KJEL SPORTS MONDAY JUNE 21, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 9 ATLANTA 1

ATLANTA 1 CARDINALS 0

RONALD ACUNA JR. HOMERED AS THE BRAVES SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER WITH THE CARDINALS AT HOME. ACUNA HAD THE LONE RUN IN THE BRAVES’ WIN, HITTING HIS 100TH CAREER HOMER. DREW SMYLY EARNED HIS FOURTH WIN, THROWING FIVE-AND-TWO-THIRDS SCORELESS FRAMES. WILL SMITH SECURED HIS 13TH SAVE. ATLANTA HAS WON THREE OF ITS LAST FOUR. ADAM WAINWRIGHT WENT THE DISTANCE IN GAME ONE, STRIKING OUT 11 OVER SEVEN FRAMES.

IT WAS THE 26TH COMPLETE GAME OF HIS CAREER. NOLAN ARENADO AND PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT EACH WENT DEEP FOR THE CARDINALS IN THE OPENER. ST. LOUIS HAS LOST THREE OF ITS LAST FOUR.
THE REDBIRDS VISIT DETROIT TOMORROW NIGHT FOR A 6:10 GAME WITH THE TIGERS..PRE-GAME AIRS AT 5:15 ON KJEL..

ROYALS 7 BOSTON 3

THE ROYALS HAD PLENTY OF OFFENSIVE CONTRIBUTORS IN THEIR WIN OVER THE RED SOX AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM. HUNTER DOZIER AND NICKY LOPEZ EACH HAD THREE HITS, JARROD DYSON HIT A TWO-RBI DOUBLE IN THE THIRD AND WHIT MERRIFIELD LAUNCHED A TWO-RUN BOMB IN THE SIXTH INNING. MANAGER MIKE MATHENY WAS PLEASED..

MIKE MINOR PICKED UP HIS SIXTH WIN AFTER POSTING SIX STRIKEOUTS AND TWO RUNS IN SIX-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS. NATHAN EOVALDI GOT TAGGED FOR SEVEN HITS AND THREE EARNED RUNS IN FOUR FRAMES, WHILE ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ AND RAFAEL DEVERS EACH HIT HOME RUNS FOR THE RED SOX WHO HAVE WON FOUR OF SIX. KC HAS WON TWO OF ITS LAST THREE GAMES.

THE ROYALS ARE OFF TODAY AND WILL PLAY IN NEW YORK AGAINST THE YANKEES TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:05…

DOUBLE A BASEBALL SUNDAY-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 8 WICHITA 7

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES-

VIRGINIA 6 TENNESSEE 0

MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 TEXAS 1

NBA PLAYOFFS-

PHOENIX 120 L.A. CLIPPERS 114 (SUNS LEAD THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL 1-0)

ATLANTA 103 PHILADELPHIA 96 (HAWKS WIN EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL IN 7 GAMES)

NHL PLAYOFFS-

LAS VEGAS 2 MONTREAL 1 (OT) (STANLEY CUP SEMIFINAL SERIES TIED AT 2-2)

TONIGHT-

NEW YORK AT TAMPA BAY (SEMIFINAL SERIES TIED AT 2-2)

GOLF-

COLUMBIA’S AUDREY RISCHER WON THE THE GIRLS MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 2 AND 1 FRIDAY OVER BUFFALO’S LYLA LOUDERBAUGH AT THE OAK MEADOW COURSE IN ROLLA..
IAN DAVIS OF MOKANDA WON THE BOY’S MATCH PLAY TITLE TWO UP OVER ARCHER SCHNEIDERS OF JEFFERSON CITY..

JON RAHM CAPTURED HIS FIRST MAJOR P.G.A. TOUR VICTORY BY WINNING THE U.S. OPEN SUNDAY AT TORREY PINES..

RACING-

AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, NIC BIDINGER OF PERRY, KANSAS WON THE U.S.R.A. MODIFIED FEATURE..SCOTTY ALLEN OF URBANA CAPTURED THE U.S.R.A. STOCK CAR FEATURE..JOHNNY FENNEWALD OF APPLETON CITY TOOK THE WIN IN THE U.L.M.A. LATE MODEL MAIN. ANDY BRYANT OF FORT SCOTT, KANSAS CAPTURED THE B-MOD FEATURE ….

AT LAKE OZARK SATURDAY, THE WINGED SPRINT FEATURE WENT TO CALIFORNIA’S RANDY MARTIN..COLE CAMPBELL OF MEXICO WAS FIRST IN THE B-MOD FEATURE…THE POWRi SUPER STOCK FEATURE WAS CLAIMED BY DEREK HENSON OF RUSSELLVILLE..ROBIN SHOWERS OF ELDON DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE..THE POWRi LIGHTNING SPRINT FEATURE WAS WON BY KANSAS CITY’S BOBBY LAYNE.

AT SPRINGFIELD, BOLIVAR’S NOLAN NESMITH OUTRAN THE FIELD TO WIN THE MINI STOCK FEATURE..GRAYSON MCKINEY OF SPRINGFIELD WON THE LEGENDS FEATURE..JAMES REDUS OF SPRINGFIELD WON ANOTHER PURE STOCK MAIN. GARETT JONES OF ELKLAND WAS FIRST IN THE MIDWEST MODZ B-CLASS FEATURE..SPARTA’S ROB MUILENBERG WON THE A-CLASS FEATURE ….JACKIE DALTON OF CARTHAGE DROVE TO VICTORY IN BOTH THE
I.M.C.A. MODIFIED FEATURE AND B-MOD FEATURE…

AT NASHVILLE, KYLE LARSON WON ANOTHER NASCAR RACE; HIS 4TH VICTORY IN THE LAST FIVE EVENTS.
KYLE BUSCH WON THE XFINITY SERIES RACE SATURDAY WHILE RYAN PREECE WON THE TRUCK SERIES RACE SATURDAY AT NASHVILLE…