Kevin’s Wednesday Sports

BASEBALL-

ROYALS 5 CARDINALS 4

Ryan McBroom singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Royals held on to clip the Cardinals 5-4 in St. Louis. Ryan O’Hearn went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for Kansas City. Josh Staumont got the win and former Cardinal Trevor Rosenthal his seventh save. Cardinal manager Mike Shildt said starter Adam Wainright gave them the opportunity for a successful night.

 

John Gant took the loss. Tommy Edman had a two-run double for St. Louis.

 

Paul DeJong was cut down at the plate in the eighth. KC manager Mike Matheny on the key defensive play.

 

Cards and Royals to finish the three game series tonight on KJEL with pre-game at 6:20 and first pitch at 7:15…

GOLF

After his debut on the PGA Champions Tour with an opening 61, Phil Mickelson came back with a second-round 64 that gave him a four-shot lead at the Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National at Ridgedale.

 

Mickelson sits at the top of the leaderboard at 17 under par, four ahead of Rod Pampling and Tim Petrovic, heading into the final round of the 54-hole event.

Midweek Jacket Talk airs this morning at 11:05 from a Taste of Andy’s on Regional Radio KJEL.