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Live Updates: Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians (Game One)
Kansas City had about as good of a last series as they could have, sweeping the White Sox in a three game series that they outscored Chicago 17-3 in. All three pitchers for the Royals only allowed a single run in their starts, including a full game by Seth Lugo. Kansas City will look to keep that momentum alive against the Arizona Diamondbacks who will enter Kauffman Stadium with a 51-49 record, holding the second spot in the NL West.
The Royals have managed to claw themselves back into the playoff picture, currently holding the third wildcard spot with a 55-45 record, tied for second in the AL Central. Both the Guardians and Twins both lost their last two games meaning that the Royals currently stand just five games back of the division lead. Cole Ragans will look to lead Kansas City even closer to the playoffs with a win tonight.
Game is slated to start at 4:00 p.m. CT.
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO.
When: First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. CT.
TV: You can watch the game on Bally Sports KC or MLB.TV (blackouts may apply depending on location).
Starting Pitchers
KC – Cole Ragans (6-6, 3.16 ERA)
ARI – Yilber Diaz (1-0, 1.50 ERA)
Batting Order/Lineup
KC: 1. Adam Frazier (2B) 2. Bobby Witt Jr. (SS) 3. Vinnie Pasquantino (1B) 4. Salvador Perez (C) 5. Michael Massey (DH) 6. Hunter Renfroe (RF) 7. Drew Waters (LF) 8. Maikel Garcia (3B) 9. Kyle Isbel (CF)
CWS: 1. Ketel Marte (2B) 2. Gabriel Moreno (C) 3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr (LF) 4. Christian Walker (1B) 5. Randal Grichuk (DH) 6. Eugenio Suarez (3B) 7. Corbin Carroll (RF) 8. Kevin Newman (SS) 9. Alek Thomas (CF)
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New study ranks Missouri, Kansas among worst states for women’s health care: Here’s why
A comprehensive study released July 18 by the Commonwealth Fund, a health care equity nonprofit and research group, ranks Missouri and Kansas among the worst states in the nation for a variety of women’s health metrics.
Missouri is the seventh-worst state in the nation for women’s health across many categories, including reproductive health care, mental health and mortality, the study found. Kansas is a little better, ranking the 20th worst for combined health outcomes.
The study also looked at factors including mental health, maternal mortality, syphilis rates and domestic violence. Here’s how Missouri and Kansas fared.
How does Missouri rank on women’s health care?
Missouri’s health and reproductive care outcomes are in the bottom fifth of states, ranking 43rd out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia. These factors include having the eighth-highest rates of death from breast cancer and cervical cancer, and the second-highest rates of poor mental health among adult women.
According to the study’s data, more than one in every four Missouri women between the ages of 18 and 64 reported “14 or more poor mental health days in the past month.” This persistently poor mental health can lead to other negative outcomes for Missouri women.
Missouri was also the 11th worst out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia for supporting women’s access to health care, the study found.
One in 10 Missouri women between the ages of 19 and 64 have no health insurance coverage, and nearly one in five in the 18–44 age range said they had skipped a necessary doctor’s visit in the past year because they couldn’t afford it.
Missouri also has the sixth-lowest rate of Pap smears for adult women, which can be used to detect cervical cancer and other health issues before they become debilitating.
While the study covers a wide variety of health issues, it places particular emphasis on reproductive and maternal health care. In this regard, it notes the effect of abortion bans in states like Missouri on broader women’s health issues.
“Many experts are concerned that abortion bans or limits may inadvertently reduce the number of providers offering maternity care, owing to increased risk of legal action that practices face,” the authors wrote.
Missouri’s near-total ban on abortion was implemented immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, but reports suggest thousands of residents have received abortions in other states.
The state has 74 maternity care providers per 100,000 women of childbearing age—defined in the study as ages 15–44. That’s lower than the national average of just under 79 providers.
The effects on pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care are evident: Just under 29 women die during pregnancy for every 100,000 live births in the state, and 11% of babies are born prematurely.
Pregnant women in Missouri are also at a significantly higher risk of intimate partner violence than the national average, with 5.6% experiencing this abuse during pregnancy compared to 3.1% nationwide.
How does Kansas rank on women’s health care?
In Kansas, women fare a little better than Missouri for health outcomes—but are still worse than average on most metrics.
Women in Kansas have the 10th lowest health insurance rate in the country, with 12% of women ages 19–64 living without coverage. And 18% of women ages 18–44 have skipped an important doctor’s appointment in the past year because they haven’t been able to afford care.
Women in Kansas typically have low rates of syphilis infection and high rates of vaccination for the flu and pneumonia compared to the national average. The state also has slightly above the national average rate of abortion clinics available per 100,000 women. Kansas voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state’s constitution in 2022, and the clinics often serve women from neighboring surrounding states where abortion is more restricted.
However, maternal health care access in Kansas lags behind even Missouri in terms of available providers. The state has only around 67.6 providers per 100,000 women aged 15–44, compared to the national average of 78.9.
Overall, Kansas ranked the second-worst for women’s health care in the Great Plains region, which in this study included Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The only state below it was Missouri.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Two big innings from Kansas City hand RedHawks third straight loss
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – The RedHawks head into the all-star break in a skid, having lost three straight games to the Kansas City Monarchs, including a 9-2 defeat Sunday to conclude a weekend series.
It was a tale of two games because the RedHawks no-hit the Monarchs in the first five innings, entering the sixth up 1-0.
However, Kansas City used a pair of crooked numbers to flip the script and win big, tallying four runs in the sixth and five runs in the eighth.
Sunday’s contest was Fargo-Moorhead’s last matchup in a stretch of 18 games in 17 days, so the three-day break this week is very welcome for Manager Chris Coste’s team.
”I think this all-star break came at the perfect time for us,” Coste said. “We’re kind of limping in right now. We haven’t played terrible, but I think it caught up to us more mentally.
“But I’ll tell you we have a team full of guys that when we hop on the bus in a few days, we’re gonna be excited to play some baseball again.”
The RedHawks are off until Thursday, when Fargo-Moorhead travels to Gary to face the Railcats in a three-game series. Outfielder Ismael Alcantara and Pitcher Tyler Grauer will represent the RedHawks at the All-Star Game in Kansas City this week.
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Do Kansas Democratic delegates have to vote for Biden? Delegate questions answered
President Joe Biden suspended his campaign a month before the Democratic National Convention, where party leaders would have certified his nomination as the party’s presidential candidate.
But with Biden’s campaign suspended, what does that mean for Kansas’s democratic delegation to the committee?
How many Democratic delegates does Kansas have?
Kansas will send 39 of the convention’s 3,896 delates to the convention. Democratic bylaws calculate the formula based on the state’s population and the percentage of the total Democratic vote.
Do Kansas delegates have to vote for Joe Biden?
Joe Biden won 84% of the vote in Kansas’s Presidential Preference Primary, with the other listed candidates winning the remaining 5% and about 10% voting for none of the candidates on the ballot. But Democrats aren’t held to the results of the election, with the Democrat’s Delegate Selection Plan saying that delegates should vote “in all good conscious reflect the sentiments of those who elected them,” rather than direct primary results.
“We look forward to the process of nominating the Democrat who will defeat Donald Trump in November. We remain focused on supporting Kansas Democrats up and down the ballot,” the Kansas Democrats said after Biden’s resignation.
Democrats will be free to support a number of Democrats, but it will be a challenge to overcome Vice President Kamala Harris, who was already slated to be on the ticket and received Biden’s endorsement.
Kansas Democratic Delegates
The Kansas Democratic Party on May 25 elected the final delegation to August’s DNC Convention in a hybrid in-person and virtual committee meeting.
There are seven at-large delegates who will represent all of Kansas, four party leaders and elected official delegates and the remaining delegates were selected by region.
“Our members are diverse in age, race, gender, experiences, and geography and I could not be more pleased at the representation that Kansas will have as we re-nominate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and re-elect them in November,” said KDP Chair Jeanna Repass after delegates were selected in May.
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