KJEL SPORTS MONDAY JULY 10, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

AFTER A 1-RUN LOSS FRIDAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ST. LOUIS ENJOYED GOOD PITCHING IN A 3-0 SHUTOUT SATURDAY, THEN SQUEEZED OUT A ONE RUN DECISION YESTERDAY IN TEN INNINGS…..THE CARDS ACCOMPLISHED THAT DESPITE 3 ERRORS THAT LED TO THREE UNEARNED WHITE SOX RUNS……PAUL DEJONG SENT NOLAN GORMAN HOME WITH THE GO-AHEAD RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 10TH….

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THE CARDS WEREN’T GOING TO CALL ON GIOVANNY GALLEGOS OR JORDAN HICKS DUE TO RECENT USAGE….SO, JO JO ROMERO PITCHED TWO SCORELESS INNINGS OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR THE VICTORY…

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STEVEN MATZ RETURNED TO THE ROTATION AND PITCHED INTO THE SIXTH INNING WITH TWO HITS ALLOWED AND NINE STRIKEOUTS..
WILLSON CONTRERAS SOCKED A 2-RUN HOMER….THE REDBIRDS FINISH THE FIRST NINETY GAMES ON THE SCHEDULE AT 14 BELOW .500, 38-52 AND ELEVEN AND A HALF GAMES OUT OF FIRST IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL…..NEXT GAME IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM AGAINST WASHINGTON WITH PRE-GAME AT 6:20 ON KJEL..UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA OUTFIELDER CHASE DAVIS WAS TAKEN WITH THE CARDINALS FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK LAST NIGHT…HE BATTED .362 AND LED THE P.A.C. 12 WITH 21 HOMERS FOR THE WILDCATS THIS SPRING……….(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ROYALS 4 CLEVELAND 1

K.C. AVOIDED A SWEEP AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD WITH A WIN OVER THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL LEADERS….RYAN YARBROUGH RETURNED TO THE ROTATION AFTER BEING HIT IN THE FACE BY A BATTED BALL TWO MONTH AGO, AND WORKED SIX STRONG INNINGS FOR THE VICTORY….MANAGER MATT QUATRARO ON THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN…

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CARLOS HERNANDEZ AND SCOTT BARLOW FOLLOWED WITH BARLOW OBTAINING HIS 11TH SAVE……KYLE ISBEL HOMERED AND MICHAEL MASSEY CONTRIBUTED A 2-RUN TRIPLE…THE ROYALS ARE 26-65 AND WILL HOST TAMPA BAY FRIDAY AT 7:10….
THE ROYALS FIRST PICK IN LAST NIGHT’S DRAFT IS HIGH SCHOOL CATCHER BLAKE MITCHELL FROM SINTON, TEXAS WHO HAS COMMITTED FOR COLLEGE BASEBALL TO NATIONAL CHAMPION L.S.U. HE’S A 2-TIME GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE LONE STAR STATE AND BATTED .474 WITH 6 HOMERS AND 41 RBI’S THIS PAST SEASON…..IN THE 2ND ROUND, KANSAS CITY CHOSE RIGHT HAND PITCHER BLAKE WOLTERS FROM MAHOMET-SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS…..(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

AMARILLO 9 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 6

RACING-

AT LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, THE GARY WOODALL MEMORIAL WAS ON THE SCHEDULE, AND BEN NEWELL OF STOUTLAND WON THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…PAYTON MCDOWELL OF TUSCUMBIA RAN TO VICTORY IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE…AARON POE OF KNOB KNOSTER WAS FIRST IN THE SUPER STOCK MAIN…LEBANON’S KRIS JACKSON FINISHED AHEAD OF THE PACK IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..MONETT’S MICHAEL SEITZ WON THE LEGENDS FEATURE…48 CARS CHECKED IN FOR THE COMPETITION….MIDWAY WILL TAKE THIS WEEK OFF  FOR THE LACLEDE COUNTY FAIR, THEN RESUME DIRT TRACK ACTION ON  FRIDAY JULY 21ST……

AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY, MASON BECK OF URBANA DROVE TO A WIN IN THE STOCK CAR FEATURE..J.C. MORTON OF SPRINGFIELD PREVAILED IN THE B-MOD FEATURE…..LARRY FERRIS OF NEVADA CAPTURED THE LATE MODEL FEATURE..MATT JOHNSON OF ARCHIE TOOK THE MODIFIED MAIN…67 RACE TEAMS WERE INVOLVED AT WHEATLAND……

AT LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY, LOGAN ROARK FROM HENLEY WON THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…..DEREK HENSON OF RUSSELLVILLE SAW CHECKERED IN THE SUPER STOCK FEATURE..DARIN PORTER OF CALIFORNIA WON THE PURE STOCK FEATURE…COLE CAMPBELL OF MEXICO WAS FIRST IN THE B-MOD FEATURE….DUSTIN REEVES OF CAMDENTON CAPTURED THE HORNETS FEATURE…76 CARS WERE PART OF THE PROGRAM AT ELDON…….

AT SPRINGFIELD SATURDAY, LEBANON’S ROB WHITE WON THE STOCK CAR FEATURE…..JAY REYNOLDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREVAILED IN THE LEGENDS FEATURE…DUSTIN AKIN FROM FAIR GROVE OUTRAN THE FIELD IN THE MINI STOCK FEATURE…MIKE GILLIS OF CLEVER WON THE BOMBERS-ENDURO RACE……ZACH COUNTRYMAN OF NIXA WAS FIRST IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE…ELIJAH KEEPER OF ASH GROVE DROVE TO THE CHECKERED IN THE MIDWEST MOD A-CLASS FEATURE…TREVOR DRAKE OF BILLINGS CAPTURED THE B-MOD FEATURE…THE MIDWEST MODS B-CLASS FEATURE WENT TO TYLER PEARISH OF ORONOGO…CAR COUNT WAS 109 AT SPRINGFIELD……..

WILLIAM BYRON CAPTURED THE NASCAR RACE SUNDAY NIGHT AT HAMPTON, GEORGIA…..
JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK WON SATURDAY’S XFINITY RACE AT ATLANTA…..COREY HEIM TOOK FIRST IN THE CRAFTSMAN TRUCK RACE ON THE MID-OHIO COURSE…….

M.L.S. SOCCER-

ST. LOUIS CITY 1 TORONTO 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 HOUSTON 2