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Two nights after the worst home defeat of the season and about an hour after wasting a strong pitching performance, frustration set in for the Wingnuts. At least for manager Kash Beauchamp.

Beauchamp was ejected in the second inning of Wichita's doubleheader nightcap with Sioux Falls. His animated argument with home plate umpire Blake Felix may have been just what the Wingnuts needed. They followed it with three runs, carrying them to a 5-2 win.

Sioux Falls won Game 1 2-1 on a two-run home run by Grant Richardson in the sixth inning off Brad Davis. Both games were seven innings.

"I'm tired of getting my brains beat in by Sioux Falls," Beauchamp said. "We just got boat raced the first night (a 13-1 loss on Monday), and the first game was a heartbreaker, to have Brad go out and pitch that well."

Beauchamp and the umpires had tension during the first game, and he argued a check swing strike call on Blake Gailen in the first inning of Game 2. On a similar call to Felipe Del Rosario, Beauchamp began arguing from the third base box and was immediately ejected by Felix.

Carlos Quentin's towering home runs kept Chicago close, then the White Sox went ahead without so much as a pitch being thrown.

Fighting back from a 5-0 deficit Wednesday night, the White Sox scored the go-ahead run on Ramon Ramirez's eighth-inning balk to beat the Kansas City Royals, 7-6.

"He balked," said Kansas City manager Trey Hillman. "He started and stopped. It was accurately called."

Trailing 6-5, the White Sox got their leadoff runner on when Orlando Cabrera walked against reliever Robinson Tejeda.

Cabrera stole second and third, and after Tejeda walked Quentin, Jim Thome's single tied the game. Plate umpire Dan Iassogna called a balk on Ramirez moments later, allowing Quentin to score the go-ahead run.

Michael Phelps lived up to the hype. Dara Torres didn't act her age. Tyson Gay fell. Brendan Hansen flopped.

The U.S. Olympic swimming and track trials brought out the best in some, and exposed some problems for others. Once they were over, the U.S. Olympic Committee leaders believed, as they always have, that these pressure-packed weeks with no second chances are still the best way to choose their Olympic teams.

"It does come with challenges, such as what Tyson Gay experienced," said USOC chief of sport performance Steve Roush. "That's one of the drawbacks, but I think ultimately, of the 600 athletes we'll take over, the win-or-go-home atmosphere prepares them for what they're going to be faced with at the games."

Gay's hamstring injury Saturday at the track trials, which cost him a spot in the 200-meter dash at the Olympics, provoked the most pointed questions.

USA Track and Field long has had a very inflexible system at Olympic trials. The top three finishers in each event get spots on the team. Get injured, the way Gay did in the 200, and you don't make it, even if your record over the past year, or four years, proves you are obviously one of the best in that event. Gay is the defending world champion in the 200.

Zac Potter shot a 4-under-par 67 on Wednesday morning at MacDonald Golf Course to earn the top seed in the Wichita Golf Association's match-play tournament.

His Wichita State roommate obviously wasn't impressed.

Jordan Smith, who birdied his final hole to grab one of the last spots in the championship flight, ambushed Potter with five birdies and an eagle to post a 5-and-4 victory in their first-round match and advanced to today's quarterfinals.

Smith redshirted last season for WSU's golf team while Potter was a mainstay as the Shockers qualified for an NCAA regional. Smith's anonymity was humorously apparent in the clubhouse after his victory, as other golfers expressed their surprise at the outcome while Smith sat a nearby table.

Not that the 19-year-old minded.

City Match Play

At MacDonald G.C.

Stroke-play qualifying

Championship flight--Zac Potter 67, Spencer Alefs 69, Kelly Isham 70, Eric Lagaly 71, Jeff Bell 71, Scott Glenn 72, Cameron Bishop 72, John Loomis 72, Rick Mullen 72, Aaron Sheaks 72, Drew Chadd 73, Zach Cleland 73, Jack Courington 73, Steve Priest 73, Randall Bannon 74, Jordan Smith 74.

First flight--Nick May 74, Hans Widener 75, Nathan Read 75, Randall Vautravers 75, Derek Harrison 75, Josh Russell 75, Ryan Kellenbarger 75, Michael Rowe 75, Andy Dome 76, Jeff Hamilton 76, Caleb Childs 77, Adam Jones 78, Max Lazzo 79, Mark Berger 79, Jeff Schauner 79, J Means 79.

From his seat in the bright orange No. 20, Tony Stewart spent a decade driving his way to superstardom while helping Joe Gibbs Racing become one of NASCAR's top teams.

The partnership produced 32 victories, two Cup championships and more than $68 million in winnings. It also survived a flurry of storms created by one of the most tempestuous drivers in NASCAR history.

It was the perfect union, yet it left Stewart wanting more.

More than he could ever get at Gibbs, where an ownership stake wasn't an option and Stewart was simply the driver. So Stewart secured his release from the organization Wednesday, paving the way for him to purchase his own NASCAR team.

"While this moment is bittersweet, we're parting on good terms and we know that each of us has benefited greatly from the other," team president J.D. Gibbs said in a statement.

Gary Scelzi's Funny Car has more giddy-up the farther along the track it travels.

So, less track figures to hurt him plenty at the finish line.

Still, Scelzi fully supports the National Hot Rod Association's decision to trim 320 feet off the quarter-mile track out of concerns over safety.

"It's worth it if it saves one life," Scelzi said.

In the wake of Scott Kalitta's recent fatal accident, the NHRA took an interim step, reducing the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races to 1,000 feet. The change will take effect this weekend at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals in Colorado.

Curtis Kelly, a 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward, is transferring to Kansas State from Connecticut, where he averaged 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds in 51 games. The Queens native, who starred at famed Rice High, has two years of eligibility remaining for the Wildcats. He will be on scholarship immediately and must sit out the 2008-09 basketball because of NCAA transfer rules. K-State is now at its full allotment of 12 scholarships for the 2008-09 season.

• WNBA stars Tamika Catchings, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Kara Lawson have earned the final three spots on the U.S. women's basketball team going to the Olympics, a person familiar with the choices told the Associated Press.

• A judge delayed the sentencing of disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy to have more time to decide how much restitution he and two co-conspirators should pay the NBA for their roles in a betting scandal. U.S. District Judge Carol Amon moved the sentencing, originally scheduled for Monday, to July 29.

• Betty Lennox scored 17 of her 24 points in the second half and the Atlanta Dream won their second straight game, beating the Minnesota Lynx 73-67.

FOOTBALL

Mark Cavendish of Britain won a sprint to take the longest stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, and Stefan Schumacher of Germany retained the overall lead.

Cavendish beat Oscar Freire of Spain and veteran sprinter Erik Zabel of Germany on the line in the fifth stage, a flat, 144-mile run from Cholet to Chateauroux.

"It's the biggest thing that's happened to me," the 23-year-old Cavendish said. "To win a stage of the Tour is a massive thing. I came here with the intention of winning one. It just means so, so much to me."

Three Frenchmen -- Lilian Jegou, Nicolas Vogondy and Florent Brard -- hit the front after seven miles and at one point had a lead of more than 8 minutes. However, the field never seemed concerned, and the breakaway was caught just before the finish.

Cavendish had been disappointed that Monday's third stage was won by a breakaway, giving no opportunity for the sprinters to fight for a victory.

PAMELA

ANDERSON

A DERBY MOM AND OTHER LOCAL NONCELEBRITIES TELL WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SHARE A FAMOUS NAME

Pamela Anderson knows you can't help it, so she's already forgiven you -- even before you've opened your mouth. Yes, that's really her name. Ha ha ha. Yes, she does get a lot of comments, every single day. Ha ha. Ha ha. No, she's never been a lifeguard. Hmmm. This Pamela Anderson is a laid-back, abundantly patient mom of two from Derby -- not the cosmetically enhanced, oft-married actress and pinup girl from Los Angeles.

She's one of many locals who share their name with a very famous person, meaning that everywhere she goes, someone has a comment.

There are "Mean Girls," and then there are mean girls -- like two of Ali Lohan's former classmates, who made a catty video about her and then posted it on the Internet.

Ali, 14 and a budding musician, calls herself a "nice girl, who wants to be friends with everybody."

The younger sister of You-Know-Who is at the center of the E! series "Living Lohan," which chronicles her experience recording a CD (the finale airs July 27).

She answered a few questions recently for Newsday.

Why did you and your mom decide to do the show?

The Sedgwick County Fair runs through Saturday at the fairgrounds in Cheney.

Attractions include the Pride of Texas Carnival, which is open from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. each day of the fair. There is a per-ride charge, or visitors can buy bracelets for unlimited rides.

One of the fair's most popular attractions is the Bull Blowout, featuring professional bull-riding and other rodeo events at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $10 in advance for adults and $6 for kids 6 to 10. They're $2 more at the gate. Kids 5 and under get in free.

The big event on the closing night of the fair is the annual Demolition Derby, where competitors try to wreck as many vehicles as they can with their own jalopies remaining intact. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for kids 10 and under in advance; they're $2 more at the gate. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for the event, which begins at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Hours for the Sedgwick County Fair are 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, and 7 a.m. to midnight Saturday.