KJEL SPORTS MONDAY JUNE 19, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 8 METS 7

AFTER A FRIDAY LOSS AT CITI FIELD, ST. LOUIS WON THE FINAL TWO GAMES OF THE WEEKEND, SCORING 8 RUNS ON 8 HITS WITH NOLAN ARENADO PROVIDING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH…..

 

ARENADO STARTED THE SCORING WITH A 2-RUN BLAST IN THE FIRST…HE WAS COMPLEMENTED IN THE LONG BALL DEPARTMENT BY PAUL DEJONG AND JORDAN WALKER WITH SOLO SHOTS….

 

 

DREW VERHAGEN IMPROVED TO 4-0 WITH THE VICTORY OUT OF THE BULLPEN…ADAM OTTAVINO TOOK THE LOSS AND JORDAN HICKS CLOSED IT FOR HIS 2ND SAVE….MANAGER OLI MARMOL SAID THAT WAS A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY OF IMPRESSIVE STUFF FROM THE HARD-THROWING RIGHTHANDER…..

 

THE CARDINALS ARE IN WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON TO FACE THE NATIONALS..PRE-GAME AIRS AT 2:1O ON KJEL IN THE FIRST OF THREE BEFORE THE SQUAD HEADS ACROSS THE POND TO MEET THE CHICAGO CUBS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR THE LONDON SERIES……

ANGELS 5 ROYALS 2

SHOHEI OHTANI AND MIKE TROUT SLUGGED BACK TO BACK HOMERS IN THE FIFTH INNING TO SPARK L.A. TO A VICTORY AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM……JARED WALSH ADDED A NINTH INNING SOLO SHOT FOR THE ‘HALOS, WHO TOOK TWO OF THREE AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…TYLER ANDERSON WAS THE WINNER.. K.C. SKIPPER MATT QUATRARO SAID THEY WEREN’T THE FIRST TEAM TO BE VICTIMIZED BY TROUT AND OHTANI….

 

 

ZACK GREINKE SAW HIS RECORD DROP TO 1-7…FREDDY FERMIN AND SAMAD TAYLOR EACH DROVE-IN ONE RUN FOR THE ROYALS…
K.C. IS NOW 3-19-1 IN SERIES THIS SEASON WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 19-52..
KANSAS CITY WILL BE WITHOUT ITS STARTING SECOND BASEMAN FOR A FEW GAMES. THE ROYALS PLACED MICHAEL MASSEY ON THE 10-DAY INJURED LIST DUE TO A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE 25-YEAR-OLD IS BATTING .217 WITH FOUR HOME RUNS AND 20 RBI THROUGH 60 GAMES.
THE ROYALS WILL PLAY IN DETROIT TONIGHT AT 5:40….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE SUNDAY-

TULSA 10 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 8

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SUNDAY-

T.C.U. 4 VIRGINIA 3

FLORIDA 5 ORAL ROBERTS 4

TODAY AT OMAHA, TENNESSEE FACES STANFORD AND WAKE FOREST BATTLES L.S.U.

RACING-

AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, BEN NEWELL OF STOUTLAND WON THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…DUSTIN ATKINSON OF LEBANON WAS FIRST IN THE LATE MODEL FEATURE..THE PURE STOCK FEATURE WAS CAPTURED BY BUFFALO’S TRENTON HOUSTON..MICHAEL MUSKRAT OF STILLWELL, OKLAHOMA WAS FIRST TO THE LINE IN THE SUPER STOCK MAIN..LEBANON’S KRIS JACKSON PREVAILED IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..42 CARS ENTERED TO RUN IN THE PROGRAM……

AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, MASON BECK OF URBANA TOOK CHECKERED IN THE U.S.R.A. STOCK CAR FEATURE…
RYAN MIDDAUGH OF FULTON WON THE MODIFIED FEATURE..LEBANON’S KRIS JACKSON TOOK ANOTHER WEEKEND FEATURE IN THE B-MOD DIVISION..JUSTIN WELLS OF AURORA WAS FIRST IN THE LATE MODEL FEATURE..65 WAS THE CAR COUNT AT WHEATLAND…..

IT WAS THE FATHER’S DAY WING-FEST AT LAKE OZARK SATURDAY..AYRTON GENNETTEN OF VERSAILLES WAS FASTEST IN QUALIFYING, AND THEN WON THE 410 OUTLAW SPRINT FEATURE…LOGAN ROARK OF HENLEY, MO. DROVE TO A WIN IN THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE…REES MORAN OF TULSA CLAIMED THE O.C.R.S. SPRINT FEATURE….COLE CAMPBELL OF MEXICO FINISHED AHEAD OF THE FIELD IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..CAR COUNT TOTALED 68 AT ELDON….

AT SPRINGFIELD, BUFFALO’S MARK SIMON DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE STOCK CAR FEATURE..JAY REYNOLDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREVAILED IN THE LEGEND FEATURE..FAIR GROVE’S DANIEL BARTON WAS FIRST IN THE MINI STOCK FEATURE..THE MIDWEST MODZ B-CLASS MAIN WAS TAKEN BY AUSTIN HARRELL OF SPRINGFIELD…ALLEN THOMPSON OF FAIR GROVE CAPTURED THE PURE STOCK FEATURE..THE MIDWEST MOD A-CLASS FEATURE WENT TO SCOTT CAMPBELL OF ROGERSVILLE…DEREK WATSON OF BOLIVAR SAW CHECKERED IN THE B-MOD FEATURE…92 WAS THE CAR COUNT AT SPRINGFIELD…….

EVERYTHING WAS QUIET ON THE NASCAR FRONT FOR FATHER’S DAY…THINGS PICK UP AGAIN THIS COMING WEEKEND IN NASHVILLE…….