KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2024

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WEDNESDAY-

AVA 7 WILLOW SPRINGS 6

TENNIS-

LEBANON 9 HILLCREST 0

BASEBALL-

CAMDENTON 6 BOONVILLE 5

MARSHFIELD 11 HILLCREST 0

FATIMA 5 BELLE 0

ROLLA 11 WAYNESVILLE 0

ST. ELIZABETH 3 LINN 1

CROCKER 6 PRAIRIE HOME 2

WILLARD 10 BOLIVAR 0

AVA 14 WILLOW SPRINGS 4

TUSCUMBIA 16 CLIMAX SPRINGS 1

CALIFORNIA 2 RUSSELLVILLE 0

STRAFFORD 7 FAIR GROVE 4

HERMITAGE 9 WALNUT GROVE 5

WHEATLAND 14 LEETON 1

HERMANN 16 ST. JAMES 1

TODAY’S LEBANON-BOLIVAR GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SATURDAY MORNING AT 10AM AT U.S. BALLPARK IN OZARK…

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 7 ARKANSAS 6

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 5 ARIZONA 1

KYLE GIBSON TOSSED SIX INNINGS OF ONE-RUN BALL AS THE CARDINALS CRUISED PAST THE DIAMONDBACKS AT BUSCH STADIUM……. GIBSON STRUCK OUT SIX AS HE EVENED HIS RECORD AT 2-AND-2. MANAGER OLI MARMOL SAID NAVIGATING THROUGH A DANGEROUS FIRST INNING WAS A BIG KEY..

LARS NOOTBAAR HIT A TWO-RUN DOUBLE, WHILE NOLAN ARENADO PLATED A RUN AND SCORED FOR THE REDBIRDS, WHO TOOK TWO-OF-THREE IN THE SERIES. AND NOLAN GORMAN WAS ABLE TO GET AN ON-FIELD VIEW OF HOW FAST MASYN WINN REALLY IS..

ST. LOUIS IS NOW 11-AND-14 ON THE SEASON. . FORMER CARDINAL JORDAN MONTGOMERY ALLOWED THREE RUNS, TWO EARNED, IN SEVEN FRAMES AS HE FELL TO 1-AND-1. ARIZONA IS 12-AND-14 ON THE YEAR. ST. LOUIS WILL HAVE TODAY OFF BEFORE PLAYING IN NEW YORK FRIDAY AGAINST THE METS..PRE-GAME BEGINS AT 5:15 ON KJEL…
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ROYALS 3 TORONTO 2

IT WAS DEJA VU AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM AS KANSAS CITY TOOK DOWN THE BLUE JAYS BY THE IDENTICAL 3-2 FINAL FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT. BOBBY WITT JR. PROVIDED THE HEROICS FOR THE SECOND GAME IN A ROW. A DAY AFTER COMING THROUGH WITH THE GAME-WINNING HIT, HIS RBI SINGLE IN THE FIFTH INNING GAVE THE ROYALS THEIR THIRD RUN. JOHN SCHREIBER PICKED UP THE WIN, LOWERING HIS ERA TO 0.75, WITH A SCORELESS INNING OF RELIEF FOR MANAGER MATT QUATRARO….

KANSAS CITY IS 15-AND-10 ON THE SEASON. GEORGE SPRINGER HIT HIS THIRD HOMER OF THE YEAR AS THE BLUE JAYS FELL TO 13-AND-12. THE FOUR GAME SERIES CONCLUDES THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

THE NFL DRAFT BEGINS TONIGHT IN DETROIT…QUARTERBACKS ARE EXPECTED TO FLY OFF THE BOARD EARLY IN THE 1ST ROUND… THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HOLD THE 32ND OVERALL PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND. GENERAL MANAGER BRETT VEACH AND HIS PERSONNEL STAFF HAVE BEEN BUSY ASSESSING A LARGE NUMBER OF PROSPECTS….