June 19, 2013

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Mules infielder signs with Cardinals

June 19, 2013 By
St. Louis Cardinals 1st round pick pitcher Rob Kaminsky tries on a jersey for the first time after signing his contract at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 18, 2013. The left handed pitcher Kaminsky was the 28th overall selection from St. Joseph's Regional High School in New Jersey. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

St. Louis Cardinals 1st round pick pitcher Rob Kaminsky. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The St. Louis Cardinals signed nine players including seven draft picks and two non-drafted free agents, which included the inking of one of their first round draft picks. 28th overall selection from St. Joseph’s Regional High School in New Jersey, left-handed pitcher Rob Kaminsky was at Busch Stadium.

Also signed by the Cardinals was free agent Central Missouri infielder Kyle Grieshaber. Grieshaber was a second team All-MIAA and second team All-Region pick as a utilityman this year for the Mules after hitting .354 with 18 doubles, a team-best nine home runs and 56 RBI. He played centerfield, second base and third base for Central Missouri and projects as an infielder in the professional ranks.

The Chesterfield, Mo. native will begin his professional career on Thursday, June 20 for the Johnson City Cardinals, St. Louis’ Rookie League affiliate, in the Appalachian League.

Also signed by the Cardinals, pitcher Andrew Pierce (8th round, Southern Mississippi), infielder Richy Pedroza (17th round, Cal-State Fullerton), infielder J.J. Altobelli (18th round, Oregon), pitcher Michael Holback (25th round, Cal Poly-SLO), pitcher Will Anderson (26th round, Fresno State) and Justin Ringo (28th round, Stanford) and Frankie Rodriguez, a 17-year old free agent catcher from Puerto Rico.

 

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Missourinet Mornings, Molina could be making history (VIDEO)

June 19, 2013 By

I’m glad to be back after a few days off. Not really a restful, extended weekend, but I think I’m refreshed and ready to get back into the swing of things.  Speaking of swings, how about Yadier Molina? He has a chance to be the first catcher in the NL to win a batting title since 1942!  Shane Robinson, I don’t fault the Cardinals reserve for doing what he did, but trying to play himself off as the victim of a bad call, makes him look worse.

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Haith adds former Drake coach to his bench

June 19, 2013 By
Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

Mizzou Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced the hiring of former Drake University Head Coach Mark Phelps as an assistant coach. Phelps replaces Rick Carter who took the head job at Xavier.  Phelps was fired after last season.  Drake went 77-86 in five seasons. Phelps has 17 seasons of experience as both a head coach and assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level and three of his final four recruiting classes at Drake ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the Missouri Valley Conference by various national recruiting services.

“We are all so excited to welcome Mark into our basketball family,” Head Coach Frank Haith said. “I’ve known Mark for a number of years and have always admired his approach to the game of basketball. He is tireless with his preparation and gets the most out of his players because he is there putting in the work with them. When we had this opening become available Mark was my first call and it speaks well of Mizzou that we were able to recruit him away from some other great programs.”

“I’m extremely honored to have the opportunity to join Coach Haith’s staff here at Missouri and I want to thank Coach Haith, Mike Alden and the administration for giving me this opportunity to continue my coaching career as a Tiger,” Phelps said. ”It goes without saying, but I have a great deal of respect for Coach Haith and how he runs his program. He has distinguished himself as one of the elite coaches throughout his climb in our profession. We saw the fantastic job he did at Miami when we were at N.C. State and he has brought that same winning pedigree here to Mizzou.”

Phelps spent two years as the Associate Head Coach at Arizona State following his 10 seasons at N.C. State, and the Sun Devils saw remarkable improvement going from 8-22 his first season to 21-13 and a postseason appearance in year two.

 

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What went wrong for Wainwright (AUDIO)

June 19, 2013 By
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright adjusts his cap after giving up a back to back home run to Chicago Cubs Cody Ransom in the first inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 18, 2013. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Adam Wainwright adjusts his cap after giving up a back to back home run to Chicago Cubs. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Adam Wainwright admitted his mechanics were flawed in the first inning Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs. After watching video of himself in the tunnel, he made corrections, but not before the damage was done in a 4-2 loss.

AUDIO Wainwright explains what went wrong (:50)

Wainwright gave up all four runs in the first inning after retiring the first two hitters. The Cubs took Wainwright deep twice, getting a two-run shot from Ryan Sweeney and a solo homer from Cody Ransom.

Jeff Samardzija picked up his first win the month of June as a starter as he pitched into the ninth for his fourth win. Samardzija gave up two runs on seven hits and left with a 4-1 lead. He struck out six and walked one for his first win since May 27.

David Freese grounded into three double plays including one that ended the game. Yadier Molina went 3 for 3 and is now hitting .367. Joe Mauer, catcher for the Twins won a batting title in 2006, the first AL catcher to accomplish that feat. If Molina finishes as the top hitter in the National League, he’ll become the first catcher to win the batting title in that league since 1942. Ernie Lombardi accomplished the feat twice, in 1938 and 1942. Bubbles Hargrave was the only other catcher to win a battle title, back in 1926.

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Baserunner blunder costs Royals

June 19, 2013 By

The Royals had three singles and a walk in the ninth inning, but were unable to score. David Lough got hung up in a rundown between home and third after failing to stop at third on a single by Alcides Escobar. While he barely made it back safely, Mike Moustakas to get tagged out at third as both runners were at the same base. The Royals failed to tie the game and lost 4-3 at Cleveland.

The Indians were held in check through the first seven innings as Ervin Santana held the Tribe to one run on three hits and two walks. Cleveland rallied in the eighth off Kelvin Herrera (3-5) and Tim Collins. Michael Bourn and Jason Kipnis delivered RBI hits before Michael Brantley drove in Mike Aviles with the go-ahead run.

Eric Hosmer scored in the eighth after he reached on a three-base throwing error, when Salvador Perez singled. Hosmer brought a run in the third when he grounded out after Ubaldo Jimenez walked Escobar and Alex Gordon, then threw a wild pitch moving both runners up for Hosmer. Gordon then scored on another Jimenez wild pitch.

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