KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WEDNESDAY-

IBERIA 4 BELLE 1

BLAIR OAKS 10 JEFFERSON CITY 0

 

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS-

LEBANON SWEPT A PAIR OF MATCHES; 4-0 AGAINST HILLCREST AND 9-0 AGAINST PARKVIEW

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

SAN DIEGO 1 CARDINALS 0

THE OFFENSIVE DOLDRUMS CONTINUED FOR THE CARDINALS WHO WERE SHUTOUT FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE GAME… ST. LOUIS MANAGED JUST TWO HITS DURING THE ENTIRE GAME. AUSTIN NOLA PRODUCED THE GAME’S ONLY RUN IN THE SECOND…

ALBERT PUJOLS BROKE UP A NO-HITTER FROM BLAKE SNELL WITH A SINGLE IN THE 7TH. SNELL STRUCKOUT 13 WITH TWO WALKS OVER THE COURSE OF 117 PITCHES…
MILES MIKOLAS WAS TAGGED WITH HIS 13TH LOSS AFTER GIVING UP JUST ONE UNEARNED RUN.

THE 87-AND-63 CARDINALS LEAD THE NL CENTRAL BY SEVEN-AND-A-HALF GAMES OVER THE BREWERS. JACK FLAHERTY STARTS FOR ST. LOUIS AGAINST SAN DIEGO TODAY. PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT  2:15 ON KJEL..

 

ROYALS 5 MINNESOTA 2

MJ MELENDEZ BELTED HIS 17TH HOME RUN AS THE ROYALS BEAT THE TWINS AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM. SALVADOR PEREZ HAD THREE HITS IN THE VICTORY. DANIEL LYNCH WASN’T INVOLVED IN THE DECISION AFTER PITCHING THE FIRST FOUR INNINGS AND ALLOWING ONE RUN..

KANSAS CITY HAS WON THREE OF FOUR TO IMPROVE TO 60-AND-89. JONATHAN HEASLEY TAKES THE MOUND FOR KANSAS CITY AGAINST THE TWINS TODAY AT 1:10….

ROYALS CHAIRMAN AND CEO JOHN SHERMAN ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THE DEPARTURE OF DAYTON MOORE, THE ORGANIZATION’S PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS SINCE 2006.

IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT J.J. PICOLLO HAS BEEN NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OVERSEEING BASEBALL OPERATIONS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. MOORE WAS GENERAL MANAGER AS THE ROYALS WON THE 2014 AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT AND THE 2015 WORLD SERIES. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE ROYALS’ RECORD IMPROVED OVER SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS FROM 2009 TO 2015, MATCHING A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECORD.