KJEL SPORTS MONDAY AUGUST 1, 2022

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 5 WASHINGTON 0

PAUL DEJONG’S RETURN FROM TRIPLE A PAID DIVIDENDS THIS WEEKEND FOR ST. LOUIS..THE SHORTSTOP HOMERED AND HELPED THE REDBIRDS TAKE TWO OF THREE IN D.C.
AND THAT WAS AFTER HE WENT DEEP IN SATURDAY’S GAME…..COREY DICKERSON’S THREE RUN HOMER IN THE FOURTH WAS CRITICAL….
ANDRE PALLANTE FURNISHED THE  BEST STARTING PERFORMANCE OF HIS ROOKIE SEASON AS HE BLANKED THE NATIONALS THRU EIGHT INNINGS ON FIVE HITS WITH ONE WALK AND 8 STRIKEOUTS TO LEVEL HIS RECORD AT 4-4……
THE CARDS IMPROVED TO 54-48 AND TO WITHIN 3 GAMES OF MILWAUKEE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL AS WE TURN THE CALENDAR TO AUGUST AND SIXTY GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON….ST. LOUIS IS HOME TOMORROW NIGHT, HOSTING THE CUBS WITH PRE-GAME AT 5:50 ON KJEL…

ROYALS 8 YANKEES 6

A THREE RUN HOMER IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH COURTESY OF SALVADOR PEREZ OFF NEW YORK CLOSER CLAY HOLMES GAVE K.C. A COMEBACK VICTORY IN THE BRONX….
IT HELPED AVOID A 4-GAME SWEEP…THE ROYALS HAD A 4-RUN LEAD THRU THE FIRST FOUR BEFORE THE YANKS PICKED UP THREE IN THE FIFTH, THEN WENT AHEAD ON A 3-RUN BLAST BY ANTHONY RIZZO…HUNTER DOZIER BROUGHT THE VISITORS BACK TO WITHIN ONE WITH A SOLO SHOT IN THE 8TH, SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE DRAMATIC NINTH…TAYLOR CLARKE PITCHED TWO INNINGS OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR THE WIN….THE ROYALS HEAD TO CHICAGO TO MEET THE WHITE SOX TONIGHT AT 7:10…

TEXAS LEAGUE-

FRISCO 14 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 12

RACING-

AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, SPRINGFIELD’S RYAN GILMORE WON THE B-MOD FEATURE..URBANA’S MASON BECK WAS FIRST IN THE STOCK CAR FEATURE….THE DIRT LATE MODEL FEATURE WENT TO LEBANON’S DUSTIN ATKINSON..ANTHONY FERRARA OF SPRINGFIELD DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE POWRI MIDWEST MODS FEATURE..TYLER KNUDTSON OF LEBANON TOOK THE CHECKERED IN THE PURE STOCK MAIN..TED WELSCHMEYER OF TEBBETS WON THE SUPER STOCK FEATURE..CAR COUNT WAS 70 AT MIDWAY…..

TYLER REDDICK WON THE NASCAR CUP SERIES EVENT ON THE INDIANAPOLIS ROAD COURSE SUNDAY..A.J. ALLMENDINGER TOOK THE XFINITY RACE SATURDAY…..FRIDAY’S TRUCK RACE WAS WON BY GRANT ENFINGER…..

NFL-

SUNDAY WAS AN OFF-DAY FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS….WORK RESUMES TODAY AT MISSOURI WESTERN IN ST. JOSEPH….NEWS FROM ST. JOSEPH TODAY INDICATES THAT LEFT TACKLE ORLANDO BROWN WILL ARRIVE IN CAMP AND SIGN A CONTRACT TO PLAY THIS SEASON UNDER THE FRANCHISE TAG AFTER EARLIER TALKS FAILED TO YIELD A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT…IT’LL BE A FULL-PADS PRACTICE  TODAY FOR THE CHIEFS WHO FACE THE BEARS IN CHICAGO TO START THE EXHIBITION SEASON A WEEK FROM SATURDAY AT 12 NOON…THE N.F.L. PRE-SEASON STARTS THIS THURSDAY WITH THE HALL OF FAME GAME IN CANTON, OHIO MATCHING THE RAIDERS AND JACKSONVILLE…