MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-

CARDINALS 7 PITTSBURGH 6

THINGS BECAME DICEY IN THE FINAL INNING, BUT THE REDBIRDS HELD ON TO FINISH A 3-GAME SWEEP AT P.N.C. PARK…THE BULLPEN HAD TO CARRY THE LOAD AFTER STARTER WADE LEBLANC WAS FORCED TO LEAVE AFTER TWO INNINGS WITH ELBOW DISCOMFORT….SIX RELIEVERS TOOK UP THE SLACK WITH T.J. MCFARLAND PICKING UP THE VICTORY FOR MANAGER MIKE SHILDT…..

ALEX REYES RECORDED HIS 27TH SAVE…..COLLIN MORAN HOMERED TWICE FOR THE ‘BUCS, AND HIS 3-RUN BLAST HAD ST. LOUIS TRAILING EARLY 3-1 BEFORE PAUL DEJONG EVENED THINGS WITH A TWO RUN HOMER IN THE IN THE FOURTH AND THEN LARS NOOTBAR FOLLOWED WITH A TWO RUN PINCH HOMER…

THE CARDS HAVE WON FIVE OF SIX AND WILL PLAY THE SECOND I-70 SERIES THIS MONTH STARTING TONIGHT IN KANSAS CITY AGAINST THE ROYALS WITH FIRST PITCH AT 7:10 ON REGIONAL RADIO…

DOUBLE A BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 4 ARKANSAS 3

NFL EXHIBITION FOOTBALL SATURDAY-

KANSAS CITY AT SAN FRANCISCO

THE CHIEFS AND NINERS BEGIN PRE-SEASON PLAY WHICH WILL MARK THE PROFESSIONAL DEBUT OF KANSAS CITY’S TOP DRAFT CHOICE, LINEBACKER AND FORMER MIZZOU STANDOUT NICK BOLTON…

KICKOFF IS SET FOR RIGHT AFTER 7:30 TOMORROW NIGHT IN CALIFORNIA…THE CHIEFS WILL PLAY AT ARIZONA NEXT FRIDAY, THEN HOST MINNESOTA BEFORE KICKING OFF THE REGULAR SEASON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH AT HOME AGAINST CLEVELAND..

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

THE 2021 SEASON FOR THE MISSOURI TIGERS STARTS THREE WEEKS FROM TOMORROW..
COACH ELI DRINKWITZ SAYS A REGULAR OFFSEASON HAS THINGS TRACKING  AHEAD COMPARED TO  LAST YEAR…

MIZZOU WILL WELCOME CENTRAL MICHIGAN TO FAUROT FIELD FOR A 3:05 KICKOFF ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH WITH THE S.E.C. OPENER THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AT KENTUCKY…