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If the Jayhawks want to score runs against the Wildcats, they will have to get past Tiger pitcher Jen Bruck, who shut out the 'Hawks in last week's game.
of the strike zone" Burge said. "We have to make her pitch to us."
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"We need to swing at Bruck in the zone and not chase pitches out
Aside from avoiding a sweep at the hands of their main rival, the Jayhawks are also playing for position in the conference. Right now Kansas is in sixth place, just behind the fifth place Missouri. A victory would move Kansas a half-game in front of Missouri,
an opportunity Kansas cannot afford to pass on.
"Every game is not guaranteed. You might not have your best stuff every day," Humphreys said. "We have to take advantage of this."
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"Brock Simpson's a stud," Baty said. "I always go up to him and tell him, 'Set the tone,' and that's what he's been doing since he's been leading off."
The top of the Kansas order had a quiet fifth inning but got rolling again in the bottom of the sixth. Simpson completed three-fourths of the cycle with a single and crossed the plate again after a throwing error by Matt Frevert that also allowed Price to reach third base. Afenir scored on the
"We're a deadly team," Baty said of the Kansas offense when it's running on all cylinders. "We can play with anybody in the country."
play as well.
The sixth-inning onslaught continued when Schweitzer doubled to score Price and Baty, who walked before Schweitzer came to the plate. A double by sophomore third baseman Erik Morrison brought Schweitzer in to score.
The final noise made by Kansas starters at the top of the order came in the seventh
"If Brock can get on base and Ritchie can continue to get on base like he's been doing, then that gives you an opportunity for a couple guys to have an 0-4 for 4 night and still score runs," coach Price said. "That's the difference when you got Schweitzer and Baty and everybody in our lineup."
inning when a Baty single drove in freshman Justin Elrich. Baty came around to score on a single by freshman Nick Faunce.
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"I set the tone for everybody," Baty said, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored. "The way I play, people feed off of that. It doesn't matter where I'm batting — guys feed off of me and I take that personally."
Kansas scored three runs in the first three innings. In the fourth the Jayhawks shifted into overdrive, as Simpson's two-run triple led to a three-run inning. Kansas scored in each of the following innings except for the eighth.
Simpson finished the day a double shy of the cycle, but went 3-for-4 with a home run.
Simpson, who has seen a lot of unexpected playing time in the outfield, was in the designated hitter spot at the top of the order last night.
In what would've been his last at bat of the evening, Price sent Justin Elrich in to pinch hit. In a roundabout way, Simpson got the cycle anyway, as Elrich doubled to left center.
word for it," Simpson said about being lifted for Elmrich in the seventh. "It would've been nice to get another at bat and get a double, but I was just happy to come out and have a good game."
"I don't think irritated is the
Missouri State went down fighting, however. Although the final score was lopsided, the Bears still managed 13 hits and seven runs.
Sophomore Matt Lane took the brunt of the Bears' rally. His one inning of work was good for six Missouri State runs on six hits and a walk in the eighth.
Starter Brendan McNamara (1-1), however, did what Price asked of him by earning the mid-week victory.
sophomore right-hander Jake Schafer (2-2) for seven runs in his five innings of work. After Schafer was chased from the game, none of his relievers last more than an inning and a third.
The junior right-hander earned his first victory Tuesday night, allowing one run on seven hits. The transfer from Palomar Community College lasted a career-high six innings five batters, also a career best.
Kansas continues its jampacked schedule tonight against Tabor. That game will make up for a canceled game against Creighton over spring break.
Freshman lefty Nick Czyz (1.1, 6.75) will take the mound tonight at 6 p.m.
In contrast, none of Missouri State's pitchers fared well. The Kansas hitters lit up
Dippin' Dots made their first appearance at the Hog last night. The little balls of ice cream joy sold for $4 per cup.
Missouri State freshman outfielder Ryan Mantle was on Missouri State's bench. Mantle is the third cousin of former New York Yankee and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mickey Mantle.
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Lacrosse players arrested
Duke athletes jailed on rape other charges
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BY TIM WHITMIRE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Duke University lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, center, is lead from the Durham County Judicial Building after a hearing in Durham, N.C., Tuesday. Finnerty was arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping a stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party. With him are attorneys Bill Cotter, left, and Michael Cornacchia, far right.
The district attorney would not say what evidence led to the charges. But Seligmann's attorney, Kirk Osborn, said: "Apparently it was a photographic identification. And we all know how reliable that is."
Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y., are accused of attacking a stripper at a team party at an off-campus house on the night of March 13. They were charged with first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping and were released on $400,000 bail each.
DURHAM, N.C. — Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested on rape charges Tuesday in a scandal that has rocked one of America's elite campuses and raised explosive questions of race, class and the privileged status of college athletes.
Seligman is "absolutely innocent," Osborn said. "He's doing great." Finnerty's attorney, Bill Cotter, said: "The next jury will hear the entire story, which includes our
college athletes
The two players are both graduates of all-boys Roman Catholic prep schools in the suburbs of New York City. District Attorney Mike Nifong said a third player could also be arrested but has yet to be firmly identified.
"It is important that we not only bring the assailants to justice, but also that we lift the cloud of suspicion from those team members who were not involved in the assault." Nifong said.
Lawyers for the two men bitterly assailed the district attorney for bringing the charges. Other attorneys for Duke's lacrosse players said the two were not even present at the time the rape is alleged to have occurred.
evidence, and we're confident that these young men will be found to be innocent."
The case has raised racial tensions and heightened the longstanding town vs. gown antagonism between Duke students and middle class, racially mixed Durham. The accuser is black, and all but one of the 47 lacrosse team members are white.
Well before the scandal, the nationally ranked team had a reputation for a swaggering sense of entitlement and boorish frat-boy behavior that included public intoxication and public urination. After the scandal broke, the university announced an investigation into whether it put up with such behavior for too long.
"Many lives have been touched by this case," said Duke President Richard Brodhead in a statement. "It has brought pain and suffering to all involved, and it deeply challenges our ability to balance judgment with compassion. As the legal process unfolds, we must hope that it brings a speedy resolution and that the truth of the events is fully clarified."
The case has led to the resignation of the coach and the cancellation of the rest of the season
the university would not comment specifically on any disciplinary action taken against the two men but said it is Duke practice to
suspend students charged with a felony.
Both players are products of wealthy suburbs and Northeastern prep schools. Finney attended Long Island's Chaminade High School, where 99 percent of the students go on to college. Seligmann went to the Delbarton School, a lacrosse powerhouse in Morristown, N.J.
"It is our hope and our conviction that the full truth of all that happened that night will vindicate Reade of these charges," Delbarton's headmaster, the Rev. Luke L. Travers, said in a statement.
Finnerty, however, was charged in Washington with assault after a man told police in November that Finnerty and two friends punched him and called him "gay and other derogatory names." Finnerty agreed to community service.
Neither Seligmann and Finney was among the Duke team members arrested in recent years for such offenses as underage drinking and public urination.
Seligmann, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, and Finnerty, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, were in handcuffs when they stepped out of a police cruiser at the Durham County Jail early Tuesday. Their early-morning surrenders were arranged as part of a deal with Nifong in which they were bailed out of jail in a matter of hours.