KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

CARDINALS 3 DETROIT 2 (10)

LARS NOOTBAAR DELIVERED AN RBI SINGLE IN THE 10TH TO HELP ST. LOUIS WIN IT.

JON LESTER ALLOWED ONE RUN OVER FIVE FRAMES TO TAKE A NO-DECISION. T.J. MCFARLAND GOT HIS THIRD WIN OUT OF THE CARDINALS’ BULLPEN. JONATHAN SCHOOP HAD THREE HITS AND AN RBI FOR DETROIT, WHICH HAS SPLIT ITS LAST FOUR.
PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT MASHED A PAIR OF HOME RUNS AND DROVE IN TWO RUNS FOR THE CARDS…

MICHAEL FULMER TOOK HIS SIXTH LOSS, ALLOWING A RUN AND TWO WALKS. FOR THE REDBIRDS, IT’S OFF TO PITTSBURGH FOR THE FIRST OF FOUR WITH THE PIRATES, WHO WON TWO OF THREE LAST WEEKEND AT BUSCH STADIUM…PRE-GAME COMES YOUR WAY AT 5:10 THIS AFTERNOON ON REGIONAL RADIO..THE CARDS ARE THREE AND A HALF GAMES BEHIND CINCINNATI IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SECOND WILD CARD SPOT IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE….

HOUSTON 6 ROYALS 5 (10)

JAKE MEYERS DELIVERED  A WALK-OFF RBI GROUNDOUT IN THE TENTH TO WIN IT… MARTIN MALDONADO AND YORDAN ALVAREZ EACH HIT SOLO HOMERS FOR THE ASTROS. LANCE MCCULLERS GAVE UP FOUR RUNS IN SIX-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS AND KENDALL GRAVEMAN EARNED THE WIN FOR HOUSTON, WHICH HAS SPLIT ITS LAST FOUR. K.C. MANAGER MIKE MATHENY SAID NORMALLY THEY’VE FOUND A WAY TO WIN THESE TYPE OF GAMES..

SALVADOR PEREZ HIT A SOLO HOMER; HIS 34TH, AND WHIT MERRIFIELD LAUNCHED A GRAND SLAM. MIKE MINOR ALLOWED THREE RUNS IN SIX INNINGS BUT TOOK THE NO-DECISION. THE ROYALS HAVE LOST THEIR LAST TWO GAMES AND START A 4-GAME SERIES IN SEATTLE TONIGHT AT 9:10…

DOUBLE A CENTRAL LEAGUE BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 5 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

MIZZOU FOOTBALL COACH ELI DRINKWITZ SPOKE TO THE MEDIA AFTER WEDNESDAY’S PRACTICE. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE VACCINATION RATE FOR HIS SQUAD…

FALL CAMP CONCLUDES THIS WEEK AND THEN THE TEAM SHIFTS INTO GAME WEEK MODE AHEAD OF THEIR SEASON OPENER AGAINST CENTRAL MICHIGAN SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH IN COLUMBIA WITH KICKOFF SLATED FOR 3:00…