KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Hosmer drove in the go-ahead run with his third hit in a three-run eighth inning, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Saturday night.

Lorenzo Cain led off the eighth with a single against Ryan Pressly (2-3), and Melky Cabrera walked. Hosmer’s single off Buddy Boshers scored pinch-runner Terrance Gore.

Salvador Perez had an RBI double and Alcides Escobar a sacrifice fly to cap the inning.

Mike Minor (6-6) got the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Brandon Maurer earned his second save in three chances since the Royals acquired him in a July 24 trade with San Diego.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eddie Rosario homered and drove in four runs, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Friday night.

Rosario had a sacrifice fly in the first inning, hit his 21st home run in the third inning off Ian Kennedy (4-11) and knocked a two-out, bases-loaded single in the fourth to score Robbie Grossman and Joe Mauer. Rosario has 10 home runs and 28 RBIs in his past 30 games.

Ervin Santana (15-7) gave up four runs and five hits over five innings for the victory. He is 4-0 in nine starts since a July 21 loss. His 15 victories are tied for the AL lead.

Eduardo Escobar had three hits and homered for the Twins in the fifth.

Matt Belisle pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

Andale 39, Labette County 0

Anderson County 50, West Franklin 45

Arkansas City 24, Salina Central 21

Atchison 40, KC Sumner 14

Augusta 19, Clearwater 7

Axtell 74, Valley Falls 24

Balko, Okla. 42, Rolla 26

Basehor-Linwood 38, Spring Hill 0

Bennington 42, Little River 20

Bishop Miege 48, Gardner-Edgerton 0

Blue Valley 55, BV West 7

Bluestem 33, Erie 30

Buhler 37, Andover Central 7

Burlingame 60, Hartford 8

Caldwell 38, Attica/Argonia 20

Cedar Vale/Dexter 52, Altoona-Midway 0

Central Plains 44, Ness City 20

Centralia 29, St. Mary’s 8

Centre 66, Goessel 20

Chaparral 56, Medicine Lodge 15

Chapman 28, Southeast Saline 20

Cheney 74, Belle Plaine 22

Cheylin 53, Wheatland-Grinnell 28

Cimarron 70, Johnson-Stanton County 0

Clay Center 28, Concordia 26

Clifton-Clyde 46, Frankfort 0

Coffeyville 48, Parsons 21

Colby 49, LaCrosse 7

Columbus 20, Pawnee, Colo. 14

Conway Springs 60, Wichita Independent 0

Council Grove 32, Northern Heights 12

DeSoto 36, Bonner Springs 0

Dighton/Healy 53, Oberlin-Decatur 8

Dodge City 40, Wichita Southeast 6

Elkhart 32, Southwestern Hts. 6

Ell-Saline 35, Remington 7

Ellsworth 28, Beloit 22

Eureka 38, Central Heights 20

Fort Scott 56, Independence 6

Fredonia 34, Douglass 28

Galena 28, Frontenac 21

Garden City 16, Castle View, Colo. 7

Garden Plain 49, Wichita Trinity 21

Girard 35, Riverton 0

Goddard 50, Derby 20

Goodland 45, Wray, Colo. 6

Greeley County 54, Quinter 8

Hanover 54, Udall 6

Hays 21, Great Bend 20

Hays-TMP-Marian 49, Ellis 13

Hesston 37, Halstead 22

Hill City 64, Stockton 18

Hoisington 35, Wichita Collegiate 20

Hoxie 46, Lakeside 0

Hugoton 14, Ulysses 13

Humboldt 22, Cherryvale 8

Hutchinson 41, Newton 7

Hutchinson Central Christian 66, Pratt Skyline 12

Hutchinson Trinity 30, Moundridge 19

Ingalls 54, Bucklin 0

Jackson Heights 38, Pleasant Ridge 6

Jayhawk Linn 36, Uniontown 0

Jefferson North 50, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 6

Jefferson West 36, Riverside 12

KC Turner 28, KC Washington 6

KC Wyandotte 28, KC Harmon 0

Kapaun Mount Carmel 21, Andover 0

Kingman 20, Hillsboro 6

Lakin 30, Meade 28

Lansing 67, KC Bishop Ward 0

Larned 28, Smoky Valley 14

Lawrence Free State 49, SM South 0

Leavenworth 16, SM West 14

Liberal 49, Guymon, Okla. 3

Linn 49, BV Randolph 0

Logan/Palco 70, Northern Valley 14

Louisburg 35, KC Piper 7

Lyndon 48, Mission Valley 6

Madison/Hamilton 62, Lebo 14

Maize 13, Goddard-Eisenhower 10

Maize South 9, McPherson 0

Manhattan 31, Washburn Rural 7

Marion 64, Inman 13

Marmaton Valley 50, Crest 0

Marysville 43, Abilene 20

Mill Valley 35, BV Northwest 14

Minneapolis 54, Republic County 6

Mulvane 42, Rose Hill 38

Nemaha Central 55, Royal Valley 14

Neodesha 38, Oswego 6

Nickerson 53, Lyons 14

Norton 40, Plainville 10

Oakley 21, Sublette 0

Olathe East 29, Olathe North 12

Olathe South 21, Olathe Northwest 7

Olpe 20, Caney Valley 7

Osage City 59, Chase County 6

Osborne 28, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 0

Oskaloosa 36, Horton 12

Otis-Bison 56, Ellinwood 0

Ottawa 28, Wamego 13

Paola 34, Baldwin 14

Perry-Lecompton 63, Hiawatha 8

Phillipsburg 23, Smith Center 0

Pike Valley 62, Thunder Ridge 14

Pittsburg 54, Chanute 7

Pittsburg Colgan 31, Baxter Springs 15

Prairie View 21, Iola 0

Pratt 49, Haven 8

Pretty Prairie 54, Fairfield-Cunningham 6

Rawlins County 46, Wallace County 0

Riley County 41, Washington County 0

Rock Creek 42, Rossville 26

Rock Hills 58, Lincoln 8

Russell 49, Salina Sacred Heart 7

SM East 41, SM Northwest 0

Sabetha 21, Holton 0

Santa Fe Trail 36, Burlington 28

Satanta 42, Kiowa County 8

Scott City 23, Holcomb 14

Sedan 24, Burden Central 22

Sedgwick 31, Sterling 21

Shawnee Heights 28, Topeka West 0

Silver Lake def. Wabaunsee, forfeit

Solomon 54, Herington 34

South Barber 46, Norwich 0

South Central 49, Minneola 0

South Gray 40, Trego 26

South Haven 34, Flinthills 26

Southern Coffey 24, Waverly 18

Spearville 64, Hodgeman County 34

St. Francis 56, Triplains-Brewster 0

St. James Academy 38, Blue Valley Southwest 26

St. Paul 48, Chetopa 0

St. Paul, Neb. 48, Chetopa 0

St. Thomas Aquinas 28, BV North 14

Syracuse 32, Beaver, Okla. 6

Tonganoxie 35, Eudora 7

Topeka 42, Junction City 28

Topeka Hayden 20, Emporia 13

Topeka Seaman 47, Highland Park 6

Troy 42, Atchison County 24

Valley Center 21, Wichita Campus 20

Valley Heights 60, Doniphan West 20

Victoria 60, Macksville 12

Wakefield 62, Peabody-Burns 26

Wellington 21, El Dorado 0

Wellsville 34, Osawatomie 14

Weskan 53, Natoma 6

West Elk 56, Oxford 6

Wetmore 62, Onaga 36

Wichita Bishop Carroll 48, Salina South 24

Wichita County 30, Moscow 6

Wichita East 54, Wichita North 0

Wichita Home School 50, Cair Paravel 28

Wichita Life Prep 74, Deerfield 0

Wichita Northwest 37, Wichita Heights 20

Winfield 32, Circle 16

Yates Center 20, Northeast-Arma 14

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The Wakefield Bomber results from the Washington County Cross Country Invitational held at Washington, KS on Thursday September 7^th 2017.

 

Schools competing:  Axtell, Blue Rapids-Valley Heights, Centralia, Clifton-Clyde, Frankfort, Glasco-Southern Cloud, Hanover, Nemaha Central, Onaga, Troy, Washington County, and Wakefield.

 

Place in order of finish on the Wakefield Bomber Boy’s Squad.

 

1^st      Dalton Murray                 So.————-6^th Place overall       19:22

2^nd     Noah Ghent                    Sr.————-13^th Place overall      21:02

3^rd      Alec Vann                       Fr.————44^th Place overall       26:59

4^th      Mason Rohrer                 Fr.————49^th Place overall       28:11

 

Team results for the boys:

 

1^st Place       Nemaha Central               54 Points

2^nd Place      Washington County          71 Points

3^rd Place       Solomon                         81 Points

4^th Place       Southern Cloud                84 Points

5^th Place       Centralia                         91 Points

6^th Place       Valley Heights                122 Points

7^th Place       Onaga                           172 Points

 

Place in order of finish on the Wakefield Bomber Girl’s Squad.

 

1^st      Kelly Flickinger                Fr.————–8^th Place overall       25:33

2^nd     Dakota Swader                So.————18^th Place overall      28:30

3^rd      Mary Williams                 Sr.————28^th Place overall       31:07

 

Team results for the girls:

 

1^st Place       Southern Cloud               23 Points

2^nd Place      Onaga                            50 Points

3^rd Place       Frankfort                        53 Points

 

Wakefield Bombers next Cross Country Meet will be next Thursday September 14^th when the Bombers travel west to Bennington for the Bennington Invitational.

Coach Ladd Braden

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Twins’ Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead runs off ailing Kansas City closer Kelvin Herrera with two outs in the ninth inning, and Minnesota rallied to beat the Royals 4-2 on Thursday night.

Herrera, who has been dealing with a mild forearm strain, inherited a 2-1 lead before giving up a pair of singles and a walk. Brian Dozier hit a tying sacrifice fly, and after Joe Mauer was walked intentionally, Polanco lined a single up the middle for the lead.

Trevor Hildenberger (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless eighth in relief of Twins starter Kyle Gibson, while Matt Belisle handled a perfect ninth to pick up his sixth save.

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City at Topeka High

–Washburn Rural visiting Manhattan

–Abilene goes to Marysville

–Blue Valley Randolph at Linn

–Concordia travels to Clay Center

–Emporia visits Topeka Hayden

–Solomon goes to Herington

–Southeast travels to Chapman

–Wakefield goes to Peabody-Burns

–Wamego is at Ottawa

–Rural Vista hosts Canton-Galva

–Council Grove hosts Northern Heights

–Riley County hosts Washington County

DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice as the Kansas City Royals broke open a close game to rout the Detroit Tigers 13-2 on Wednesday night.

The Royals broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the seventh, then scored seven in the eighth. Perez drove in three runs, while Whit Merrifield had three doubles and three RBIs. Alcides Escobar had four hits, falling a homer short of the cycle.

Jason Hammell (8-10) got the win, giving up two runs, nine hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six while winning for the third time in four starts.

Tigers starter Matthew Boyd pitched six-plus innings, allowing four runs, seven hits and two walks while striking out four.