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Cardinals’ fast start gives Lyons first major league win; Garcia done for the season

May 23, 2013 By

Before Wednesday night’s game, the Cardinals announced that starting pitcher Jaime Garcia would have season ending shoulder surgery this week. His current replacement in the rotation, Tyler Lyons, then went out and won his major league debut in the Cardinals 5-3 win over the San Diego Padres.  Lyons pitched seven solid innings, holding the Padres to one run on four hits. Yadier Molina had four hits and Carlos Beltran finished with three as the Cardinals took two of three from the Padres.

Garcia will have surgery on Friday, performed by the team’s head physician, George Paletta. Garcia went on the disabled list Sunday after an increasing amount of pain in his left shoulder over the last couple of weeks. Garcia was shut down twice last season and missed two months and was taken off the postseason roster.

Jake Westbook, on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation, cut his bullpen session short after experiencing pain in his injured elbow.

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Royals go quietly in series finale at Houston

May 23, 2013 By

J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer off James Shields, Jordan Lyles pitched six solid innings and the Houston Astros beat the Royals 3-1 on Wednesday night to take two out of three in this series. Lyles (2-1) allowed one run and six hits. Travis Blackley and Hector Ambriz each pitched an inning of relief, before Jose Veras pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save one night after the bullpen struggled in a 7-3 loss.

Shields (2-5) struck out seven in seven innings while yielding two runs and seven hits. He has gone seven or more innings in each of his last six starts, but hasn’t won since April 30 as the offense has given little support–just five runs combined in his last four starts.

The Royals got their only run in the third when Jeff Francoeur hit a leadoff triple to the hill in center and George Kottaras followed with an RBI double. Alex Gordon walked with two down, but Lyles struck out Billy Butler to end the inning.

 

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Missourinet Mornings–13 a lucky number for our MLB teams (VIDEO)

May 22, 2013 By

Both the Cardinals and Royals finished with 13 hits in their wins. The Missouri Tigers lost in 17 innings, watch the highlights here and Mike Matheny’s kid, Tate, pulls off a gutsy baserunning manuever…it leads to Missouri State’s win in the MVC Tournament.

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Missouri State edges Evansville in MVC baseball opener (VIDEO)

May 22, 2013 By

Missouri State used two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning to steal a 2-1 victory from Evansville Tuesday in the opening round of the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Baseballl Championship in Normal, IL. Travis McComack’s sacrifice fly brought in Luke Voit with the game-winner after a pair of costly UE errors kept the Bears’ big inning alive.

After being held scoreless on just three hits by Evansville starting pitcher Kyle Lloyd over the first eight innings, Missouri State got big contributions from a pair of freshmen to start its late comeback. Tate Matheny started with a lead-off walk from Lloyd, before Spencer Johnson delivered a base hit into shallow left-center field. Matheny went from first to third, sliding into the bag just ahead of the tag of Jonathan Ramon to give MSU runners at the corners with nobody out.

Voit, who had singled in two of his three previous trips to the plate, bounced a hot shot that bounced off Ramon’s glove, allowing Matheny to score the tying run. Keenen Maddox followed with another bouncer to third that got through Ramon and into left field to load the bases.  With one out, McComack came through, lofting Lloyd’s 131st pitch of the game into left for the game-ending sacrifice.

With the win, the Bears will take on top seeded Illinois State tonight at 7:30.

Watch MSU coach Keith Guttin, courtesy Missouri Valley Conference

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Mizzou baseball loses in 17 innings at SEC Tournament (VIDEO)

May 22, 2013 By
Rob Zastryzny delivers a pitch Tuesday night against the Bulldogs, during the SEC Tournament. (Mizzou Athletics)

Rob Zastryzny delivers a pitch Tuesday night against the Bulldogs, during the SEC Tournament. (Mizzou Athletics)

The Missouri Tigers baseball season came to an end on the opening day of the SEC Tournament as the Tigers were eliminated by fifth seeded Mississippi State, 2-1, in 17 innings, Tuesday night in Hoover, AL.

Junior ace Rob Zastryzny went 9.0 innings, allowing just seven hits and one earned run while striking out seven along with two walks. He threw 124 pitches. Keaton Steele went 7.0 innings, allowing no earned runs while scattering eight hits and striking out five.

Mizzou grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third when Brannon Champagne lined a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. On a second pitch in the dirt, Champagne darted for third and then scored on a wild throw by the catcher that went into left field.

Zastryzny’s only blemish was a two out single in the fifth that tied the game at 1-1. It stayed that way until the 17th, when the Bulldogs scored again on a two out single after a leadoff walk given up by Jake Walsh, who entered in the final inning.

The loss ends Mizzou’s season as it drops to 18-32 on the year, its inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference. The game played on Tuesday tied the longest in SEC history and was the longest game in Mizzou history. The game lasted four hours and 39 minutes, and despite going 17 innings, Mizzou used just three pitchers. Junior lefty Jake Walsh (Plano, Texas) earned the loss while the win went to Will Cox, who went 3.0 innings, allowing just one hit and striking out two.

Watch the highlights courtesy of SEC Video

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