<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Baseball Border War at the K</span></strong></p><p>The Border War comes to Kauffman Stadium tonight, and Kansas and Missouri will both try to stop the bleeding. Each team has lost four straight, the Jayhawks dropping a series at Oklahoma State and the Tigers at Texas A&amp;M. Probable starting pitchers are Kansas sophomore Shaeffer Hall, 2-2, who attended Lee&#8217;s Summit West, and Missouri junior Ian Berger, 3-3.</p><p>The game won&#8217;t count in the conference standings. The Tigers are 29-14; Kansas is 25-22.</p><p>The game begins at 7 p.m., with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission in the lower bowl, with $5 tickets for ages 6-18. Kids 5 and under are free. There is no charge for parking.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Tigers clinch title</span></strong></p><p>Missouri has clinched the annual MU-KU Border War title for the 2007-08 season. Mizzou clinched this year&#8217;s cup when its women&#8217;s golf team finished higher than Kansas at the Big 12 championships last weekend in Stillwater, Okla. The golf results pushed MU&#8217;s running total to 21 points, compared with 13 points for Kansas.</p><p>The closest KU could get would be 21-19.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Wildcat pitcher is honored</span></strong></p><p>Kansas State pitcher Brad Hutt was chosen Big 12 pitcher of the week. Hutt led the Wildcats to a 4-1 victory Saturday against Texas, K-State&#8217;s first home triumph against the Longhorns since March 22, 1998. Hutt pitched eight innings, allowed one earned run, scattered seven hits, walked one and struck out three.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">KU&#8217;s Jackson signs with sports group</span></strong></p><p>Kansas senior forward Darnell Jackson took the first step toward a professional basketball career, signing with the San Antonio-based Montgomery Sports Group. The group also manages the contracts of Desmond Mason (Milwaukee Bucks), Maurice Evans (Orlando Magic) and brothers Joey Graham (Toronto Raptors) and Stephen Graham (Indiana Pacers).</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">QB trouble at UCLA</span></strong></p><p>UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan will have knee surgery and miss the 2008 season. Cowan was carted off the field Thursday after injuring his left knee, and he will have surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament.