MARINERS BEAT THE RANGERS, 6-3 IN TODAY’S CACTUS LEAGUE GAME AT SURPRISE STADIUM. LEFTY STARTER C-J WILSON, IN 3 INNINGS, ALLOWS 2 RUNS ON A HIT AND A WALK AND NEFTALI FELIZ, WHILE STRIKING OUT 3 IN TWO INNNINGS, ALSO ALLOWED FOUR RUNS ON 4 HITS AND A WALK. FORMER RANGER MILTON BRADLEY DROVE IN TWO SEATTLE RUNS. THE RANGERS’ 13-HIT ATTACK WAS LED BY RAY OLMEDO’S THREE HITS AND MITCH MORELAND’S TWO AND DAVIS STONEBURNER AND CRAIG GENTRY EACH DROVE IN A RUN FOR TEXAS. RANGERS WERE JUST 2 FOR 13 WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND LEFT 11 RUNNERS ON BASE. BEHIND WILSON AND FELIX, THE RANGER BULLPEN WAS VERY GOOD WITH KASEY KIKER, ALEXI OGANDO, CHRIS RAY AND FRANK FRANCISCO EACH PITCHING A SCORELESS INNING. OGANDO, RAY AND FRANKIE FRANK EACH HAD TWO STRIKEOUTS.
ON OPENING DAY OF THE BIG 12 MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN KANSAS CITY, TEXAS TECH AND NEBRASKA HAVE BOTH EARNED VICTORIES. RED RAIDERS ENDED A 7-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH AN 82-67 WIN OVER COLORADO BEHIND PLANO’S JOHN ROBERSON, WHO SCORED 19 POINTS. 12TH SEEDED CORNHUSKERS STUN MISSOURI, 75-60. TECH ADVANCES TO PLAY TOP RANKED KANSAS IN TOMORROW’S QUARTERFINALS. TONIGHT’S GAMES MATCH OKLAHOMA AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND TEXAS AGAINST IOWA STATE.
AT THE SOUTHLAND TOURNEY IN KATY, TEXAS ARLINGTON BOWS OUT EARLY WITH A 77-54 FIRST ROUND LOSS TO STEPHEN F. AUSTIN. SOUTHLAND PLAYER OF THE YEAR MARQUEZ HAYNES LEADS UTA’S MAVERICKS WITH 17 POINTS.
