryne Price would see time as a late-inning defensive substitute against Texas this weekend.
SPORTS
Reds win in comeback
— Edited by Matt Wilson
MLB
BY JOE KAY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI Javier Valentin watched the ball leave his bat and fly right toward second baseman Aaron Miles, giving the pinch-hitter a momentary fright.
The way the Cincinnati Reds are playing, he should have known better.
Valentin's liner cleared the drawn-in infield and drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday, sending the Reds to a 3-2 victory and a two-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals.
"It was going straight to the second baseman," Valentin said, amazed by what had happened. "Then it went like this."
Valentin made a curve with his hand, simulating the way the ball dodged Miles' glove by mere inches before landing safely on the outfield grass.
"It found a hole," Valentin said. "It's good enough for me."
Adam Dunn and Edwin Encarnacion added solo homers for the Reds (19-8), who overtook the defending World Series champion Chicago White Sox for best record in the majors.
"We can play with anybody," Valentin said. "If we continue to play the way we're playing now, we're going to be there."
He meant the playoffs, of course, a place the Reds haven't been in 11 years. They haven't even had a winning record the last five years, their deepest such slump in a half-century.
it's going to take a lot more to get them back to the postseason — the rotation is still a concern, and the bullpen is still inconsistent. But by taking two of three from the Astros and then the two-game series from St. Louis, the Reds felt a little confidence coming on.
"When you face the two best teams in the division, it means a lot to win four out of five," manager Jerry Narron said.
Austin Kearns started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Brian Falkenborg (0-1), who was called up from Triple A Memphis before the game. The right-hander hit Brandon
Phillips with his next pitch
After Jason LaRue's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, Valentin took two pitches in the dirt, then lined the game-ending single, raising his fist as he headed for first. Teammates pounded on him shortly after he touched the base.
Todd Coffey (2-0) struck out John Gall with two runners aboard in the ninth to keep it tied at 2.
The Cardinals' starting lineup was missing Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds. Pujols, who leads the majors with 14 homers and 32 RBIs, irritated his back on a defensive play last week and got a day of rest — his first this season.
Right-hander Sidney Ponson blanked theNL's highest-scoring offense — six runs per game — until Dunn hit a solo homer off the right-field foul screen in the sixth and Edwin Encarnacion followed with a tying homer.
"Like I said after my last start, it's how you finish," Ponson said. "And I didn't finish good."
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This year, any number of teams could win the title. That would also be the case in the NBA if someone from each team could sit on top of the rim and swat away shots as they approach the basket. With the current rules of basketball, however, only San Antonio, Dallas and Detroit have a real opportunity.
Baseball is similar to hockey because of the influence a dominant pitcher can have on a game, and defenders have gloves, but the economics of the sport allow only the same handful of teams to compete on a yearly basis.
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That leaves us with hockey. Embrace it, Kansas. Just because we don't have an NHL team around here doesn't mean we can't enjoy the theatrics the playoffs provide.
Wilson is an Windsor, Mo. senior in journalism.
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"They aren't the same as last year." Bunge said of the fourth-place Missouri Valley ballclub. "But they are a very talented group and a team to be reckoned with."
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3.2006
Bunge said that the in-state rivalry factor was not something her team was going to be concerned with, but she stressed the importance of the rest of the regular season. Including the Wichita State games, the Jayhawks have only four games left on their schedule — the other two are against Iowa State this weekend — before postseason play begins.
"We're going to find out what this team is made of." Bunge said. "It's time to take care of business."
Edited by Lindsay St. Clair
NATIONAL
Edited by Kathryn Anderson
Pilot failed to see ice on plane
BY JENNIFER TALHELM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Board members issued several recommendations and renewed appeals to the Federal Aviation Administration to require all pilots to feel their aircraft's wings for ice and to train pilots on how to fly in winter weather conditions.
NTSB members met to decide the probable cause of the Nov. 28, 2004, crash that killed 14-year-old Teddy Ebersol, the pilot and a flight attendant.
WASHINGTON - A pilot's decision to visually inspect, but not to feel, the wings of his plane to check for ice caused a 2004 airplane crash in Colorado that killed the son of NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol and two others, National Transportation Safety Board members concluded Tuesday.
"We have too long been advocating changes ... This is a tragedy that should not have happened."
Mark Rosenker
Acting NTSB chairman
The NTSB has repeatedly asked the FAA to issue recommendations on checking for ice on wings.
wings.
"We have too long been advocating changes," said Mark Rosenker, acting NTSB chairman. "It's on our most-wanted list. This is a tragedy that should not have happened."
The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Montrose airport on Nov. 28, 2004. Other victims were pilot Luis Polanco-Espaillat, 50, and flight attendant Warren Richardson III, 36. At the time, the temperature was below freezing and there was snow on the ground and slush on the runway.
NTSB investigators said Tuesday they had repeatedly warned pilots to check for ice on the wings, even if it wasn't visible, by running their hands along the surface.
According to the cockpit recorder, the pilot said "Looks clear to me."
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