Month: June 2019

T-Bones thrash Texas, 7-1

by Dan Vaughan, T-Bones

The Kansas City T-Bones (14-14) finished their seven-game road trip with a win over the Texas AirHogs (6-22) Sunday with a 7-1 win.

Newly signed right-hander and former Royals prospect Christian Binford (1-0) tossed six scoreless innings, holding Texas to just two hits in the seven-inning ball game. The two teams were scheduled to play two games, but the second game was stopped because of inclement weather after only two batters and will be made up at a later date.

Kansas City took the lead 1-0 in the first on a fielder’s choice RBI from Casey Gillaspie Binford got all the run support he needed in the third from his new teammates.

The T-Bones got an RBI double from Daniel Nava and a single from Shawn O’Malley to make it 4-0 KC off Texas starter Kevin Hilton (2-1).

Dylan Tice added to the lead with an RBI single in the fourth, and Christian Correa hit a two-run home run in the fifth to put the T-Bones out in front 7-0.

Binford gave up a two-out hit in the first then retired the next 11 batters he faced in his T-Bones debut to get the win.

He held the AirHogs to just two hits, adding four strikeouts in the win. Jackson Lowery worked one inning, giving up a run in relief. The two teams started game two, but the rain came and forced the game to stop and eventually be postponed.

The T-Bones are off Monday, June 17, but return home for a six-game homestand beginning Tuesday, June 18, with the Sioux City Explorers in the first of a three-game series. The action will be on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

Full and half-season 2019 ticket packages as well as mini plans are on sale online or by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting the Saint Luke’s Box Office between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Group ticket sales are also on sale.

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UG committees to meet Monday night

Improvements at the Piper elementary school near 131st and Leavenworth Road, a fire investigation task force agreement and a request for a fitness court at Fisher Park are on the Monday night, June 17, agenda for the Unified Government Public Works and Safety Committee.

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. June 17 at the fifth floor meeting room, City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

A proposed resolution for improvements at 131st and Leavenworth Road stated the streets would be widened along the frontage for the new school and the improvements would include an overlay of existing pavement, new curb and gutter, multi-use path and trail, storm sewer and street lighting. The ordinance would allow the use of eminent domain if necessary to acquire the land.

After the Public Works and Safety Committee, the Administration and Human Services Comimttee meeting will be held in the fifth floor meeting room.

A discussion of the Community Development Block Grant revised 2019 and proposed 2020 budgets, and 2019 draft annual action plan is on the PWS Committee agenda.

Also on the agenda are a report on the Advisory Commission on Human Relations and Disabilities Issues 2018 activities; an ordinance outlining the purposes of the Human Relations and Disabilities Issues Commission, and an ordinance designating what constitutes a quorum for the Human Relations and Disabilities Issues Commission. The proposed amendment is to include “all sexual orientations and genders” to the ordinance.

Agendas are online at www.wycokck.org.