Posted 2:00 PM 6/18/2013
CHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs have thus far signed eight players selected in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, including left-handed pitcher Rob Zastryzny out of the University of Missouri, who was drafted with the 41st overall pick in the second round.
Zastryzny posted a 3.38 ERA (34 ER/90.2 (More)
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Posted 10:40 AM 6/18/2013 by Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night.
Scherzer became the first pitcher to begin a season 10-0 - with all decisions coming in starts - since Roger Clemens (More)
Posted 10:59 PM 6/17/2013 by Associated Pess
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Shelby Miller pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina had a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
Miller (8-4), who had to wait out a rain delay of 1 hour, 59 minutes to start the game, left due to (More)
Posted 9:52 PM 6/17/2013 by Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) - Pinch-runner Elliot Johnson scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Matt Albers in the ninth inning, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
Johnson sprinted home and slid in safely after Albers' pitch got under (More)
Posted 3:48 PM 6/16/2013 by Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - Ricky Nolasco allowed one run and three hits in seven innings Sunday to help the Miami Marlins take the rubber game of their three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-2.
NL Central leader St. Louis lost a series for the first time since April 26-28 against (More)
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Posted 7:17 PM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay right-hander Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was hit on the right ear by a liner off the bat of Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning of the Rays' 5-3 win over the Royals on Saturday.
The Rays announced that Cobb, who (More)
Posted 7:08 PM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - Carlos Beltran homered from each side of the plate and tripled to lead a 17-hit attack Saturday, and Lance Lynn notched his ninth victory when the St. Louis Cardinals outslugged the Miami Marlins 13-7.
Swinging left-handed, Beltran hit his 15th home run in the second inning (More)
Posted 10:14 PM 6/13/2013 by Shelby Daniels
ST. PETERSBURG - Tropicana Field was all blue Thursday night as the Kansas City Royals began their 4-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The fans did not have much to cheer about as the game remained scoreless through five innings until Royals 2B Elliot Johnson stepped up to the plate to lead (More)
Posted 3:48 PM 6/13/2013 by Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Adam Wainwright became the major leagues' first 10-game winner by pitching seven scoreless innings and sent Matt Harvey to his first loss of the season, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the New York Mets 2-1 Thursday in a classic pitching match up.
Wainwright (10-3) (More)
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Posted 3:10 PM 6/13/2013
JEFFERSON CITY - The Lincoln baseball team will host camps for kids aged 8-18 spanning four days this summer. The camps will be held on June 26 and 27 as well as July 1 and 2 at the Lincoln University Baseball Field.
The camps will consist of two sessions, with kids aged 8-12 working from (More)
Posted 5:26 PM 6/12/2013 by Associated Press
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Lorenzo Cain hit a tying, two-run homer off Jose Valverde with two outs in the ninth inning and Eric Hosmer had a winning single in the 10th, helping the Kansas City Royals overcome Justin Verlander's seven scoreless innings Wednesday in a 3-2 victory over the Detroit (More)
Posted 9:56 PM 6/10/2013 by Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jeremy Guthrie pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Salvador Perez hit a two-run triple and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
Guthrie (7-3) limited the Tigers to a two-run homer by Miguel Cabrera (More)
Mizzou Head Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced the hiring of former Drake University Head Coach Mark Phelps as an assistant coach on Monday. Phelps enjoyed more wins (77) than any Drake head coach in his first five seasons with the program and led the Bulldogs to a pair of postseason...
Once again the 2013 spring semester was a success in the classroom and the community for Mizzou Athletics. Missouri's student-athletes posted an overall GPA of 3.00 in the spring to mark the fourth consecutive semester of 3.00 or higher for the department. Additionally, 13 of Missouri';s 20 athletic programs compiled...
Former Tigers Nicole Hudson and Rhea Taylor were selected to the USA Softball Women's National Team on Friday.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Yesterday we took a look at what former Mizzou baseball players in Major League Baseball were doing and today, we will look at what former Tigers are doing in the minors. Several former Mizzou standouts are very close to being called up to big league rosters by...
Whether you know Brady and Anne personally or professionally, please join me in congratulating them on a job well done. The amount of growth that the University of Missouri has seen in Brady's nine years as Chancellor have been monumental.