KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JUNE 25, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-

PITTSBURGH 8 CARDINALS 2

BRYAN REYNOLDS HIT A THREE-RUN HOMER AS THE PIRATES BEAT THE CARDINALS  AT BUSCH STADIUM… REYNOLDS DROVE IN FOUR  AMD  PITTSBURGH HAS WON FOUR OF ITS LAST SIX. ADAM FRAZIER AND PHILLIP EVANS ALSO WENT DEEP. ST. LOUIS SECOND BASEMAN TOMMY EDMAN BELIEVES BETTER PREPARATION COULD BENEFIT A STRUGGLING OFFENSE.

CHAD KUHL PICKED UP THE WIN, GIVING UP ONE RUN ON THREE HITS OVER SIX INNINGS OF WORK. LARS NOOTBAAR
HAD AN RBI SINGLE IN THE SECOND FOR ST. LOUIS, WHICH HAS DROPPED FOUR-STRAIGHT. CARLOS MARTINEZ TOOK THE LOSS, GIVING UP FIVE RUNS ON FIVE HITS AND SEVEN WALKS OVER FIVE INNINGS. THE CARDS ARE THREE BELOW .500 AND SIX BEHIND MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL…. GAME TWO OF THE FOUR GAME SERIES IS TONITE WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:20 AND FIRST PITCH AT 7:15 ON KJEL…

YANKEES 8 ROYALS 1

GARY SANCHEZ HIT A THREE-RUN HOMER AS THE YANKEES POUNDED OUT A SEVEN RUN VICTORY IN THE BRONX. LUKE VOIT HOMERED WHILE AARON JUDGE HOMERED AND ADDED AN RBI SINGLE TO HIS LINE SCORE. JAMESON TAILLON PICKED UP HIS SECOND WIN, GIVING UP ONE RUN ON FIVE HITS OVER SIX-AND-A-THIRD. NEW YORK HAS WON FOUR-OF-FIVE. SEBASTIAN RIVERO PICKED UP HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HIT — AN RBI DOUBLE — TO PUT KANSAS CITY ON THE BOARD. BRAD KELLER GAVE UP FOUR RUNS OVER FIVE INNINGS OF WORK TO FALL TO 6-AND-8.

K-C HAS LOST TWO-STRAIGHT AND SEVEN OF THE LAST TEN, DROPPING TO 33-40 ON THE SEASON, AND WILL VISIT THE TEXAS RANGERS TONIGHT AT 7:05…

 

DOUBLE A BASEBALL-

TULSA 5 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 4

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AT OMAHA-

TEXAS 6 VIRGINIA 2

NBA PLAYOFFS THURSDAY-

L.A. CLIPPERS 106 PHOENIX 92 (SUNS LEAD THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 2 GAMES TO 1)

TONITE-

ATLANTA AT MILWAUKEE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL WITH THE HAWKS LEADING 1 GAME TO NONE

NHL PLAYOFFS THURSDAY-

MONTREAL 3 LAS VEGAS 2 (OT) CANADIENS ADVANCE TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE 1993

TONITE-

N.Y. ISLANDERS AT TAMPA BAY WITH THAT SERIES TIED AT 3-3

GOLF-

THE MISSOURI AMATEUR CONTINUES TODAY AT PORTO CIMA AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS WITH THE FIELD TRIMMED TO THE FINAL 32…