Month: July 2015

Accidents reported in construction zone on I-70

Three vehicles on eastbound I-70 were involved in accidents in a construction zone at 5:25 p.m. Monday west of the 57th Street exit.

According to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, three vehicles were eastbound on I-70 near the 57th Street exit when they came to backed-up traffic in a construction zone.

The three vehicles made evasive maneuvers toward the inside shoulder, the trooper’s report stated.

An Oldsmobile Aurora rear-ended a Toyota Sienna, the report stated. A Ford pickup truck then struck the median wall and hit the back of the Aurora, pushing it forward into the Sienna for a second time, the trooper’s report stated.

The driver of the Aurora, a 44-year-old Olathe man, had a possible injury, according to the report.

The driver of the Sienna, a 43-year-old man from Salina, Kan., was not injured, the report said. An 8-year-old girl in the Sienna had a possible injury, according to the report.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 25-year-old man from Raymore Mo., was not injured, the report stated. A 27-year-old passenger in the pickup truck from Raymore, Mo., had a possible injury, according to the report.

Sporting KC continues U.S. Open Cup run on Tuesday night in KCK

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Sporting Kansas City continues its run in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday night in a match with the Houston Dynamo in Kansas City, Kan.

Tickets for the quarterfinal match are included in Sporting Kansas City season ticket packages as Special Game A and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 888-4KC-GOAL.

The live stream, presented by the Darol Rodrock Foundation, will be available on SportingKC.com beginning at 7:30 p.m. Fans can also listen to the match on Sports Radio 810 WHB in English or on La Grande 1340 AM in Spanish.

Major League Soccer teams based in the U.S. entered this year’s tournament in the Fourth Round with Sporting KC prevailing 1-0 over St. Louis FC (USL) in the team’s first competitive match against a St. Louis opponent.

The match drew 19,298 fans for the largest fourth round attendance in the tournament’s modern era and a new club record for the competition. Graham Zusi scored the game-winning goal on an assist from Benny Feilhaber, however Zusi will miss Tuesday’s game as he remains with the U.S. MNT ahead of the 2015 Gold Cup semifinals on Wednesday.

Sporting Kansas City next defeated FC Dallas 6-2 in the Round of 16 with Dom Dwyer setting a single-game club record with four goals. Krisztian Nemeth added two goals in the victory and Feilhaber tallied three assists to give him four total assists in 2015 U.S. Open Cup play. The six-goal performance matched the highest-scoring game in club history along with a 6-1 victory against the Des Moines Menace in the 2005 U.S. Open Cup.

Both victories in this year’s tournament have come during the team’s current eight-game home winning streak across all competition, tying the all-time club mark set in 2004 when KC won their first of two U.S. Open Cup titles. Most recently, Sporting KC lifted the Dewar Challenge Trophy in 2012 during a championship run in which nine members of the team’s active roster played a part. A victory on Tuesday will mark the 300th across all competitions in club history for Sporting Kansas City.

The Houston Dynamo are yet to allow a goal in this year’s tournament with a 2-0 win over the Austin Aztex (USL) and a 1-0 victory against the Colorado Rapids. Nineteen-year-old Colombian striker Mauro Manotas sent Houston through to the quarterfinals with the game-winner in his first start for the Dynamo.

Led by first year head coach Owen Coyle, the Dynamo will be without Giles Barnes (Jamaica) and DaMarcus Beasley (USA) due to international duty. In addition, Jermaine Taylor and Boniek Garcia are sidelined by injuries suffered during the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Sporting KC and the Dynamo have a recent history of meeting in knockout matches, including clashes in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs. The Dynamo ended Sporting KC seasons in back-to-back years before Sporting KC advanced past Houston en route to claiming MLS Cup 2013.

It will be the first time Houston and Kansas City meet in the U.S. Open Cup proper. The clubs did face one another in a U.S. Open Cup qualifier in 2011, when Sporting KC earned a 1-0 extra-time victory in College Station, Texas.

In-game updates will be available at SportingKC.com/GameOn and via @SKCGameday on Twitter. The winner of Tuesday’s match will host Real Salt Lake in the semifinals on Aug. 11 or 12.
– Story from Sporting KC

Pitching struggles continue for T-Bones

The Kansas City T-Bones’ pitching struggles continued Monday night, as the team fell, 10-5, to the Gary SouthShore RailCats at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City, Kan.

One night after the RailCats scored seven runs in the first three innings against Kansas City starter Mike Nannini, Gary used timely hitting to jump on the T-Bones with six runs in the first four innings Monday.

The RailCats took a 2-0 lead in the second inning against Kansas City starter Blake Holovach. After a walk to Tillman Pugh and a single by Michael Schroeder beginning the second, Jose Sermo grounded out to Ryan Cavan, scoring Pugh from third base. Two batters later, J.D. Pulfer hit an RBI single to shallow left field that scored Schroeder.

The RailCats added four more runs in the fourth inning behind an RBI single by Pulfer, scoring Sermo and giving Gary a 3-0 lead. Two batters later, with Pulfer and Ryan Brockett already on base, Jon Jones hit a home run to right field, giving the RailCats a 6-0 lead. The home run gives Gary seven home runs as a team this season.

Things were going so well for Gary that it took a 9-0 lead in the top of the sixth against T-Bones reliever Derek Loera by getting the first six batters on base with a walk and five singles.

However, Kansas City’s defense limited the damage, as right fielder Jacob Hayes threw out Adam Taylor at home on a base hit by Jaime Del Valle. Two batters later, Del Valle was thrown out at third base by left fielder Adam Bailey on a base hit by Schroeder.

Trailing 9-0, Kansas City got on the board in the bottom of the sixth with a lead-off home run by Jake Blackwood, his seventh of the season and 99th of his career.

Even though the T-Bones were facing a 10-1 deficit, they came alive in the eighth inning behind an RBI single from Vladimir Frias that scored Bailey from third base.

Two batters later, James Boddicker hit an RBI single that scored Robby Kuzdale, who reached base on a single. Then, with the bases loaded, Gary SouthShore reliever Dan Ludwig hit Cavan, making the score 10-4. Nate Tenbrink cut the lead to 10-5 with a sacrifice fly to right that scored Boddicker.

Holovach (5-1) recorded his first loss of the season after pitching 4 innings and giving up seven hits, six earned runs and three walks. Loera, who came in the fifth inning, also struggled as he pitched 2 innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits.

The T-Bones (29-22) will continue their four-game series against the RailCats (27-28) Tuesday night at CommunityAmerica Ballpark with the first pitch at 7:05. Tickets are available by calling the box office at CommunityAmerica Ballpark at 913-328-5618.