Kevin’s Thursday Sports

BASEBALL-

MINNESOTA 3 CARDINALS 0

TWINS PITCHING SHUTDOWN THE REDBIRD OFFENSE ON JUST THREE SINGLES AND MINNESOTA SWEPT THE BRIEF TWO GAME SERIES AT TARGET FIELD…A RUN IN THE FIRST AND TWO MORE IN THE FOURTH PROVED TO BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THE TWINS MOUND STAFF, HEADLINED BY STARTER RICH HILL WHO WENT THE FIRST FIVE…. CARDS MANAGER MIKE SHILDT ON WHETHER THE LINEUP IS TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH.

 

ST. LOUIS TAKES TODAY OFF BEFORE PLAYING TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN MILWAUKEE WITH PRE-GAME COVERAGE STARTING AT 12:15 ON KJEL..

DETROIT 5 ROYALS 4

JUST LIKE TUESDAY, K.C. JUMPED TO AN EARLY LEAD, BUT FAILED TO HOLD ON…THE TIGERS ERASED A 4-RUN DEFICIT WITH ONE IN THE THIRD, THREE IN THE FIFTH AND A TIE BREAKING TALLY IN THE 7TH ON JACOBY JONES SOLO HOMER….ROYALS STARTER DANNY DUFFY WENT FIVE INNINGS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS ON THREE HITS WITH EIGHT STRIKEOUTS DURING A 75 PITCH OUTING.

THE ROYALS OUTHIT DETROIT 9-4, BUT DROPPED TO 2-4 ON THE SEASON…ROOKIE BRADY SINGER GETS THE START TONIGHT AS THE FOUR GAME SERIES CONCLUDES STARTING AT 6:10..

BASEBALL-

LEBANON PITCHER JOHN GREENWOOD HAS ANNOUNCED HE’S VERBALLY COMMITTED TO STATE FAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SEDALIA..

NFL-

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS RUNNING BACK DAMIEN WILLIAMS HAS ELECTED TO OPT OUT OF THE UPCOMING SEASON DUE TO COVID-19….HE JOINS GUARD LAURENT DUVERNAY TARDIF AS OFFENSIVE STARTERS FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPS WHO’VE ELECTED TO MISS THE 2020 SEASON…

NHL-

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 4 ST. LOUIS BLUES 0

IT WAS A SCORELESS EXHIBITION GAME IN EDMONTON FOR THE DEFENDING STANLEY CUP CHAMPS…COACH CRAIG BERUBE THOUGHT THE  PLAN WAS OKAY, JUST COULDN’T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET..

THE BLUES AND COLORADO WILL NEXT PLAY THE FIRST OF THREE ROUND ROBIN GAMES AS THE SCHEDULE RESUMES SUNDAY EVENING IN EDMONTON..