As he left the dugout to pitch against rival Blue Springs in the top of the seventh inning, Blue Springs South starter John Chambers cast a glance to the left field scoreboard. “I knew I didn’t have many pitches left, and I really wanted that complete-game shutout,” said Chambers, who coaxed a 4-6-3 double play from the last batter he was allowed to face to set off a celebration on the field following a 6-0 victory that ended South’s four-game losing streak.
BALTIMORE — Tyler Wells pitched six strong innings to earn his first victory of the season and the Baltimore Orioles used a sixrun fifth inning Monday afternoon to surge past the Kansas City Royals 6-1.
LIBERTY, Mo. — Blue Springs came up short in a quest to repeat as the Suburban Big Eight Conference girls track and field champions.
BALTIMORE — Bruce Zimmermann threw six effective innings and Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 to earn a doubleheader split on Sunday. The Royals won the opener 6-4 when Michael Taylor hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth after a pair of two-out Baltimore errors.
It took a little extra effort, but the Truman baseball team’s winning streak remained intact Friday. The Patriots tied it with a run in the top of the seventh inning and then erupted for six runs in the eighth inning to clip the host Raytown Blue Jays 15-9 in a Suburban Middle Six matchup.
DARLINGTON, S.C. — The NASCAR Cup Series playoff grid is filling up fast and the dwindling number of spots may lead to more of the aggressive driving that grabbed headlines over the weekend at Darlington Raceway.
NEW YORK — Sporting Kansas City didn’t score against the defending MLS champion Saturday. But Sporting didn’t give up any goals either in a scoreless draw with host New York City FC.
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball intends to play regular-season games in London in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox split two games at London’s Olympic Stadium in June 2019.
Eleven months after the NCAA lifted most of its restrictions against athletes cashing in on their fame, college sports leaders are trying to send a warning to schools and boosters it believes have crossed a line: There are still rules here and they will be enforced.
DENVER — Nikola Jokic put up numbers never seen before in NBA history. Not from Wilt.