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Palmeiro to face T-Bones this weekend

The Kansas City T-Bones will face former major leaguer Rafael Palmeiro, age 53, this weekend in home games with the Cleburne Railroaders.

Palmeiro, a first baseman, formerly was with the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles.

He is one of six players in Major League Baseball history to be a member of the 500-home run club and the 3,000-hit club. He was a four-time All-Star and a three-time Gold Glove winner through his career.

According to a T-Bones news release, Palmeiro is making a comeback with the Cleburne Railroaders, where he joins his son Patrick on the club’s roster.

On May 21 against Fargo-Moorhead, Palmeiro hit his first professional home run since July 2005, when he was with the Orioles.

He has since added another long ball on the season, hitting one on June 15 against Lincoln. For the year, the left-handed hitting slugger is batting .263 (15 for 57) with two home runs and seven RBIs for Cleburne.

Game times this weekend are 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1:05 p.m. Sunday, at T-Bones Stadium.

Tickets to T-Bones games are available online at tbonesbaseball.com, by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting in person the T-Bones Stadium box office.

T-Bones sweep Goldeyes

Zach Walters stayed hot, carrying the Kansas City T-Bones to their third straight win, taking out the Winnipeg Goldeyes Wednesday night, 6-3, at Shaw Park in Winnipeg.

Behind a solid outing by starting pitcher Lucas Irvine (3-0), Walters powered the T-Bones offense, going 2-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored, including a key home run to lead Kansas City to the club’s first ever sweep of the Goldeyes at home. It was also only the second time that Kansas City has swept Winnipeg.

In the top of the second, Zach Walters continued his impressive month of June by hitting a hard-hit single to left field.

Dexter Kjerstad followed with a single of his own, advancing Walters to third. Tucker Pennell put Kansas City on the board with an RBI 5-3 put out that scored Walters. The T-Bones offense looked aggressive in the second inning, taking an early 1-0 lead in Winnipeg.

Reggie Abercrombie erased the T-Bones early lead, leading off the bottom of the second with a solo homerun to tie the game.

An impressive offense display in the third gave the T-Bones a commanding three-run lead. Keith Curcio lead of the inning with single to right field. Nick Torres advanced Curcio to third, hitting a crucial two-out single and putting Walters at the plate. Walters took charge, hitting a three-run homerun, putting the T-Bones up 4-1.

The Goldeyes rallied in the sixth inning, cutting the Kansas City lead to one. Dave Sappelt hit an RBI double, scoring Matt McCann from second and Tucker Nathans from first, cutting the lead to 4-3. Lucas Irvine worked out of tough jam with the tying run at third and one out to keep the T-Bones in front.

Kansas City quickly responded with two RBI doubles in the seventh from Dylan Tice and Nick Torres to put Kansas City on top 6-3, ending Winnipeg’s late rally.

Shutout seventh, eighth and ninth innings by relievers Hunter Adkins, Francisco Gracesqui and Carlos Diaz secured the victory for Kansas City. Diaz picks up his team-leading third save of the season for Kansas City, pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

Irvine was the winning pitcher, throwing sixth innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits. Kevin McGovern (2-3) was the losing pitcher for Winnipeg, allowing eight hits, six earned runs in five innings pitched.

The T-Bones improve to (18-13), quietly fighting their way back into in the South Division title run and a season-high five games above .500. The Goldeyes lost their third straight game to Kansas City, falling to (16-15) on the season.

Kansas City will enjoy an off-day Thursday and then head home to open a three-game series with the Cleburne Railroaders and the first of a six-game homestand at T-Bones Stadium Friday night at 7:05 p.m.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or at www.tbonesbaseball.com . Call the box office at 913-328-5618. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

19-hit performance helps T-Bones bounce back

The Kansas City T-Bones (16-13) left their recent woes in the United States and dominated the Winnipeg Goldeyes (16-13) with a strong offensive performance in the fourth and sixth innings.

Three runs in each inning helped lock down the game for Kansas City, with a final score of 9-3

After losing two games in a row, the T-Bones came out swinging Monday night against the Goldeyes.

Dylan Tice started off the top of the card and singled to right field against Winnipeg’s Charle Rosario. Todd Cunningham also got on base before Nick Torres helped get Kansas City on the board first with an RBI single.

The T-Bones kept it rolling in the fourth with Adrian Nieto reaching first base on an error at shortstop by Andrew Sohn.

Keith Curcio got on base with a single before Tucker Pennell had a two-run RBI single. Angel Rosa hit a single to center field before Todd Cunningham hit a slow roller up the left side sending Pennell home, making the score 4-0. Rosa’s 12th and 13th RBI in the top of the fifth sent Curcio and Nieto home, making the score 6-0.

The top of the sixth proved to be a productive inning for the T-Bones. Cunningham led off with a walk and Nick Torres hit a single to center field, setting up a Zach Walters RBI double, making the score 7-0.

A ground ball fielders choice to first by Kjerstad brought Torres home and the T-Bones just kept rolling. Curcio’s 14th double on the season followed, putting the T-Bones up 9-0.

The Goldeyes eventually got on the board in the bottom of the sixth.

Dave Sappelt hit a single to center field before Reggie Abercrombie hit a two-run home run, cutting the T-Bones lead to 9-2. The Goldeyes scored again in the seventh inning off an RBI by Andrew Sohn but that was as close as Winnipeg got.

Tommy Collier (2-3) was the winning pitcher, tossing a quality start. He threw 6.2 innings for the T-Bones and had seven strikeouts. He was charged with three earned runs on three hits.

Jackson Lowery pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless baseball while Francisco Gracesqui threw a scoreless ninth to close out the game.

Winnipeg’s Charle Rosario (2-2) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 11 hits and six runs in five innings.

Nick Torres extended his hitting streak to 14 games while Todd Cunningham had the team’s third four-hit night of the season, going 4-for-5. The bottom four in the T-Bones order went a combined 9-for-19 while the team reached a season high in hits with 19.

Kansas City looks to extend its winning streak Tuesday in Winnipeg against the Goldeyes at Shaw Park in Canada. The first pitch is at 7:05 p.m. The game will air on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or at www.tbonesbaseball.com. Call the box office at 913-328-5618. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
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