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Wainwright’s pinch-hit double leads St. Louis past Pirates in 12 innings

Posted on June 10, 2016

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitcher Adam Wainwright, pinch-hitting because the Cardinals were out of position players, hit a two-run, two-out double to spark a six-run 12th inning as St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3 on Friday night.

Wainwright batted for reliever Jonathan Broxton after Matt Carpenter drew a two-out walk from Juan Nicasio and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle decided to intentionally walk Alemdys Diaz to bring up Broxton’s spot in the order.

Wainwright followed with a drive to the gap in left-center to score both runners. He is hitting .261 this season, going 6 for 23 with four doubles, one triple and one home run.

The Cardinals added four more runs in the inning. Matt Adams hit an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 10 games and scored on Jhonny Peralta’s single before Brandon Moss’ two-run homer, his 14th, capped the outburst.

Broxton (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings as the Cardinals (33-28) won for the fifth time in six games, moved a season-high five games over .500 and snapped a second-place tie with the Pirates in the NL Central. St. Louis, though, trails the first-place Cubs by nine games.

Nicasio (5-5) was charged with six runs in one inning after beating the New York Mets in the second game of a doubleheader Tuesday when he allowed one run in five innings as a starter.

The Pirates scored a run off Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score 3-3 when Starling Marte hit a leadoff triple and scored on Jordy Mercer’s one-out single.

The Cardinals went ahead 3-2 in the eighth inning on Carpenter’s three-run home run, his 10th, off Neftali Feliz. They had been blanked on two hits through the first seven innings.

Carpenter had two hits to run his hitting streak to seven games. Peralta and Moss also had two hits.

Marte had two hits for the Pirates, who scored their first two runs on Josh Harrison’s force out grounder in the third inning and John Jaso’s single in the fifth.

St. Louis’ Michael Wacha pitched well but remained winless in nine starts since April 23 when Rosenthal blew the save. Wacha’s personal losing streak remained at six games though he gave up two runs and three hits while striking out five and walking three.

Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole left in the third inning with right triceps tightness. Catcher Francisco Cervelli left in the next inning with a sore left hand.

Cole was removed after giving up a leadoff single to Carpenter. He was relieved by AJ Schugel after not allowing a run in two-plus innings. Cole gave up two hits and one walk while walking three.

Schugel pitched four perfect innings and struck out four.

Cervelli left after swinging at the first pitch of his at-bat. Chris Stewart pinch-hit and remained in the game at catcher.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Carpenter (jammed finger on right hand) returned after leaving a 3-2 win at Cincinnati on Thursday night in the eighth inning . RHP Lance Lynn, who underwent Tommy John elbow ligament transplant surgery in November, is expected to be examined by the team’s medical staff later this month in St. Louis and also throw in front of the coaching staff.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (6-5, 3.76 ERA) will start Saturday night in the second game of the three-game series. Martinez has won consecutive starts after losing his previous five.

Pirates: LHP Francisco Liriano (4-5, 5.25) is 7-2 with a 2.41 ERA against the Cardinals in 14 career starts.

— Associated Press —

Mizzou’s Ryan Howard selected in fifth round of MLB Draft by Giants

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball junior SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) was selected in the fifth round (No. 155 overall) of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the San Francisco Giants on Friday (June 10). Howard is the first Mizzou player off the board in this year’s draft and he is the highest drafted position player at Mizzou since James Boone went in the third round in 2005.

Howard is coming off of a junior season in which he hit .295 with 13 doubles, five homers and a triple while driving in 27 runs and scoring 40 more. He was outstanding over his final 16 games of the season, hitting a team-best .381 with 13 runs and nine RBIs while hitting five of his 13 doubles and two of his five homers in that span, raising his average from .259 to .295. He also had eight of his 19 multi-hit games in that 16-game span.

A Francis Howell Central graduate, Howard has hit .284 in 163 career games played at Mizzou, starting all but three of those contests. He has been Mizzou’s starting shortstop since 2015 and has slugged 46 extra-base hits in his career while driving in 86 runs over three seasons. He spent last summer with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team as the starting shortstop and was a preseason All-SEC First Team pick at shortstop by the league’s coaches.

This is the second time that Howard has been drafted by the San Francisco Giants after being taken in the 31st round a year ago. The draft will conclude tomorrow with the remaining rounds.

— Mizzou Athletics —

St. Joseph extends win streak to four with 4-2 victory over Joplin

Posted on June 9, 2016

The St. Joseph Mustangs earned their fourth consecutive win Thursday night as they were able to defeat Joplin 4-2 inside Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improves to 7-2 and 5-2 in the MINK League, while Joplin falls to 4-2 with both losses comes to the Mustangs.

St. Joseph broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with RBI singles from Trent Hill and Brady Anderson. Joplin answered back in the sixth with two runs of their own to tie the game.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the seventh inning when Hill drove in Dave Casciola to give the Mustangs the lead back and then Kyle Uhrich knocked in Hill with an RBI single.

Hill, Casciola and Evan McDonald each had two hits each.

John Milan earned the win in relief and he threw 1.2 scoreless innings. George Brandecker started the game and allowed two runs in 5.1 innings. He struck out eight and walked three.

Steve D’Amico picked up his first save of the season as he threw a scorless ninth inning with two strickouts.

St. Joseph is off on Friday and they’re back at Phil Welch Stadium Saturday to play a team of Mustangs Alumni. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m.

Missouri Western women adds Arkansas-Fort Smith transfer Dana Lewis

Posted on June 9, 2016

ST. JOSEPH. – Missouri Western Women’s Basketball head coach Rob Edmisson has announced the signings of Dana Lewis to a national letter of intent for the 2016-17 season.

Lewis will transfer to Missouri Wetern from the University of Arkansas Fort-Smith where she played one season. Lewis joins Savannah Lentz, Trudy Peterson and Erin Anderson as signees for the upcoming 2016-17 season.

Dana Lewis | 6-0 | F | Las Vegas, Nev. | Arkansas-Fort Smith
Lewis played in 30 games with seven starts last season at Arkasnas Fort-Smith after trasferring from Grand Canyon University. At UAFS, Lewis averaged 4.1 points, 3.7 rebounds per game and 16.2 minutes per game. In her senior year at Arbor View High School, Lewis averaged 10.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.

“We’re very excited to add Dana to our team for next season,” head coach Rob Edmisson said. “She has great size and the ability to provide us some depth in the post.”

Missouri Western is coming off of a memorable season that saw the team claim its first MIAA Regular Season Championship since 2002 and first NCAA Regional appearance since 2004. Edmisson’s Griffons said an MIAA record with 20 conference wins.

— MWSU Athletics —

Molina’s single allows Cards to take another series from Cincinnati

Posted on June 9, 2016

CINCINNATI (AP) — A little vintage Adam Wainwright and another booed hit by Yadier Molina have the St. Louis Cardinals headed up.

Wainwright allowed only two hits in six innings, and Molina’s bases-loaded single snapped a tie in the eighth on Thursday night, sending the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 and yet another series win in their lopsided NL Central rivalry.

Molina’s third hit of the game led St. Louis to its fourth victory in five games. The Cardinals (32-28) are a season-high four games over .500, tied with the Pirates for second place, 10 games behind the Cubs.

St. Louis took two of three and has won 18 of its last 22 series with Cincinnati.

Wainwright’s slow start to the season was a part of the Cardinals’ struggles. He’s gotten his fastball back and has thrown five straight quality starts, with this one the best yet.

“It’s been building toward that,” Wainwright said. “That’s me out there. That’s exactly how I pitch.”

The Cardinal who gets booed the loudest in Cincinnati was in the middle of another comeback. His one-out single off Ross Ohlendorf (4-5) put St. Louis up 3-2 and drew jeers. Molina has been booed regularly at Great American Ball Park since a brawl that started between him and Brandon Phillips in 2010.

“Yadi’s been a Reds killer for years and years and years,” Wainwright said. “He’s the guy you want up there in the big spot.”

Molina also doubled and scored a run in the second inning, getting booed that time, too.

“Lately I’m feeling better,” said Molina, who came in batting .261.

Seung Hwan Oh (2-0) pitched one inning in relief of Wainwright, who was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh with two runners aboard and the score tied. Trevor Rosenthal retired the side in the ninth for his 11th save in 12 chances.

Matt Carpenter scored twice, including the go-ahead run after opening the eighth inning with a double.

Wainwright had a rough first inning, giving up Jay Bruce’s RBI groundout and Adam Duvall’s run-scoring single. He didn’t allow another hit before leaving in the seventh. Wainwright fanned a season-high nine.

Wainwright hasn’t had much success against the Reds. Coming into the game, he was 8-10 in 24 games against Cincinnati with a 4.51 ERA, his highest against any team except the Mets.

Molina doubled off Brandon Finnegan and scored on Brandon Moss’ single in the second inning. The Cardinals tied it with the help of a balk in the sixth. Carpenter walked, moved up on Finnegan’s balk on a throw to first base, and then came around on Aledmys Diaz’s single.

“Big call,” Reds manager Bryan Price said of the balk. “It didn’t look different to me from the naked eye. I’m not saying it wasn’t a balk, but I didn’t see it.”

MATHENY FUMES

With Cincinnati’s Tyler Holt on first base in the bottom of the eighth and one out, Ivan DeJesus, Jr. hit a fly to shallow right. Stephen Piscotty dived and appeared to catch the ball, but got to his knees and threw to second for what would have been a forceout in case the umpires ruled he trapped the ball.

Umpire Sean Barber called it a catch, but a review determined Piscotty trapped the ball and Holt was awarded second base. Manager Mike Matheny contended Holt would have been forced out and shouldn’t be awarded the base.

“It’s a joke,” Matheny said. “I can’t think of any rational reason that would be true in that situation. It just didn’t make sense.”

STATS

It was Wainwright’s 300th appearance, matching Steve Kline for 16th on the Cardinals career list. … Matt Adams pinch-hit in the ninth and singled, extending his hitting streak to nine games. … Brandon Phillips’ first-inning double extended his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest on the Reds this season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Moss, who had two homers Wednesday night, started at 1B instead of Adams. Moss is 4 for 8 in his career off Finnegan with a homer.

Reds: CF Billy Hamilton was in the concussion protocol after being hit in the head while sliding into third base Wednesday night.

UP NEXT:

Cardinals: Michael Wacha (2-6) tries to snap the longest losing streak of his career in Pittsburgh. He’s lost six straight decisions since April 28. The last Cardinals pitcher to lose seven straight decisions was Kip Wells in 2007.

Reds: RHP Anthony DeSclafani makes his first start of the season after recovering from a strained oblique suffered during spring training. He’ll open a series against Oakland.

— Associated Press —

Royals’ Ventura suspended 9 games after hitting Machado

Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City pitcher Yordano Ventura was suspended nine games and Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado was penalized four games Thursday after their brawl earlier this week.

Major League Baseball also fined each player an undisclosed amount.

This is the second straight season Ventura has been suspended — he drew a seven-game ban last year after an altercation with the White Sox.

“It’s just kind of tough when you have to play short because of something that someone else kind of got going,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said before Thursday night’s game at Toronto.

On Tuesday night in Baltimore, Ventura hit Machado in the back with a 99 mph fastball in the fifth inning. Machado charged the mound and punched Ventura in the head as the benches emptied.

Ventura and Machado both have appealed their suspensions. They can continue to play until the process is complete.

“They came up with a decision and obviously I’m going to appeal it,” Machado said. “We’ll see what happens.”

Machado was in the starting lineup Thursday night against the Blue Jays.

Showalter said he doesn’t expect Machado’s appeal to be heard while Baltimore is in Toronto for a four-game series.

No matter what happens, Showalter said it will be difficult to cope without Machado, who is batting .303 with 15 homers and 37 RBIs.

Baltimore is already minus shortstop J.J. Hardy, who has been sidelined since May 1 with a broken left foot.

This is the second career suspension for Machado, who sat out five games in 2014 after throwing his bat toward third base following an inside pitch from Oakland’s Fernando Abad. Machado appealed that suspension but the penalty was upheld.

The Royals next play Friday night in Chicago against the White Sox.

The trouble between Ventura and Machado started earlier in the game. Machado got brushed back by two fastballs, then flied out and had words with Ventura.

The next time up, Machado was hit.

After the game, Orioles star Adam Jones said he was glad Machado defended himself and said he would pay any fine.

“Tonight, Manny handled it himself and I couldn’t be happier for him,” Jones said then. “I knew it was going to happen. (Ventura) has electric stuff and the talent is all there, but between the ears, there is a circuit board off balance. I don’t get it. I don’t get it.”

A talented hard thrower who can be temperamental, Ventura got into skirmishes with the Angels and the Athletics early last season before his dustup with the White Sox led to a suspension.

— Associated Press —

St. Joseph takes care of Clarinda for third straight victory

Posted on June 8, 2016

The St. Joseph Mustangs won their third consecutive game Wednesday as they beat Clarinda 10-4 inside Phil Welch Stadium.

St. Joe’s summer college baseball team improves to 6-2 and 4-2 in the MINK League.

The Mustangs jumped out to a quick lead again as they scored three runs in the first inning. The A’s came back to tie the game with three runs in the top of the fifth inning, but St. Joseph answered right back.

The Mustangs scored four in the bottom of the fifth inning and added two more runs in the seventh.

Kyle Uhrich led the St. Joe offense as he finished 3-for-4 with three RBI. Davey Casciola added three hits, while Peyton Scarbrough had two hits and two RBI.

Dixon Marble earned the win as he gave up three earned runs and eight hits in six innings of work. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter.

The Mustangs are back at home Thursday as they host Joplin. The first pitch is at 7:00 p.m. inside Phil Welch Stadium.

Royals get blanked by O’s, lose seventh straight game

Posted on June 8, 2016

BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Tillman has transcended his role as the ace of the Baltimore Orioles.

Unbeaten since April 14, and riding a seven-game winning streak, the right-hander has earned the right to be considered among the best pitchers in the American League.

Tillman pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs and the Orioles extended the Kansas City Royals’ losing streak to seven games with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night.

Tillman (8-1) allowed eight hits over 7 1/3 innings, matched his career high with nine strikeouts and walked none. He is unbeaten in 10 starts since April 14, 6-0 at home and tied for second in the AL in wins.

“I think fastball command from the get-go was pretty spot on,” Tillman said.” I felt pretty good in the bullpen coming in and I was able to carry it over.”

In equaling his career high for successive wins, Tillman lowered his ERA to 3.01. A year ago, he finished 11-11 with a 4.99 ERA.

“You can make a heck of a living going 11-11 in the big leagues,” manager Buck Showalter said. “But Chris wants to be better than that because he knows he’s capable of it and wants to bring what the club needs.”

Showalter believes the 28-year-old Tillman now understands what it takes to win.

“It’s a certain maturity factor. It’s tunnel vision toward that day you pitch,” the manager said. “Everything you do is leading into that. That’s where he is now. He relishes the day he gets to do his thing.”

Brad Brach got the final five outs to earn his second save and help the Orioles complete their first three-game sweep of Kansas City since May 2011. Baltimore has won four straight and seven of eight.

The Orioles took control with a four-run fifth inning against Edinson Volquez (5-6). Flaherty had the key hit, a bases-loaded double that broke open a 0-0 game. Adam Jones followed with a sacrifice fly and Hyun Soo Kim capped the uprising with an RBI single.

Salvador Perez had two hits for the Royals, who have been outscored 42-8 during a skid that’s dropped them from first place to third in the AL Central. The defending World Series champions have scored four runs over their last six games and been blanked twice.

“Tillman was pretty darn good tonight, I’m going to tell you that,” manager Ned Yost said. “Guys were having trouble picking up his fastball.”

The last time Kansas City lost seven straight was in August 2013.

“It’s very frustrating because I know we’re all capable of playing a lot better,” center fielder Lorenzo Cain said. “We’re all struggling. We have to find a way to get it going.”

Volquez was exceptionally sharp over the first four innings, retiring 12 of 13 batters and allowing just one hit. The trouble started after he got the first out in the fifth.

Two walks and a single preceded the key hit by Flaherty, who began the game batting .213.

There was no extension of the hostility created Tuesday night, when the teams emptied their dugouts in a fray that started when Kansas City’s Yordano Ventura hit Manny Machado with a pitch.

“It was water under the bridge as soon as we left here last night,” Brach said. “Guys came here ready to play.”

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis was given the day off, his first of the season. Although Davis is in a 3-for-29 slump, Showalter said the break was designed to allow some bumps and bruises to heal.

ROSTER MOVE

The Royals made an adjustment to their bench, calling up utility INF Christian Colon from Triple-A Omaha and optioning No. 3 C Tony Cruz to the same affiliate.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Yost said no one on the team was injured in the bench-clearing fray.

Orioles: RHP Yovani Gallardo (shoulder tendinitis) said he experienced “normal soreness, nothing crazy” after his second rehab start. If his bullpen session Thursday goes well, Gallardo could come off the DL next week.

UP NEXT

Royals: After taking Thursday off, KC opens a three-game series on the road against the White Sox. Ian Kennedy (4-4, 3.44 ERA) will seek his first win in six starts.

Orioles: Tyler Wilson (2-5, 4.39) starts in Toronto on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series against the defending AL East champs.

— Associated Press —

Show-Me State Games start this weekend

Posted on June 8, 2016

COLUMBIA, MO (June 8, 2016) — The 32nd Annual Show-Me STATE GAMES will kick off this weekend beginning on Friday, June 10.

The Show-Me STATE GAMES will include a variety of different events this weekend. Among these are lacrosse, high school basketball and volleyball, adult soccer, youth tackle football, pickleball, par-3 golf and swimming.

The Missouri State Senior Games, open to athletes age 50 and older, will also take place this weekend. Seniors from all over the state and beyond will gather in Columbia to compete in this Olympic-style sports festival, which is a qualifying event for the National Senior Games.

The other two weekends of the 2016 Show-Me STATE GAMES are scheduled for July 22-24 and 29-31. These three weekends together include more than 40 different events that are open to all ages and ability levels. Registration is still open for all July events and information can be found at www.smsg.org.

This year the GAMES continued its tradition of running the torch across the state of Missouri with Shelter Insurance® Torch Runs. This spring the torch has traveled through eight cities including Joplin, Springfield, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Hannibal, Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and St. Charles. The final legs of the run will take place on Friday, July 22 in Jefferson City at 11 a.m. at the Missouri State Capitol and in Columbia at Shelter Insurance® at 3:30 p.m. The torch will then make its way to Mizzou Arena for the Opening Ceremonies at 7 p.m. Friday July 22.

— Show-Me STATE GAMES Press Release —

Moss homers twice, Cardinals roll over Reds 12-7

Posted on June 8, 2016

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Moss homered in consecutive at-bats, Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta added three-run drives and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled over the Cincinnati Reds 12-7 Wednesday night.

Moss broke a 4-4, fifth-inning with a two-run drive into the right-field seats, then liner a solo homer that barely cleared the right-field wall in the seventh for his eighth career multihomer game.

Every St. Louis starting position player had at least one hit, and Cardinals relievers retired their first 10 batters as St. Louis won for the third time in four games.

Matt Bowman (1-1) got his first major league win by striking out his only batter, Zack Cozart, for the final out of the fifth with the potential tying run on second base.

Cozart and Tucker Barnhart hit solo home runs for the Reds, who have lost two of three after a season-high four-game winning streak.

Alfredo Simon (2-6) walked a season-high five, allowing six runs and seven hits in five innings. St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia gave up five runs and a career-high 13 hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Cozart tied the score 4-4 in the fourth when he led off with his fourth homer in his last nine games. Barnhart cut the Cardinals’ lead to 6-5 with a two-out solo homer in the fifth after Billy Hamilton was thrown out by Garcia trying to steal third.

Peralta broke open the game in a four-run eighth with his first homer this season. Peralta was playing his second game after missing the Cardinals’ first 57 games following left thumb surgery.

TRAINING ROOM

Cardinals: C Brayan Pena, who hasn’t played this season while recovering from left knee surgery on April 5, caught four innings and went 0 for 2 with a groundout and a strikeout on Tuesday in the first game of an injury rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Springfield.

Reds: RHP Caleb Cotham, on the disabled list since May 31 with right shoulder inflammation, is working to eliminate the soreness, manager Bryan Price said. He has not been cleared to throw.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4) is to make make his 300th career appearance in his start on Thursday at Cincinnati. Wainwright allowed a season-high seven earned runs and 10 hits, including five doubles, over 5 1/3 innings in a 9-8 loss on April 16.

Reds: LHP Brandon Finnegan (2-4) is Cincinnati’s scheduled starter in Thursday’s series wrapup. Finnegan’s win over Washington last Friday was his first in nine starts since April 16.

— Associated Press —