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Northwest soccer loses at No. 1 Central Missouri 4-1

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The Northwest Missouri State women’s soccer team traveled to Warrensburg to take on No. 1-ranked University of Central Missouri soccer team Friday and lost, 4-1. This extended the current UCM winning streak to 31 in a row.

Courtney Killian scored the Jennies’s first goal, which was assisted by Annie Parscale 11:40 into the game. They scored three goals from 58:36-62:31. These goals were scored by Jada Scott, Maria Wilder, and Makayla Toth (all unassisted). Northwest got on the board with 15 minutes left with a UCM own goal.

UCM is now 5-0 on the season. Northwest falls to 1-3. The Bearcats come back home to play Missouri Western Sunday Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. on Bearcat Pitch.

— Northwest Athletics —

Cardinals lose to Dodgers 9-7, wild card lead down to one

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs to back Clayton Kershaw, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7 Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders.

The Dodgers snapped a five-game losing streak against the Cardinals and moved to within one game of St. Louis for the final NL wild-card spot. The Cardinals, who went 22-6 in August, lost their second straight game and fell to 5-7 in September.

Kershaw (8-5), pitching at Busch Stadium for the first time since taking the loss in Game 4 of the 2014 NL division series, struck out eight in six innings, allowing four runs — three earned — on eight hits and two walks.

David Freese tripled on a 14-pitch at-bat against Austin Gomber to score Chris Taylor and Machado in the first. Matt Kemp followed with a single to score Freese.

Kershaw’s RBI single started a four-run fourth and drove Gomber (5-1) from the game. Taylor followed with an RBI double, and Justin Turner and Machado had sacrifice flies as the Dodgers went ahead 8-1.

Machado went 3 for 4, and his solo homer in the seventh traveled 417 feet to center.

It was Gomber’s first loss in the majors. The rookie left-hander went three-plus innings and gave up a career-high seven runs on nine hits.

Cardinals reliever Tyson Ross hit his second career home run in the fifth, sparking a three-run rally. He became the fourth Cardinals pitcher to homer this season, the most the team has had since 1966.

Matt Carpenter had a pair of singles and scored twice. Marcell Ozuna had two hits, an RBI and scored a run.

The Cardinals scored twice and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth. Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen needed 29 pitches to finish the game in a non-save situation.

FAN-TASTIC

The attendance was announced at 40,997, putting the Cardinals over the 3 million mark for the 15 straight season and 22nd overall.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: RHP Ross Stripling will move back into the rotation for Sunday’s game, moving LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu back to Monday and LHP Alex Wood to the bullpen.

Cardinals: C Yadier Molina (left hamstring tightness) returned to the starting lineup after missing six games. He went 0 for 1 with a walk before leaving the game after the fourth inning with St. Louis trailing by seven. “He feels like he can catch without any issue, and clearly he’ll be a little compromised on the bases,” manager Mike Shildt said. “It’s something that we’ll sacrifice him scoring maybe a run, of course clearly we might pinch-run for him late in the game if it’s applicable.”

UP NEXT

The Cardinals send RHP Jack Flaherty (8-6, 2.92 ERA) to the mound Friday night. The Dodgers will counter with RHP Walker Buehler (6-5, 3.09) in a rematch of a duel between the rookies in a 3-1 Cardinals win at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 22. Flaherty struck out 10 in that game, giving up one hit (a solo homer by Joc Pederson) in six innings, while Buehler allowed three hits and struck out nine over seven scoreless innings.

— Associated Press —

Missouri Western’s Ong named MIAA Golfer of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA announced Wednesday afternoon that Missouri Western senior Shi Qing Ong has been named the MIAA Women’s Golf Athlete of the Week. Ong received the award based on her performance at the NSU Women’s Golf Classic in Tahlequah, Oklahoma earlier in the week.

Ong placed second overall in the NSU Classic, finishing +2 with an overall score of 145. Out of the 90 golfers at the event, Ong was the top finisher from the MIAA. She was named to the NSU Classic All-Tournament Team and was just two strokes shy of tying the tournament score record.

Ong won MIAA Women’s Golf Athlete of the Week eight times last academic year. Ong and the Griffons’ next tournament will be the Augustana Fall Invitational on September 29.

— MWSU Athletics —

St. Louis drops series finale to Pittsburgh 4-3

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A small bump in the road.

That’s what St. Louis Cardinals infielder Paul DeJong says Wednesday’s 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates was.

“At this point we’re flushing this one,” DeJong said. “And getting ready for L.A.”

The Cardinals begin a key four-game series against the Dodgers on Thursday. St. Louis leads Los Angeles by two games for the second NL wild card. The Dodgers beat the Reds 8-1 on Wednesday.

The Cardinals are 34-19 under new manager Mike Shildt. They have the most wins in the NL after the All-Star break with 33.

Outfielder Harrison Bader is confident St. Louis can break its two-year postseason drought.

“The best time to play our best baseball is towards the end of the season,” Bader said. “And I think we’re right there. Pitching, defense, offense, I couldn’t be more excited for these last few games.”

Outfielder Tyler O’Neill agreed: “We’ve been playing great in the late innings and had a lot of walk-offs this year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get it done tonight. But we’ll be ready for what lies ahead.”

Jameson Taillon (13-9) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings Wednesday, leaving with a 4-1 lead after the first two Cardinals reached in the eighth. He has held opponents to three earned runs or less in his last 19 starts, the second- longest streak in the NL behind New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom with 26.

“His command and his control were at a premium,” Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. “All of his pitches were in good sequence. It was all part of the package.”

Taillon has gone seven innings or more seven times this season and has limited opponents to two runs or fewer in all of those outings.

“Having a slider helps, it’s something else I can throw,” Taillon said.

Jose Martinez hit into a run-scoring forceout in the eighth inning against Felipe Vazquez, who allowed Patrick Wisdom’s run-scoring single in the ninth. Vazquez rebounded to strike out DeJong and Matt Carpenter with two on to end the game for his 22nd consecutive save and 32nd in 36 chances this year.

“He went to next-level stuff,” said Pittsburgh catcher Jacob Stallings, who drove in three runs. “To get those two punch-outs against those quality hitters was pretty spectacular.”

Pittsburgh has won six of eight. The Pirates won 11 in a row from July 11-24.

Daniel Poncedeleon (0-2), making his fourth start for St. Louis, allowed two runs and five hits in five innings.

Marcell Ozuna had a run-scoring single in the first for the Cardinals, but Stallings hit a sacrifice fly in the second, Jordan Luplow had a go-ahead single in the third, and Stallings boosted the lead to 4-1 with a two-run single off Mike Mayers in the sixth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: OF Gregory Polanco underwent surgery to repair an acute dislocation of his left shoulder on Wednesday. He was injured on Friday in a 5-3 win over Miami and is likely out for the rest of the season.

Cardinals: INF Jedd Gyorko was activated from the 10-day DL. He had been bothered by a left groin strain. … C Yadier Molina remains out with a sore hamstring.

UP NEXT

Pirates: RHP Chris Archer (4-7, 4.56) will face LHP Gio Gonzalez (8-11, 4.40) in the opener of a three-game series at Milwaukee on Friday. Archer is making his eighth start for the Pirates after he was acquired from Tampa Bay on July 31.

Cardinals LHP Austin Gomber (5-0, 2.93) is to take on LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-5, 2.32) in the start of a four-game series against the visiting Dodgers on Thursday.

— Associated Press —

TV & game times set for Mizzou women’s basketball SEC schedule

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball will play 11 conference contests in front of national television audiences in 2018-19, as the Southeastern Conference announced television selections and tipoff times Wednesday. Up to four of Mizzou’s 11 nationally televised games will be on ESPN or ESPN2.

Mizzou’s first nationally televised game of the SEC slate will be a road trip to Tennessee on Jan. 6 (1 p.m. CT), which will be broadcast on ESPN2. After a home contest against Arkansas (Jan. 10, 7 p.m. CT) on SEC Network Plus, the Tigers will then play four consecutive games on ESPN, ESPN2 or SEC Network, beginning with an away contest with Florida on Jan. 13 (2 p.m. CT) on SEC Network. Mizzou will then host Georgia on Jan. 17 (6 p.m. CT) on either SEC Network or ESPN before returning to the road for games against South Carolina (6 p.m. CT) on ESPN2 and Kentucky on Jan. 24 (5:30 p.m. CT) on SEC Network.

Mizzou will hit the road for a road game at LSU on Feb. 4 (6 p.m. CT) on SEC Network before returning to Mizzou Arena for back-to-back games on SEC Network, hosting Texas A&M on Feb. 7 (6 p.m. CT) and Vanderbilt on Feb. 10 (3 p.m. CT). After visiting 2018 national runner-up Mississippi State on Feb. 14 (8 p.m. CT) on SEC Network, Mizzou will host Tennessee on Feb. 17 (4 p.m. CT) on ESPN 2. Last season, Mizzou set its attendance record for a single game with 11,092 fans in a 77-73 win over the 11th-ranked Lady Vols on Feb. 18.

Mizzou’s final national broadcast will be at Arkansas on Feb. 28 (8 p.m. CT) on SEC Network.

All remaining games will be streamed on SEC Network Plus via the WatchESPN app. All of the games included in the ESPN package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network) will also be available through the ESPN app, which is accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

The full 2018-19 Mizzou Women’s Basketball schedule can be viewed here.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Keller shuts down White Sox in Royals’ 6-3 win

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brad Keller pitched seven strong innings to win for the fourth time in six starts, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Whit Merrifield had two hits, two RBI, and scored two runs for the Royals. He also stole two bases to increase his American League lead to 33 steals, including a league-best 12 of third base.

Keller (8-6) gave up one run and four hits and two walks while striking out six. He is 4-1 with a 1.62 ERA in his last six starts, lowering his ERA to 3.04 — leading all AL rookies.

Wily Peralta picked up his 10th save in 10 chances, despite walking two in 1/3 of an inning.

The Royals have won a season-high seven straight at home — and 10 of 11. After starting 11-35 at home before the All-Star break, the Royals are 16-10 since the break. They need to win three of their final nine games to avoid tying the franchise’s worst home record (1998).

Dylan Covey (5-13) allowed six runs — five earned — and six hits in 4 1/3 innings for the White Sox. He walked three and struck out four. He is now 0-6 with a 9.00 ERA in his last six starts. Over his last 11 outings, he’s 1-9 with an 8.59 ERA.

Covey has struggled against the Royals, falling to 0-7 with a 6.37 ERA in nine career starts.

The White Sox scored a run in the third when Avasail Garcia beat out an infield single, scoring Yolmer Sanchez from third. Garcia rolled it sharply to short, but Adalberto Mondesi appeared to take too long to release the throw to first.

Mondesi made up for his gaffe with an RBI single as part of a three-run third for Kansas City. Merrifield blooped a single to short right field, scoring Brian Goodwin. Mondesi followed with a bunt single that scored Rosell Herrera. A bad throw by catcher Welington Castillo sent Merrifield to third. He scored on Alex Gordon’s sacrifice fly to the wall in right.

The Royals added another run in the fourth. Ryan O’Hearn led off with a triple down the right-field line and scored on Jorge Bonifacio’s ground-rule double to make it 4-1.

Hunter Dozier had a two-run single in the sixth to give the Royals a five-run lead.

The White Sox pulled within three in the ninth against Royals relievers, with Tim Anderson driving in Ryan LaMarre with a single and Yoan Moncada scoring Jose Rondon on a bases-loaded walk.

JONES RETURNS

Prior to Tuesday’s game, the White Sox returned RHP Nate Jones from his rehab assignment with Class A Winston-Salem, and reinstated him from the 60-day disabled list. He was placed on the disabled list June 13 with a pronator muscle strain in his right arm. He’s 2-2 and a 2.55 ERA in 27 relief appearances. Jones pitched a scoreless seventh inning against the Royals.

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: OF Leury Garcia remains on the disabled list with a grade-2 left hamstring. “Doing better,” manager Rick Renteria said. “(He’s getting) a little more activity. He’s still feeling some soreness, some tightness when he’s doing certain things. We’re just going to try to make sure that upon or before his return he’s comfortable and everything’s clear. Hopefully that’s coming sooner rather than later, but we’re going to make sure that he’s feeling good.”

Royals: OF Brett Phillips, who has been out since suffering a right shoulder contusion last Wednesday in Cleveland, continues to improve, according to manager Ned Yost. Phillips took 30 more swings off the tee Tuesday. “I still don’t have a definite date (for his return),” Yost said before the game. “But he’s getting closer. I watched him play catch today. That’s going to be a big hurdle. His arm is one of his prized possessions. Once he can get back to throwing with some accuracy and force behind it, he’ll be close.”

UP NEXT

White Sox LHP Carlos Rodon (6-5, 3.11 ERA) will face Royals LHP Eric Skoglund (1-5, 6.45). Rodon has lost his two starts in September after the Sox won all five of his August starts (he was 3-0 in those starts). Skoglund missed more than three months of the season (86 games) with a strained left UCL. He has pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen since his return. He made five rehab starts, going 0-1 with a 3.54 ERA with three different minor league affiliates.

— Associated Press —

Ong finishes runner-up at NSU Golf Classic, Griffon women place fifth

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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Missouri Western senior Shi Qing Ong placed second overall in the NSU Women’s Golf Classic on Tuesday finishing +2 with an overall score of 145. The Griffons finished fifth as a team, jumping up two spots after sitting in seventh after round one.

The Griffons’ first tournament of the season was cut short due to inclement weather, so the NSU Classic was their first chance to compete in a tournament from start to finish. Ong shot a +3 in the second round after finishing the first round one under par. Her overall score of 145 earned her a second-place finish out of the 90 golfers competing at the event. Her impressive finish also earned her a spot on the NSU Classic All-Tournament Team. Ong’s final score was only two strokes short of tying the tournament record.

Chong Yong also put together an impressive final round for the Griffons. Yong shot a 76 in the first round, which sat her tied for 19th on the leaderboards. She finished round two with a score of 74, tying with Ong for the team’s best score of the day. Her play in the second round jumped her all the way into the top-10, as she finished tied for 9th place with an overall score of 150.

Nina Lee finished in the top-25, finishing tied for 23rd with a score of 155.

Griffon Women’s Golf will be away from competition until they travel to the Augustana Fall Invitational on September 29.

— MWSU Athletics —

O’Neill, Ozuna lift Cardinals, help Mikolas get 15th win

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals rookie Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run homer during a six-run eighth inning, Marcell Ozuna drove in three and Miles Mikolas pitched seven solid innings to lift the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5 on Tuesday night.

Mikolas (15-5) gave up a run, five hits and a walk while striking out seven. He dropped his ERA to 2.99, and he got his first victory in five starts against the Pirates this season. Mikolas struck out five straight in one stretch, and the Cardinals improved to 21-8 in his starts.

Ozuna is hitting .352 this season against Pittsburgh. He has 13 RBI against the Pirates and 79 on the season.

Joe Musgrove (6-9) went six innings. He allowed four hits, four runs and two walks while striking out eight.

St. Louis took a 2-0 lead in the first when Ozuna hit a two-run double to left, scoring Matt Carpenter and Jose Martinez.

Corey Dickerson countered for Pittsburgh with an RBI single in the fourth before St. Louis added two runs in the sixth after loading the bases with no outs. After Ozuna struck out, Musgrove uncorked a wild pitch to score Carpenter. Paul DeJong hit a sacrifice fly to center, driving in Martinez for a 4-1 lead.

A wild pitch by Pirates reliever Tanner Anderson with the bases load in the seventh let Francisco Pena score.

Then St. Louis blew it open in the eighth. Pena singled home Kolten Wong from second base, and O’Neill then hit a 3-0 pitch 457 feet into the upper left field bleachers for his eighth home run. The shot knocked out rookie pitcher Nick Burdi, who was making his major league debut.

Pinch-hitter Adolis Garcia added a run-scoring double off Clay Holmes, and Ozuna finished off the St. Louis scoring with a sacrifice fly.

The Pirates scored four runs and five hits in the ninth off Luke Weaver. John Brebbia relieved to record the final out.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Activated P Mike Mayers (right shoulder inflammation) from the 10-day disabled list. He had been out since Aug. 26. … C Yadier Molina missed his fifth straight game with left hamstring tightness. He is day to day. … 3B Jedd Gyorko (left groin strain) is expected to be activated Thursday.

UP NEXT

Pirates: RHP Jameson Taillon (12-9, 3.40) make his career-high 29th start. He had made 18 straight starts allowing three earned runs or fewer. He is 2-1 with a 3.57 ERA in seven career starts against St. Louis.

Cardinals: RHP Daniel Poncedeleon (0-1, 2.67) will make his fourth start of the season and it will be his first appearance against the Pirates. He pitched two innings of scoreless relief Saturday in Detroit.

— Associated Press —

MWSU men finish 10th at Mule Invite, McCarthy ends up 6th

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WARRENSBURG – Missouri Western junior Patrick McCarthy put together an impressive final round at the Mule Invitational in Warrensburg on Tuesday, finishing with a 68 in the final round of the tournament. McCarthy took sixth and was the top finisher for the Griffons. MWSU placed tenth as a team in the tournament.

McCarthy came into Tuesday tied for 14th place before putting together one of the best third rounds at the tournament, going -2 on the day. McCarthy ended the event with an overall score of 209 and finished one shot under par on his first action of the season.

Newcomer Jett Simmons was the next-best finisher for the Griffons. Simmons shot a 72 in the final round and ended with an overall score of 217. Lucas Horseman shot a 220 for the Griffons

Missouri Western will travel again next week for the NSU Men’s Golf Classic on September 17.

— MWSU Athletics —

Missouri’s Cullen VanLeer to retire, receive medical exemption

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COLUMBIA, MO. – Mizzou senior guard Cullen VanLeer will retire from basketball and receive a medical exemption, head coach Cuonzo Martin announced Tuesday. The exemption will allow VanLeer to retain his scholarship, but it will not count against Mizzou’s team scholarship numbers. VanLeer will continue to play a key leadership role in the program throughout the 2018-19 campaign.

“I’m very thankful for the support of Coach Martin and his staff, my teammates, my family and friends, and Mizzou Nation,” VanLeer said. “This was a difficult decision, but one that was best for me, my family and my future quality of life. I’m beyond excited for the season ahead and I’m ready to help lead our team to success in any way I can while I work toward graduation and earning my degree.”

“Cullen is a special young man and I admire his work ethic and his willingness to do everything in his power to better our program,” Martin said. “I appreciate his contributions to the team and I know his leadership will be a significant asset for us during the upcoming season. I look forward to seeing him walk across the stage with a degree in hand in May.”

VanLeer appeared in 94 games over three seasons, making 33 starts for Mizzou. He poured in 378 points and racked up 96 assists and 136 rebounds in that span. VanLeer helped secure Mizzou’s NCAA Tournament berth a season ago, appearing in 31 games while making 19 triples and dishing 30 assists before suffering a knee injury late in the season.

— Mizzou Athletics —

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