THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
SPORTS
TODAY
Tennis, Big 12 Tournament, all day,
Waco, Texas
Player to watch: Christine Skoda.
The Edmonton,
Alberta, native
is the only
superior on the
roster of nine
players. The
Big 12 Tournament might be her last match in a Kansas un
her last match Skoda in a Kansas uniform.
FRIDAY
Bassball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m., m.poulton Ballpark
Track, Drake Relays, all day, Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis. Big 12 Tournament, all day, Waco, Texas
SATURDAY
Softball at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.,
Norman, Okla.
hts
to
nature
16
Baseball vs. Oklahoma, 6
n.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Track, Drake Relays, all day,
Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis, Big 12 Tournament, all day, Waco, Texas
Baseball vs. Oklahma, 1
Ballpark Bollard
Softball at Oklahoma, noon,
Norman, Okla.
p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Track Drake Belays all C
Track, Drake Relays, all day,
Des Moines, Iowa
Tennis, Big 12 Tournament, all day, Waco, Texas
TUESDAY
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 Runelvys 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
Baseball
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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 Schweizer.
- 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.
"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.
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.
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
BOX SCORE
Kansas Jayhawks (31-10, 9-9 Big 12 Conference)
Player AB H R RBI
Brock Simpeon 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 f 5 1 1 2
Jared Schweitzer 2b 5 3 2 0
Matt Bmar 2b 0 0 0 0
John Allman lf 3 1 3 2
Nick Faunce lf 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
TOTALS 38 12 12 7
| Player | AB | H | R | RBI |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Chad Odenen 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 Odentneler 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)
Morrison came up next and hit a grounder to Daeges that
Jayhawks' fifth and sixth runs of the game.
The seniorladen portion of the Kansas lineup 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.
"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."
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.
Andrew Spitzfaden Freshman catcher
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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