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Royals lose second straight at Chicago 5-1

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CHICAGO (AP) — Yoan Moncada hit a pair of solo shots for his first multihomer game and Leury Garcia added a two-run drive to power the Chicago White Sox past the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Yonder Alonso also homered and went 4 for 4 as the White Sox won for the fourth time in five games.

Reynaldo Lopez (1-2) allowed one run and five hits in six innings to rebound from a poor start to his season. The 25-year-old right-hander had permitted 18 earned runs in 13 1/3 innings over his first three games and gave up eight runs on 10 hits in his last outing against Tampa Bay.

Four relievers worked the final three innings for Chicago. Alex Colome pitched the ninth in a non-save situation.

Daniel Palka, who led the White Sox with 27 homers as a rookie last season, went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and is hitless in 32 at-bats this year. He is 0 for 34 dating to last season, the longest current skid for a major league position player.

Lucas Duda homered for the Royals.

Kansas City starter Jorge Lopez (0-2) had a career-high 10 strikeouts but gave up three homers and allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings.

Duda’s homer leading off the second gave the Royals a 1-0 lead. Moncada tied it with a two-out shot in the third.

Jorge Lopez escaped a jam in the fourth by getting Tim Anderson — who began the day leading the majors with a .453 batting average — to hit into a 6-4-3 double play, but the right-hander wasn’t as fortunate in the fifth.

Garcia broke the tie with a two-run homer to right-center and Moncada followed with his second solo shot to make it 4-1. Moncada has five homers this season.

Alonso capped the scoring with a solo drive in the eighth off reliever Jake Newberry. Alonso entered batting .152 and raised his average to .220.

SEEING DOUBLE

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time in the majors both starting pitchers had the last name of Lopez. The previous matchup of starters with the same last name was on Aug. 12, 2017, when JC Ramirez and the Angels faced Erasmo Ramirez and the Mariners.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: C Martin Maldonado was scratched from the original lineup because of illness. “He was going to take it easy and try to play, but no sense pushing it,” manager Ned Yost said. “I was going to give him tomorrow off, but he’ll probably play tomorrow.”

UP NEXT

Kansas City RHP Brad Keller (2-1, 2.45 ERA) and Chicago RHP Lucas Giolito (2-1, 6.19) are scheduled to start the finale of the three-game series Wednesday afternoon. Keller had a career-high 10 strikeouts in his last outing against Cleveland, while Giolito is 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA in seven career starts vs. the Royals.

— Associated Press —

MWSU’s McCarthy wins SBU Invitational; Griffons take second

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Missouri Western men’s golf squad placed second at the SBU Invitational on Tuesday, the team’s last tournament before the MIAA Championship. Patrick McCarthy earned his first tournament win of the season, dominating the field with a three-round score of 215 (-1).

The Griffons finished in a tie for second place among the 16 competing teams, shooting a total score of 896. The Griffons were consistent throughout the tournament, scoring rounds of 297, 300, and 299. Their second-place finish also ties their best finish of the season, as the Griffons also tied for second at the Holiday Inn Express Classic in St. Joseph.

McCarthy earns the tournament win after entering Tuesday’s final round tied for second. McCarthy shot a 70 (-2) in the third round to win the event by a convincing four strokes. Out of the 243 total rounds among the 81 competing golfers, there were only four rounds at 70 or below. Two of those four scores of 70 or below belonged to McCarthy, as he also shot a 70 in the first round.

Cole Roberts had his best round of the SBU Invitational in Tuesday’s final round, shooting a 73 (+1) to bring his three-round total to 226. Roberts finished tied for 14th after having entered the final round in a tie for 25th.

Tom Buffington tied for 27th with a score of 229, shooting a 77 (+5) in the third round. His best round came in the second when he parred the course with a 72 (E).

Lucas Horseman finished in the upper half of the leaderboard as well, tying for 29th with a score of 230. Jake Misesch ended the event with a score of 235 for the Griffons.

Missouri Western will now return to St. Joseph to prepare for the MIAA Championship in Money Island, Oklahoma on April 24.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest baseball loses at Washburn 6-4

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TOPEKA, Kansas – The Washburn Ichabods rallied for four runs in the eighth inning off the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats to score a 6-4 non-conference victory on Tuesday.

After a scoreless opening pair of innings to begin the contest, Washburn (19-17, 11-13 MIAA) scored first in the third. Junior catcher Steven Jacobson hit a solo shot over the left field wall.

Washburn increased its lead over Northwest (17-20, 13-11 MIAA) to 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth after Jacobson doubled to deep center field and scored an unearned run attributed to Bearcat pitcher Max Ross.

The Bearcat offense ignited in the sixth. Logan Rycraft led off with a single.Connor Quick extended his hitting streak to 14 in a row by tripling Rycraft home to put the Bearcats on the board. Jay Hrdlicka followed with an RBI single to tie the contest at 2-2.

Mondesi Gutierrez tripled to lead off the seventh and scored on a Jordan Peck single to center. Tim Olson doubled to move Peck to third. Peck would eventually cross the plate on a sacrifice fly from Rycraft to give the Bearcats a 4-2 lead.

In the eighth, pitcher Aaron Easley came on as the fifth relief pitcher in the game for the Bearcats but was greeted by a walk, a double, a two-RBI single and a balk before he was removed from the game in favor of senior closer Trevor Dudar. Dudar induced a sacrifice fly but then allowed a triple and another run-scoring single to leave the Bearcats in the hole, 6-4.

The Bearcats went three-up, three-down in the ninth inning to drop the game. Easley was given the loss and he falls to 1-2 this season.

The Bearcats will return to action Thursday at 6 p.m. at Central Missouri. The Bearcats and Mules will play a three-game set in Warrensburg.

NOTES: Quick reached base for the 21st straight game and moved his hitting streak to 14 in a row … Quick had two hits in the game to give him 20 multi-hit contests this season … Calvin Rudolph saw a pair of his streaks snapped – 16-game hitting streak and a 17-game on-base streak … Peter Carlson has reached base safely in 16 consecutive games … Northwest is now 3-1 on the season when facing Washburn.

— Northwest Athletics —

St. Louis drops another game at Milwaukee

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich welcomed hard-throwing prospect Ryan Helsley to the big leagues with a three-run homer, his eighth against St. Louis this season, to help send the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-4 victory over the Cardinals on Tuesday night.

Lorenzo Cain and Yasmani Grandal each homered in a five-run third against Jack Flaherty (1-1), when the Brewers went up 5-0.

Yelich, who homered three times on Monday, was the first batter faced by Helsley, who debuted with two on and two outs in the fifth. Yelich fell behind 0-2, evened the count and then fouled off a 98 mph fastball, before sending the next pitch 427 feet to right center for his ninth home run, putting Milwaukee up 8-0.

Yelich is the first player to homer in six consecutive games against the Cardinals. The Brewers have won nine of their last 10 against St. Louis, including four in a row.

Brandon Woodruff (2-1) held the Cardinals scoreless until Marcell Ozuna’s two-run homer, his seventh, with one out in the sixth. Woodruff allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out six.

The Cardinals added two in the eighth on RBI singles by Yadier Molina and Kolten Wong.

Cain opened the third inning with his second homer. Ryan Braun doubled under the glove of third baseman Matt Carpenter with one out. After Mike Moustakas struck out, Grandal followed with his fifth homer, a two-run shot to right.

The Brewers loaded the bases on singles by Travis Shaw and Jesus Aguilar and a walk to Orlando Arcia. Woodruff then laced a two-run double over the bag at first, his fifth hit in his first six at-bats this season.

Flaherty was tagged for five runs on nine hits and needed 75 pitches to get though 2 2/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: RHP Mike Mayers (right shoulder strain) was placed on the 10-day injured list. OF Tyler O’Neill (right elbow ulnar nerve) also was placed on the 10-day IL. … OF Harrison Bader was out of the lineup for the third straight game with an ailing right hamstring. “I know at least day-to-day,” manager Mike Shildt said. “Staying away from him today.”

Brewers: RHP Freddy Peralta (right shoulder sprain) was placed on the 10-day injured list. Peralta started Monday and gave up three runs on four hits with three walks in 3 1/3 innings. “He was having some pain last night during the game, so there’s some inflammation in there that we had to calm down,” manager Craig Counsell said. “Don’t expect it to be long term. It should definitely be on the shorter end here. So he’ll rest for a couple days and then he should be able to start throwing pretty soon.”

CARDINALS MOVES

INF/OF Drew Robinson was optioned to Triple-A Memphis. INF/OF Yairo Munoz, RHP Giovanny Gallegos, and RHP Helsley all were recalled from Memphis. Helsley, who had a 3.86 ERA in two starts at Memphis, will be used out of the bullpen. “You’re talking about a young man with plus velocity,” Shildt said. “Plus, plus. Out of the bullpen he’s got every opportunity to hit 98-100 with some life to it.”

BREWERS MOVES

RHP Jake Petricka was optioned to Class-A Wisconsin. RHP Jeremy Jeffress (right shoulder) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. RHP Aaron Wilkerson was recalled from Triple-A San Antonio.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (0-0, 5.28) starts the series finale at Miller Park on Wednesday afternoon. He allowed seven runs on eight hits, including three homers, in 3 2/3 innings in his last start. Wacha is 5-0 in 12 career games against the Brewers, including 11 starts.

Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes (0-1, 10.05) has allowed three home runs in each of his first three starts in a total of 14 1/3 innings. Opponents are batting .339 against him, although the Brewers are 2-1 in his starts.

— Associated Press —

Griffons’ Frost named MIAA softball hitter of the week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Western softball team has the week off the field, but that doesn’t mean the accolades can’t roll in. Senior left fielder Morgan Frost was named MIAA Hitter of the Week for the second time this season after pacing a red-hot MWSU offensive attack to a 6-0 record last week.

The Griffons hit 12-straight wins behind Frost batting .500 and slugging .769 through sweeps of Southwest Baptist, Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State. Frost went 13-for-26 at the plate with six extra base hits, five of them doubles. She drove in eight runs and scored six.

As a team, MWSU batted .357 through the last six games while holding opponents to a .238 average. The Griffons outscored their three opponents last week 44-14.

— MWSU Athletics —

Chiefs single-game tickets go on sale Thursday

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the NFL announcing that the Kansas City Chiefs 2019 schedule will be released on Wednesday evening, single-game and group tickets for all home games will go on sale Thursday, April 18.

Season Ticket Members will have a presale beginning Thursday at 8 a.m. The club will notify Season Ticket Members via email with instructions on how to participate.

In continuation of the team’s long-standing policy, the taxpayers of Jackson County, Missouri, will have a special ticket allotment to purchase single-game tickets for the 2019 season beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday. This extended period to purchase tickets from the allotment will last through 5 p.m. on Friday, April 26. Jackson County taxpayers purchasing tickets must come to the Arrowhead Stadium Ticket Office during normal business hours and have one form of identification that includes a photo of the purchaser and a personal 2018 Jackson County, Missouri, property tax receipt.

Tickets may be purchased at www.chiefs.com by the public beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. All single-game and group tickets for Chiefs home games are subject to availability and dynamic pricing. Ticket delivery will be mobile entry only.

All fans, including Season Ticket Members and single-game purchasers, are encouraged to purchase parking passes in advance to secure the lowest price and reduce their time spent at the tollgate. Parking can be purchased during the ticket purchase process or in advance of the game at www.chiefs.com/parking. Parking is $300 if purchasing the full season in advance, or $40 per game when purchased in advance.

The Chiefs 2019 schedule will be announced on www.chiefs.com on Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m. CT, while the entire 2019 NFL schedule will be publicized on NFL Network, the NFL App and www.NFL.com.

— Chiefs Press Release —

Griffon men’s golf in 2nd place after day one of SBU Invite

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team put together one of its best two-round performances of the season on Monday, positioning itself in second place at the SBU Invitational. The Griffons had solid performances across their lineup, but were led by Patrick McCarthy, who sits just one stroke back of the individual leader after day one.

Missouri Western’s consistency throughout the lineup led to a two-round total of 597. Out of the 16 teams competing, the Griffons were one of just two teams with their bottom scorer still inside the top-40. After their solid performance in the first two rounds, the Griffons trail Central Missouri by five strokes heading into Tuesday.

McCarthy is currently tied for second after his combined score of 145 (+1) on Monday. He had the best single-round score of all 81 golfers, shooting a 70 (-2) in the opening round. McCarthy followed his stellar first round with a 75 (+3) in the second round. He is now slotted just one stroke back of Central Missouri’s Cole Dillon for the lead.

Lucas Horseman shot a 151 over the first two rounds. He opened the tournament with a 76 (+4) in the first round, but shaved one stroke off in the second round with a 75 (+3) to jump 11 spots and sit tied for 15th.

One stroke behind Horseman is Tom Buffington, who scored a 152 on Monday. Buffington struggled in the opening round with an 80 (+8), but bounced back for a score of 72 (E) in the second. His second-round score was the second-best score for Missouri Western on the day, behind McCarthy’s 70.

Cole Roberts is tied for 25th with a score of 153 while Jake Mikesch shot a 155 to round out the scoring for the Griffons.

Missouri Western will look to continue momentum in the third round on Tuesday morning.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest softball sets single-game home run mark in sweep of Southwest Baptist

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MARYVILLE, Missouri – The Northwest Missouri State University softball team hit seven home runs in a doubleheader sweep of Southwest Baptist University at the Bearcat Softball Field.

Northwest ripped six home runs in the first game and posted a 9-7 win on a walk-off two-runs shot by Kaitlyn Weis. The six home runs are single-game Northwest record. The previous mark of five was set Feb. 25, 2006, vs. Central Missouri.

Northwest then notched a 5-1 triumph in the second contest.

Northwest is 11-22 overall and 6-14 in MIAA play. Northwest is a perfect 6-0 at home in 2019. Southwest Baptist is 5-38 overall and 2-14 in league play.

GAME ONE
Ady Watts started things strong for Northwest in the bottom of the second inning with a homer to left field. Olivia Daugherty hit a three-run blast to left center, bringing in Jacee Winn and Jaclyn Weydert to score and to give Northwest a 4-0 lead over Southwest Baptist.

The bottom of the third inning saw back-to-back homers from Sydne Brashear and Karli Allen to advance the Northwest lead to 6-0.

Kaitlyn Weis homered to center field in the bottom of the fifth inning to push the lead to 7-0.

Southwest Baptist scored off an RBI in the top of the sixth to cut the lead to 7-1.

Southwest Baptist rallied in the top of the seventh inning scoring 6 runs and tying the game at 7-7.

In the bottom of the seventh, Weis hit a walk-off two-run homer to take game one, 9-7.

Weis also took the mound and got the last out of the seventh to earn the pitching decision and even her mark at 2-2 on the year.

GAME TWO
Ady Watts scored off a throwing error by the shortstop in the bottom of the second inning. Olivia Daugherty hit a single and advanced to second on a fielding error by the right fielder, allowing Jaclyn Weydert and Grace Ruehle to score and go up 3-0 on Southwest Baptist.

Karli Allen hit a two-run homer to center field in the bottom of the third to push the lead to 5-0.

Southwest Baptist scored in the top of the fifth inning to crack the scoreboard. But SBU would not score after that and Northwest claimed the 5-1 triumph.

Regan Thompson kept SBU at bay as she went the distance and allowed seven hits and one run. Thompson struck out five to move to 5-10 on the year.

Up next for the squad is a doubleheader at home against Central Missouri next Tuesday beginning at 2 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri Western tennis loses regular season finale at UNK

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KEARNEY, Neb. – In the team’s final match before the MIAA Championships, Missouri Western (11-12, 2-7 MIAA) fell to Nebraska Kearney (14-12, 3-6 MIAA) in an afternoon road match. The Lopers topped the Griffons 6-1, winning five out of six singles matches after a competitive series of doubles matches.

Nebraska Kearney escaped with the doubles point after two back-and-forth matches on the number one and two courts. Karolina Ström and Joanna Abreu Roman fell by a score of 6-4 in their match. Despite the loss, Ström and Abreu Roman have won seven of their last 10 doubles matches. In the final doubles match, Mireia Birosta and Erica Dunn fell by the same score, giving the Lopers the advantage entering singles.

Missouri Western lost the first five singles matches. Both Abreu Roman and Federica Salmaso suffered narrow losses in their matches. After splitting the first two sets with her opponent, Abreu Roman was edged 10-8 in the third and final set in her last regular season match.

Bojana Vuksan gave Missouri Western its lone win in the singles. Vuksan outlasted her opponent for a 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 victory. Monday’s win gives Vuksan her 10th of the season, and is also her second-straight win.

The Griffons will have over one week away from competition before they travel to Oklahoma City for the MIAA Championships beginning on April 26.

MWSU VS. UNK
SINGLES
#45 Vasilisa Polunova (UNK) def. Karolina Ström (MWSU) 6-3, 6-1
Zhanel Turarbek (UNK) def. Mireia Birosta (MWSU) 6-2, 6-0
Sherry Sun (UNK) def. Joanna Abreu Roman (MWSU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-8
Fidan Ibrahimova (UNK) def. Federica Salmaso (MWSU) 7-5, 6-4
Claire Neil (UNK) def. Erica Dunn (MWSU) 6-1, 6-0
Bojana Vuksan (MWSU) def. Pranathi Gannavaram (UNK) 6-4, 4-6, 11-9

DOUBLES
Polunova/Turarbek (UNK) def. Ström/Abreu Roman (MWSU) 6-4
Sun/Ibrahimova (UNK) def. Birosta/Dunn (MWSU) 6-4
Neil/Parnell (UNK) def. Vuksan/Salmaso (MWSU) 6-0

— MWSU Athletics —

Greg Carbin leaving MWSU to join Chiefs strength and conditioning staff

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ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western director of athletics Josh Looney announced MWSU director of sports performance Greg Carbin has accepted a position as a strength and conditioning assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs.

“We are thrilled for Greg and the opportunities that await him,” Looney said. “Having an NFL team actively seek out our director of sports performance is impressive and only affirms all of the positive contributions Greg has made at MWSU. He is a difference maker. We can’t thank Greg enough for all his impressive contributions to his alma mater.”

Carbin became the first-ever full-time strength and conditioning coach at Missouri Western in 2014 after serving one year as a graduate assistant. The 2006 All-MIAA defensive back for the Griffons built the sports performance program at MWSU that now includes a staff of three graduate assistants. Carbin was also instrumental in helping Missouri Western become the first NCAA Division II athletic department in the nation to install and utilize KONGiQ strength and conditioning software.

“I would like to thank Missouri Western President Dr. Robert Vartabedian and former athletic director Kurt McGuffin for giving me the opportunity to be Missouri Western’s first strength and conditioning coach and for the privilege to develop the Sports Performance program from the ground up,” Carbin said. “I also want to thank Josh Looney, the athletic administration and the head coaches who entrusted my staff and me with all 16 of Missouri Western’s teams. Thank you to the student-athletes who allowed me to serve them as a role model and be a part of their personal and athletic development.”

“I leave Missouri Western with a grateful heart through the experiences and friendships I have gained and look forward to this new position that brings forth new challenges. I wish the University, coaches and athletes success in all future endeavors and look forward to many more Ring the Bell moments to come. God Bless and Go Griffs.”

A national search for Carbin’s replacement will begin immediately.

— MWSU Athletics —

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