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Morrison could mean a lot to getting that win. The sophomore could not be stopped against Western Illinois last weekend, hitting 6-13 and driving in six RBI. He moved up his batting average 20 percent over the weekend.
"He's got a lot of talent," Price said. "He's finally playing up to those abilities."
Still leading the team, senior outfielder Gus Milner posts a .407 average at the plate. The RBI leader failed to pick up an RBI on the weekend, despite hitting .400 for the series.
On the mound, freshman lefty Nick Czyz (0-1) is penciled in for today. In his last appearance, Czyz threw a perfect three-up, three-down inning of relief in game one Sunday.
The Wildcats went 3-1 on the weekend, sweeping William Woods University in a Saturday doubleheader, 7-3 and 9-0. They dropped the half of 6
their Sunday doubleheader to Park University 5-3, but turned the score around in game two to earn the split, 5-3.
Senior designated hitter Leon Davenport led the Wildcats offensive attack against William Woods on Saturday going 4-7, scoring three times and driving in four runs. Junior right-hander Logan Peck threw the complete game shutout in Saturday's night-cap. Peck stuck out five and walked none in the seven-inning game.
After today's match-up Kansas will prepare to take on No. 3 Clemson (7-2) this weekend in its final non-conference effort before kicking off the Big 12 against Baylor (9-3) the following weekend.
"Once we hit Big 12 games it's going to be a race to the end," Morrison said. "All these games are really important, especially these midweek games."
Today's game starts at 3 p.m.
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MLB Pitcher tries to earn spot in Royals' rotation
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Left-
hander J.P. Howell threw three
shutout innings, allowing just
one hit and striking out four as
Kansas City beat Colorado 9-3
on Tuesday.
Howell, the 31st player selected in the 2004 draft is trying to earn a spot in the Royals' rotation. Kansas City has two openings in its rotation after projected starter Mark Redman had knee surgery Monday and Zack Greinke left camp Feb.26 for personal reasons and has not returned.
Last season, Howell went 3-5 with a 6.19 earned run average in 15 big league starts.
The Royals trailed 3-1 after seven innings, but scored eight runs in the eighth off Rockies relievers Mike Esposito and Judd Songster.
The inning included a three-run Esteban German homer and two-run shots by Chad Allen and Paul Phillips.
The Associated Press
His numbers are not spectacular, averaging just 8.8 points per game, but it has been his intangibles that have made him such a gifted player. Robinson forces bad passes, which lead to easy steals for the other Kansas players.
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The Kansas offense became more fluid when Self chose to move Robinson to the point guard spot in December.
But what Self is most impressed about Robinson are the things that he does when Self doesn't know it.
"Russell is the kind of guy that will go shoot on his own and doesn't care if a coach ever knows it," Self said. "Some guys, every time they step in the gym they want the coach to know it so that way they are building up brownie points.
"Russell could care less what the coaches know, he could care less what his teammates know, this is what I need to do, he has been the most rock stable, dependable guy that we have had in our program in just doing what he knows what has to get done."
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MLB
Book to out Bonds' five-season steroid use
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Barry Bonds used a vast array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormone, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998, according to a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters.
An excerpt from "Game of Shadows," which details the San Francisco slugger's extensive doping program, appears in the March 13 issue of Sports Illustrated.
"I won't even look at it. For what? There's no need to," Bonds said Tuesday at Giants camp in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Giants said Bonds would not comment any further.
Bonds, who testified before a California federal guard jury looking into steroid use by top athletes, repeatedly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
"I've read what was reported," Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, told The Associated Press. "Barry is looking forward to playing this year and the improved health of his knee, and being as productive as he's ever been."
Phone messages left by the AP seeking comment from Bonds' attorney and publicist were not immediately returned Tuesday.
Baseball did not ban performance-enhancing drugs until after the 2002 season.
The seven-time NL MVP enters this season with 708 homers, seven shy of passing Babe Ruth and 48 from breaking Hank Aaron's career mark.
Authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who led the newspaper's coverage of the BALCO scandal, recount in remarkable detail the specifics of Bonds' drug regimen.
"Game of Shadows" is scheduled to be published March 27
According to the book, Bonds was using two undetectable designer steroids, informally known as the cream and the clear, plus insulin, human growth hormone and other performance enhancers by 2001, when he hit 73 home runs for the Giants to break Mark McGwire's single-season record of 70 set in 1998.
bv Gotham Books.
According to reports in The Chronicle, Bonds testified to the grand jury in late 2003 that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, who pleaded guilty in the BALCO case last July to steroid distribution and money laundering. Bonds said he didn't know that what he was using was a steroid,
BALCO, the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative run by Victor Conte, kept track of Bonds' drug use in detail, with folders and calendars that chronicled everything from schedules and quantities to his testosterone levels. Much of that information was obtained by federal agents when they raided the lab in September 2003.
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the newspaper reported.
In October, Anderson was sentenced to three months in prison and three months in home confinement. Conte was among three other men who also pleaded guilty to their role in supplying steroids to elite athletes.
According to the book, Bonds used several substances in various forms — by injecting himself with a syringe, taking injections from Anderson, gulping pills, putting liquid drops under his tongue or rubbing cream on his skin.
BALCO founder Victor Conte holds a photo of San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds with the letters ZMA on his hat, a drug that Conte makes, in his office in Burlingame, Calif. According to "Game of Shadows," a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters, Bonds used a vast array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormone, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998. The reporters, who based the book on a two-year investigation, included an extensive summary on their sources, including affidavits filed by BALCO investigators.
Baseball commissioner Bud
Bonds became so experienced and well-versed with the regimen that he occasionally overruled Anderson and took control of his own doping schedule, the book says.
Selig had not reviewed the material and had no comment, spokesman Rich Levin said. Selig was en route from Milwaukee to Phoenix for the World Baseball Classic.
Bonds, who will turn 42 in July, played in only 14 games last season, following three knee operations. He showed signs of his old self in his brief return, hitting five homers in 42 at-bats.
He caused a stir before spring training this year with contradicting interviews in February. Bonds told USA Today that his knee bothered him so much he would probably retire after the season, with or without the home run record. Then he told MLB.com that his knee brace felt good enough for him to possibly play 10 more seasons.
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