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  Six Tigers Land on Academic All-Big 12 Team

  

  Posted 10:35 AM 5/16/2012

  COLUMBIA -- The Mizzou baseball team landed six student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Team, as announced by the league office on Tuesday. In all, four Tigers landed on the first team while two additional Tigers were recognized on the second team. Junior Andreas Plackis was one of three (More)

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  Royals Earn 2-Game Sweep of Rangers

  

  Posted 9:56 AM 5/16/2012 by Associated Press

  ARLINGTON, TX (AP) -- On the road against the American League's best offense isn't the most ideal way to make your season debut. Vin Mazzaro made the most of it.

  Mazzaro kept Texas' potent lineup in check for five innings, and Billy Butler and Brayan Pena each drove in a pair of runs to (More)

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  Rock Bridge's Ryan Phillips Hits the Right Note, On & Off the Field

  

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  Posted 9:03 PM 5/15/2012 by Eric Blumberg

  COLUMBIA -- In 2006 Ryan Phillips led a Columbia team to the Little League World Series. His time in the spotlight as one of the state's best amateur baseball players hasn't stopped since, and neither has his success.

  Phillips was a freshman when Rock Bridge baseball won its first district (More)

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  Cardinals Place Jay on DL with Shoulder Injury

  

  Posted 7:55 PM 5/15/2012 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Cardinals have placed center fielder Jon Jay on the 15-day disabled list with reoccurring shoulder soreness.

  Jay injured his right shoulder when he banged into an outfield wall last month. He's 3-for-18 on the homestand with one hit, a bunt single, in his last 15 (More)

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  Molina, Cardinals Rally Past Cubs to Avoid Winless Homestand

  

  Posted 7:49 PM 5/15/2012 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mike Matheny was feeling a bit giddy after the St. Louis Cardinals avoided an 0-5 homestand.

  "There's going to be some loud music playing in the clubhouse, and there's going to be some crazy stuff on the plane, too," Matheny said after Yadier Molina's RBI single with two (More)

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  Royals Top Rangers to Earn Third Straight Win

  

  Posted 7:51 AM 5/15/2012 by Associated Press

  ARLINGTON, TX (AP) -- Kansas City starter Bruce Chen was changing speeds, moving pitches inside and outside.

  Chen kept Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers off balance while pitching into the seventh inning for the Royals to win his second start in a row, 3-1 over the AL West leaders Monday (More)

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  Cardinals Recall Sanchez, Release Romero

  

  Posted 10:35 PM 5/14/2012 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled right-handed reliever Eduardo Sanchez from Triple-A Memphis and released struggling lefty J.C. Romero.

  The 23-year-old Sanchez was 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA in 14 appearances in the minors but did not allow a run in his last five outings. (More)

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  Dempster Still Winless but Cubs Beat Cardinals

  

  Posted 10:28 PM 5/14/2012 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Alfonso Soriano singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs sent the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight loss at home with a 6-4 victory on Monday night.

  Bryan LaHair had three hits for the Cubs, including a two-run homer to break a (More)

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  Three Westminster Baseball Players Earn SLIAC Awards

  

  Posted 7:47 PM 5/14/2012

  FULTON, MO -- Three members of the 2012 Westminster College baseball squad have earned St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors.

  Sophomore outfielder Andy Pichler, St. Louis, was named to the all-tournament team after the conclusion of this past weekend's event. Pichler (More)

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  Braves Complete Sweep of Cardinals, Hand Lynn First Loss

  

  Posted 8:11 PM 5/13/2012 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- All weekend, the Atlanta Braves got the key hits, got the big outs from their pitchers. Jason Heyward had just three hits, but two of them put them ahead for good.

  Heyward ended a 10-pitch at-bat with a bases-clearing double in third inning, helping the Braves give rookie (More)

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  Royals Rip White Sox in the 9th; Duffy Exits with Hurt Elbow

  

  Posted 8:05 PM 5/13/2012 by Associated Press

  CHICAGO (AP) -- The Kansas City Royals lost their starting pitcher in the first inning and were in the middle of a listless day at the plate before Johnny Giavotella turned it all around with one big swing.

  Giavotella hit a two-run double off Matt Thornton in the seventh inning and Jeff (More)

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  Mizzou Baseball Drops Home Finale

  

  Posted 7:55 PM 5/13/2012

  COLUMBIA -- The Mizzou baseball team battled from as far as three runs back to take a 6-4 lead, but the Memphis Tigers scored three runs over the last three innings to steal Missouri's home finale by a final score of 8-7. Dane Opel supplied offensive fireworks for the Tigers with his three-run (More)