KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY JULY 20, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

CARDINALS 6 MIAMI 4

ST. LOUIS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME EARLY OFFENSE AND CRUISED TO A SERIES SWEEP OF THE MARLINS…. NOLAN ARENADO DROVE IN A RUN, AND NOLAN GORMAN BLASTED A THREE-RUN SHOT AS PART OF A FOUR-RUN FIRST INNING.

 

GORMAN SINGLED HOME ANOTHER RUN IN THE SEVENTH, WHILE ZACK THOMPSON EARNED THE WIN AFTER PITCHING TWO INNINGS OF SCORELESS RELIEF. THE CARDS TOOK ALL THREE GAMES IN THE SERIES AND ARE NOW ON A FIVE-GAME WIN STREAK. IT WAS A BULLPEN DAY FOR PITCHING WITH DAKOTA HUDSON GOING THE FIRST THREE INNINGS…

 

ZACK THOMPSON THREW TWO SCORELESS FRAMES TO SQUARE HIS RECORD AT 2-2…….ST. LOUIS IS FOURTH IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 43-AND-53. THE CARDINALS SEND STEVEN MATZ TO THE MOUND AGAINST THE CUBS AT WRIGLEY TONIGHT. PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 6:10 ON KJEL….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

DETROIT 3 ROYALS 2

AFTER TUESDAY’S SLUGFEST, IT WAS A PITCHING DUEL LAST NIGHT AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…..KYLE ISBEL AND MICHAEL MASSEY EACH DROVE-IN A RUN FOR K.C. IN A TWO RUN FIFTH THAT HAD THE ROYALS IN FRONT BRIEFLY..MANAGER MATT QUATRARO SAID OFFENSE WAS HARD TO FIND OFF TIGER’S STARTER EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ…

 

ROYALS STARTER PITCHER RYAN YARBROUGH WAS CHARGED WITH THE LOSS AFTER LETTING UP THREE EARNED RUNS THROUGH FIVE-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS. THE ROYALS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DIVISION AT 28-AND-69. THEY WILL TAKE ON THE TIGERS IN THE SERIES FINALE THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

ARKANSAS 5 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 4

GOLF-

MAYA MCVEY  OF BLUE SPRINGS IS THIS YEAR’S MISSOURI WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPION…..SHE WAS EVEN PAR AT 144 FOR TWO DAYS ON THE PORTO CIMA COURSE AT SUNRISE BEACH, OUTLASTING SEDALIA’S KISER PANNIER BY ONE SHOT……ROGERSVILLE’S BROOKE WAGNER TIED FOR 14TH…MARLEE EDGEMAN OF MARSHFIELD TIED FOR 21ST..ELLEN PORT OF ST. LOUIS CAPTURED THE MID-AMATEUR TITLE….