THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TODAY
**Tennis, Big 12 Tournament, all day, Waco, Texas**
Player to watch: Christine Skoda. The Edmonton, Alberta, native is the only senior on the roster of nine players. The Big 12 Tournament might be her last match
her last match Skoda in a Kansas uniform.
SPORTS
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Oklahoma, 7
p. m., Hoglund Ballpark Track, Drake Relays, all day, Des Moines, Iowa
tennis. Big 12 Tournament, all day, Weco, Texas
SATURDAY
Softball at Oklahoma, 2 p.m., Norman, Okla.
Baseball vs. Oklahoma, 6
Handled Ballpark
p.m., Rugged Denim
Track, Drake Relays, all day,
Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis, Big 12 Tournament, all day,
Waco, Texas
SUNDAY
Softball at Oklahoma, noon,
Norman, Okla.
Baseball vs. Oklahoma, 1
Honglund Ballpark
p.m., Hogwild Denpark
Track, Drake Relays, all day,
Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis. Big 12 Tournament, all day, Waco, Texas
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. Saint Mary, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Royals recall pitcher for being out of shape
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Royals recalled right-hander Runvelys Hernandez from Triple-A Omaha and scheduled him to start against Minnesota.
Hernandez originally was to be a member of the Royals' rotation but was sent down when he reported to spring training out of shape.
The Associated Press
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"He got some hits today and he was absolutely outstanding for me, blocking balls in the dirt." Czyz said.
Creighton had twice as many hurlers take the mound Wednesday afternoon as Kansas did. The only highlight of senior right-hander Jeff Daneff's start was a strikeout of senior infielder Jared Schweitzer in the top of the first. The strikeout marked Daneff's (0-2) first of the season. It was his lone strikeout, and he exited the game the next inning.
Of the pitchers that followed, only sophomore Venditte experienced any success against a Kansas lineup that featured four seniors - infielder Ritchie Price, Baty, Milner and Schweitzer - all in a row. Venditte lasted two perfect innings and had two strikeouts.
Freshman righty Zak Moore, senior lefty Trevor Benson, junior lefty Scott Reese and senior righty Tony Bilek were the other Creighton pitchers to toe the rubber and they joined forces to allow seven runs on 11 hits and three walks in 5.1 innings, while striking out four.
The Kansas offense took a two-inning break after the first, but scored its third run of the game in the top of the fourth on a Spitzfaden single that drove in sophomore outfielder John Allman.
Spitzfaden was starting in place of freshman catcher Buck Afenir, who was out with the mumps. Spitzfaden was clutch, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
"I had the jitters a little bit early off, but I've caught a lot of games in my career, so it was just getting back into things," Spitzfaden said.
Kansas hitters went on a three-inning hiatus after the fourth, but went out with a bang in the eighth and ninth innings, scoring three runs per inning. In the eighth, back-to-back singles by Spitzfaden and Simpson plated Allman and sophomore third baseman Erik Morrison for the
| Player | AB | H | R | RBI |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Brock Simpson dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ritchie Price ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Baty cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Murphy cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Milner rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jarad Schweitzer 2b | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Berner 2b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Allman If | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Nick Faunce If | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Morrison 3b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Preston Land 1b | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Spitzfaden c | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
BOX SCORE
Kansas Jayhawks (31-16, 9-8 Big 12 Conference)
Morrison came up next and hit a grounder to Daeges that
TOTALS
Player AB H R RBI Chad Odgen 2b 3 0 0 0 John Nowaczyk cf 2 0 0 0 Brandon Knox ph 2 0 0 0 Zach Daeges 3b 4 1 0 0 Chase Odenreider rf 3 0 0 0 Chris Gradoville c 3 0 0 0 Darin Ruf 1b 3 0 0 0 Andrew Small dh 2 0 0 0 Mark Wellwood ph 1 0 0 0 Ryan Urzendowski ss 3 0 0 0 Ross Sinclair lf 2 0 1 0
Creighton Bluejays (22-13, 7-8 MVC)
Jayhawks' fifth and sixth runs of the game.
TOTALS
The senior-laden portion of the Kansas line-up struck hard in the ninth. Baty led off with a single, but a fielder's
Win: Nick Czyz (3-1)
Loss: Jeff Daneff (0-2)
choice grounder by Milner put Milner on first in Baty's place. Schweitzer followed with a single between third baseman Daeges and junior shortstop Ryan Urzendowski.
Allman was next to bat and headed to first base after he thought he was hit by a pitch. However, home plate umpire Mike Grace stopped Allman and told him to get back in the box, saying the ball had hit Allman's bat instead. So, Allman stepped up to the plate again and responded with a bases-clearing double.
"I had the jitters a little bit early off, but I've caught a lot of games in my career, so it was just getting back into things."
。
Andrew Spitzfader Freshman catche
he fired into the stands behind first base. Allman was given a free pass to home, scoring Kansas ninth and final run.
"I made the decision that I was going to
put our four seniors in the two, three, four, five holes," Kansas coach Ritch Price said. "I'm going to put the next three weeks of the Big 12 conference in their hands."
Game Notes:
Kansas broke its fourth belt of the season when Brock Simpson broke his, stealing second base in the top of the first inning. Junior outfielder Kyle Murphy leads the team with two belts broken and John Allman has the other broken belt.
- Edited by Timon Veach
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