EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Kent State center fielder Evan Campbell said it could have gone either way.
The Golden Flashes were clinging to a narrow lead in the bottom of the ninth in the opening game of their NCAA super regional against Oregon on Saturday night. With the bases loaded and two outs, J.J. Altobelli of the Ducks hit the ball to deep center.
''As I was running, it kept going and kept carrying,'' Campbell said. ''It was close.''
But Campbell made the diving catch and Kent State extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games with a 7-6 victory.
''I hit it as good as I could,'' Altobelli said. ''(Campbell) just made a good play on it.''
Left-hander David Starn scattered four runs and five hits over 6 1-3 innings for the Golden Flashes (45-17), who are making their first-ever appearance in a super regional.
Oregon, the No. 5 national seed, rallied with two runs in the bottom of the ninth but couldn't overcome earlier mistakes. They had three costly errors and stranded 12 runners on base.
Senior Alex Keudell allowed two earned runs and nine hits over 7 1-3 innings for the Ducks (45-18).
The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the College World Series starting Friday in Omaha, Neb.
''I was hoping that we'd have Monday off on a positive note, but we don't,'' Oregon coach George Horton said.
Oregon is making its second trip to the postseason since it reinstated baseball in 2009 after a 26-year hiatus. The Ducks advanced out of their double-elimination regional for the first time since 1954, when the team made its lone trip to the College World Series.
The Golden Flashes went up 2-0 in the third inning. Campbell doubled with two outs and scored on Jimmy Rider's single to left. Rider scored when Keudell misplayed David Lyon's bunt.
Rider's RBI single was his 100th hit this season, breaking the Kent State season record of 99 held by John VanBenschoten (2001) and Anthony Gallas (2010).
The Ducks narrowed it in the bottom half when Altobelli scored on Ryon Healey's grounder.
Kent State added a run in the fourth when Sawyer Polen's one-out single scored T.J. Sutton, who led off the inning with a double.
Starn walked three to load the bases with two outs in the fourth, and it appeared that he hit Aaron Payne to bring in an Oregon run. But the home plate umpire ruled that Payne didn't get out of the way, and Starn struck him out to end the threat.
The Golden Flashes padded their lead in the fifth on Rider's RBI double and Sutton's sacrifice fly, before Kyle Garlick's sacrifice fly in the bottom half for Oregon narrowed it to 5-2.
Altobelli's RBI double in the sixth got the Ducks closer and Brett Thomas added a run-scoring single to left to make it 5-4 in the seventh.
The Golden Flashes added two runs in the eighth when Alex Miklos' shot to right was misplayed by outfielder Aaron Jones, scoring Polen and Sutton.
Trailing 7-4, Oregon nearly pulled off the comeback in the bottom of the ninth.
Kent State's Brian Clark loaded the bases with no outs before he was pulled in favor of Josh Pierce, who struck out Garlick. Ryan Hambright's sacrifice fly to left scored Jones and Pierce walked Brett Hambright to re-load the bases.
Pinch-hitter Andre Mendenhall walked to narrow it to 7-6, but Altobelli's fly ball to center was snagged by a diving Campbell to end it.
''It was a sloppy game, I think both sides would agree to that,'' Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said. ''But to win 21 straight you must be doing something right.''
The Golden Flashes, winners of the Mid-American Conference title for the past four years, have advanced to the postseason 12 times, but never past the regionals.
In 1954, Oregon hosted the NCAA Western Regionals at Howe Field and faced Seattle and Fresno State twice to move on to the College World Series.
Source: sports.yahoo.com
East London: Right On Track - BBC News
Synopsis
BBC 2012's Community Reporters showcase the emerging talents of East London. From break dancers and fashion designers, to chefs and authors, the Community Reporters shine a light on just some of the many creative young people beginning to make waves in the area. At the same time they discuss what it is about East London that's made it such a fertile breeding ground for new talent in so many different areas; and look at the challenges people face in trying to make a name from themselves.
This documentary is one of two programmes produced by a group of 14 young people from East London on the BBC 2012 Community Reporters Scheme. Over seven weeks they were trained in all aspects of journalism, before working with the Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories team to produce two 60 minute programmes. From generating the initial ideas and developing a structure, to recording the interviews and editing the finished content, this is all their own work.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London Olympics: 46 daysto go; Fears growing about UK border - Daily News and Analysis
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The first taste of British life for most travellers landing at Heathrow Airport these days is the queue. That long line snaking back and forth to passport control can be maddening, and even the British — masters at manners when it comes to waiting in ...Source: www.dnaindia.com
London bus staff drive on towards Olympic strike - The Guardian
London bus workers are preparing to announce strike dates this week as they step up their dispute over a £500 Olympic bonus.
Thousands of bus workers at the Unite trade union have voted by a majority of more than 90% for industrial action and have warned that walkouts could take place during the Games. Unite also accused the capital's transport authority of "hypocrisy" after claiming that seven Transport for London bosses could share a £560,000 bonus payment if performance targets including a trouble-free Olympics are met.
Peter Kavanagh, Unite's regional secretary for London, said: "This is barefaced hypocrisy of the highest order. TfL chiefs on six-figure salaries are in line to earn Olympic bonuses worth 160 times more than bus workers are asking for."
TfL said the claims were "spurious and inaccurate" because the bonus scheme, which equates to a payment of £80,000 for each senior director, is not based solely on performance over the Olympics and is part of the directors' contracts.
"It is disappointing that Unite continues to push for strike action, attempting to exploit the Games spirit and add a further multimillion-pound burden to the hard-pressed fare and taxpayers of London," said Leon Daniels, TfL's director of surface transport.
Under the terms of the 1992 Trade Union Act, Unite is unable to announce strike dates during the Olympics immediately. It must take industrial action within 28 days of the strike ballot being announced, which sets a deadline of the first week of July. If drivers take industrial action before that point, they are then allowed to stretch their strike mandate into the Games between 27 July and 12 August.
Unite's strike threat is further complicated by the fact that bus operators claim they are unable to pay a bonus. The 21 bus companies that operate in London are paid a set fee by TfL and are adamant that any extra staff payment must be underwritten by the mayor's transport authority. TfL's Daniels again indicated that the organisation will not underwrite a deal. "As has always been clear, bus drivers are employed by private companies and their pay and conditions are a matter for those private companies," he said.
TfL said a £500 bonus payment equated to a "bill of £12m for no additional work".
However, Unite argues that the 20,000 bus workers it represents are entitled to a bonus after payments of £850 were secured for tube staff. Staff at Network Rail, the DLR, the London Overground line and Virgin Trains have all agreed bonuses of between £500 and £900 each.
Unite has given bus operators until the start of this week to respond to its demand. If there is no response, it is preparing to announce strike dates by the middle of the week. The conciliation service, Acas, has not been involved so far.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murder hunt after Sussex victim of Jubilee attack dies - BBC News
A murder investigation has begun after the death of a 21-year-old East Sussex man found collapsed in the street following a Jubilee party.
Father-of-three James Harris Durkin, of Eastbourne, was discovered in Court Road, Orpington, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Met Police said he was taken to Royal London Hospital but later died.
Post-mortem tests on Thursday showed he died from a "deep brain bleed linked to blunt force trauma".
The Met Police have set up an incident room at Lewisham police station and appealed for witnesses.
A spokesman for the force said: "There were a number of people at the party which is in an area of adjoining residential premises.
"There were also, despite the early hours of the assault, people in the area either going to or returning from work in a part of Orpington."
Mr Harris Durkin initially travelled to Orpington from his home in Eastbourne to attend a funeral on Monday.
Officers said he then spent the evening celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with family and friends in Court Road.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rain puts Sussex joint top - ECB
Sussex moved level on points with Warwickshire at the top of Group C in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as their clash with Derbyshire at Horsham was rained off.
The hosts had reached 111 for five after 24 overs when the drizzle became too strong, and umpires Peter Hartley and Peter Willey later abandoned the match.
The result leaves the visitors second from bottom in the group and effectively ends their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages.
Tim Groenewald took 3-30 from eight overs to reduce Sussex to 58 for four after Derbyshire elected to field.
Joe Gatting and Michael Yardy repaired some of the damage with a stand of 44 for the fifth wicket before Gatting was out for a top score of 34.
Rain prevented a positive result result between Sussex and Derbyshire at Horsham, but put the former joint top of Group C
Matt Turner made the initial breakthrough in only the fourth over when Ed Joyce misjudged a drive and saw his off stump cartwheel out of the ground.
England all-rounder Luke Wright cracked three quick boundaries before perishing, going for a fourth, when he uppercut a delivery from Groenewald straight to David Wainwright at third man.
Chris Nash followed two balls later when a concerted lbw appeal from Groenewald was finally greeted with a raised finger to the disgust of the batsman.
Scott Styris looked rusty on his Sussex debut, having not seen any action in the recent Indian Premier League, and was next to go.
The New Zealand all-rounder grew frustrated and pulled a short ball from Groenewald down the throat of Alex Hughes at deep midwicket.
Gatting mounted a fightback by hitting Rana Naved-ul-Hasan - on his Derbyshire debut - for six over long-on and Hughes for another maximum.
His innings finally came to an end when he drove Wainwright firmly to short extra-cover where Wayne Madsen took a juggling catch at the third attempt.
Skipper Yardy had moved on to 22 and Ben Brown three when the rain - which had been falling all game - became heavier and the players were taken off.
After a further 90 minutes of solid rain the umpires decided to abandon the match.
Source: www.ecb.co.uk
Kent State wins Game 1 vs. Oregon - Canton Repository
Kent State center fielder Evan Campbell said it could have gone either way.
The Golden Flashes were clinging to a narrow lead in the bottom of the ninth in the opening game of their NCAA super regional against Oregon on Saturday night. With the bases loaded and two outs, J.J. Altobelli of the Ducks hit the ball to deep center.
"As I was running, it kept going and kept carrying," Campbell said. "It was close."
But Campbell made the diving catch and Kent State extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games with a 7-6 victory.
"I hit it as good as I could," Altobelli said. "(Campbell) just made a good play on it."
Left-hander David Starn scattered four runs and five hits over 6 1-3 innings for the Golden Flashes (45-17), who are making their first-ever appearance in a super regional.
Oregon, the No. 5 national seed, rallied with two runs in the bottom of the ninth but couldn't overcome earlier mistakes. They had three costly errors and stranded 12 runners on base.
Senior Alex Keudell allowed two earned runs and nine hits over 7 1-3 innings for the Ducks (45-18).
The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the College World Series starting Friday in Omaha, Neb.
"I was hoping that we'd have Monday off on a positive note, but we don't," Oregon coach George Horton said.
Oregon is making its second trip to the postseason since it reinstated baseball in 2009 after a 26-year hiatus. The Ducks advanced out of their double-elimination regional for the first time since 1954, when the team made its lone trip to the College World Series.
The Golden Flashes went up 2-0 in the third inning. Campbell doubled with two outs and scored on Jimmy Rider's single to left. Rider scored when Keudell misplayed David Lyon's bunt.
Rider's RBI single was his 100th hit this season, breaking the Kent State season record of 99 held by John VanBenschoten (2001) and Anthony Gallas (2010).
The Ducks narrowed it in the bottom half when Altobelli scored on Ryon Healey's grounder.
Kent State added a run in the fourth when Sawyer Polen's one-out single scored T.J. Sutton, who led off the inning with a double.
Starn walked three to load the bases with two outs in the fourth, and it appeared that he hit Aaron Payne to bring in an Oregon run. But the home plate umpire ruled that Payne didn't get out of the way, and Starn struck him out to end the threat.
The Golden Flashes padded their lead in the fifth on Rider's RBI double and Sutton's sacrifice fly, before Kyle Garlick's sacrifice fly in the bottom half for Oregon narrowed it to 5-2.
Altobelli's RBI double in the sixth got the Ducks closer and Brett Thomas added a run-scoring single to left to make it 5-4 in the seventh.
The Golden Flashes added two runs in the eighth when Alex Miklos' shot to right was misplayed by outfielder Aaron Jones, scoring Polen and Sutton.
Trailing 7-4, Oregon nearly pulled off the comeback in the bottom of the ninth.
Kent State's Brian Clark loaded the bases with no outs before he was pulled in favor of Josh Pierce, who struck out Garlick. Ryan Hambright's sacrifice fly to left scored Jones and Pierce walked Brett Hambright to re-load the bases.
Pinch-hitter Andre Mendenhall walked to narrow it to 7-6, but Altobelli's fly ball to center was snagged by a diving Campbell to end it.
"It was a sloppy game, I think both sides would agree to that," Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said. "But to win 21 straight you must be doing something right."
The Golden Flashes, winners of the Mid-American Conference title for the past four years, have advanced to the postseason 12 times, but never past the regionals.
In 1954, Oregon hosted the NCAA Western Regionals at Howe Field and faced Seattle and Fresno State twice to move on to the College World Series.
Source: www.cantonrep.com
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