KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY JUNE 29, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

HOUSTON 10 CARDINALS 7

THE CARDINALS GAVE UP FIVE RUNS IN A DISASTROUS TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING DURING A 3 RUN LOSS TO THE ASTROS AT BUSCH STADIUM ON KJEL. NOLAN ARENADO, PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT, AND BRENDAN DONOVAN ALL HOMERED TO GIVE ST. LOUIS A 7-5 LEAD HEADING INTO THE EIGHTH BEFORE GIOVANNY GALLEGOS GAVE UP ALL FIVE RUNS IN THE INNING WITH THE LONG BALL HIS UNDOING.

GALLEGOS WAS CHARGED WITH HIS FOURTH LOSS IN RELIEF.
CARDS MANAGER OLI MARMOL HAS SEEN THIS SCRIPT UNFOLD TOO MANY TIMES IN 2023…

THE CARDINALS REMAIN IN LAST PLACE IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 33-AND-46 AND RELINQUISHED A GAME TO FIRST PLACE CINCINNATI TO GO NINE DOWN IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS…. ADAM WAINWRIGHT STARTS FOR ST. LOUIS AGAINST HOUSTON TONIGHT. PRE-GAME COMES YOUR WAY AT 5:20 ON KJEL…
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CLEVELAND 14 ROYALS 1

THE ROYALS GAVE UP FOUR RUNS IN THE THIRD INNING AND TRAILED FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. THEY ALSO SURRENDERED SEVEN RUNS IN THE TOP OF SIXTH TO PUT THE GAME AWAY. FREDDY FERMIN DROVE IN THE ROYALS ONLY RUN…JOSE RAMIREZ CRANKED A GRAND SLAM IN THE THIRD FOR CLEVELAND…ROYALS MANAGER MATT QUATRARO SAID THE WALKS PRECEDING THE HOMER INCREASED THE DAMAGE….

JOSH BELL AND BO NAYLOR ALSO WENT DEEP FOR THE GUARDIANS….AUSTIN COX WAS CHARGED WITH HIS FIRST LOSS AFTER SURRENDERING FOUR RUNS IN THREE-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS. THE ROYALS DROP TO 22-AND-58. ZACK GREINKE STARTS FOR AGAINST CLEVELAND THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10….
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TEXAS LEAGUE-

ARKANSAS 6 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 2

NHL DRAFT-

THE ST. LOUIS BLUES DRAFTED THREE SWEDES DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2023 NHL DRAFT IN NASHVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ST. LOUIS TOOK SWEDISH CENTER DALIBOR DVORSKY WITH THE TENTH OVERALL PICK, ADDED ANOTHER PIVOT BY SELECTING OTTO STENBERG WITH THE 25TH PICK, AND THEN TOOK DEFENSEMAN THEO LINDSTEIN AT 29.
THE BLUES MAINTAINED THEIR THREE FIRST DAY CHOICES AFTER ADDING 31-YEAR OLD CENTER KEVIN HAYES FROM PHILLY IN A TRADE EARLIER IN THE WEEK.