KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-

HOUSTON 14 CARDINALS 0

THE CARDINALS MANAGED JUST FOUR HITS IN THE FINAL GAME OF 3 WITH THE DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPS, AND SURRENDERED 18 HITS…. THE ASTROS ERUPTED FOR SIX RUNS IN THE SECOND INNING WITH JOSE ABREU CONTINUING TO BE A NEMESIS…

 

THE VISITORS OFFENSE WAS PLENTY FOR STARTER J.P. FRANCE WHO BLANKED THE REDBIRDS ON FOUR HITS OVER SEVEN INNINGS…ALEX BREGMAN SMASHED A GRAND SLAM OFF ALEC BURLESON IN THE NINTH…KYLE TUCKER ADDED A THREE RUN SHOT IN THE SIXTH…
ADAM WAINWRIGHT WAS CHARGED WITH HIS THIRD LOSS AFTER GIVING UP SIX RUNS IN AN INNING-AND-TWO-THIRDS.

 

THE CARDINALS REMAIN IN LAST PLACE IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 33-AND-47. MATTHEW LIBERATORE TAKES THE MOUND WHEN ST. LOUIS HOSTS THE YANKEES TONIGHT. PRE-GAME AIRS AT 6:2O ON KJEL…
NOLAN ARENADO WAS VOTED A STARTER FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. MANAGER OLI MARMOL FEELS THE SELECTION IS JUSTIFIED OFF WHAT’S HAPPENED SINCE THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SEASON…

 

 

AFTER THAT SLOW START, WHERE HE HIT JUST .239 WITH TWO HOMERS, ARENADO HIT .302 THE MONTH OF JUNE AND 14 HOMERS OVER HIS LAST 49 GAMES. ARENADO IS NURSING A SORE BACK AND WAS THE DH LAST NIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ROYALS 4 CLEVELAND 3

KANSAS CITY OVERCAME A LATE TWO-RUN DEFICIT TO BEAT THE GUARDIANS 4-3 IN A TEN-INNING, ONE RUN CONTEST AT SIZZLING KAUFFMAN STADIUM….. THE ROYALS TRAILED BY TWO IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH BEFORE EDWARD OLIVARES AND NICK PRATTO EACH DROVE IN A RUN TO TIE THE GAME. JOSE RAMIREZ HAD A STRAIGHT STEAL OF HOME IN THE TOP OF THE TENTH TO GIVE CLEVELAND A ONE-RUN LEAD, BUT FREDDY FERMIN GAVE THE ROYALS THE WIN WITH A TWO-RUN WALK-OFF DOUBLE IN THE NEXT HALF-INNING OFF CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE….MANAGER MATT QUATRARO SAID IT WAS A QUALITY AT-BAT.

 

AROLDIS CHAPMAN EARNED HIS FOURTH WIN IN RELIEF AS THE ROYALS SNAPPED A THREE-GAME LOSING STREAK. KC REMAINS IN FIFTH-PLACE IN THE AL CENTRAL AT 23-AND-58. ROOKIE ALEC MARSH STARTS FOR THE ROYALS WHEN THEY HOST THE DODGERS TONIGHT AT 7:10……(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 8 ARKANSAS 3

RACING-

LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY HAD THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER IN WHEATLAND…J.C. MORTON OF SPRINGFIELD WON THE B-MOD FEATURE, AND DOUBLED THE FUN WITH A VICTORY IN THE LATE MODEL FEATURE..NIC BIDINGER OF PERRY, KANSAS WAS FIRST IN THE MODFIED MAIN WHILE DARRIN SCHMIDT OF WINCHESTER, KANSAS DROVE TO A WIN IN THE STOCK CAR FEATURE…95 CARS WERE INVOLVED IN LAST NIGHT’S PROGRAM….