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Alex Gordon homered and Kyle Davies beat Detroit for the first time in six home starts, leading Kansas City past the Tigers 2-1 on a warm, windy Sunday afternoon. Davies (7-9) went six innings and allowed only three hits and one run, a home run by Casper Wells in the fifth. He walked three and struck out four after coming in with an 0-5 record and a 6.59 ERA in five starts against the Tigers in Kauffman Stadium. Joakim Soria had two strikeouts while pitching a perfect ninth to extend his club record with 30 consecutive saves.

The Detroit Tigers have acquired veteran infielder Wilson Betemit from the Kansas City Royals for Class-A prospects. Betemit hit .281 in 57 games for the Royals, but lost playing time when the Royals promoted rookie third baseman Mike Moustakas from Triple-A Omaha on June 10. Betemit started only five games and had 23 at-bats after Moustakas' arrival. The Royals received left-handed pitcher Antonio Cruz, who was 2-6 with a 3.11 earned run average in 22 games, including 10 starts, with West Michigan in the Midwest League, and catcher Julio Rodriguez, who was hitting .283 in 66 games with Lakeland in the Florida State League.

The Kansas City Royals' game in Detroit against the Tigers has been postponed by rain. The teams have scheduled a makeup game for Sept. 1 at 1:05 p.m. That was supposed to be an off day for both teams after playing three games against each other Aug. 29-31 in Detroit. Sunday's game was called a couple hours before the first pitch, with the steady rain at Comerica Park showing no signs of letting up. Detroit was set to try for a three-game sweep of the Royals and its eighth straight victory overall.

Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night. Max Scherzer (2-0) got the win, allowing five runs in five innings, with three Tigers relievers finishing the game. Valverde, called up earlier in the day, returned to the Tigers with a perfect ninth inning. Valverde lost the closing role during the postseason and wasn't offered a contract, but signed a minor-league deal earlier this month and returned to Detroit after a short minor-league stint.

An amazing touchdown grab by Cornelius Gallon on fourth and goal near the end of regulation forced overtime at Southwest Baptist on Saturday (Oct. 13). After SBU kicked a field goal to open the overtime period, Tanner Hageman lifted the Tigers to victory with a 7-yard touchdown reception from Tarean Austin . Gallon had three receiving touchdowns in the game for FHSU, the biggest his game-tying touchdown with three seconds to go. Gallon was diving out of the back of the endzone on a pass from Anthony Sheppard , who had just entered the game two plays earlier for an injured Austin , and made the reception dragging his foot inbounds to tie the game at 31-31.

Diego Cabral earned 2011 Daktronics NCAA Division II men's soccer All-America Third Team honors, announced Nov. 30. Cabral is the first All-American for the Tiger men's soccer program, which completed their inaugural season in 2011 with a 11-5-2 record, including a 10-game unbeaten streak.   Cabral, a freshman midfielder from Asuncion, Paraguay, led the Tigers with 12 assists. Not only did Cabral lead the Tigers in assists, he led the South Central Region and ranked third nationally in Division II. Averaging .667 assists a game ranked Cabral second in Division II as well.

The Tiger football team fell to the 7th-ranked Griffons of Missouri Western by a score of 21-3 in Hays on Saturday evening. It was the third straight ranked opponent for the Tigers, who fell to 0-4 overall and 0-4 in the MIAA with the loss. Missouri Western moved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the MIAA. Fort Hays State did a much better job of keeping its defense off the field by putting together time-consuming drives in the first quarter. They had the ball for 9:22 in the opening frame of the game to keep the high-powered Griffon offense off the field.

Fort Hays State trailed by just nine points at halftime to No. 12 ranked Washburn on Saturday, but missed opportunities in the third quarter allowed Washburn to pull away for a 45-20 win. The loss drops FHSU to 3-6 overall and 2-5 in the MIAA.   On their first drive of the second half, Fort Hays State drove the ball into Washburn territory, but an interception thrown by Anthony Sheppard stopped the drive that potentially could have put the Tigers within one score. On the next drive, the Tigers took the ball inside the Ichabod redzone, but Tyler Kimbrough missed a 27-yard attempt that would have put the Tigers within six.   The Tigers tried valiantly to stop the Ichabods on the goal line late in the third quarter, but Sean McPherson barely got in the endzone on 4 th -and-1.

Fort Hays State picked up its first win of the season at Truman on Saturday (Sept. 29) by a score of 37-23, moving to 1-4 overall and 1-4 in the MIAA. The Tiger offense came alive with 541 yards of total offense in the game, the most yards of total offense for FHSU since a 529-yard performance in a road win at Central Oklahoma last year. A 67-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tarean Austin sealed the win for FHSU with 42 seconds remaining in the game. The last time FHSU had more yards of total offense in a game was 2010 in the season finale at Missouri Western with 559. The Tigers churned out 348 rushing yards in the game, the second straight year that they rushed for over 300 yards against Truman.

Both teams struggled early on offense, but the Tigers pulled away in the second half to grind out a victory at Nebraska-Kearney in the season opener by a score of 65-51. The Tigers led by just two points at halftime, but went on a 9-0 run midway through the second half after the game was tied. The Tigers kept the Lopers at arms length the remainder of the game. Markus Yarbrough's size inside played a big factor in the second half. He scored the first five points of the 9-0 run by the Tigers in the second half.

Fort Hays State, the No. 1 seed in the Central Regional 1 Tournament held in Hays, Kan., saw its amazing 2013 season come to a close on Sunday afternoon (May 12) at the hands of Central Oklahoma. The 19th-ranked Bronchos defeated the 10th-ranked Tigers 7-1 to win the regional championship game. The Tigers ended their year at 47-12 overall, the best season in school history by far, eclipsing the previous school record for wins by 12. Central Oklahoma, just as it did in the winner's bracket against FHSU on Saturday, jumped out to a fast start with four runs in the first inning.

So what exactly constitutes if Tiger Woods is back or not? What does it mean to be "back?" Does he need a major to win? Does he have to win the Ryder Cup by himself? Does he have to mow down the field at every tournament and win by 10 shots? Woods won the Players Championship today by two shots against the best field outside of a major championship. The Players is considered the fifth major, because it is such a tough event. And he looked in control the whole time, except for one hole where the tee shot got away from him. In a word, he was dominant and that's what Tiger of old was. SO I say he is back.

Alex Gordon's grand slam highlighted a five-run 10th inning for the Kansas City Royals, who rallied against the Detroit bullpen for an 8-3 win Thursday after Tigers ace Justin Verlander left with a thumb injury. George Kottaras put the Royals ahead 4-3 with a bases-loaded walk off Phil Coke (0-3). Darin Downs came on for Detroit after that, but Gordon broke the game open one out later with his homer over the center-field wall. Verlander is day-to-day with what the team said was cracked skin on his throwing thumb.

Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night. Max Scherzer (2-0) got the win, allowing five runs in five innings, with three Tigers relievers finishing the game. Valverde, called up earlier in the day, returned to the Tigers with a perfect ninth inning. Valverde lost the closing role during the postseason and wasn't offered a contract, but signed a minor-league deal earlier this month and returned to Detroit after a short minor-league stint.

When a circus tiger got out over the weekend in Salina, FactFinder Investigators wanted to know how this could happen. We spoke with the tiger's owner, Doug Terranova, and he said he thinks it was human error. Terranova described how he and his staff were able to corner the tiger in the women's bathroom. "I went in on one in and the trainer went in on the other end," he said. "And from that point on it was a matter of bringing the transport cage to her opening the door and having her jump back in her cage, which she gladly did. " Click here to see a letter from a Salina veterinarian on the tiger escape The tiger was later examined by a veterinarian to make sure there was nothing wrong with her. The vet found the tiger in good health and without defect.

A circus tiger on the loose greets a Salina woman in a restroom.  Not the experience she expected on her first trip to the circus with her family.  And she wasn't the only one with a close encounter at the Bicentennial Center. "It was a pretty quick event," said Jenna Krehbiel.  She wasn't talking about her first trip to the circus, but about what happened between acts on Sunday.  "The tiger show had just finished and I thought, 'Well, this would be a good time to head to the bathroom and be back before the next show,'" said Krehbiel.

Tiger Woods got a reprieve Saturday in the Masters when he was given a two-shot penalty for a bad drop but allowed to stay in the tournament. Woods' shot on the 15th hole of the second round hit the flag stick and bounced back into the water. He took his penalty drop two yards behind where he hit the original shot, which was a violation of the rules. Augusta National added the two-shot penalty to his score, meaning he had a 73 instead of a 71 and now is five shots out of the lead.

China's Tianlang Guan shot 73 at the Master's on Thursday which, in and of itself, isn't overly impressive - until you learn that Guan is 14 years old. That's 14 as in popping zits and still finding humor in fart jokes---are you kidding me? Masterful? I wish that Tiger Woods hadn't gone with the 'winning takes care of everything' tag in his latest Nike spot. It has too much of a double entendre - sure, we all know about his struggles to get back to the world's top ranking, but the thought that winning takes care of his continuous infidelities is ridiculously arrogant.

Sixth seeded Fort Hays State jumped ahead early and did not look back as they knocked off third seed Northeastern State in the quarterfinal round. The Tiger held the RivherHawks to just .280 shooting as they rolled to a 61-42 win.  Northeastern State took their only lead of the ballgame at the 19:37 mark of the first half before FHSU scored the next five points and stayed ahead for good. FHSU got up by as much as 16 points in the first half before settling for a 34-20 first half advantage.

Fort Hays State led from start to finish in a 70-57 win over Lincoln in the MIAA Tournament Opening Round on Tuesday evening in Hays. Now at 21-6 overall, Fort Hays State, the No. 6 seed, will play No. 3 seed Northeastern State in the quarterfinals on Friday at 8:15 pm at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Fort Hays State opened the game on a 13-0 run and led by double figures all the way until halftime. The Lady Tigers led by as many as 18 in the opening half, but the Blue Tigers cut the lead down to 11, 39-28 at halftime.