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Associate Athletics Director Tim Hickman says the school had previously planned a $4.5 million renovation but now envisions a new ballpark costing between $12 million and $15 million.

Kansas City will use the franchise tag on Branden Albert this season, paying him $9.3 million in 2013.

The 2013 matchups include West Virginia at Missouri on Dec. 5.

Rookie John Gast also pitched five shutout innings for St. Louis in a 10-4 victory over New York on Tuesday night.

Billy Butler broke out of a severe slump with five hits and five RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals kept Joe Blanton winless in eight starts this season with an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Quick improvement helped Sam Harrison move from a novice to a member of the Rock Bridge boys varsity golf team that is competing Monday and Tuesday at the Class 4 state championships.

A sloppily played first inning resulted in seven Rock Bridge runs, all the Bruins needed to end the Kewpies' postseason. 

Losing its starting catcher in the first inning wasn’t the only obstacle Rock Bridge had to overcome in a 7-3 victory over Hickman on Monday in the semifinals of the Class 5, District 9 tournament.

The Rock Bridge High School boys golf team is in fourth place after the first day of the MSHSAA Boys Golf Championship on Monday at the Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield.

The Hickman girls soccer team beat Rock Bridge 2-1 in double overtime Monday in the semifinals of the Class 3, District 9 tournament in Sedalia.

Both Rock Bridge doubles teams advanced to the state tournament with wins Monday in the Class 2 Section 5 sectionals. 

Nicole Neville, a senior, finished first in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes last week at the Class 1 Sectional 3 tournament. Davis Atkins, a freshman, finished fourth in the 800-meter run to qualify for her first trip to the state tournament.

Ty Wigginton never stopped running on Matt Carpenter's seventh-inning single, and his head-first slide barely beat the tag to snap a tie in the eventual 6-3 victory. 

Missouri was selected as the No. 6 overall seed in the NCAA Softball Tournament, meaning Columbia will be a host site for the regionals beginning Friday through May 19 and, if Missouri advances, a host site for the super regionals the following weekend.

This week in Missouri sports, the Missouri baseball and softball teams had different experiences at weekend series. The baseball team lost in a three-game series against Alabama. The Missouri softball team won against Arkansas, advancing the team to the semifinals, only to lose against Florida 10-4.

The freshman finished in 10.18 seconds to earn All-Southeastern Conference honors

Despite a quiet demeanor, Peoples led the event throughout the competition on Sunday to earn the Southeastern Conference title.

Freshman Cameron Dorth's emergence coincided with the team's improved play. 

Missouri baseball committed four errors and gave up five unearned runs in its 7-6 loss to Alabama on Sunday.

Hiroki Kuroda (5-2) allowed only a sacrifice fly by the Royals' Alex Gordon and an RBI groundout by Alcides Esocbar over 7 2/3 innings. The right-hander at one point went 15 batters without allowing a hit to win for the fifth time in his last six decisions.