KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JUNE 23, 2023

THE MISSOURI AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MATCH PLAY WITH THE FIELD TRIMMED TO 32 AT PAYNE’S VALLEY IN HOLLISTER……AMONG THOSE STILL ALIVE IS ROLLA’S JONATHON JORDAN

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS-CUBS TOMORROW FROM ENGLAND ON KJEL

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THURSDAY-

ROYALS 6 TAMPA BAY 5

KANSAS CITY OVERCAME A TWO-RUN EIGHTH-INNING DEFICIT DURING A 6-5 WIN OVER THE  RAYS AT TROPICANA FIELD. THE ROYALS TRAILED BY TWO ENTERING THE EIGHTH, BUT DREW WATERS TIED THE GAME WITH A TWO-RUN SINGLE.

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EARLIER, WATERS HAD PUT K.C. IN FRONT WITH A SOLO HOMER… IN THE NINTH, MJ MELENDEZ DROVE IN GO-AHEAD RUN WITH AN RBI INFIELD SINGLE. THE ROYALS COMBINED FOR SEVEN STOLEN BASES. AROLDIS CHAPMAN EARNED HIS THIRD WIN AND SCOTT BARLOW PICKED UP HIS NINTH SAVE. KANSAS CITY HAS WON TWO OF THREE. TAMPA STARTER SHANE MCLANAHAN EXITED THE GAME IN THE FOURTH INNING WITH A BACK INJURY, AND FORMER MIZZOU TIGER PETE FAIRBANKS WAS CHARGED WITH HIS SECOND LOSS OUT OF THE BULLPEN. THE RAYS, DESPITE HAVING THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL HAVE DROPPED FOUR OF FIVE. GAME 2 OF THE 4 GAME SET IS THIS EVENING AT 5:40…..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3 FRISCO 2

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES-

L.S.U. 2 WAKE FOREST 0 (11)

TIGERS MEET FLORIDA TOMORROW 6:00 IN THE BEST OF 3 FINAL AT OMAHA

N.B.A. DRAFT-

MIZZOU’S KOBE BROWN WAS SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND, NUMBER 30 OVERALL BY THE LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS…..
BROWN WAS PROJECTED BY MANY ANALYSTS TO BE A MID-SECOND-ROUND PICK AROUND 45 OR 46 IN MANY MOCK DRAFTS.

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BROWN BECOMES THE 48TH PLAYER IN MIZZOU HISTORY TO BE SELECTED IN THE NBA DRAFT AND THE 16TH STANDOUT TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED IN THE FIRST ROUND – THE FIRST TIGER TO BE DRAFTED SINCE MICHAEL PORTER JR. WENT 14TH OVERALL TO THE DENVER NUGGETS IN 2018.
TEAMMATE D’MOI HODGE HAS SIGNED AS A FREE AGENT WITH THE L.A. LAKERS….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)