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The Chicago White Sox took advantage of a rough start from Brad Keller, hanging three on Kansas City in the bottom of the first inning, and never looked back. Keller allowed 8 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. The rough outing turned out to be his 12th loss on the mound this season. Lucas Giolite on the ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired infielder Samad Taylor and right-handed pitcher Max Castillo from Toronto for infielder Whit Merrifield. Taylor, who turned 24 on July 11, has posted a .258/.337/.426 (63-for-244, .763 OPS) slashline in 70 games for Triple-A Buffalo this season, while ranking 5th in the International League with 23 stolen bases. Originally drafted ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired outfielder Brent Rooker from San Diego for catcher Cam Gallagher. Rooker, 27, has spent most of the season with Triple-A El Paso, where he has slashed .272/.385/.605 (62-for-228, .990 OPS) with 19 home runs, 55 RBI, 19 doubles and 5 stolen bases over 61 games. He has ...

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TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FINAL HITS ERRORS ROYALS 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 Daniel Lynch earned his fourth win of the season on Monday night, tossing 5 1/3 shutout innings and striking out seven Chicago hitters. Although the Royals were out-hit 10-6, it was two big swings which game them the win. Salvador Perez homered for the second-straight game, this time in the 4th inning off of starter ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired right-handed pitcher Luke Weaver from Arizona for infielder Emmanuel Rivera. Weaver, who turns 29 on Aug. 21, has made 12 appearances (1 start) for the Diamondbacks this season, striking out 19 batters while walking only five, good for a 3.8 K/BB ratio. He missed most of April ...

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – The Rotary Lombardi Award listed two Kansas State football players among its 77-man watch list, as defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah and offensive lineman Cooper Beebe were named candidates for the award on Monday. The Lombardi Award, which is presented by the Rotary Club of Houston, goes to the top college football down lineman on either side of the ball ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired left-handed pitcher Anthony Misiewicz from the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations. Misiewicz will be added to the Royals 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Omaha. Misiewicz (mih-SEV-itch) recorded a 4.61 ERA (7 ER in 13.2 IP) with Seattle this season before being designated for assignment on Sunday. ...

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The Big 12 and BIG EAST Conferences have announced a two-year extension to the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle, their men’s basketball non-conference scheduling alliance which has been in effect since 2019-20. The extension will include competition in November and December during each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. With each conference adding member schools since the ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The winningest program in NCAA Division I history, Kansas will celebrate 125 years of KU men’s basketball during the 2022-23 season. Upcoming plans for the 125th season will include a reunion of all former players, coaches and staffs. That celebration, plus additional events throughout the 125th season of KU basketball, will be announced after ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas senior safety Kenny Logan Jr., was named to his third preseason watch list of the summer on Monday when he was named to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football. Logan had already been named to the Jim Thorpe Award ...

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State junior defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah landed on his second watch list in as many weeks, as the Maxwell Football Club put out the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list on Monday. Anudike-Uzomah was also on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, which was announced last Tuesday. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive ...