KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals traded first baseman Carlos Santana and nearly $4.3 million to the Seattle Mariners for righthanders Wyatt Mills and William Fleming on Monday, clearing the way for Kansas City to bring up hot prospect Vinnie Pasquantino.
Rhodes Leonard qualified for the Junior Olympics in the 800-meter race at the four-state regional meet held in Carl’s Junction, MO in the 17-18 year-old division. Leonard qualified by taking fifth place out of 28. Only the top six advance to the Junior Olympics. This will be his third time competing at the national level. The national race will be held on August 1 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo provided by Mitch Leonard)
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed in just that long. She missed shots, shook her head, rolled her eyes.
On the final night of Cal Ripken Major, Auto Body Experts and Quinlan-Agency.com both won by the mercy rule over their opponents. Although QA.com defeated 10-0 in four innings, Auto Body Experts had a little more at stake against Prime Construction in Pilot Grove.
American Family held off a rally in the final inning by WK Ford to win 9-7 in 8U softball Thursday night at Lions Park. American Family trailed WK Ford 2-1 after the first inning but rallied back with one in the second, three again in the third, two in the fourth and two in the fifth to go up 9-2.
In New Franklin Little League player pitch action on Thursday, GKC CPAs defeated Shelter Insurance 6-4. GKC CPAs never trailed in the game against Shelter Insurance and led 4-2 after one, 5-2 after two and 6-3 after three before giving up another run in the fourth inning.
KWRT shortstop Brayden Viertel applies the tag on New Franklin’s Caleb Beaman in the fifth inning Thursday night in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. KWRT rallied in the seventh inning to beat New Franklin 11-10. BTC Bank won 19-7 over Fayette in the nightcap. In Wednesday’s games, Prairie Home defeated Fayette 20-1, BTC Bank beat Imhoffs 18-0 and New Franklin blanked Central Realty 9-0. In JBR standings after Thursday’s games, BTC Bank stands at 7-1, KWRT 7-2, Prairie Home 5-4, New Franklin 4-4, Fayette 4-5, Central Realty 2-6 and Imhoffs 0-7. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
Pilot Grove Gold and Pilot Grove Purple picked up wins Wednesday night in the Boonslick High School Softball League at Rolling Hills Park by beating Workshop Wonders and Show-Me State Home Inspections 3-1 and 14- 5, respectively.
Boonville Cal Ripken President Mike Watts announced the 9, 10, 11 and 12-year-old All-Stars for the 2022 tournament season. Players selected to the Boonville 9-year-old All-Stars Team are: Radley Ball, Trenton Bartolacci, William Black, Jackson Cobb, Reid Hackman, Knox Howell, Breyden Keys, Noah Mathis, Grayson Mayfield, Peyton Newell, Izak Pritchett, Alex Rapp, Korbin Ruffel and Emmett Waller.
Boonville Ready Mix wasted no time getting out in front of Prime Construction Monday night in Cal Ripken Major at Harley Park. While trying to remain in contention for the title with Auto Body Experts, Boonville Ready Mix came out meaning business against Prime Construction while scoring three in the first and 12 again in the third for a 15-0 victory.