The muddy field conditions at Rathert Field were still too wet for baseball Tuesday night. It forced the Brigade and Midwest Athletics to postpone their game on Tuesday night. They will now play a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Rathert Field.

Both games will be seven-inning contests.

Brigade coach Shane Sieben said they had to get the water off the field first, and then let the sun and wind work.  “For the most part it dried out the corners, but we’ve just got holes at third base, shortstop, and a big one at second base. They’re just kind of sunken down, just a muddy mess right now.

The water pooled on portions of the infield. Sieben said, “Big time. Looked like a lake this ( Tuesday ) morning. ”

The heavy rains Monday also cancelled the Monday night baseball game between the Brigade and the Athletics. One of the two rainouts will be made up Wednesday, but there has not been announcement on another makeup date, or if that game will be made up.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Eight games at Bramlage Coliseum, a much-anticipated trip to the EA Sports Maui Invitational and a return to the Sprint Center for the Wildcat Classic highlight the 2014-15 Kansas State men’s basketball non-conference schedule released on Monday.

The 14-game non-conference slate could include as many as 11 teams that participated in the postseason a year ago, including seven from the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Competition could come from as many as 13 different conferences, including the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Mountain West, Missouri Valley, Pac-12 and SEC.

The 112th season of K-State men’s basketball begins Sunday, November 9 when the Wildcats host Division II foe Washburn led by alumnus Bob Chipman in their lone exhibition game. The season officially gets underway less than a week later on Friday, November 9 when the squad hosts Southern Utah for the first time since 1992.

“We’re excited about the team we have coming back, so we felt comfortable taking a step up with our non-conference schedule,” said Weber. “Obviously, the West Coast trip is the focal point with a big road test at Long Beach State and a stellar Maui Invitational field that includes six teams that made the postseason. We will learn quickly about our team.”

K-State previously announced several components of its non-conference schedule, including the Maui Invitational on Monday-Wednesday, November 24-26, the SEC-Big 12 Challenge contest at Tennessee on Saturday, December 6, the Wildcat Classic contest with Texas A&M at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on Saturday, December 20 and the home game with Georgia on Wednesday, December 31.

“However, our schedule is much more than this early portion,” said Weber. “The SEC-Big 12 Challenge game at Tennessee will be yet another test for our young guys against a squad that went to the Sweet 16 a year ago in a terrific environment. We’re also excited to be back at the Sprint Center to play a former Big 12 foe in Texas A&M. We know that our fan base will again pack the place with purple. Just like George Washington was last year, the Georgia contest on New Year’s Eve will be an important one as we start Big 12 play the next week.”

In all, the Wildcats will play 17 games at home in 2014-15, including the nine-game Big 12 slate with visits from NCAA Tournament teams Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas and NIT participant West Virginia. The complete Big 12 schedule, along with game times and television information, will be released at a later date.

2014-15 Kansas State Men’s Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

 

Day                             Date                  Opponent                                                       

Sunday                      Nov. 9              WASHBURN (Exh.)

Friday                        Nov. 14            SOUTHERN UTAH

Monday                    Nov. 17            UMKC

Friday                        Nov. 21            at Long Beach State

EA Sports Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawai’i)

Monday                    Nov. 24            vs. TBA

Tuesday                    Nov. 25            vs. TBA

Wednesday            Nov. 26            vs. TBA

Tuesday                    Dec. 2               NEBRASKA-OMAHA

SEC-Big 12 Challenge (Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.)

Saturday                   Dec. 6               at Tennessee

Tuesday                    Dec. 9               BRADLEY

Sunday                      Dec. 14             SAVANNAH STATE

Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.)

Saturday                   Dec. 20             vs. Texas A&M

Sunday                      Dec. 28             TEXAS SOUTHERN

Wednesday            Dec. 31             GEORGIA

 

Release by Tom Gilbert, K-State Associate Director/Athletics Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The game between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals scheduled for Monday night has been postponed because of rain.

No makeup date was immediately announced.

This was set to be the wrapup of a four-game series between the teams. The Yankees are not scheduled to visit Kansas City again this season.

The following games and events have been cancelled due to rain:

-All Geary County Girls Softball games cancelled.

-All Junction City Junior Baseball games cancelled.

-Junction City Brigade VS Midwest Athletics at Rathert Field cancelled.

Make up dates have not been determined at this time. We will let you know as soon as they are.

More than 500 kids participate in junior baseball in Junction City.

There are more than 35 teams this season, and well over 150 volunteers working to make it all happen.

The opening ceremonies for the 2014 season were held Sunday evening at Rathert Field before the Junction City Brigade baseball game with the Topeka Golden Giants.

Jeff Underhill, Junction City Junior Baseball Association Secretary, said the opening ceremonies were held to celebrate the Association, all the teams from Junction City and surrounding communities, plus competitive programs that travel to play across Kansas.

“We have approximately 500 kids between Junction City, Fort Riley, Ogden, Wakefield, Blue Valley-Randolph, all coming to Junction City to play and travel in area and enjoy baseball.”

The players and their coaches walked the base paths during introductions and had an opportunity to shake hands with the Brigade baseball players.    The Brigade were defeated by the Topeka Golden Giants in their ballgame 4-2.

The Topeka Golden Giants scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning and then held off the Junction City Brigade 4-2 at Rathert Field Sunday evening.

The Golden Giants also scored once in the first inning, while the two runs for Junction City came in the bottom half of the sixth inning. Dusty Mass and Jordan Hodges scored for the Brigade.

The Brigade 1-2 on the opening weekend of their season. Head Coach Shane Sieben said the pitching for the team has probably exceeded expectations. “First two days they came in and we scrimmaged we didn’t pitch very well, and we hit it really well so we were sitting there saying goodness,  we’re not sure if we’re going to be able to pitch it this year but we can hit it.” But Sieben noted the Brigade pitchers came out strong three days in a row. “We saw really good things out of them. ”

The Brigade will open a three-game series against the Midwest Athletics ( 3-0 ) from Peculiar, Missouri Monday night at Rathert Field.  Game time is 7 p.m.   Sieben reported that the Athletics swept a weekend series from the Rossville Rattlers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – James Shields kept making critical pitches to escape trouble, Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas drove in runs and the Kansas City Royals squeaked out a 2-1 win over the Yankees on Sunday.

The Royals have won the last seven games that Shields (7-3) has started, and he’s earned the win in four of those. The veteran right-hander lasted six innings in his latest effort, giving up six hits to the punchless Yankees but only allowing only one unearned run.

The Royals scored both of their runs off Hiroki Kuroda (4-4) in the second inning. That was enough for Shields, who turned the 2-1 lead over to his stingy bullpen and watched it hold up.

Aaron Crow escaped a jam in the seventh inning, and Wade Davis recorded the 500th strikeout of his career during a perfect eighth before Greg Holland survived a shaky ninth for his 18th save.

 

An 8th inning single by Scott Tyler scored Dusty Mass from second base, and that was the only run in the 1-0 Junction City Brigade victory over the Topeka Golden Giants Saturday night at Rathert Field.

Mass entered the game in the 8th inning and singled to lead off the Brigade’s at bat. He advanced to second when Jordan Hodges drew a walk. Tyler then came to the plate with his base hit driving in Mass.

Three pitchers combined for the Brigade to pitch the shutout, including Dalton Shalberg, Jordan Witcig, and Sean Talkington.   Talkinton came on in the ninth, hit one batter, but then managed to retire the side.

The win was the first of the season for Junction City ( 1-1 ).   The Golden Giants fell to 5-2.

The two teams play again Sunday night at 7 p.m. at Rathert Field.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer, Eric Hosmer also went deep and the Kansas City Royals cruised to an 8-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night.

Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar and Nori Aoki drove in a run apiece as the Royals bounced back from an offensively inept performance in a 4-2 series-opening loss Friday night.

Aaron Crow (3-1) retired one batter in the sixth in relief of starter Danny Duffy, and breezed through the seventh to earn the victory. Kelvin Herrera and Michael Mariot finished it off.

David Phelps (1-4) allowed seven runs on 10 hits and two walks in 5 2-3 innings.

Two Kansas State outfielders, senor Ross Kivett and redshirt junior Mitch Meyer have been selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

K-Statesports.com reported that Kivett was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the sixth round and Meyer was a seventh round selection of the Milwaukee Brewers.

A native of Broadview Heights, Ohio, Kivett batted .326 with 42 doubles, 11 triples, 7 home runs, 119 RBI, and 80 stolen bases in his K-State career.

Meyer, a native of Stilwell, Kansas, batted .277 with 30 extra-base hits and a .446 slugging percentage in 121 career games at Kansas State.