KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 2022

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS WEDNESDAY-

CAPITAL CITY 5 LEBANON 4

BOLIVAR 5 HARRISONVILLE 3

ROGERSVILLE 5 FORSYTH 4

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL-

HELIAS 5 ROLLA 1

 

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL-

CROCKER 11 HUMANSVILLE 0

 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

PITTSBURGH 5 CARDINALS 3

ST. LOUIS GAVE UP FOUR RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH AFTER ASSUMING AN EARLY 3-0 LEAD. TOMMY EDMAN RETURNED TO THE LINEUP AND HAD THREE HITS AND AN RBI… MATTHEW LIBERATORE WAS CHARGED WITH HIS SECOND LOSS AFTER GIVING UP FIVE RUNS IN FIVE INNINGS. MANAGER OLI MARMOL ON THE TEAM’S PERFORMANCE THRU THE REGULAR SEASON..

THE PLAYOFFS START FRIDAY AGAINST PHILADELPHIA, AND THE CARDINALS WILL HOST EVERY GAME OF THE BEST-OF-THREE SET. ST. LOUIS WON THE NL CENTRAL WITH A 93-AND-69 RECORD, WHILE THE PHILLIES TOOK THE FINAL NL WILD CARD SPOT WITH AN 87-AND-75 MARK. IT’LL BE A THREE VERSUS SIX MATCHUP IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE BRACKET… THE CARDINALS WENT 3-AND-4 AGAINST PHILADELPHIA DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. THE FIRST GAME GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW AT 1:07 ON KJEL.

CLEVELAND 9 ROYALS 2

THE GUARDIANS SCORED FOUR FIRST-INNING RUNS ENROUTE TO A VICTORY AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD. VINNIE PASQUANTINO AND KYLE ISBEL WENT DEEP FOR THE ROYALS, AND JONATHAN HEASLEY WAS CHARGED WITH HIS TENTH LOSS AFTER SURRENDERING SIX RUNS IN FIVE INNINGS. KANSAS CITY ENDS THE SEASON AS THE FIFTH-PLACE TEAM IN THE AL CENTRAL WITH A 65-AND-97 RECORD. THEN, LAST NIGHT IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ROYALS FIRED MANAGER MIKE MATHENY AND PITCHING COACH CAL ELDRED. MATHENY TOOK OVER THE ROYALS IN 2020, BUT THE TEAM NEVER FINISHED BETTER THAN FOURTH IN THE AL CENTRAL. ELDRED HAD BEEN THE PITCHING COACH SINCE 2017….

NHL-

ST. LOUIS AT COLUMBUS

THE BLUES ARE BACK IN PRE-SEASON ACTION AGAINST THE BLUE JACKETS AT NATIONWIDE ARENA TONIGHT. COACH CRAIG BERUBE WAS ASKED ABOUT SPECIAL TEAM’S PLAY IN THE  SIX GAMES THUS  FAR…

THE BLUES ARE 5-1-AND-0 IN EXHIBITION PLAY AFTER BEATING THE WILD 4-2 AT HOME ON TUESDAY. TONIGHT’S GAME BEGINS A 6:00PM.

RACING-

LAST NIGHT AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY, TYLER DAVIS OF HAYSVILLE, KANSAS WON THE MODIFIED FEATURE..RYAN GILLMORE OF SPRINGFIELD WAS FIRST IN THE B-MOD FEATURE..DYLAN THORNTON OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA MADE IT TWO STRAIGHT FEATURE WINS IN THE STOCK CAR DIVISION…DYLAN CLINTON OF WEST UNION, IOWA DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE HOBBY STOCK FEATURE..42 RACES DOTTED LAST NIGHT’S EVENT WITH 195 CARS ENTERED..THE U.S.R.A. NATIONALS CONTINUE TONIGHT AT 6:00 IN WHEATLAND…