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Cardinals get blanked by Minnesota 6-0

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fernando Romero didn’t allow a run for the second straight start to begin his major league career, throwing six sharp innings to lead the Minnesota Twins over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 on Monday night.

The victory was a season-high fourth straight for the Twins, who have won 13 of their last 16 games against National League opponents dating to last year.

St. Louis had its season-best five-game winning streak snapped, one night after finishing a weekend sweep of the rival Chicago Cubs at nearly 1 a.m.

Romero (2-0) permitted just three hits and struck out nine while throwing 97 pitches. The 23-year-old right-hander tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his debut last week, a win over Toronto.

Eddie Rosario helped keep Romero’s shutout streak intact in the first inning. The left fielder crashed into the wall and reached over it to catch what likely would have been a two-run homer for St. Louis’ Dexter Fowler.

Robbie Grossman went 3 for 4 with two RBI, and Bobby Wilson knocked in two runs for Minnesota.

John Gant (1-1) gave up six hits and four runs in 5 1/3 innings for the Cardinals.

Paul DeJong had three of St. Louis’ four hits.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: Minnesota manager Paul Molitor said Gold Glove CF Byron Buxton went through running drills in the outfield and plans to run the bases Tuesday. Buxton has been out since April 12 with a hairline fracture in his left big toe, but Molitor said the 24-year-old is expected to travel with the team to California this week and could return then.

Cardinals: Adam Wainwright made a rehab start at Double-A Springfield, allowing two hits in five scoreless innings. The right-hander is returning from elbow inflammation, and manager Mike Matheny said Wainwright will likely return to the Cardinals’ rotation for his next start. … CF Tommy Pham was out of the starting lineup for the second consecutive game with a lingering hip injury. Pham pinch-hit in Sunday night’s 14-inning win over the Cubs. Matheny said the 30-year-old was “lobbying pretty hard” to start Monday and could return to the lineup on Tuesday.

UP NEXT

Twins: After striking out a season-high eight in his last outing, Jake Odorizzi takes the mound as Minnesota closes out its two-game interleague series in St. Louis on Tuesday afternoon. The right-hander is 2-2 with a 4.10 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings this season.

Cardinals: Carlos Martinez (3-1) has allowed one run or less in six straight starts and is second in the National League with a 1.40 ERA.

— Associated Press —

MWSU women sit in seventh after opening day of NCAA Regional

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s golf team sits in seventh after the first round of the NCAA Division II Women’s Regional at Missouri Bluffs in St. Charles, Missouri.

As a team the Griffons turned in a 312 in Monday’s first round and are 11 strokes back of Arkansas Tech, the leaders. Shi Qing Ong turned in a 1-over par 73 to tie her for seventh. The junior is just three strokes back of the leaders, Josefina Haupt of Lindenwood and Ellin Wahlin of Southwestern Oklahoma State.

The Griffons finished in their playing order with Tiffanie Yabut carding an 8-over 79 to tie her for 29th with teammate Chong Yong and others. Jenna Kosmatka shot and 81 and Katie Irvin finished round one with an 84.

Irvin will tee off first for Missouri Western, Tuesday, at 9:50 a.m. The rest of her team will follow in order every 10 minutes leading to Shi Qing Ong at 10:30 a.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Griffons win series against Nebraska-Kearney, earn No. 6 seed in MIAA Tournament

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ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western baseball team (28-22, 20-16) closed out the regular season with a series clinching 7-3 win over Nebraska Kearney (28-22, 21-15) Sunday at the Griffon Spring Sports Complex.

The win secured the Griffons the No. 6-seed in next week’s MIAA Championships. At the end of Missouri Western’s game, the full seeding was not determined, but Missouri Western’s opening opponent was set. Central Missouri’s Sunday loss to Northeastern State made the Mules the No. 3-seed and the Griffons’ opponent Thursday, May 10 in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Missouri Western led 2-0 after three innings, but Nebraska Kearney took the lead in the fifth after two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth. The Griffons answered with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead they never relinquished.

NOTABLES

  • Bailey Zimmer went 3-for-3 at the plate plus two walks. He drove in one and scored once
  • Maurice Bruce went 2-for-4 with two RBI
  • Case Danley went 2-for-4 with two runs scored
  • Brooks Day was 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run scored and one driven in
  • Dusty Stroup went 2-for-5
  • Preston Bailey (5-3) picked up the win in relief for the second-straight day
  • Ryan Smith continued his impressive run as a reliever. He went from designated hitter to closer in the ninth, holding UNK without a hit or run. Smith has allowed just four hits through nine relief innings.
  • It was the final MIAA game for Nebraska Kearney. It was announced earlier in the season, the Lopers’ baseball program will be cut following the season. Prior to Sunday’s game, the Missouri Western players and staff tipped their caps to the Nebraska Kearney team in recognition of the program’s final regular season game. UNK will play in next week’s MIAA Championships as the No. 5 seed.

UP NEXT
The No. 6-seeded Griffons will take on the host, No. 3-seed Central Missouri in the opening round of the MIAA Championships at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 10.

The top-seed in the tournament is Central Oklahoma as the Bronchos play eighth-seeded Northeastern State at 4 p.m. on Thursday. Northwest Missouri claimed the second seed and plays seventh-seeded Emporia State at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Pittsburg State earned the fourth seed and plays fifth-seeded Nebraska Kearney at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The MIAA Championships will be played at James R. Crane Stadium at Robert N. Tompkins Field in Warrensburg, Missouri and all of the Missouri Western games will be broadcast live on ESPN 1550 AM.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest drops final regular season game at Central Oklahoma

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The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Central Oklahoma, 8-3, on Sunday in Edmond, Ok.
The Bearcats are now 30-20 overall and 25-11 in MIAA play while the Bronchos improve to 33-17 overall and 25-11 in MIAA play.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored twice in the seventh and one in the ninth inning. The Bronchos scored once in the first and second innings, three runs in the third, two in the fourth and one in the fifth inning.
– The Bearcats had three runs on 9 hits with three errors. Central Oklahoma had nine runs on 15 hits with one error.
– Hudson Bilodeau finished the series 3-for-5 with one run scored, three RBIs and a homerun.
– Kevin Handzlik finished the day 2-for-4.
– Derek Hussey also went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
– Luke Hassman went 1-for-4.
– Logan Rycraft was 1-for-4 with a run scored.
– Jacob Wagner threw three shutout innings and allowed only three hits and he struck out one batter.

Key Northwest Innings
– After two outs, Rycraft reached on a fielder’s choice and was brought around to score on a homerun to right field by Bilodeau to put the Bearcats on the board.

– In the top of the ninth, Hussey led off with a single to center field and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After an out, Hussey came around to score on an out to the second baseman to conclude the scoring for the Cats.

Up Next
– Northwest will be the No. 2 seed in the MIAA Tournament and they’ll play Emporia State in the first round Thursday at 12:30 p.m.  The tournament is hosted by Central Missouri and all games will be played at Crane Stadium in Warrensburg.

— Northwest Athletics —

 

Moustakas helps Royals top Tigers 4-2, win first series

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas helped the Kansas City Royals win a series for the first time in 11 tries this season.

Moustakas drove in three runs with a double and sacrifice fly, and the Royals beat Detroit 4-2 on Sunday to take three of four from the Tigers.

Kansas City had lost nine previous series this year and split one.

“We’ve been going out and grinding and playing good baseball,” Moustakas said. “Obviously things haven’t really been going our way. Lately we’ve been playing great ball. Things are starting to fall for us. Our staff has been doing phenomenal and our defense is always there. If we keep doing those things, we’re going to keep getting better.”

Kansas City has won six of its last nine games, leaving the Royals at 11-23.

Jakob Junis (4-2) improved to 3-0 against the Tigers this year and matched his career high with eight strikeouts. He allowed two runs and eight hits in seven-plus innings.

“The slider was working,” Junis said. “I had a lot of strikeouts and strikeouts in big situations. Strikeouts are always good.”

Kelvin Herrera retired pinch-hitter Nicholas Castellanos on a game-ending flyout with a man on for his seventh save in eight chances, ending a game that took just 2 hours, 16 minutes.

Matthew Boyd (1-3) gave up four runs and six hits in seven innings, dropping to 2-6 against Kansas City.

“We got a lot of weak contact,” Boyd said. “I made most of my pitches all game, it’s just that Moustakas was one of my mistakes. I didn’t make my pitch there. It’s unfortunate that the game came down to the Moustakas matchup. I threw the pitch I wanted to. I just didn’t execute it like I wanted to. I had a chance to put him away earlier in the count and I didn’t do that.”

Moustakas hit a sacrifice fly in the first and had a two-run double to the base of the center-field wall in the third. Moustakas scored when Salvador Perez singled on a popup that shortstop Jose Iglesias lost in the sun.

Whit Merrifield led off the first with a double and came home on Moustakas’ sacrifice fly. Merrifield stole three bases for the second time in his big league career, the first since last July 2.

Merrifield stole third against the shift and then Soler stole second before Moustakas’ third-inning double.

“We had one bad inning out there defensively where our third baseman (Niko Goodrum) walked off with another guy stealing third and the first baseman (John Hicks) forgot to hold the runner on,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “I’ll put it on myself. I should have just yelled `timeout.’ I should have stopped the game. Guys not familiar with their positions, and that’s disappointing that they ran all over us.”

Hicks homered in the fourth and hit a run-scoring single in the eighth off Brad Keller.

NEGRO LEAGUES SALUTE

The Royals wore the uniforms of the Kansas City Monarchs and the Tigers of the Detroit Stars as the clubs saluted the Negro Leagues. The Negro Leagues Museum is in Kansas City.

QUICK GAME

The game time was the shortest at Kaufman Stadium since Aug. 18, 2016 against Minnesota.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: 3B Jaimer Candelario did not play because of a jammed and swollen left thumb, injured in a swing. … Castellanos, who had three extra-base hits Saturday, did not start because of flu-like symptoms. … Iglesias is getting treatment for a tender ankle, but was in the lineup. “We’ve talked about trying to give him a break, but we didn’t have an option today,” Gardenhire said.

UP NEXT

Tigers: RHP Michael Fulmer (1-2, 2.80) is to start Monday at Texas, which goes with LHP Matt Moore (1-4, 7.67).

Royals: LHP Danny Duffy (0-4, 5.64) is the scheduled starter Tuesday at Baltimore, and RHP Dylan Bundy (1-4, 3.76) starts for the Orioles. Kansas City is 0-14 in games started by Duffy and RHP Jason Hammel.

— Associated Press —

Missouri Western wraps up their first appearance at MIAA Track & Field Championships

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KEARNEY, Neb. – Missouri Western track and field student-athletes completed their first-ever MIAA Outdoor Championships with 14 school records, the first-ever podium finisher and three provisional marks.

DAY THREE NOTES

  • Phil Thompson took third in the triple jump with the 10thbest jump in Division II this year, 15.54m (51′). It was good for an NCAA DII Provisional
  • Graham Buresh took sixth in the men’s 400m with a 48.64
  • Kelsey Cox took seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase with a 12:14.41
  • The men’s 4x400m relay team of Jalen Pauley, Chris Stanley, Spencer Cooper and Graham Buresh took seventh with a school-record 3:18.19
  • Sarah Krig took eighth in the women’s high jump, clearing 1.65m (5-5)
  • Hanna Williams too eighth in the women’s 400m with a 56.59
  • Maddison Roumph set the school record in women’s high jump with a 11.46m (37-7 )
  • Megan Gillen broke the school 1,500m record with a 4:55.68, just missing a points finish in 9th
  • Jordan Garr broke the school record in the hammer throw with a 48.01m (157-6) right after Dallas Thompson had broken it with a 44.12m (144-09)
  • The women’s 4x400m relay team of Morgan Doyle, Maddison Roumph, Megan Gillen and Taylor Robinson broke the school record with a 4:05.32
  • Kallin Sheppard had a personal-record 43.03m (137-11) in the women’s hammer throw

DAY TWO NOTES

  • Jordan Garr took fifth in the shot put with a provisional and school-record 17.02m (55-10 )
  • Taylor Robinson broke the school women’s 400m hurdle record with a 1:07.15
  • Graham Buresh broke the school 400m record and qualified for the finals with a 48.48. He also broke the school 200m record with a 22.08
  • Kallin Sheppard broke the school women’s shot put record with a 12.31m (40-4 )
  • Hanna Williams qualified for the women’s 400m final
  • Sarah Krig finished 10th in the women’s heptathlon with a school-record 4,193 points

DAY ONE NOTES

  • Krig broke the school high jump record in the heptathlon, clearing 1.68m (5-6) and the school javelin record with a 34.8m (114-02)

UP NEXT
The Griffons get another shot at qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championships at the Missouri Southern Last Chance meet on May 12.

— MWSU Athletics —

Griffons run-rule Nebraska-Kearney 16-6 to even series

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ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Baseball (27-22, 19-16) bounced back in a big way on Saturday, evening its series with Nebraska Kearney (28-21, 21-14) with a 16-6 win in eight innings on Senior Night at the Spring Sports Complex.

Missouri Western pounded out 14 hits in the game, four for extra bases. After Nebraska Kearney took its first lead since the first inning with a two-run sixth, the Griffons answered with seven runs in the bottom half of the sixth to stake a 12-6 lead. Missouri Western added another run in the seventh and scored three in the eighth, ending with Fahd Shakeel’s third RBI of the game.

Prior to the game, 10 Griffon seniors were recognized: Nick Schranck, Ryan Fisher, Preston Bailey, Chase Wiger, Levi Schreiner, Dustin Agnew, Trever Carroll, Nate Hunter, Ryan Smith and Adam Jelovic.

NOTABLES

  • The win again tied Missouri Western with Emporia State for sixth place in the MIAA standings. MWSU does hold the tie-breaker over the Hornets with a 2-1 series win.
  • There was a total of 40 minutes of delays in the game. First pitch was pushed back 10 minutes due to heavy rain and the game was stopped for 30 minutes in the bottom of the seventh for lightning.
  • Levi Schreiner went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored. He gave MWSU its first lead with a two-run home run in the first.
  • Shakeel finshed 3-for-6 with three RBIs
  • Maurice Bruce drove in three with a double in the fourth and went 2-for-5 at the plate
  • Preston Bailey (4-3) picked up the win in relief, tossing 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
  • The Griffon bullpen allowed just two hits and no runs over three innings of work in relief of starter Jacob Miller.

UP NEXT
The Griffons try to win the final series of the regular season in the 2018 finale, Sunday, at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest defeats UCO to clinch share of MIAA baseball title

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The Northwest Missouri State baseball team clinched a share of the MIAA regular season title with a 9-8 win at Central Oklahoma on Saturday.

The Bearcats improve to 30-19 overall and 25-10 in MIAA play. The Bronchos fall to 32-17 and 24-11 in conference action.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored once in the second, six runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the eighth inning. The Bronchos scored six in the first, one in the second and one in the ninth inning.
– The Bearcats had nine runs on ten hits with one error. Central Oklahoma had eight runs on 16 hits with no errors.
– Kevin Handzlik finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and a homerun.
– Derek Hussey also went 2-for-3 he scored three runs and had one RBI.
– Logan Rycraft was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a double.
– Hudson Bilodeau finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs, a double, a triple and a run scored.
– Mondesi Gutierrez was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a double.
– Luke Hassman went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
– Aaron Barratt finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs, a double and a run scored.
– Brad Roberts picked up his seventh winning after throwing 6.1 innings and striking out seven batters.
– Trevor Dudar picked up his 14th save of the year after throwing one inning and allowed one hit.

Key Northwest Innings
– To lead off the top of the second inning Handzlik hit a solo homerun over the left field fence to put the Bearcats on the board.

– After an out, Hassman walked and Handzlik singled up the middle, they both would then come around to score on a double by Barratt to left center. With two outs, Hussey singled through the left side to score Barratt and Hussey quickly stole second. Rycraft walked and stole second and both runners would come in to score on a triple to center field by Bilodeau. Gutierrez kept the inning going with a double down the right field line to score Bilodeau and give the Cats the lead.

– In the top of the sixth inning, Hussey singled to first base and advanced to single on a balk. Hussey would then come around to score on a double to right center by Rycraft to increase the lead.

– After an out, Hussey walked and promptly stole second. Rycraft reached base on a single and advanced to second on a throwing error. Gutierrez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Hussey and put the Bearcats up 9-7.

Up Next
– Northwest will conclude the series with Central Oklahoma, Friday May 6, at 1 p.m. in Edmond, Ok.

— Northwest Athletics —

Royals’ rally comes up short against Tigers

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It was hot on the field, and Jordan Zimmermann had been sick for two days. And still the Royals were no match for the Tigers right-hander.

Zimmermann allowed two hits over five scoreless innings, Nicholas Castellanos had three extra-base hits and Detroit beat Kansas City 3-2 on Saturday.

Zimmermann (2-0) improved to 4-0 with a 1.48 ERA in seven appearances, including six starts, against the Royals. This shut-down performance came while battling flu-like symptoms.

“Coming back from that took a lot out of me,” said Zimmermann, who noted the 83-degree first-pitch temperature was the highest of any of his starts this year. “I was happy to be able to go five and pitch pretty well and give the team a chance to win.”

Zimmermann did not give up a hit until Lucas Duda’s two-out double in the fourth. He exited after 85 pitches, waking three and striking out five while battling flu-like symptoms.

“I think more than anything else, your energy just gets zapped when you’re fighting those things all night long and not sleeping well,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We knew it going in. His body was aching pretty good, but he wanted to go. He sucked it up there for almost 90 pitches. He gave us as many innings as he could give us. Pretty impressive.”

Castellanos had an RBI double as the Tigers scored three runs in the first inning off Jason Hammel (0-4).

Detroit held on from there, even after Kansas City cut the lead to one in the ninth. Lucas Duda led off with a double and scored when center fielder Leonys Martin dropped Alex Gordon’s line drive that struck him in the forehead. Shane Greene struck out Alcides Escobar and Jon Jay to strand Gordon and log his sixth save.

“You get in that situation where you’re just one hit from tying it up and really a double away from winning the ball game,” Yost said.

The Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, but Zimmermann struck out Mike Moustakas on four pitches to end the jam.

Zimmermann did not give up a hit until Duda’s two-out double in the fourth.

The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead after six hitters. Castellanos, Victor Martinez and John Hicks had RBI doubles in the first.

The Royals got on the board in the sixth when Abraham Almonte snapped an 0-for-12 skid with a home run off left-hander Blaine Hardy, who was called up Friday.

Hammel settled down after the first and pitched 6 2/3 innings. He gave up 10 hits, walked one and struck out five.

“It is tough to come out and give up three in the first inning,” Hammel said. “I’ve got to do a better job setting the tone. Fighting from behind is not easy. The first inning, I was flat with the two-seam and a changeup to Castellanos I’d want back, just an 0-2 bad pitch. We got some length, but good enough length to lose.”

The Tigers loaded the bases in the seventh, but reliever Brian Flynn retired JaCoby Jones on a foul pop up to third baseman Moustakas to end the threat.

Martinez, Martin and James McCann each had a pair of hits for Detroit.

Jorge Soler went 0 for 4, snapping his career-high 19-game on-base streak and 10-game hitting streak.

DEBUT TIME

Royals RHP Jason Adam pitched a scoreless ninth in his major league debut, walking one, allowing Castellanos’ second double and striking out one. Adam is from Blue Valley Northwest High, a Kansas City suburb. “The first hitter I was definitely nervous,” Adam said. “I think we saw that with a walk. It was just a surreal moment. I had a lot of people tell me to take it in when you jog in and I did.” … Gardenhire said C Grayson Greiner will start Sunday for his big league debut. He was called up Friday from Triple-A Toledo, where he hit .259 in 17 games.

PERFECT ON CHALLENGES

Bill Duplissea, the Royals’ instant replay coordinator, is perfect in nine challenges this year. The Royals are the only team in the majors with a perfect challenge record this year.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: There is no timetable when 1B Miguel Cabrera (right hamstring strain) will return after being placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday. “I can’t tell you if 10 days is enough, only he will be able to do that as we go along,” Gardenhire said.

UP NEXT

Tigers: LHP Matthew Boyd will start the series finale. He is 2-5 with a 7.05 ERA in 10 career starts against Kansas City.

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis has a 5.19 ERA in three home starts this season.

— Associated Press —

Tigers get swept by No. 20 Georgia

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball lost its series finale to No. 20 Georgia, 7-1, Saturday afternoon (May 5) at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers fall to 30-18 with the loss and 9-15 in SEC play. Senior utility man Matt Berler had a hit and an RBI Saturday and junior lefty Tyler LaPlante allowed just one earned run over 6.0 relief innings, setting a Division I career-high with eight strikeouts.

Mizzou RS junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca took the loss, allowing five runs over 2.0+ innings, walking four and scattering four hits. He struck out one and fell to 6-4 with the loss.

TURNING POINT

Georgia manufactured single runs in both the first and second innings, taking advantage of walks in each frame to plate runs. However, the game was put out of reach in the top of the third inning as UGA 1B Adam Sasser hit his fourth homer of the series, a three-run shot to right field, extending Georgia’s lead to 5-0. Mizzou did not tally its first hit until an Alex Samples single in the fourth as the offense struggled to get anything going.

QUOTING MIZZOU

Head Coach Steve Bieser

On Georgia getting to Mizzou starter Bryce Montes De Oca early…

“The biggest thing I saw was that he just didn’t have a put-away pitch. When guys got to two strikes, he couldn’t put them away. He could jump ahead and just couldn’t finish the guys. There just wasn’t much there for him to work with. We were hoping he could go 3.0 innings for us and then go to the bullpen from there and divide the game up that way. You expect after he works out of the first couple innings, which weren’t very good, I was hoping for a better fate in the third inning, and we just got caught too long with him. Big blow there and that took the wind out of our sails.”

TOP TIGERS

  • Junior lefty Tyler LaPlante struck out a career-high eight, allowing just one earned run on six hits without a walk over 6.0 relief innings.
  • Senior Matt Berler had an RBI single in the sixth inning.
  • Senior RHP Andy Toelken pitched a shutout ninth inning.

UP NEXT

Mizzou will be off during the midweek before heading back on the road for the final SEC away series of the season at red-hot South Carolina next weekend.

— Mizzou Athletics —

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