ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The Kansas City Royals added a fresh arm to their bullpen, calling up right-hander Aaron Brooks from Triple-A Omaha and sending reliever Yohan Pino to that minor league team.

Brooks joined the team before Tuesday night’s game at Texas.

Pino pitched 3 1-3 innings in relief of Royals starter Danny Duffy in an 8-2 loss on Monday night.

Brooks was 2-3 with a 3.51 ERA in six appearances for Omaha.

The Hayden Wildcats improved their record to 18-1 with a 7-0 victory over the Junction City Blue Jays in baseball at Rathert Field Tuesday.

The win came in game one of the doubleheader.  Game two is under way.

Junction City is 10-9 on the season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs have signed six of their nine selections from the NFL draft, including second-round pick Mitch Morse, along with 11 undrafted free agents.

Along with Morse, an offensive lineman, Kansas City signed fourth-round pick Ramik Wilson, a linebacker; fifth-round selection D.J. Alexander, another linebacker; fellow fifth-round pick James O’Shaughnessy, a tight end; sixth-round pick Rakeem Nunez-Roches, a defensive tackle; and seventh-round selection Da’Ron Brown, a wide receiver.

Among the undrafted free agents signed by the Chiefs on Tuesday are former Pittsburg State cornerback De’Vante Bausby, Mississippi State cornerback Justin Cox, Georgia Southern offensive lineman Garrett Frye and Iowa State defensive tackle David Irving.

The Chiefs have their rookie minicamp scheduled for this weekend.

The Junction City Geary County Catbackers annual Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, June 13 at Rolling Meadows Golf Course.

There will be an 8 a.m. check-in and 9 a.m. for the 4-person scramble. The tournament includes greenfees, flighted prizes, lunch, drinks, and mulligans. Reservations for the tournament are due by Wednesday, May 27.

Registrations forms have been mailed by the KSU Alumni Association or you can contact Keith Ascher, Leon Osbourn, Calvin Pottberg, Bob Small, Mike Lentz, or Cecil Aska.

Hole sponsorships are available for $100 for if you or your business would like to advertise at the tournament.  Volunteers are also needed to assist for part of that day by helping with check-in, hole witnesses and cart drivers.

The golf tournament raises funds for the Ahearn Scholarship Fund that supports athletes at Kansas State University.

 

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team defeated Topeka West 10-7 Monday in Topeka.

The contest was a makeup of an earlier game that had been rained out.

The Lady Jays are 7-11 on the season.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas has rejoined the team after three days away on the bereavement/family emergency list.

Moustakas was reinstated Monday before the Royals opened a four-game series in Texas. Moustakas was batting second in the starting lineup.

The Royals optioned infielder Orlando Calixte to Triple-A Omaha.

Moustakas left the team Friday to head home to Los Angeles, and missed all three games in the weekend series at Detroit.

In his first 28 games, Moustakas hit .327 with three home runs.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Adrian Beltre hit his 399th career home run, newcomer Thomas Field hit his first and the Texas Rangers beat the weary Kansas City Royals 8-2 Monday night.

Prince Fielder also homered for the Rangers to back Colby Lewis (3-2), who beat the Royals for the first time since 2003 by limiting them to one run and three hits over seven innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked two.

The defending AL champion Royals didn’t arrive in Texas until about 5:45 a.m. Monday after their 10-inning, rain-delayed victory at Detroit that ended after midnight.

Danny Duffy (2-2), who traveled ahead of his teammates, matched his career high with six walks while pitching only 3 2-3 innings. He struck out four while giving up six runs and five hits.

The Junction City Blue Jay varsity sports schedule for Tuesday includes:

–Blue Jay baseball hosting Hayden at 4 p.m. at Rathert Field.

–Lady Jay softball at Hayden at 4 p.m.

–Junction City girls soccer hosting Manhattan at 6:30 p.m. at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Junction City Blue Jays will send four tennis players to the Class 6A Boys State Tennis Tournament in Olathe.

They include David Graham, Neil Glaser, Kyle Hand, and Angeleau Scott.

The Blue Jays finished third in the regional tournament on Saturday. Hand finished fifth in singles, Scott sixth, Glaser and Graham sixth in doubles at regional.

The State Tournament is Friday and Saturday at the Activity Center on College Boulevard in Olathe.

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State’s Shane Conlon and Nate Griep were named the Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for the period ending May 10, as the Wildcats had two players recognized by the conference for the second straight week.

 

After Tyler Moore and Tyler Wolfe were honored last week, K-State saw its total of conference weekly awards this season grow to eight with the addition of Conlon’s and Griep’s honors. For Conlon, it is his first career weekly honor from the Big 12 while it is Griep’s first Pitcher of the Week accolade. The redshirt sophomore, who earned a top newcomer award last year, is the first Wildcat to be named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week since James Allen in 2011.

 

In a start this past weekend, Griep threw a three-hit shutout against Oklahoma on May 8, leading the Wildcats to a 5-0 series-opening win. The right-hander surrendered just six baserunners (three hits, two walks and one error) to the Big 12’s top-hitting offense in conference-only games. Griep faced runners in scoring position in just one of his nine innings, working out of the eighth-inning jam with three consecutive outs to start a stretch of six straight Sooners retired to end the game.

 

The shutout was Griep’s second of his career, with both coming against Oklahoma. On March 23, 2014 in Norman, Griep tossed a three-hit shutout in his first career Big 12 start, as the next day, he garnered the conference’s Newcomer of the Week honor. Griep is now tied with three other Wildcats for the most shutouts thrown in a career in program history.

 

Griep enters the final week of the regular season among the top Big 12 pitchers, ranking ninth in ERA (2.58) and seventh in batting average against (.217) in overall contests.

 

Leading the conference in hits with eight, Conlon was the Wildcats’ top hitter last week, batting .471 (8-for-17) with three RBIs and four runs scored in four games. In his first game of the week, the redshirt senior recorded the first of his three straight multi-hit efforts by going 2-for-4 at Wichita State. The second of the two hits against the Shockers was the 200th of his career, making him just one of 18 Wildcats in school history to reach that milestone. He later added a three-hit performance in the series opener against the Sooners followed up by a two-hit day on Saturday.

 

In addition to hits, Conlon was among the Big 12 leaders for last week’s games in runs (1st), total bases (T-2nd), RBI (T-3rd), OBP (T-7th) and slugging percentage (10th).

 

After last week’s top performance, Conlon enters this week in the Big 12’s top-10 for batting average (10th, .326) and on-base percentage (8th, .413) in overall games.

 

K-State is tied with Oklahoma State for the most Big 12 weekly awards this season. The eight by the Wildcats are the most in a season in program history. K-State has garnered a weekly award from the Big 12 in each of the last three weeks, totaling five over the stretch.

 

The Wildcats will wrap up their regular season this weekend with the Sunflower Showdown series against KU in Lawrence from May 15-17. K-State and KU are among the five teams fighting for the final four spots in the Big 12 Championship tournament held next week at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Release from Chris Kutz, Assistant Director, Athletics Communications