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IndyCar Series in Detroit, ABC, 2:30 p.m.

Women’s softball College World Series: Game 11, ESPN, noon College World Series: Game 12, ESPN, 2 p.m.

College World Series: Game 13, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

College World Series: Game 14, ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

Rugby Regby Sevens Collegiate Championship, NBC Sports, 1 p.m., NBC, 3 p.m.

Pro baseball San Francisco at St. Louis, TBS, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Texas, FSN, 2 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Pro golf Memorial Tournament, CBS, 1:30 p.m.

Pro soccer International: U.S. vs. Germany, ESPN2, 1 p.m.

MLS: New England vs. Los Angeles, NBC Sports, 3:30 p.m.

Pro golf Memorial Tournament, CBS, 4 p.m.

Pro hockey Stanley Cup Playoffs: Game 2: Los Angeles at Chicago, NBC Sports, 7 p.m.

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Coach Neal hosting basketball lessons

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Hudson’s Bryli Lee slides safely into home plate during state championship action in Austin Saturday.

Hudson stings early, survives late to claim 2nd straight championship

Bud Maddux Camp set for June 13-15 The Bud Maddux Softball Hitting Camp will be held at Bud Maddux Baseball/ Softball Academy June 13-15 from 9-11 a.m. each day.

The camp will be conducted by Diboll head softball coach and girls athletic coordinator Heather Whitcomb and Central head softball coach Anna Whiddon.

Cost is $75 for and a Tshirt is included. For more information, call 639-2243 or 635-0362.

By JOSH HAVARD The Lufkin News AUSTIN — It was a familiar site for Hudson fans. They saw their Lady Hornets finish the season with a wild celebration, star pitcher Kelsee Selman being awarded the MVP trophy and head coach Jim Eby walk off with the championship trophy.

It was the second time Hudson fans had witnessed that same sight in the last two years. But it certainly wasn’t smooth sailing on the way to another fairy tale ending.

Hudson looked unbeatable in building a 10-run lead before holding off a nearly miraculous Mineola seventh-inning comeback on their way to a memorable 12-9 victory over the Lady Jackets at Red & Charline McCombs Field on the University of Texas campus Saturday.

Hudson held a 12-2 lead with two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the seventh inning.

That was before Mineola’s next 10 batters reached base, plating seven runs and leaving the bases loaded for leadoff hitter Britney Johnson.

But Johnson, who already had an RBI triple in the inning, roped a shot at Hudson first baseman Alyssa Dotson. She managed to make the stop, corral the ball and step on first base to send Hudson to its second title in as many years and the second in the program’s history.

“I kept telling the girls that we were OK,” Hudson head coach Jimmy Eby said. “We were still up by 10 runs, then seven, then five. When they got the leadoff hitter up with the bases loaded, it got a little nerve-racking. But the whole time, we knew we just needed one out and we finally got it.”

Selman picked up her second straight MVP trophy after domi-

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Hudson head coach Jimmy Eby celebrates following the team’s 12-9 win over Mineola in the Class 3A state championship game at Red & McCombs Field in Austin.

Hudson’s Kelsee Selman tosses her bat toward the dugout after being hit with a pitch during the state title game Saturday. nating through 6 2/3 innings and surviving the final out. She allowed nine runs, three earned, on 11 hits with eight strikeouts and four walks.

Six of the seven runs in the seventh inning were unearned after an error left the door open for a Mineola comeback. And the Mineola hitters just missed kicking that door down.

“There’s a lot of stuff going on in your mind out there trying to get the last out,” Selman said. “I just kept praying and I give God all the praise.”

Hudson looked like it would stroll to the title as it dominated in every phase of the game for more than two and a half hours.

Entering the bottom of the seventh, Hudson had imposed its will by outhitting the Lady Jackets 15-5 and building a 12-2 advantage.

“I knew we had been in a slump coming in here but I knew we had it in us to start swinging,” Eby said. “They stayed positive and really carried us today.”

But things surprisingly turned with Hudson just one out away from the state title. Selman had a line dive that deflected off her beANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin News fore bouncing to shortstop Bryli The Hudson Lady Hornets celebrate following their 12-9 win in the state championship game in SEE HUDSON, PAGE 2C Austin Saturday.

DIBOLL BASEBALl

Mineola sweeps Diboll to deny spot in Austin

By JOSH HAVARD The Lufkin News

day night, the Diboll Lumberjacks found themselves just one win away from making their HOUSTON — After knocking first-ever trip to the state tournaoff the Silsbee Tigers on Thurs- ment in Austin.

But in the end, Diboll came up just a few plays short as Jordan Gore delivered a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Silsbee Tigers

Former Hudson and Apple Springs head coach Danny Neal will conduct basketball lessons at Livewell Athletic Club in the upcoming weeks.

The lessons are for 9-17 year-old boys and girls and will focus on the fundamentals of the game, including dribbling, passing and shooting.

Cost for the camp is $30 per hour.

Neal accumulated 540 wins in his time as a high school basketball coach and led the Hudson Lady Hornets to back-to-back state championship game appearances in the late 1990s.

For more information, contact Neal at 875-3440.

completed a doubleheader sweep, Diboll had a dream season come winning by 3-0 and 5-4 scores. up just one win short of Austin.

With the wins, Silsbee punched “The guys didn’t give up at all,” a ticket to this week’s state tourSEE DIBOLL, PAGE 2C nament in Austin. Meanwhile,

Diboll hosting athletic camp The Ladyjacks Athletic Camp will be held June 12-14 at Diboll High School.

The camps are for softball from 9-11 a.m., volleyball from noon-2 p.m. and basketball from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

All incoming fourth through seventh grade girls are invited to attend.

The softball camp will be led by Carla Geeslin, the basketball camp will be led

by Laura Jones and the volleyball camp will be led by Jeremy Stewart.

Cost is $15 for one camp or $25 for all three. Registration, which includes a T-shirt, may be turned in to Coach Stewart or Coach Carrillo.

Pineywoods Tour starting soon The Pineywoods Junior Golf Tour will be opening in the upcoming weeks.

There are 6 regular-season tournaments and one seasonending championship at Crown Colony this year.

Registration fee is $30 and tournaments are $15, except for the tour championship at Crown Colony.

June 10 is the first tournament at Lufkin Country Club. Age groups are available for 6-9 year-old co-ed, 10-12 boys, 13-14 boys, 15-18 boys, 10-14 girls and 15-18 girls.

For more information, contact Pineywoods Tour coordinator Danny Leatherman at 936-676-9547 or pwjt@ hotmail.com or friend Pineywoods Junior Tour on Facebook.

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Diboll second baseman Christian “Speedy” Palacios grimaces as Silsbee’s Tyler Powell slides into him Saturday during the teams’ second game in a best-of-three playoff series to see who will advance to next week’s Class 3A state baseball tournament in Austin.

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Diboll head coach Edd Trotter said. “But at this time of the year, you just can’t make the kinds of errors that we did and be able to advance.”

While a few errors proved to be costly, Diboll gave its fans a memorable final day of the season.

After a 3-0 loss earlier in the day, Diboll fell behind in the second game when Silsbee’s Kris Ellers launched a two-run blast in the sixth inning, giving the Tigers a 4-2 lead.

The ’Jacks weren’t ready to go home just yet.

After the first out was re-

corded, Diboll’s Gunner Horton singled and Isaac Hernandez doubled to put runners on second and third.

That prompted Silsbee to put in ace Tyler Powell in relief of Brayden Griffin.

The next hitter, Tony Hernandez, hit a hard grounder that was misplayed by the second baseman, allowing Horton to score. The second baseman then attempted to throw out courtesy runner Michael Garcia, and when the ball got away, he came in with the tying run, making it 4-4.

That celebration was short

lived as Silsbee’s Colby LeBlanc ripped a leadoff triple to right field then scored one batter later when Gore delivered the gamewinning single through a drawnin infield.

“It’s a tough way to end the season,” Trotter said. “You have to give Silsbee credit. It just wasn’t our day.”

Dustin Fisher took the loss in relief for Diboll, allowing one run in 2/3 of an inning. Alex Aguilar worked the first 5 1/3 innings, allowing four earned runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and a walk.Horton led Diboll’s offensive attack with a double, two sin-

gles and an RBI. Alex Grimaldo and Tony Hernandez each had a single and an RBI and Alex Aguilar and Isaac Hernandez each had a double.

Ellers led Silsbee with a homer, double, single and three RBI. Silsbee took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an Ellers RBI single.

Diboll took the first lead of the game on its first runs of the day when Grimaldo and Horton delivered RBI singles, making it 2-1.

Silsbee answered with a run off an error in the bottom of the inning to knot it at 2-2.

In the opening game, Diboll

threatened several times but couldn’t come up with the key hit in a 3-0 loss.

Matthew Hartman kept the ’Jacks off balance for 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball where he allowed a total of five hits.

He left the game with a 3-0 lead and the bases loaded with one out in the sixth inning.

Powell entered the game and got out of the jam by getting a grounder to force out a runner at the plate before striking out the last batter.

He gave up two base runners in the final inning before escaping the jam to get the save.

Eric DeJesus was solid on the mound in allowing three runs but was also hurt by some untimely errors in taking the loss.

Silsbee got on the board with two first-inning runs on an error and a Powell groundout, taking an early 2-0 lead.

That lead grew to 3-0 on a Powell RBI single in the fifth inning.

Powell then took over on the mound in the final two innings to preserve the win. After taking the loss on Thursday, Powell got the save in both games Saturday.

“I’m very proud of this team,” Trotter said. “They battled the whole time.”

signs of life.

Ali Galaz walked and Manda Wilmoth delivered a two-run double, making it 12-9. Mineola was then able to get back to the top of the lineup when Maddie Wood was hit by a pitch, and Skinner, who started the rally, walked.

Johnson followed with a rocket down the first base line that Dotson made an outstanding play on to preserve another state title.

That play marked the end of another incredible day for the Hudson senior, who also had two singles and five RBI to lead the Lady Hornets at the plate.

Lee capped off an outstanding state tournament at the plate with two doubles, a single and three RBI. Alyssa Pierce set the table for Hudson’s lineup by singling four times from her leadoff

position.

K.K. Parker added two singles, two walks and two RBI against Mineola’s Hass, who threw 178 pitches in the loss.

She allowed 12 earned runs on 15 hits with five walks and four strikeouts.

Hudson wasted no time in showing it was ready to go after another state title. Pierce led off the first inning with a single and eventually scored on an error to put Hudson on the board.

Dotson then roped a two-run double, making it 3-0.

Mineola responded with a pair of runs in the second inning on a Galaz RBI double and a Hudson throwing error, making it 3-2.

Hudson responded with two runs in the next frame on a Dotson two-run single, making it 5-2.

The Lady Hornets started to

open the floodgates in the fourth inning when Lee and Parker hit back-to-back two-run doubles, extending the gap to 9-2.

Hudson added its 10th run on an Ashley Davis RBI single in the sixth inning.

The Lady Hornets then tacked on what appeared to be two meaningless insurance runs in the seventh inning on a Lee RBI single and a Dodson groundout.

But Hudson still had to sweat out the final out of the game before celebrating the victory.

“I told the girls back in the first inning that they were going to fight all the way,” Eby said. “And they did. Fortunately we’d done a good job of adding to that lead throughout the game so we could afford that at the end.”

The victory brought an end to the high school career for Sel-

man, who was the state player of the year last season and the state tournament player of the year her junior and senior seasons.

Those awards are likely to keep adding up in the upcoming weeks.

“She wasn’t at 100 percent today, and she hasn’t been for awhile,” Eby said. “But she’s a fighter and a winner. I don’t know of many girls that could have done what she did. And I’m not sure if LSU knows just how good of a player and a competitor they’re getting.”

Along with Selman, Saturday’s game was the last for Hudson seniors Haley Wilson, Cassidy Brasuell and Dotson.

Those four seniors donned their caps and gowns and graduated along the first base line following the game’s final out.

“These seniors were really special,” Selman said. “We believed in ourselves and God believed in us.”

Hudson finishes the season with a 38-7-1 record while Mineola finished at 31-9.

Members of Hudson’s state championship team are K.K. Parker, Cortny Luna, Alyssa Pierc, Madison Selman, Bryli Lee, Marie Mireles, Haley Wilson, Kelsee Selman, Madison Jeffrey, Adriana Mosley, Katelyn Hanks, Cassidy Brasuell, Ashley Davis and Alyssa Dotson. Managers are Amzee Gerard and Campbell Selman.

The team’s head coach is Jimmy Eby and assistant coachs are Wes Capps, Tanner Hines and Amanda Malone.

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Lee, who recorded the first out.

Selman then struck out the next hitter.

That’s when things turned in Mineola’s favor Kassy Skinner started the rally with a bloop single and Johnson roped an RBI triple, making it 12-3.

Rikkilyn Hass had an RBI single to make it 12-4 and Marissa Ledkins singled to put runners on first and second.

Hudson then looked like it would avoid any further damage when a ball was hit to the shortstop. But when Lee tagged the runner, the ball bounced out of her glove, loading the bases and keeping Mineola alive.

Jade Green immediately made Hudson pay with a bases-clearing double, narrowing the gap to 12-7, and giving the Lady Jackets

SCOREBOARD Pro baseball American League East Division

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W L Pct GB Detroit 30 24 .556 — Cleveland 30 25 .545 ½ Chicago 24 29 .453 5½ Minnesota 24 29 .453 5½ Kansas City 23 30 .434 6½ West Division

W L Pct GB Texas 34 21 .618 — Oakland 33 24 .579 2 Los Angeles 25 30 .455 9 Seattle 24 32 .429 10½ Houston 18 37 .327 16 ——— Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 1 Baltimore 7, Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 2 Texas 7, Kansas City 2 Seattle 3, Minnesota 0 Oakland 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Houston 6, L.A. Angels 3 San Diego 4, Toronto 3, 17 innings Saturday’s Games Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 5, Seattle 4 Oakland 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 10 innings Detroit 10, Baltimore 3 Kansas City 4, Texas 1, 10 innings Boston 11, N.Y. Yankees 1 Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

San Diego 4, Toronto 3 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay (Hellickson 2-2) at Cleveland (McAllister 4-4), 12:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 2-2) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-2), 12:35 p.m.

Seattle (Bonderman 0-0) at Minnesota (Diamond 3-4), 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City (E.Santana 3-5) at Texas (Darvish 7-2), 2:05 p.m.

Houston (Lyles 2-1) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 4-3), 2:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-2) at Oakland (Parker 3-6),

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Boston (Buchholz 7-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-3), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (R.Ortiz 1-2) at San Diego (Volquez 4-5), 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Oakland at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 33 22 .600 — Washington 28 28 .500 5½ Philadelphia 26 30 .464 7½ New York 22 31 .415 10 Miami 15 41 .268 18½ Central Division

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W L Pct GB Arizona 30 24 .556 — Colorado 29 27 .518 2 San Francisco 29 27 .518 2 San Diego 26 29 .473 4½ Los Angeles 23 31 .426 7 ——— Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 2 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 5 Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 2 San Francisco at St. Louis, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 5, 10 innings San Diego 4, Toronto 3, 17 innings Saturday’s Games St. Louis 8, San Francisco 0, 1st game Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 3 Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 innings Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 7, San Francisco 1, 2nd game Atlanta 2, Washington 1, 10 innings Arizona at Chicago Cubs, (n) San Diego 4, Toronto 3 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0) at Miami (Slowey 1-5), 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 5-0) at Pittsburgh (J.Gomez 2-0), 12:35

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Milwaukee (Fiers 1-3) at Philadelphia (Lee 6-2), 12:35 p.m.

Washington (Karns 0-0) at Atlanta (Maholm 6-4), 12:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Gaudin 0-1) at St. Louis (Lyons 2-0), 1:15 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 8-0) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 1-7), 1:20 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3), 3:10 p.m.

Toronto (R.Ortiz 1-2) at San Diego (Volquez 4-5), 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Colorado at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Pro basketball NBA Playoff Glance (Best-of-7) CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 3, Indiana 3 Wednesday, May 22: Miami 103, Indiana 102, OT Friday, May 24: Indiana 99, Miami 93 Sunday, May 26: Miami 114, Indiana 96 Tuesday, May 28: Indiana 99, Miami 92 xhursday, May 30: Miami 90, Indiana 79 Saturday, June 1: Indiana 91, Miami 77 Monday, June 3: New Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Memphis 0 Sunday, May 19: San Antonio, 105, Memphis 83 Tuesday, May 21: San Antonio 93, Memphis 89 Saturday, May 25: San Antonio 104, Memphis 93 Monday, May 27: San Antonio 93, Memphis 86

Pro hockey NHL Glance CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3 Sunday, May 19: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3 Friday, May 24: Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 2 Boston 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT

Sunday, May 19: Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, May 21: Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 23: N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT Saturday, May 25: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 4, Chicago 3 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 20: Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 23: Detroit 2, Chicago 0 Saturday, May 25: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Monday, May 27: Chicago 4, Detroit 3 Wednesday, May 29: Chicago 3, Detroit 2 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 18: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Tuesday, May 21: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday, May 23: Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0 Sunday, May 26: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Tuesday, May 28: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 1 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 1, Pittsburgh 0 Saturday, June 1: Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Monday, June 3: Boston at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5: Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 7: Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, June 9: Boston at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 11: Pittsburgh at Boston< TBD x-Wednesday, June 12: Boston at Pittsburgh, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 1, Los Angeles 0 Saturday, June 1: Chicago 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday, June 2: Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4: Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 6: Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, June 8: Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m. x-Monday, June 10: Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 12: Los Angeles at Chicago, TBD

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Pacers force Game 7 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana staggered Miami with one more big punch Saturday night.

Now the Pacers have a fighting chance to pull off a stunning playoff upset.

Roy Hibbert did everything but pull out the boxing gloves in Game 6, finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and continually contesting Miami’s shots to help Indiana stave off elimination with an emphatic 91-77 victory over the defending champs.

Paul George scored 28 points, had eight rebounds and five assists, and the Pacers held Miami to 36.1 percent shooting as they booked a trip back to Miami for Game 7 on Monday night.

“Myself and David (West), we throw ourselves in the fray, in the paint. We like to muck it up,” Hibbert said. “Paul and myself, we

wanted to make sure we got this for him as well. We didn’t want this to be our last game.”

It wasn’t.

Instead, after winning their first division crown since 2004, the Pacers are one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals for only the second time in franchise history. They lost to the Lakers 4-2 in 2000. They haven’t played a decisive seventh game in the conference finals since losing to Chicago in 1998.

And amazingly, they’ve done it this time against the defending champions who many considered virtually invincible after winning 27 straight during the regular season, finishing with a franchise-record 66 wins and having won 23 of their last 24 road games before losing Games 4 and 6 in Indianapolis.

Rangers baseball

Rangers slip past Angels

ARLINGTON (AP) — Robbie Ross thought he was about to work himself out of trouble after striking out two batters in the 10th inning.

Instead, the left-hander’s problems were just beginning Saturday. Ross (2-1) hit David Lough with a pitch with the bases loaded to force in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 4-1. With the bases loaded and no out in the 10th, Ross struck

out Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain. That’s when the Royals started getting to Ross.

Ross then hit Lough to give the Royals the lead and George Kottaras added a two-run double after that. Ross came into the game having allowed only one run in 24 1-3 innings this season.

The left-hander gave up a leadoff single to Alcides Escobar in the 10th. Eric Hosmer followed with a single and Billy Butler was intentionally walked.