(BY STEVE CARPENTER)
(HUTCHINSON CC SPORTS INFORMATION)

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Hutchinson Community College football team remained the No. 1 team in the NJCAA on Monday.

The 3-0 Blue Dragons solidified their hold on No. 1, racking up 11 of 16 first-place votes this week. Last week, the Blue Dragons had seven first-place votes. Hutch racked up 315 points in this week’s poll. Butler and Kilgore are now tied for second with 298 points. Butler got the other five first-place votes.

Last week, the Blue Dragons earned the No. 1 slot in the NJCAA rankings for the first time in the 88-year history of the program. Then on Saturday, the Dragons traveled to and defeated No. 7 Iowa Western 34-27 to move to 3-0.

For the Blue Dragons this week, it will be another road trip to play a ranked foe as Hutchinson travels to No. 17 Fort Scott (2-0). The Greyhounds own wins over Highland and Coffeyville and had a bye this past weekend.

The Jayhawk Conference has three teams in the Top 10 and four in the Top 20 this week.

Butler is second, Garden City is eighth and Fort Scott is 17th. With Hutchinson and Butler Nos. 1 and 2 in the rankings, this is the first time that one conference has teams in the top two slots for the first time since 2010. That was also Butler and Hutch. Coffeyville was ranked No. 3 in that poll. Iowa Central is now No. 10 and Iowa Western is now No. 15.

Hutchinson has now been ranked in 14 consecutive polls.

The Blue Dragons are also ranked in the JC Gridwire Dirty 30. The Dragons are ranked No. 5 in that poll, which includes California junior colleges. Butler is ranked No. 2 in the Dirty 30.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Dragon Talk with Hutchinson Community College Football Coach Rion Rhoades and KWBW’s Rob Dreher can be heard at 6pm to 6:30pm on Monday nights throughout the football season.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid met with the media Monday. Following are his comments.

OPENING STATEMENT: “I don’t really have any injuries. I can give you a little bit of an update though on Tyreek (Hill). Tyreek had the dislocation, and Rick (Burkholder) explained that yesterday, it was reduced non-surgically. He stayed there overnight and he’ll be back today. We’ll have to see when he gets back here how he is doing and just kind of monitor that as we go through the week. Other than that, I really don’t have much for you, as far as injuries go. Patrick (Mahomes) had the ankle – I mentioned that to you yesterday – and was moving around well today. I have seen him. All in all, with the game, good to get a win. Still have a ton of things to work on in all three phases. I thought defensively we really did some nice things. You take away just a couple of plays there and we had a pretty good day. I appreciated the effort of the guys and the way they challenged throughout the game. We have to make sure that we finish stronger as we go, on both sides of the ball, I’m saying. One other thing with the defense, it was good to see the guys in the defense. As we go here, you’ll see them continue to grow in the defense. It’s new and we have a lot of new elements to it, so I look forward to seeing the growth defensively. Offensively, we did some good things. But there are some things we have to clean up with all of the positions, whether it is with some of the run game stuff, protection things. The quarterback had a couple of things that he can clean up. I can go around to all of the positions. And the coaches, I mean we’re just getting back into the swing of things here when its live bullets, things are moving fast, and you have all of the different situations. All around, we can all do better. On special teams, we had a couple of good returns, which I thought were important. I thought that for the most part our coverage teams did OK. I think all in all, there were some positives in all three phases. With that, time’s yours.”

Q: Which aspect of the defense’s performance yesterday impressed you the most?

REID: “The run game, I thought that we did a pretty good job there. That runner is an elite player. Their three inside offensive linemen are tough, veteran guys. They are good players. A good, solid group inside there. I thought we handled that pretty well. It was good to see (Juan) Thornhill jump in and do what he did – and more so in the run game. That was the question. Everybody knew that he could do the coverage stuff, but when you get into the run game, how are you going to fill when asked to? I thought he did a nice job there. We gave up the big play that Nick (Foles) got banged up on. It was a perfect throw and the guy made a great catch. We were right in a position to make the play and we have to do that. We have to make the play. I thought it was one heck of a job by them. I thought our coverage was there, you just have to get the ball out. You want to get off the field the best you can and, for the most part, we did that. We had a couple that we were right in position to make the play, which I look at. Those things are the things that are going to get better here as you go on and keep working the defense.”

Q: The defense was only on the field for 58 total snaps. Was that due to the Jaguars having tempo to their offense or is the unit just improving?

REID: “Like I said, I thought for the most part that we got off the field. Your third downs become important. I thought we did a good job there. I just liked how aggressive we were. I thought the intensity maintained strong and the tempo was fast throughout the game. I think the guys are in shape. I just think it is becoming even more familiar with the defense. I think that as time goes on here, I think they’ll just keep getting better and better in that way.”

Q: How did you determine that Patrick Mahomes was ready to go back into the game after suffering an apparent ankle injury?

REID: “First of all, you have to be aware of it – aware of the injury – and how significant the injury is. These guys are very competitive guys so they’re going to want to get back out there, you know that. Then, you trust your medical staff and your trainers. I thought those guys gave me good information. Patrick is very, very competitive and wants to be out there, but at the same time, you want to make sure that you’re not putting him in a bad situation.”

Q: Has the little amount of time that Matt Moore has been with the team play into your decision to figure out which QB enters the game?

REID: “It didn’t. We went to Matt, who is a veteran, and we just said, ‘Listen, let’s narrow this thing down to the things that you are just really comfortable with. Let’s do that.’ For the most part, it was most of the game plan. We didn’t have to cut out a bunch of stuff for him, but we had a separate game plan sheet for him in case he needed to go in. So, we were prepared for that. We would’ve been fine there. He has been doing this a long time and gives you the confidence that he would have it under control. That wasn’t the issue. It was just that keeping Pat in there is an important part of our offense. In this game, sometimes you have to play with some nicks and bruises. How guys handle that ends up being important within the realm of things. Some guys, like Pat, you have to keep your eye on because they’ll go out there at times when maybe they shouldn’t go out there. So, you have make sure that you stay in tune with your medical staff there.”

Q: Have you had a chance to talk to Tyreek Hill to see how he is feeling and how his spirits are?

REID: “I have. He is doing good. He is glad the game worked out the way it did. Tyreek (Hill) is a big time team player. I think you guys know that. He was very fired up that everyone is doing okay. He’s very positive on things. There aren’t too many days I’ve seen him down in the dumps and it was that way when I talked to him today. He had good spirits to him. He just wants to get back here, he doesn’t want to be in a hospital. He just wants to get back and get settles and back here.”

Q: All around the league there has been talk about Antonio Brown and he was going to be there when you play the Raiders next week, what do you think about the whole situation?

REID: “So you know we cant comment on individual players so I’m not going to comment on that. I’m very close with Jon Gruden and I feel bad that he had to go through any of that stuff. That’s a tough deal and other than that, it’s happened. The league keeps a close eye on that stuff and tries to monitor it the best they can.”

Q: With the backfield situation with LeSean McCoy and Damien Williams, was that how you planned for it to play out?

REID: “Yes. I thought so, yeah. I figured it would be and (Darwin) Thompson got a few snaps in there too. You have two veteran players there that love to play and they give you different flavors. I figured that’s how it would work out in that area.”

Q: Now that you have watched the tape what was your first evaluation of Mecole Hardman and what can he do better?

REID: “He did some good things. There are a couple things he can clean up. It was good to see him get in there and move around and have an opportunity to play. I’m sure he watched that one catch that was kind of on his back shoulder, that short bubble pass. Other than that, I thought he did some good things in there. He’s a smart kid so there was not a lot of mental errors or any of that. I thought he did a good job with the other stuff.”

Q: When Patrick Mahomes did the no look pass to Travis Kelce, is that something you have to live with or is he trying to make it more difficult than he needs to?

REID: “That one he actually froze that underneath coverage guy who was working a drive underneath where (Travis) Kelce was going and that was the objective there. He was off a tick on it. It looked like to the naked eye it would be an easy A to throw it out there but that one kid that was underneath there, the flat defender, widened out and gotten depth but Patrick (Mahomes) kept his eyes inside at Sam (Sammy Watkins). Anyways, he missed it. It was a miss. I know he mentioned to you guys he thought it was going to be flatter or higher and all that but when you’re not looking at it, it’s hard to tell if it’s flatter or higher. I understood why he did it. The picture is there so I can see it with my own eyes. It’s there if you guys have access to it, just look at the underneath coverage guy and you’ll see what he was thinking there.”

Q: Do you think the players need to look out better for each other when getting up from plays to not be pushing through each other, which seems to be prevalent a lot in the league today?

REID: “Soren, you’ve been around me long enough to know that I’m not big on all that stuff. You just go play the game and play hard nose football and do your thing. So, any of that stuff is unnecessary in this game. I don’t know whoever patrols it, its’s unnecessary. That’s where I stand on it and that’s my own opinion on it. However it gets done whether the players do it or the officials do it, my team or another team, it’s unnecessary most of all. It doesn’t help the game at all and I’m into whatever helps the game be better and greater than it is now, I’m into that so, I just don’t think that helps it.”

Monday Morning Sports with KWBW’s Rob Dreher.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kansas volleyball fell in straight sets to tournament-host UCF on Sunday inside The Venue at UCF to close out the UCF Challenge.

The Jayhawks were within striking distance in the second set, coming from behind to get within one point as the Knights held a 22-21 advantage. However, UCF was able to finish the set strong by rallying off three-straight points to take a two-set lead in the match.

In the third set against the Knights, Kansas held the lead through the first nine points but UCF continued its strong showing on offense to take back the lead. The Jayhawks narrowed the Knight lead to 15-13, but that was as close as KU was able to keep it. UCF rattled off seven-consecutive points to take the set and the match.

KU was led by freshman Rachel Hickman who had a team-high eight kills and finished second on the team with eight digs. Senior Allie Nelson led the defensive effort for the Jayhawks with spectacular plays to give the Jayhawks a chance against the potent UCF attack and finished as the team leader with 10 digs.

UP NEXT

Kansas hosts its home opener Thursday, Sept. 12 against Morehead State in the Jayhawks’ new arena, the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, to start the Kansas Invitational.  KU welcomes Morehead State, Arizona and Syracuse for the four-day tournament in HFVA.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — K-State used 17 kills from both Brynn Carlson and Peyton Williams to defeat Central Arkansas in four sets (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-15) to cap an undefeated weekend at the K-State Invitational Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.

“We got better as we went, which has been a hallmark of the weekend for us,” said head coach Suzie Fritz. “As the matches got longer, we got better. Which, I think, in the long run is a pretty good sign. I was really proud of them through the whole course of the weekend. They showed a lot of perseverance, there were times it wasn’t coming easy and we weren’t playing cleanly, but we still found a way to grind through it.”

Williams was named K-State Invitational MVP after hitting .347 over three matches and averaging 3.14 kills per set. Setter Sarah Dixon also earned all-tournament accolades, as she picked up a pair of double-doubles over the weekend and averaged 9.710 assists per set and 2.64 digs per set.

Williams’ kill total marked a career best, as the redshirt junior hit .400 (3 errors, 35 swings) to go with four blocks and a service ace against Central Arkansas (4-3).

Carlson hit at a .350 clip, a season high, and reached double-digit kills for the sixth time in six matches this season.

Mutiri did not record an attacking error in registering 11 kills on 30 swings (.367). The sophomore opposite added three digs and two blocks.

“We call them our three-headed monster,” Fritz said of Carlson, Mutiri and Williams. “Those three are the most experienced and have the capacity to generate kill production. They are in the rotation all opposite of each other, so at any point we have one, and sometimes two, of them available in the front row. Sarah does a tremendous job distributing between those three attackers.”

K-State (4-2) limited UCA to a .155 hitting efficiency behind a season-high 10.0 team blocks, including four total blocks from Anna Dixon, Megan Vernon and Williams. The Wildcat offense hit .300 as a team and owned a 63-52 edge in total kill production.

Freshman libero Dru Kuck turned in 28 digs in four sets, her second straight 20-dig outing. Kuck ended the weekend with 71 digs, good for 5.07 per set.

The Cats fought off four set points in the opening set before dropping a 25-23 decision. Williams killed six balls on 10 swings without an error (.600) while Carlson added five kills on 11 attacks.

The Bears climbed within a single point late in Set 2, but a pair of Mutiri kills helped K-State level the match at a set apiece. Mutiri tallied three kills in the second set while Carlson and Williams each added four.

UCA held a 20-18 lead in the third set, but the Cats stormed back and closed the pivotal frame on a 4-1 run. Two of K-State’s final three points came via a Carlson kill, a she recorded five in the set. The defense held UCA to a .121 hitting percentage in the set behind nine digs from Kuck and three team blocks.

K-State hit .400 in the final set, tallying 15 kills with only a single attacking error on 35 attempts while forcing the Bears into as many attacking errors as kills (8) for a .000 efficiency. Anna Dixon had a team-high four kills in the set and Mutiri sealed the win with her 11th kill of the night.

Central Arkansas was led by Abbie Harry who had a dozen kills and 10 digs. Madi Bowles and Lexi Miller each ended with 10 kills. UCA’s all-tournament selection, libero Emily Doss, registered 20 digs.

The Cats venture on a seven-match road swing beginning at the MSU Fall Invitational hosted by Missouri State. K-State will take on the Bears Thursday at 6 p.m., before facing Weber State and Dayton on Friday.

INSIDE THE BOX SCOREK-State finished with a team efficiency of .300 (63 kills, 15 errors, 160 attacks).
Central Arkansas hit .155 as a team (52 kills, 27 errors, 161 attacks).
Carlson and Williams led K-State with 17 kills each.
The 17 kills marked a career high for Williams.
Williams was named K-State Invitational MVP after hitting .347 and averaging 3.14 kills
Sarah Dixon also earned all-tournament honors, as she produced two double-doubles in leading the K-State offense.
Kuck finished the night with 28 digs, her second straight 20-dig performance.
K-State recorded a season-high 10.0 team blocks.
Carlson reached double-figure kills for the sixth time to begin the season.
NOTESThis marked the first-ever meeting between K-State and Central Arkansas.
K-State is now 17-3 in all-time in Bramlage Coliseum.
The Wildcats improve to 40-6 at home against non-conference foes since 2010.
The Wildcats are 14-3 in their last 12 non-conference matches.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a testy and tactful 40-26 victory over the injury-riddled Jacksonville Jaguars. The Chiefs lost star receiver Tyreek Hill to a shoulder injury. The Jaguars lost quarterback Nick Foles for an extended period because of a broken left clavicle.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs star Tyreek Hill was transported to a hospital after sustaining a shoulder injury during a 40-26 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The team’s head athletic trainer detailed the precautions emergency personnel took with the Pro Bowl receiver. Rick Burkholder says Hill had a “sternoclavicular joint injury,” which is where the collarbone meets the sternum and can become a serious medical issue.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jack Flaherty had another strong start in his scintillating second half, scattering five hits over eight electric innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 23-year-old Flaherty struck out 10 and walked just one to win for the sixth time in his last eight starts to drop his post All-Star break ERA to 0.76. Carlos Martinez worked a perfect ninth inning for his 19th save. St. Louis has won 8 of 11 overall.

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara became the first Marlins pitcher with two shutouts in his rookie season since Dontrelle Willis, and Miami beat the Kansas City Royals 9-0. Alcantara threw a four-hitter with two walks and eight strikeouts for his first victory since the All-Star break. Willis had two shutouts while winning Rookie of the Year in 2003. Starlin Castro hit his 18th home run and drove in two for the Marlins.

National Headlines

NEW YORK (AP) _ Rafael Nadal is one away from matching Roger Federer’s men’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles. Nadal blew a two-sets-to-none lead in the U.S. Open final yesterday before pulling out a 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in 4 hours, 50 minutes. It’s the fourth U.S. Open championship for Nadal, who had dropped only one Grand Slam match after taking the first two sets.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles broke his left collarbone when Chris Jones hit him hard and landed on top of him during the Kansas City Chiefs’ 40-26 win at Jacksonville. Foles was injured after throwing a 35-yard touchdown pass to DJ Chark in the first half. He will have surgery today and is expected to be put on injured reserve, which would make him ineligible to play again until Week 11 at the earliest.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman have claimed the final two spots in the 16-driver field for NASCAR’s Cup playoffs. Jimmie Johnson failed to make the playoff for the first time since the format was introduced in 2004, crashing out in yesterday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the event for the second time, beating Joey Logano by 6.118 seconds in a crash-marred race.

UNDATED (AP) _ The Los Angeles Dodgers can clinch the NL West title as early as tomorrow night. The Dodgers reduced their magic number to two yesterday as Corey Seager and Matt Beaty homered in a 5-0 shutout of the San Francisco Giants. Los Angeles will wrap up the division Tuesday with a win over the Baltimore Orioles if the Arizona Diamondbacks lose to the New York Mets either tonight or tomorrow. L.A. also can clinch tomorrow without a win if the DBacks drop the first two games of their series in New York.

UNDATED (AP) _ The Southeastern Conference has three of the top four spots in The Associated Press college football poll after LSU’s road victory against Texas pushed the Tigers up two spots to No. 4. The top three spots stayed the same with Clemson No. 1, Alabama No. 2 and Georgia No. 3. Oklahoma slipped from fourth to fifth.

Sunday Scores

INTERLEAGUE
Final Miami 9 Kansas City 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 3
Final Texas 10 Baltimore 4
Final Houston 21 Seattle 1
Final Cleveland 5 Minnesota 2
Final Chi White Sox 5 L-A Angels 1
Final Oakland 3 Detroit 1
Final N-Y Yankees 10 Boston 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 4 Arizona 3
Final St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 0
Final Washington 9 Atlanta 4
Final Milwaukee 8 Chi Cubs 5
Final Philadelphia 10 N-Y Mets 7
Final L-A Dodgers 5 San Francisco 0
Final San Diego 2 Colorado 1 (10 Innings)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Tennessee 43 Cleveland 13
Final Baltimore 59 Miami 10
Final Buffalo 17 N-Y Jets 16
Final Philadelphia 32 Washington 27
Final Kansas City 40 Jacksonville 26
Final L.A. Rams 30 Carolina 27
Final Minnesota 28 Atlanta 12
Final Seattle 21 Cincinnati 20
Final OT L.A. Chargers 30 Indianapolis 24
Final San Francisco 31 Tampa Bay 17
Final OT Detroit 27 Arizona 27
Final Dallas 35 N-Y Giants 17
Final New England 33 Pittsburgh 3

Monday Night
Houston at New Orleans 7:10 p.m.
Denver at Oakland 10:20 p.m.

The Southeastern Conference held three of the top four spots in The Associated Press college football poll after LSU’s road victory against Texas pushed the Tigers to No. 4.

Clemson remained No. 1 on Sunday, receiving 56 first-place votes out of 62 in the Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. No. 2 Alabama received 6 first-place votes and Georgia stayed at No. 3. LSU jumped two spots after winning 45-38 at Texas on Saturday to make it three straight SEC teams after Clemson. The last conference to hold three of the top four spots in the poll was the SEC on Nov. 2, 2014, when Mississippi State was No. 1, Auburn was third and Alabama fourth.

Southern California, which was unranked in the preseason for the first time since 2001, moved in at No. 24 after beating Stanford 45-20.

The SEC has half the top-10 teams in the country after two weeks of the regular season, with Auburn moving up to No. 8 and Florida rising to No. 9. The Tigers and Gators were two of several teams to get a bump in the rankings thanks to Michigan. The Wolverines dodged an upset, beating Army 24-21 in double overtime, but dropped three spots to No. 10.

Texas fell out of the top 10, dropping three spots to No. 12.

IN

— No. 21 Maryland is ranked for the first time since joining the Big Ten after a surprisingly easy 63-20 victory over Syracuse. The Terrapins have scored 142 points in two games under new coach Mike Locksley. The last time Maryland was ranked was 2013, when the Terps were still in the ACC, and they spent a week in early October at No. 25.

— No. 25 Virginia is ranked after a 2-0 start.

OUT

— Syracuse dropped out of the ranking after being handed the most lopsided loss (43 points) by a ranked team to an unranked team in 20 years. In October 1999, unranked Oklahoma beat No. 13 Texas A&M 51-6.

— Stanford fell out after USC scored the final 35 points of their game Saturday night.

— Nebraska is out after letting a 17-0 lead slip away at Colorado and losing in overtime.

— Iowa State, which barely held on to its ranking after needing OT to beat Northern Iowa in Week 1, dropped out in an idle week.

CONFERENCE CALL

Big Ten — 7

SEC — 6

Pac 12 — 5

Big 12 — 2

ACC — 2

American — 1

Mountain West — 1

Independent — 1

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara is providing a little optimism for Marlins fans during another frustrating season.

Alcantara became the first Marlins pitcher with two shutouts in his rookie season since Dontrelle Willis, and Miami beat the Kansas City Royals 9-0 Sunday.

“You’ve seen the same thing you saw last year — good spots, good decent outings, but now it’s starting to turn into every time out,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.

Alcantara (5-12) threw a four-hitter with two walks and eight strikeouts for his first victory since the All-Star break. Willis had two shutouts while winning Rookie of the Year in 2003.

“Nowadays, you don’t see many guys that do what he does because he still more of a power sink and run, and now that’s kind of out of the game,” Mattingly said. “But to see him make a ball move the way it does at those velocities, it’s dominant stuff.”

Starlin Castro hit his 18th home run and drove in two for the Marlins, who pounded out 13 hits to avoid a sweep after being held to two runs and 11 hits over the first two games.

Alcantara, pitching a day after his 24th birthday, was 0-4 with a 4.99 ERA in his previous 10 starts after being named to his first All-Star team. The right-hander also pitched a two-hitter against the Mets in May.

“I feel like I’ve improved a lot,” Alcantara said. “I came in with a lot of weight. I had good days and bad days, but I never gave up. I worked hard to get better every time.”

Kansas City starter Mike Montgomery (3-8) allowed five runs and eight hits in four innings. Montgomery was the last pitcher in the majors to throw two shutouts as a rookie, doing it in 2015 with Seattle.

“It’s one of those games where the breaks aren’t going your way and when they have a starter throwing the way he is, you pretty much have to be perfect and I wasn’t able to do that,” Montgomery said.

The Royals still won their third consecutive series of three or more games for the first time since July 2017.

“It never feels good to win the first two and then lose the third one,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It feels a lot better if you win one, lose one, and then win one. You don’t feel satisfied walking out of here with a loss.”

Miami’s Lewis Brinson and Harold Ramirez each knocked in two runs, and Garrett Cooper had three hits.

Castro homered to left in the first inning, and the Marlins plated four runs in the fourth on five singles.

“I really couldn’t stop the bleeding after a couple of infield hits,” Montgomery said.

Four walks issued by Kyle Zimmer in the fifth helped the Marlins extend their lead to 7-0.

CASTRO CLOSING IN ON TOP MARKS

Castro’s 18 home runs and 76 RBIs are the second-most in his career, trailing only his career-bests of 21 home runs in 2016 and 78 RBIs in 2012.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Jake Newberry (shoulder) is nearing a return after throwing well Saturday. “We were going to do a simulated game on Tuesday, but if he feels good, we might just activate him Tuesday,” Yost said.

Marlins: RHP Jordan Yamamoto (forearm) is looking to make his return to the mound before the season ends.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis (9-12, 4.94 ERA) will begin a three-game series at the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. He is 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA in two starts against the White Sox.

Marlins: RHP Robert Dugger (0-1, 4.00) opens a four-game home series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday with his fourth start of the season.