KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS AND CUBS THIS AFTERNOON ON KJEL…

LAST NIGHT-

CLEVELAND 7 ROYALS 4

TOUGH NIGHT FOR THE KANSAS CITY BULLPEN AS THE TRIBE SCORED SIX TIMES IN THE FINAL TWO INNINGS…FRANMIL REYES HIT A WALK-OFF HOMER TO LIFT THE INDIANS PAST THE ROYALS IN OHIO. REYES HIT A THREE-RUN BOMB IN THE NINTH TO HELP CLEVELAND SNAP A NINE-GAME LOSING SKID. ROBERTO PEREZ ALSO HIT A THREE-RUN HOMER WHICH TIED GAME AND BOBBY BRADLEY ADDED A SOLO SHOT. K.C.STARTER DANNY DUFFY WAS UNHAPPY HE COULD LAST ONLY 5 INNINGS AND PILING MORE WORK ON THE RELIEVERS.

RELIEVER JAMES KARINCHAK EARNED HIS FIFTH WIN. GREG HOLLAND SUSTAINED THE LOSS.. THE INDIANS WON THEIR FIRST GAME SINCE JUNE 28TH. CARLOS SANTANA HOMERED TWICE AND HUNTER DOZIER ALSO WENT DEEP FOR KANSAS CITY WITH SANTANA’S SOLO ROUNDTRIPPER TYING THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH… THE ROYALS HAVE LOST FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE AND FALLEN FIFTEEN GAMES UNDER .500….GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONITE AT 6:10…

DOUBLE A BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 10 TULSA DRILLERS 9

NICK PLUMMER BLASTED 3 HOMERS FOR THE SPRINGBIRDS INCLUDING A WALKOFF 2-RUN SHOT IN THE LAST OF THE 10TH.

NBA PLAYOFFS-

PHOENIX 118 MILWAUKEE 108 (SUNS TAKE A 2 GAMES TO NONE LEAD IN THE BEST OF 7. GAME 3 IS 7:00 SUNDAY NIGHT IN MILWAUKEE)

GOLF-

SARAH BELL OF JACKSON SHOT A FINAL ROUND 68 TO CAPTURE THE MISSOURI WOMEN’S AMATEUR THURSDAY IN WARRENSBURG…COLUMBIA’S MICHELLE BUTLER FINISHED 2ND, TWO SHOTS BACK..BROOKE WAGNER OF ROGERSVILLE FINISHED TIED FOR 33RD PLACE..MARLEE EDGEMAN OF MARSHFIELD TIED FOR 41ST..JENNAH SCHELL OF OSAGE BEACH TIED FOR 52ND AND VICTORIA HOOKER FROM WAYNESVILLE WAS 55TH..