Month: May 2014

Wiley propels T-Bones to win over Wingnuts

Byron Wiley has been struggling at the plate in the early part of this season, but he unleashed himself Tuesday night in Kansas City’s 4-2 win over Wichita at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

Just three pitches into the game, Wiley homered to left field, giving Kansas City an early 1-0 lead off Wichita’s starting pitcher Jon Link (0-1).

Wichita struggled against T-Bones starter Daniel Barone until the fifth inning, when the Wingnuts scored two runs on four hits. Chris McMurray and Carlo Testa both hit RBI singles, giving Wichita a 2-1 lead. Barone left after 6 2/3 innings in which he allowed two runs on six hits and struck out a season-high seven.

Link gave up two more runs in the top of the eighth, when Robby Kuzdale led off the inning with a single and advanced to third on a double by Wiley. Then, with one out, Bryan Sabatella and Nick Giarraputo both hit RBI singles, scoring both Kuzdale and Wiley.

Wiley ended the game with a single shy of the cycle, after he added a triple in the ninth inning that scored Brian Erie and gave Kansas City an insurance run.

The T-Bones (3-3) and Wingnuts (4-2) conclude this Kansas Turnpike Showdown on Wednesday night at 7:05 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

Box scores: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=177648

Man convicted of three rapes after DNA links him to old cases

DNA samples led to the conviction and sentence of a Kansas City, Kan., man in three rape cases.

Henry Dion Sullivan, 25, of Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced to 47.5 years, according to the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office.

Sullivan was convicted of aggravated criminal sodomy, rape and aggravated robbery in connection with an attack on a 33-year-old woman, which occurred on June 13, 2008, in the area of 11th and Minnesota.

He was convicted of two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, rape and aggravated assault, in connection with an attack on a 54-year-old woman, which occurred near 2nd and Central in Kansas City, Kan., on Dec. 22, 2009.

Also, Sullivan was convicted of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy in connection with a Dec. 11, 2010, attack on a 31-year-old woman, which occurred near 13th and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan.

Samples of Sullivan’s DNA, submitted to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in an unrelated matter by the Kansas City, Kan., police, were matched to samples recovered in these cases, the district attorney’s spokesman said.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Sheryl Lidtke prosecuted the case for the state.

Smith graduates from UNL

Adam Ryan Smith of Kansas City, Kan., was among more than 2,900 students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in ceremonies May 9-10.
Smith received a master of arts from the Division of Graduate Studies.
UNL awarded postgraduate degrees on May 9 and baccalaureate degrees on May 10 in ceremonies at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The graduates are from 46 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and 37 countries.