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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
A LONG SUNDAY EVENING IN CHICAGO YIELDED THE CARDINALS A VICTORY IN THE FINAL GAME
OF A 3-GAME SERIES...
CARDINALS 4 CUBS 3 (11)
YANKEES 12 ROYALS 6
CURTIS GRANDERSON SWATTED A PAIR OF HOME RUNS AND THE ROYALS DROPPED A THIRD GAME OF
FOUR IN THE BRONX.
TEXAS LEAGUE
SPRINGFIELD 5 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 2
THE ANNUAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONIE'S WERE HELD SUNDAY IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK...THIS YEAR'S CLASS FEATURED FORMER CARDINAL AND ROYAL MANAGER WHITEY HERZOG AND TALKED ABOUT BEING PATIENT BEFORE GETTING THE INDUCTION CALL..
OUTFIELDER ANDRE DAWSON AND UMPIRE DOUG HARVEY WERE ALSO ENSHRINED,,
AUTO RACING
ERIC TINDERHOLT OF LAMPE TOOK FIRST PLACE FRIDAY IN THE MODIFIED DIVISION AT THE MIDWAY SPEEDWAY....BEN SOLBERG OF SPRINGFIELD WON THE FACTORY STOCK FEATURE. IT WAS BEN NEWELL OF STOUTLAND FINISHING IN FRONT IN THE SPORTSMAN FEATURE....LEBANON'S JOE FRANCIS THE STREET STOCK FEATURE AND J.C. NEWELL OF STOUTLAND THE MIDWEST MODZ RACE....BRANDON KNUDTSON OF LEBANON WAS FIRST IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE ..HOT SUMMER NIGHTS AT THE MIDWAY WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
AT THE I-44 SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT, LEBANON'S TONY JACKSON, JR. WON THE LATE MODEL FEATURE THAT WAS SHORTENED TO 20 LAPS DUE TO RAIN...KYLE STEFFENS TOOK FIRST IN THE MODIFIED FEATURE, WITH FAIR GROVE'S PAYTON LUCAS SECURING A 5TH STRAIGHT WIN IN THE PURE STREET FEATURE...MIKE CORYELL OF LEBANON WON THE STREET STOCK FEATURE AND SEAN JONES OF BELLE PREVAILED IN THE CHARGER FEATURE....
THE BABY GRANDS WILL RETURN TO I-44 THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND RUN DOUBLE FEATURE'S ALONG WITH ACTION IN THE OTHER CLASSES...
JOPLIN NATIVE AND FORMER I-44 SPEEDWAY TRACK CHAMP JAMIE MCMURRAY WON HIS SECOND BIG RACE OF 2010 AT THE BRICKYARD 400 SUNDAY AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY BUT THOUGHT TEAMMATE JUAN PABLO MONTOYA WAS DESTINED TO DO IT...
HE JOINS DALE JARRETT AND JIMMIE JOHNSON AS THE ONLY DRIVER'S TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500 AND THE BRICKYARD 400 DURING THE SAME YEAR.
POLE SITTER JUAN PABLO MONTOYA LED FOR 86 LAPS BUT DROPPED TO 7TH AFTER GETTING 4 NEW TIRES, AND THEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH TO PUT AN END TO HIS DAY..
KEVIN HARVICK FINISHED SECOND WITH GREG BIFFLE THIRD, CLINT BOWYER FOURTH AND TONY STEWART FIFTH...
KYLE BUSCH WON THE NATIONWIDE RACE SATURDAY WITH CARL EDWARDS SECOND...
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