MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

CHICAGO CUBS 7 CARDINALS 1

MILES MIKOLAS WAS CHARGED WITH HIS TENTH LOSS AFTER GIVING UP THREE EARNED RUNS AND TWO UNEARNED RUNS IN SIX-AND-TWO-THIRD INNINGS.

LARS NOOTBAAR DROVE IN THE CARDINALS ONLY RUN WITH A SOLO HOME RUN IN THE FIFTH AND THE REDBIRDS REMAINED IN RANGE UNTIL THE 7TH.

ST. LOUIS REMAINS IN FIRST PLACE BY FIVE AND A HALF GAMES IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 71-AND-53. DAKOTA HUDSON STARTS FOR THE CARDINALS AGAINST CHICAGO TODAY. PRE-GAME AIRS AT 12:25 ON KJEL..

ROYALS 5 ARIZONA 3

BOBBY WITT JR. HIT A THREE-RUN HOMER IN THE SEVENTH INNING AS THE ROYALS POWERED PAST THE DIAMONDBACKS AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM. BRADY SINGER GAVE UP JUST ONE RUN OVER SEVEN INNINGS; A HOME RUN BALL TO DAULTON VARSHO, TO EARN THE WIN.

KANSAS CITY IS 51-AND-75. THE ROYALS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO PADRES. IN OTHER TEAM NEWS, THE ROYALS PLACED STARTING PITCHER ZACK GREINKE AND RELIEVER JOSH STAUMONT ON THE INJURED LIST YESTERDAY.. KANSAS CITY TAKES TODAY OFF BEFORE HOSTING SAN DIEGO TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:10…

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 18 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 7

NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL TONIGHT-

GREEN BAY AT KANSAS CITY

A DAY AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT LEGENDARY QUARTERBACK LEN DAWSON HAD PASSED AT THE AGE OF 87. DAWSON LED THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO A SUPER BOWL VICTORY IN 1970, AND WAS A QUARTERBACK FOR THE TEAM FOR 14 YEARS. CHIEFS OWNER CLARK HUNT SAID DAWSON HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE FRANCHISE ON AND OFF THE FIELD…

DAWSON SPENT THE NEXT 33 YEARS IN THE BROADCASTING BOOTH, AND IS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AS BOTH A PLAYER AND A BROADCASTER….