2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2006
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
MONDAY
MORRIS Women's golf at Big 12 Championship, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
Player to watch:
Amanda Costner.
The junior finished sixth individually at the Susie Maxwell Barning Classic on April 10 in Norman, Oklahoma. It was the highest individual finish for the Jayhawks, which finished in a tie for ninth as a team.
Costner
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. Missouri State, 6 p.m., Hogglund Ballpark Women's golf at Big 12 Championship, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
WEDNESDAY
Softball vs. Missouri, 5 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
Soccer vs. KCFC U15 Boys, 5:30 a.m. Jouhawk Soccer Complex
Baseball vs. Tabor, 6 p.m., Hoagland Ballpark
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Women's golf at Big 12 Championship, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
Softball vs. Creighton, 2 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
THURSDAY
Softball vs. Creighton, 4 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
Track, Kansas relays, all day Memorial Stadium
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FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
Track, Kansas relays, all day,
Memorial Stadium
Tennis at Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m.
College Station, Texas
Softball vs. Texas, 12:30 p.m., Arrocha Ballpark
Baseball at Kansas State, 2 p.m.,
Manhattan
SATURDAY
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a game-winning two-run home run in the ninth inning against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday at Busch Stadium. Pujols hit three home runs as the Cardinals defeated the Reds 8-7.
Track, Kansas relays, all day, Memorial Stadium
Rowing at Minnesota, time TBA,
Minneapolis
3 home runs lead Cardinals to victory
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Rich Aurilia's two-run double in the eighth, one batter after right fielder Juan Encarnación botched a potential double-play flyout when he dropped the ball, had put the Reds in front. Aurilia had three hits and Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns homered on consecutive at-bats in
BY R.B. FALLSTROM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols' third home run of the game, a go-ahead two-run shot in the ninth inning, gave the St. Louis Cardinals an 8-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
Pitcher Jason Marquis, who hit .310 last year with a homer and 10 RBI, led off the ninth with a pinch single. The only doubt on Puijs' blast was whether it would stay fair, and it ended up about 10 feet fair and in the second deck.
Pujols' eighth home run came on a 1-2 pitch from David Weathers (0-1) and traveled an estimated 441 feet to left field, ending a topsy-turvy game that featured five lead changes. His second career three-homer game and sixth career game-ending homer topped off a 4-2 opening homestand at the new Busch Stadium, and he matched career highs with five RBIs and four runs scored.
Both teams were again without their starting center fielders. Edmonds missed his second game with right shoulder soreness after receiving a cortisone shot Friday night, and Ken Griffey Jr. missed his fourth straight start for the Reds with stiffness behind his right knee.
Dunn hit a two-run shot on a full count with two outs in the fourth for his seventh homer. He had five hits on the Reds' trip, all of them homers, going 5-for-21 with 10 strikeouts. Kearns, who is 8-for-17 in his last four games with two homers and seven RBI, also connected on a full count for his fourth homer and a 4-2 lead for the Reds.
Puijols and Scott Rolen connected on consecutive at-bats in the bottom of the fifth for the Cardinals. Puijos has 14 career multihomer games and two this season.
the fifth for the Reds.
Jonn Rodriguez added a two-run triple for the Cardinals, who sold out their first six games at their new ballpark.
Mark Mulder and Bronson Arroyo, pitchers who have combined to hit three homers this season, gave up two long balls apiece and failed to get the ball out of the infield in their at-bats. Both labored through five shaky innings.
Both could return to the line-up Monday.
TRACK Distance impressive at invitational meet
The Kansas track and field team competed in the Tom Botts Invitational this weekend in Columbia, Mo.
competed in the 3,000 meter run and won with a time of 8:20.22.
The men's distance team highlighted day one of the event for Kansas on Friday. Sophomore Colby Wissel placed first in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 14:42.61. Sophomore Paul Hefferon
In the field events, two Jayhawks took home second place finishes.
Sophomore Johnathan Edwards had a javelin throw of 171 feet, 5 inches and freshman Eric Fattig had a leap in the long jump at 22 feet 5/14 inches.
In the women's long jump, sophomore Shatoya Hill took fourth place with a jump at 18 feet, 1 inches.
Hill also placed second in the triple jump in the second day of the meet Saturday with a distance of 40 feet 63/4 inches, and regionally qualified in the event.
Sophomore Julius Jiles' victory in the 110-meter hurdles was the only victory for the Jayhawks on Saturday.
Jiles' time of 14.12 won the event.
Kansas will now shift its focus to the Kansas Relays, which take place April 20-22. Furru Kafaraki
Evan Kafarakis
ROWING
Two-day event proves a success for 'Hawks
The Kansas rowing team was victorious in the Varsity Four and Novice Four races Friday at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Kansas competed in the two-day event with teams including Kansas State, Wake Forest, Clemson, Georgia, Purdue, Cincinnati, North Carolina, SMU,
Miami, Tulsa and Louisville.
On Saturday, Kansas finished the day victorious in the Varsity Four and Eight races in the Petite Final of the match. The team took fourth in the Grand Final of the Novice Four race. Miami, Georgia and Murray State edged out Kansas in this event. In the Grand Final of the Novice Eight, Kansas finished second behind rival Kansas State.
The team will continue its season next week on the road on Saturday, April 22, at Minnesota.
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