KJEL SPORTS MONDAY JULY 17, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 8 WASHINGTON 4

RAIN FELL AGAIN SUNDAY AT BUSCH STADIUM, BUT FAILED TO DETER THE HOME TEAM WITH A DISPLAY OF POWER AND PITCHING THAT LED TO TAKING 2 OF 3 FROM THE NATIONALS…….JACK FLAHERTY IMPROVED HIS RECORD TO 7-5 WITH A SIX INNING PERFORMANCE THAT INCLUDED 3 RUNS, THREE HITS, THREE WALKS AND 7 STRIKEOUTS….

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THE CARDS POSTED THREE RUNS IN THE FOURTH, THEN ADDED FOUR IN THE SIXTH, GETTING THE LONG BALL FROM NOLAN GORMAN AND PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT……

 

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THE ST. LOUIS BULLPEN ALLOWED ONE RUN AND ONE HIT OVER THE FINAL 3 INNINGS….THE CARDS STAND 40-53, ELEVEN AND A HALF GAMES BEHIND 1ST PLACE MILWAUKEE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL….MANAGER OLI MARMOL LIKES TAKING THE SERIES, BUT KNOWS THERE’S A LOT WORK REMAINING WITH GAME DAYS ON THE SCHEDULE NOW NUMBERING 69..

 

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UP NEXT IS THE FIRST OF THREE WITH MIAMI TONIGHT WITH PRE-GAME AT 5:50 AND FIRST PITCH AT 6:45 ON KJEL……..

ROYALS 8 TAMPA BAY 4

ON THE WESTERN EDGE, KANSAS CITY TURNED THE RAYS ASIDE BY THE SAME FINAL SCORE……..BOBBY WITT, JR. HOMERED AND TRIPLED AND DROVE IN THREE AS K.C. PREVAILED DESPITE A NEARLY 2 HOUR RAIN DELAY AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM TO SALVAGE THE SERIES FINALE………..BRADY SINGER PICKED UP THE VICTORY WITH AN EIGHT INNING STINT……

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THE ROYALS POSTED ONE IN THE FIRST, THEN FOUR IN THE SECOND TO OPEN UP AN EARLY MARGIN……M.J. MELENDEZ AND DREW WATERS ALSO HOMERED AS PART OF AN 11 HIT ATTACK…
KANSAS CITY HOSTS DETROIT TONIGHT AT 7:10…….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

WICHITA 13 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 12 (10)

 

RACING-

THE C.M.H. DIAMOND NATIONALS WERE HELD SATURDAY AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY….JONATHAN DAVENPORT OF BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA WON THE FIFTY LAP LATE MODEL FEATURE…..FULTON’S RYAN MIDDAUGH CAPTURED THE MODIFIED FEATURE….WAYLON DIMMITT OF CAMDENTON PREVAILED IN THE STOCK CAR MAIN…FORTY LATE MODELS CAME TO THE DIAMOND OF DIRT TRACKS WITH A TOTAL 75 RACE TEAMS ON HAND FOR SATURDAY NIGHT’S EVENT IN WHEATLAND………

AT LAKE OZARK IT WAS FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT AT THE RACES…THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE WENT TO LOGAN ROARK OF HENLEY…DEREK HENSON OF RUSSELLVILLE SAW CHECKERED FIRST IN THE SUPER STOCK MAIN…DARIN PORTER OF CALIFONIA WON THE PURE STOCK FEATURE…COLE CAMPBELL OF MEXICO WAS FIRST IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..DAVID KIRKPATRICK FROM EUGENE WAS VICTORIOUS IN THE HORNETS FEATURE..63 WAS THE CAR COUNT AT ELDON..

AT SPRINGFIELD SATURDAY, MARK SIMON OF BUFFALO DROVE TO A WIN IN THE STOCK CAR FEATURE……MICHAEL SEITZ OF MONETT WAS FIRST IN THE LEGENDS FEATURE..DUSTIN AKIN OF FAIR GROVE TOOK THE MINI STOCK FEATURE..THE MIDWEST MODZ B-CLASS FEATURE WENT TO AUSTIN HARRELL OF SPRINGFIELD…
JODY TILLMAN OF BRANSON WEST PREVAILED IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE….THE MIDWEST MODZ A-CLASS MAIN SAW A VICTORY FOR ANTHONY FERRARA OF REPUBLIC….BRAD LOONEY OF REPUBLIC WON THE B-MOD FEATURE….90 CARS ENTERED THE COMPETITION AT SPRINGFIELD……

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK WON THE XFINITY SERIES RACE SATURDAY….INCLEMENT WEATHER FORCED POSTPONEMENT OF THE CUP RACE TO TODAY AT 11:00…

M.L.S. SOCCER-

ST. LOUIS CITY 3 MIAMI 0

AUSTIN 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1

GOLF-

THE 93RD MISSOURI WOMEN’S AMATEUR AND MID-AMATEUR STARTS TODAY AT SUNRISE BEACH ON THE CLUB AT PORTO CIMA COURSE…AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD ARE SATOKO NEVINS OF CAMDENTON, IBERIA’S DEIDRE ROBERTSON, MARLEE EDGEMAN OF MARSHFIELD, JENNIFER WASHINGTON AND SOPHIA SINDLINGER OF OSAGE BEACH, AND ROGERSVILLE’S BROOKE WAGNER……