KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JULY 7, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-

CARDINALS 3 MIAMI 0

JACK FLAHERTY TAMED THE MARLINS, AND EARNED HIS SIXTH WIN AFTER STRIKING OUT FIVE AND SCATTERING NINE HITS OVER SIX-AND-TWO-THIRDS SCORELESS INNINGS.

 

THE RIGHTHANDER IS NOW 6-5 WITH CONSECUTIVE QUALITY OUTINGS AGAINST THE YANKEES AND MARLINS…..
MANAGER OLI MARMOL…

 

NOLAN ARENADO BROKE A SCORELESS TIE WITH A SOLO HOME RUN IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH; HIS 17TH TO EQUAL NOLAN GORMAN FOR THE TEAM LEAD….

 

AND ST. LOUIS ADDED A RUN IN BOTH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH INNINGS WITH RBI’S FROM ALEC BURLESON AND GORMAN…. JORDAN HICKS PICKED UP HIS SIXTH SAVE AS THE CARDINALS AND ARENADO AVOIDED A FOUR-GAME SWEEP.

 

ST. LOUIS REMAINS IN LAST PLACE IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 36-AND-51. JORDAN MONTGOMERY STARTS FOR ST. LOUIS AGAINST THE WHITE SOX TONIGHT. PRE-GAME WILL COME YOUR WAY AT
6:15 ON KJEL……
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

CLEVELAND 6 ROYALS 1

JOSE RAMIREZ AND JOSH NAYLOR HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE SIXTH INNING TO LEAD THE GUARDIANS OVER THE ROYALS IN CLEVELAND. THE TWO SLUGGERS COMBINED FOR TWO RBI AND TWO RUNS SCORED.
NICK PRATTO DROVE-IN KANSAS CITY’S LONE RUN IN THE TEAM’S FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS. MANAGER MATT QUATRARO….

 

AMIR GARRETT WAS CHARGED WITH HIS FIRST LOSS AFTER ALLOWING FOUR RUNS, TWO EARNED, IN ONE-THIRD INNING OF RELIEF. STARTER JORDAN LYLES WHO ENTERED THE GAME 1-11, WENT FIVE INNINGS ALLOWING ONE RUN WHILE STRIKING OUT FIVE.
THE ROYALS ARE 25-AND-63 AND SET TO MEET CLEVELAND AGAIN TONIGHT AT 6:10….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 5 AMARILLO 3