ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The Kansas City Royals have acquired veteran reliever Jason Frasor from the Texas Rangers for Triple-A right-hander Spencer Patton.

The trade was made Wednesday, the same day Patton was scheduled to participate in the Triple-A All-Star game. The Rangers will assign him to Triple-A Round Rock.

Frasor was 1-1 with a 3.34 ERA in 38 appearances this season, his second in Texas. He spent nine seasons with Toronto (2004-12), returning to the Blue Jays after being traded to the White Sox in July 2011 and finishing that season in Chicago.

Patton is 4-3 with a 4.08 ERA and 14 saves in 34 relief appearances for Triple-A Omaha this season. He has 60 strikeouts in 46 1-3 innings while holding opponents to a .161 batting average.

The Junction City Blues lost to Manhattan Manko in the second round of their American Legion zone tournament in Marysville Tuesday night.

Manhattan defeated Junction City 14-6.

The Blues play Marysville at 6 o’clock Wednesday night in the double elimination tournament. If Junction City wins that game they will play Manhattan at 8 p.m.  If the Blues win both games tonight they would play in a championship game on Thursday.

Kansas State senior wide receiver Tyler Lockett was one of 55 players named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, presented to the nation’s outstanding college receiver, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club announced.

Lockett joins a list of former K-State greats who have been a candidate for the award, which includes his father Kevin Lockett, his uncle Aaron Lockett, and Jordy Nelson.

Tyler Lockett put together one of the best seasons by a wide receiver in KSU history a year ago when he hauled in 81 receptions for 1,262 yards and 11 touchdowns to rank in the top five in school history in each category.

TOPEKA – The Mid-Plains League is proud to announce the schedule for the 2014 Summer Classic postseason tournament.

Game #           Time/Day/Date                                 Team                                         Team

     1                 4:00pm  Wednesday  July 16             Topeka Senators             vs.       Baldwin City Blues

     2                 7:00pm  Wednesday  July 16             Rossville Rattlers           vs.       Midwest Athletics

     3                 4:00pm  Thursday  July 17                 W – 1                              vs.       Junction City Brigade

     4                 7:00pm  Thursday  July 17                 W – 2                              vs.       Topeka Golden Giants

     5                 4:00pm  Friday  July 18                      L – 2                               vs.        L – 4

     6                 7:00pm  Friday  July 18                      L – 1                               vs.        L – 3

     7                 4:00pm  Saturday  July 19                 W – 4                               vs.       W – 3

     8                 7:00pm  Saturday  July 19                 W – 5                               vs.       W – 6

     9                 12:00pm  Sunday  July 20                  L – 7                               vs.        W – 8

   10                 3:00pm  Sunday  July 20                   W – 9                               vs.        W – 7

The Junction City Blues opened American Legion zone tournament play with an 11-2 win over Rock Creek on Monday evening in Marysville. In the other first round game Manhattan Manko defeated Marysille 7-3.

Junction City will play Manhattan Tuesday evening in the second round of the double elimination tournament. The loser of that game will play the winner of Marysville and Rock Creek on Wednesday.

Kansas State offensive linemen B. J. Finney and Cody Whitehair along with defensive end Ryan Mueller were named to the Rotary Lombardi Award watch list, the Rotary Club of Houston announced on Monday.

The award, which is presented to the college lineman of the year, includes 123 players from 76 different institutions. Finney is a candidate for the award for the second-straight season, while the other two are first-time members of the watch list.

The Mid-plains League will hold their baseball tournament Wednesday through Sunday at Rathert Field in Junction City.

This will be a six team double elimination tournament.

The second seeded Junction City Brigade have drawn a bye in the first round, and will play their first game in the tournament at 4 p.m. on Thursday.

There will be two games each day, Wednesday through Saturday, at 4 and 7 p.m. On Sunday game times are noon and 3 p.m., and at 6 p.m. if a final championship game is necessary.

The 11 and under Junction City Brigade baseball team finished third in the USSSA 11 UAA World Series in Omaha, Nebraska July 9-12.

The winner was from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The only loss for the Junction City team came against the runner-up squad from Shawnee, Kansas by one run in extra innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Eric Hosmer’s RBI double capped a five-run seventh inning and Kansas City avoided a four-game sweep on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Four of the runs were charged to Justin Verlander, who started the inning with a two-hit shutout but loaded the bases on three straight singles.

The come-from-behind win still leaves the second-place Royals 6 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central.

Since June 18 when K.C. beat the Tigers for their 10th straight win and went a season-best seven games over .500, the Royals have gone 9-14 while the Tigers went 17-6.

Verlander gave up six hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked one.

Yordano Ventura pitched 1 2/3 innings in his first career relief appearance and got the win.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Everybody in Detroit’s lineup had at least one hit and scored one run, the season-best offensive onslaught spurring the Tigers to a 16-4 rout of the Kansas City Royals in the opener of their four-game series Thursday night.

The Tigers established a season-high for runs just two days after their 14-5 blitzing of the Dodgers, and took a 5 1/2-game lead over the second-place Royals in the AL Central.

Drew Smyly (5-8) allowed four runs on eight hits and a walk in 6 2-3 innings for Detroit.

Jeremy Guthrie (5-8) gave up a career-worst eight earned runs on eight hits, three walks and two hit batters. He was mercifully pulled with no outs in the fifth, which means the Royals’ veteran has now allowed 16 earned runs in eight-plus innings covering his last two starts.