KJEL SPORTS MONDAY AUGUST 8, 2022

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 12 YANKEES 9

MAKE IT 7 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES AND A TWO GAME LEAD IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL FOR THE REDBIRDS AFTER FINISHING A 3-GAME SWEEP OF THE AMEIRCAN LEAGUE EAST LEADERS……PAUL DEJONG, FRIDAY NIGHT’S HERO, CONTINUED HIS RESURGENCE WITH A GO-AHEAD DOUBLE IN THE FIFTH AND A BIG FLY IN THE 8TH WITH TWO ON..
EARLIER, NOLAN ARENADO CRANKED A 3-RUN BOMB, HELPING THE CARDS OVERCOME A THREE RUN DEFICIT…..
ON A LONG, HOT DAY, THE PITCHING STAFF WAS STRETCHED TO THE MAX…ADAM WAINWRIGHT THREW 111 PITCHES BUT COULDN’T GO BEYOND FOUR INNINGS, ALLOWING SIX RUNS ON EIGHT HITS WITH FOUR WALKS..
CHRIS STRATTON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORY..JORDAN HICKS AND PACKY NAUGHTON RECEIVED HOLDS AND RYAN HELSLEY RECORDED HIS 11TH SAVE…THE REDBIRDS ARE THE FIRST NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM TO SWEEP THE YANKS IN A 3-GAME SERIES IN FIFTEEN YEARS AND IT’S JUST THE 4TH TIME IT’S HAPPENED SINCE THE ADVENT OF INTERLEAGUE PLAY IN 1997…
AND, THE CARDS SWEPT THE SIX GAME HOMESTAND WITH THE CUBS AND YANKS, WITH A TRIP   TO DENVER NEXT  TO FACE THE COLORADO ROCKIES TOMORROW NIGHT..PRE-GAME WILL AIR AT 6:45 ON KJEL…..

ROYALS 13 BOSTON 5

M.J. MELENDEZ CONTINUES TO SWING A HOT BAT AND K.C. TOOK 3 OF 4 FROM THE RED SOX AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM….THE ROOKIE BELTED A THREE RUN HOMER AND DROVE IN SIX RUNS AND NOW HAS 13 ROUNDTRIPPERS ON THE SEASON……..A SIX RUN 8TH INNING HELPED K.C. PUT IT AWAY..THE BOTTOM OF THE ORDER WENT SIX FOR NINE WITH NINE RUNS SCORED…..BRAD KELLER WAS THE WINNER…THE ROYALS ARE OFF TODAY IN THE MIDST OF AN 11 GAME HOMESTAND, THEN FACE THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX IN A DOUBLEHEADER TOMORROW WITH FIRST PITCH OF THE OPENER AT 3:10….

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3 CORPUS CHRISTI 2 (10)

 

RACING-

AT DALLAS COUNTY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, JUSTIN DAY OF LEBANON WON THE USRA TUNER’S FEATURE….
THE PURE STOCK MAIN WENT TO JAMES REDUS OF SPRINGFIELD…BEN NEWELL OF STOUTLAND DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…WAYNESVILLE’S DAVID HENDRIX CAPTURED THE STOCK CAR FEATURE…JAKE RICHARDS OF LANSING, KANSAS TOOK THE CHECKERED IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..56 WAS THE CAR COUNT AT URBANA….

AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, SAM PETTY OF MARSHFIELD DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE B-MOD FEATURE…LEBANON’S DUSTIN ATKINSON WAS FIRST IN THE LATE MODEL FEATURE..SPRINGFIELD’S PETE RICHARDSON PLACED FIRST IN THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…TYLER KNUDTSON OF LEBANON WON THE PURE STOCK MAIN…TED WELSCHMEYER OF TEBBETS TOOK THE CHECKERED IN THE SUPER STOCK FEATURE…CAR COUNT WAS 42 AT MIDWAY….

AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, DERECK RAMIREZ OF WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA WON THE USMTS MODIFIED FEATURE…RYAN GILLMORE OF SPRINGFIELD WAS FIRST IN THE B-MOD FEATURE…MASON BECK OF URBANA WON THE STOCK CAR FEATURE..115 CARS WERE IN THE PITS TO COMPETE…

AT SPRINGFIELD SATURDAY, THE B-MOD FEATURE WAS WON BY DEREK WATSON OF BRIGHTON….MIDWEST MODZ B-CLASS MAIN WENT TO JOPLIN’S NATHAN BRESEE…JUSTIN COMER OF JOPLIN WAS FIRST IN THE LEGENDS FEATURE…AURORA’S JUSTIN WELLS WON THE LATE MODEL FEATURE…JACOB PURYEAR OF PLEASANT HOPE DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE MINI STOCK FEATURE..JAMES REDUS OF SPRINGFIELD WON THE PURE STOCK FEATURE…GARY KREBS OF REPUBLIC OUTDROVE THE PACK IN THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE..109 CARS WERE ENTERED AT SPRINGFIELD…..

THE PROGRAM AT ELDON’S LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY SATURDAY WAS CANCELED….

KEVIN HARVICK WON SUNDAY’S NASCAR EVENT AT MICHIGAN…SATURDAY’S XFINITY RACE WENT TO TY GIBBS……

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES IN MISSOURI GATHER TODAY FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF PRACTICE FOR FALL SPORTS……