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as well as UKs junior teaming with Edmond for a block lifted UK to an early 4-1 edge. Edmond earned her second kill of the matc
as well as UKs junior teaming with Edmond for a block lifted UK to an early 4-1 edge. Edmond earned her second kill of the matc
in Team 06.09.2019 07:31von jcy123 •

MINNEAPOLIS -- After 10 straight fastballs with the home crowd cheering and the bases loaded behind him, Jose Quintana threw an 80-mph curveball to freeze Ryan Doumit. Home plate umpire Bill Miller called strike three, the crowd groaned loudly and Quintana calmly went back to the Chicago White Sox dugout. After that, Quintana made it look easy the rest of the way, Adam Dunn and Jeff Keppinger both homered and Chicago beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Friday night to snap its 10-game road losing streak. It was a far cry from Quintanas last start -- a five-run, five-inning outing Sunday against the Twins in Chicago. "The only thing (I) did was try to attack early," Quintana said through a translator. "(I) tried to come in and attack earlier, throw strikes to every single one of the batters, and thankfully everything worked out. (I) was able to get them back." Quintana (7-4) scattered six hits over 6 2-3 innings, giving up two runs and striking out seven. Joe Mauer homered in the first for Minnesota, but Keppinger and Dunn both hit solo shots off Twins starter Kevin Correia (8-9) in the third to make it 4-1. "They got us pretty good at home," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "We havent had too many of those where weve hit them like that. It was nice." A night after watching the Twins win by a run in walk-off fashion, the White Sox and Quintana looked to be in for yet another rough outing when Mauer lined a 3-2 offering into the right-field seats to put Minnesota up 1-0. Mauer also had homered off Quintana on Sunday. And considering Quintanas 4.21 run support average coming in, the 15th-lowest in the AL this season, things didnt look very promising. But Dayan Viciedo put Chicago up with a two-RBI single in the second before Keppinger and Dunn added all the insurance runs Quintana needed. "Their guy threw the ball really well," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "It was coming out of his hand really nice. He mixes pitches well. The guys were saying hes very deceptive and has a little jump on his fastball." Quintana set the Twins down in order three times. But his biggest test came in the third when the Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the third and Doumit came to the plate. "Seems like it lasted what a normal inning would last," Ventura said. "He just kind of gutted it out and went extra-long for us tonight." Quintana is 3-0 on the road this season. Correia pitched well aside from the third inning, retiring 12 of the 14 batters he faced after Dunns homer. "I felt like my stuff was good," Correia said. "I think thats just how baseball is sometimes. Sometimes they hit it to people, sometimes they miss a mistake. The second time around, theyre usually not going to miss any many mistakes." Minnesota added a run in the seventh when Brian Dozier drove in Wilkin Ramirez on a two-out single to chase Quintana. Reliever Donnie Veal walked Mauer but struck out Justin Morneau to end the inning. Chicago made it 5-2 in the eighth when Trevor Plouffes bad throw from third hit Paul Konerko, allowing Keppinger to score. Nate Jones pitched a scoreless eighth and Addison Reed worked the ninth for his 29th save in 34 chances. Notes: Chicago INF Gordon Beckham was held out of the starting lineup after leaving Thursday nights game with a strained right quadriceps. But he entered the game at second in the eighth. ... White Sox 3B Conor Gillaspie left with a bruised left hand and is day to day. ... The Twins activated Doumit from the DL before the game. Doumit missed eight games after leaving Minnesotas game Aug. 7 at Kansas City with concussion-like symptoms. The Twins optioned IF Chris Colabello to Triple-A Rochester to make room for Doumit on the roster. ... Viciedo returned to the lineup after missing six straight games with a sore left thumb. ... The teams will play the third of their four-game series Saturday when Chicagos Chris Sale (8-11) takes the mound opposite Minnesotas Andrew Albers (2-0). Chris Taylor Youth Jersey . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Kirk Gibson Dodgers Jersey . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. The unidentified worker broke both legs and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. http://www.ladodgersprostore.us/Cody-Bellinger-dodgers-jersey/ . - Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Babe Herman Womens Jersey . Inter president Erick Thohir says in a club statement on Wednesday that Vidic is "one of the worlds best defenders and his qualities, international pedigree, and charisma will be an asset. Maury Wills Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 23rd-ranked Kentucky volleyball team utilized an explosive offense to capture a 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-21, 28-26) win over visiting Texas A&M in front of 1,762 fans in Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. Kentucky notched 69 total kills and a .308 attacking clip to pull away from the Aggies. Freshman Leah Edmond with 25 kills and sophomore Olivia Dailey with 60 assists both set new career highs to help pace the attack.The duo guided the Wildcats to a program-record 69 kills in the win. Its the most in a four-set match in the 25-point rally scoring era. UK previously also broke the three-set total in a win over Ole Miss earlier this season.With the win, Kentucky improves to 22-6 overall and 15-2 against Southeastern Conference competition. Texas A&M, who is receiving votes in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, falls to 19-8 on the year and 13-3 in league play.Todays match marked the final regular-season home match of the year for the Blue and White. UK will conclude the season at Tennessee on Wednesday. First serve is slated for 9 p.m. ET and the match will air live on ESPNU.(Im) Proud, as a coach, head coach Craig Skinner said. Against good teams, you have to be pretty stable mentally. Thats a team that can easily get you out of your rhythm. There was a wave of momentum throughout that whole match. Im proud of our team for sticking to it. We had a chance to break, and we didnt.Kentuckys attack was nearly unstoppable as the Wildcats notched 15 or more kills in all four sets, including 19 or more in the final two frames. Kentucky hit .500 in the 25-21 third-set win. UKs defense was stout and its blocking (12 combined rejections) was also a pivotal component of the victory.Weve evolved a lot from August until now, Skinner said. The evolution of a team is learning how to execute a skill, learning how to play together and learning how to play under pressure and when things are going against you. We took a step forward today, because there were times today when things werent going our way and we kept fighting and battling and willed ourselves to win.Edmond became the fourth player in the 25-point rally scoring era to amass 25 or more kills in a match, joining current senior Anni Thomasson and former All-Americans Whitney Billings and Sarah Mendoza to achieve the feat. The freshman from Lexington, Kentucky, was no bigger than her eight kills in the fourth set. She scored UKs final two points to cap off the win.Shes fearless, Skinner said. She made some mistakes, but then came right back and put the ball away. Thats what great competitors do. Our team has great faith and trust in her. She had a great match.Dailey also joined an elite club as one of four setters in UKs 25-point rally era scoring history to total 60 assists in a single match. The others to do so include Sarah Rumely, Elizabeth Koberstein and Morgan Bergren. The 60 assists in a four-set match tops Bergrens output of 55 vs. Louisville on Sept. 9, 2014 as a new program record. She narrowly missed out on her second-straight double-double with nine digs.Not to be overlooked, was an exceptional all-around match by junior Kaz Brown. The Waterloo, Iowa, native logged 12 kills on a team-best .500 hitting percentage. Brown also added a match-high seven blocks.Kaz was ready in practice yesterday, Skinner said. She decided she wanted to come and perform. She was up for the task and helped carry our team.Sophomore Brooke Morgan reached double-figure kill numbers with 10 hammers on a .444 attacking percentage. She also contributed four blocks to the win. Junior Emily Franklin produced eight kills on a .421 clip and contributed three blocks of her own and a pair of aces. Junior Darian Mack was the fourth Wildcat to reach double-digit kills with 11 total kills, two digs and a solo rejection that aided a momentum swing late in the fourth stanza for the Cats.Defensively, junior libero Ashley Dusek led the charge with 17 digs and three assists. Thomasson added nine scoops and an assist, while sophomore McKenzie Watson contributed eight digs and a match-high three aces.Prior to the match, Thomasson and fellow senior Sharay Barnes were honored as a part of Senior Day festivities.SET RECAPSSet 1 Franklin began the scoring with an ace for the Cats. A couple of kills from Brown, as well as UKs junior teaming with Edmond for a block lifted UK to an early 4-1 edge. Edmond earned her second kill of the match - and first from the back row - to give Kentucky a six-point edge at 10-4, forcing the Aggies into an early timeout. Franklin tooled the block off of a slide and the Wildcats continued to maintain their advantage at 13-8. Texas A&M pulled to within two at 16-14 and it was the Wildcats turn to take a timeout. Mack picked up a kill following the break to spell, but A&M answered with a block to keep the score close. After two impressive rallies from both sides of the net, the Wildcats converted both and managed to increase their advantage to 20-15. An ace from Watson closed the set for UKs advantage by a 25-18 margin. UK posted 15 kills for a .200 percentage. The Aggiies managed just nine on a .dddddddddddd030 clip. Edmond and Brown paced the attack with four kills apiece, while UK had four blocks in the frame.Set 2 The Aggies reversed course to open the second stanza - this time taking a 3-1 lead. Back-to-back kills from Morgan and Edmond enabled the home team to knot the score at three apiece. The Aggies immediately reclaimed a multi-point advantage. Edmond converted an overpass to once again tie the set, this time at eight. UK kept up the momentum and Franklin scored off a quick set to give the Cats their first lead of the frame. Texas A&M scored the next two to recapture the lead and the back-and-forth battle was on from there. After the score was tied at 11 apiece, the Aggies scored each of the next three points to claim a 14-11 edge, prompting a UK timeout. Kentucky pulled to within 18-17, but the Aggies would earn set point at 24-20. UK would go on to score the next three points - kills by Edmond and Mack, and an ace from Edmond to enable the Cats to pull to with 24-23. Texas A&M opted to take its final timeout and would score the next point out of the break for a 25-23 win to even the match at one set apiece. Set 3 Morgan tallied the first point after intermission with a cross-court kill. She was followed by a Brown kill who utilized the block to her advantage, going high off the hands. A big-time dig from Dailey allowed Brown to quickly swing and convert another kill for a 6-2, UK lead. Edmonds 11th kill of the night lifted the Cats to an 11-6 advantage. The Aggies would take a timeout after an ace from Watson extended the lead to six at 13-7. Out of the break, Watson added her third ace of the match to extend the home teams lead. Texas A&M pulled back to within four at 18-14, and Kentucky opted for a timeout. The Cats were the first to push 20 after the Aggies had climbed back to within one at 19-18, but a service error by the visitors once again gave UK a multi-point advantage. Morgan and Brown teamed up for a Big Blue Block and the Wildcats lead swelled to 21-18, forcing the Aggies to burn their final timeout. The Aggies would not go away and pulled back to within two at 22-20, but Edmond came up with back-to-back smashing kills to give the Cats set point. After a service error, Dailey returned to Edmond who promptly settled things in favor of the Cats by a 25-21 margin. UK pounded away for 19 kills on a blistering .500 average, however the Aggies managed 17 hammers on a .483 clip. UKs two blocks and a pair of aces proved the difference.Set 4 For the second time in the match, Franklin was the stanzas first point scorer - this time converting a kill off the slide. A back-and-forth battle ensued from there until the Aggies grabbed a two-point edge at 5-3. Texas A&Ms lead eventually expanded to 8-3, and UK chose to take an early timeout. Out of the break, Edmond quelled the Aggies spurt with a kill off the block. Morgan guided the Wildcats back to within one at 10-9, with a kill immediately following a block in which she teamed up with Franklin to convert. Edmond would eventually tie the score at 11 apiece, and then a see-sawing affair would ensue. An ace from Franklin followed by a Brown kill off a quick-set lifted UK to a 14-12 edge. A block from the Brown-Dailey duo and then a backrow kill from Edmond gave the Cats a 17-14 advantage, forcing the Aggies into a timeout. Mack then produced a kill and a solo block on consecutive plays and the Wildcats lead swelled to 20-15. A late push by the visitors prompted Kentucky to take a timeout with the score 21-18 in favor of the Cats. Texas A&M would not yield and eventually pulled back to within one at 21-20. With UK in a need of a point, Dailey went to the steady hand of Edmond who matched her season high with her 21st kill of the day. Texas A&M would tie the score at 23 apiece and eventually earn set point behind a 3-0 run. Edmond came up big to stave off the win with a cross-court shot. The freshman then teamed up with Brown for a rejection, to turn the tables, and give UK match point - but A&M would not go quietly and tied the score once again. The two teams would trade points once again, until UKs star freshman capped the match with back-to-back kills for a 28-26, Wildcats win. The final set saw the Wildcats accumulate 20 total kills on a .312 hitting clip. Texas A&M managed 17 on a .204 average.BY THE NUMBERS 60 - Assists for Olivia Dailey which is the most in a four-set match in the 25-point rally scoring era 25 - Career-high kills for Leah Edmond who became one of just four players to post that total in a match in the rally scoring era 12 - Kills from junior Kaz Brown to couple with a team-high seven blocks 4 - Total players who logged double-digit kills as the Wildcats broke a school record for most kills in a four-set match with 69 3 - Aces from sophomore McKenzie Watson 2 - Seniors in Anni Thomasson and Sharay Barnes who ended their careers with a win in Memorial in their final regular-season home match ' ' '

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