KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010 / SPORTS
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No sand, but lots of air conditioning
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Elon Zora, a junior from Tuscaloosa, Ala., plays volleyball in the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center on Monday. Students are looking to beat the neat by working out indoors.
MLB
Gonzalez shuts down Cleveland leading Oakland to historic win
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CLEVELAND — Gio Gonzalez extended the Oakland Athletics' strong streak of pitching with seven solid innings in a 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
Jeff Larish had a two-run homer and Coco Crisp a solo shot off Fausto Carmona (11-12) as Oakland snapped its streak without multiple homers at 26 games, longest since a team-record 31 games in 1978. Jack Cust hit a two-run homeoff reliever Tony Sipp in the seventh to make it 5-0.
Gonzalez (11-8) gave up five hits over seven innings, becoming the 22nd consecutive Oakland starter to work at least six innings. The Athletics staff has allowed five runs or fewer in all those games, the longest streak by an AL team since the 1989 California Angels.
Oakland starters have a 2.01 ERA and limited opponents to a .198 batting average since July 31, but the Athletics are only 11-11 over that stretch.
Michael Wuertz worked the eighth inning and Jerry Blevins the ninth for Oakland as Cleveland was shut out for the 11th time, tying Seattle for most in the AL. Oakland has four of the shutouts against the Indians, who have dropped 12 of their last 16 at home.
Gonzalez improved to 4-0 with a 0.89 ERA in four career starts against Cleveland. He worked out of jams in the second, fourth and fifth as the Athletics opened a 10-game trip to Cleveland, Texas and New York with only their third win in the last 11 road games. Oakland is 24-35 on the road overall.
The left-hander struck out Trevor Crowe with runners on second and third to end the second. Both runners had reached on errors. Cleveland got its first two hits and loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth before Crowe bounced into a forceout. Shelley
Duncan took a called third strike with two on to end the fifth.
Carmona worked out of a bases-loaded threat, too, getting No. 9 hitter Cliff Pennington on a fly to right to end the fourth.
The right-hander allowed four runs and nine hits over 62-3 innings as the latest Cleveland starter to struggle. The Indians' rotation is 1-13 over the last 17 games, during which Cleveland is 5-12.
Larish, in his first at-bat since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, followed a single by Rajai Davis with a homer to center for a 2-0 lead in the second.
Crisp opened the fifth by lining a 3-2 pitch over the wall in right for his sixth homer. The former Indians outfielder went 3 for 5, a triple shy of the cycle, and is hitting .391 (25 for 64) over his last 16 games.
ROWING
Members of Kansas' rowing team compete at the Kansas Cup last spring. The team is currently holding tryouts for this year's squad.
Rowing team still wants more walk-ons for spring
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
Inewman@kansan.com
they were constantly looking for hard-working women who possess Jayhawk spirit and want to be part of a team. The coaches also appreciate a background in a sport that requires strong endurance.
Ladies, are you wondering where you can fit in somewhere on an athletic team here at the University of Kansas? There may be a solution. The KU rowing team is still looking for walk-ons to join their highly competitive team. Although some requirements as academic standards and a physical, there is no experience needed to try out for the team. The coaches do have some qualities they look for in the potential rowers in order for them to compete in a collegiate sport. Associate coach Jennifer Myers said
Rowing may not be as well known as basketball or football, but the women are still dedicated and driven as any other Division 1 athletes. First-year rowers are part of Novice Rowing, which is a division for rowers who have never competed before. This ensures balanced competition between rowers. Even though the fall is not collegiate rowing season, the team has been at the KU Boathouse working out. They plan to continue
the strong momentum into the spring season.
If you are interested in the rowing team will be holding informational meetings today and Thursday for those wanting more information about trying out for the rowing team. Both of the meetings will be held at 5 p.m. at the University of Kansas Boathouse in Burcham Park.
If you can not come to either meeting or have any questions you can reach associate coach Jennifer Myers at jmyers@ku.edu or (785) 864-4207.
MLB
Porcello and Tigers beat Royals 9-1
9-1 over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
DETROIT — Rick Porcello allowed two hits over seven shutout innings and Ryan Raburn homered to lead the Detroit Tigers to their fifth straight win,
Porcello (6-11) retired the first 12 batters in order before Billy Butler singled leading off the fifth inning. Porcello then retired the next three batters. He walked one and struck out four.
learned that Johnny Damon will remain with the team after deciding not to accept a trade to the Boston Red Sox, who claimed him off waivers. Damon would have had to waive his no-trade clause to be sent to Boston.
Earlier Tuesday, the Tigers
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