KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WEDNESDAY-

CAMDENTON 5 DIXON 4

WILLARD 9 MARSHFIELD 2

COLUMBIA BATTLE 13 ROLLA 8

TENNIS-

LEBANON 5 KICKAPOO 4

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 6 WASHINGTON 5

TOMMY EDMAN HIT A TWO-RUN WALK-OFF DOUBLE TO END THE GAME AFTER ST. LOUIS TRAILED 5-1 ENTERING THE FRAME.

THE CARDS BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN A GAME IN THE NINTH WHEN ENTERING DOWN BY FOUR OR MORE RUNS….PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT HIT HIS 35TH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON…. OBSCURED BY THE NINTH INNING WAS ANOTHER QUALITY START FROM JORDAN MONTGOMERY WHO PITCHED SIX AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS, WITH ONE RUN ON THREE HITS, SIX STRIKEOUTS AND TWO WALKS..

JAKE WOODFORD WAS THE WINNER OUT OF THE BULLPEN; HIS FOURTH OF THE SEASON…THE CARDINALS IMPROVE TO 81-AND-56, AND THEY LEAD THE NL CENTRAL BY NINE-AND-A-HALF GAMES OVER MILWAUKEE. TOMMY  EDMAN ON THE COMEBACK…

ADAM WAINWRIGHT STARTS FOR THE REDBIRDS AGAINST THE NATIONALS TODAY AT BUSCH STADIUM…. PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 11:20 ON KJEL WITH FIRST PITCH AT 12:15….

ROYALS 2 CLEVELAND 1

MJ MELENDEZ TIED THE GAME WITH AN RBI SINGLE IN THE FINAL FRAME BEFORE SALVADOR PEREZ DROVE IN THE GAME-WINNING RUN WITH A SACRIFICE FLY. CLEVELAND CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE WALKED THE FIRST TWO IN THE 9TH, AND K.C. MANAGER MIKE MATHENY SAID THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE…

IT’S THE FIRST BLOWN SAVE BY CLASE IN 25 OPPORTUNITIES GOING BACK TO MAY 9TH….ZACK GREINKE GAVE UP ONE RUN OVER SIX INNINGS IN A NO-DECISION, AND SCOTT BARLOW PICKED UP HIS SIXTH WIN OUT OF THE BULLPEN. THE ROYALS IMPROVE TO 56-AND-82, AND THEY BEGIN A HOME SERIES WITH THE TIGERS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:10….

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SAN ANTONIO 7 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 0

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TONIGHT-

TENNESSEE-MARTIN AT MISSOURI STATE

THE BEAR’S PLAY THEIR SECOND THURSDAY NIGHT GAME WITH THE HOME OPENER AGAINST THE SKYHAWKS, WHO UPENDED MISSOURI STATE IN LAST NOVEMBER’S F.C.S. PLAYOFFS….COACH BOBBY PETRINO STILL HAS VIVID MEMORIES OF THE 32-31 LOSS…

THE BEARS ARE 6-1 ALLTIME AGAINST THIS OPPONENT…IT’S A MATCHUP OF FIFTH RANKED MISSOURI STATE AND NUMBER
14 U.T. MARTIN..KICKOFF IS SET FOR RIGHT AFTER 7:00…