KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
THE MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME WILL HONOR ANOTHER CLASS OF INDUCTEES NEXT MONTH IN SPRINGFIELD….AMONG THOSE TO BE ENSHRINED IS KJEL SPORTS DIRECTOR KEVIN STUBBLEFIELD…..NOW IN HIS 25TH AT YEAR REGIONAL RADIO, THE STOUTLAND NATIVE AND MISSOURI STATE GRADUATE WILL REPRESENT THE MEDIA, RECOGNIZED FOR HELPING PROMOTE SPORTS…..
OTHER’S GOING INTO THE HALL INCLUDE TAMBA HALI (HALL-EE) OF THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, MIZZOU RUNNING BACK DEVIN WEST, FORMER SALEM FOOTBALL COACH BILL SCHUCHARDT (SHOE-CART) AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNIVERSITY QUARTERBACK SCOTT LOVELAND
A FORMER LEBANON FOOTBALL STANDOUT, CASEY SHADEL WILL ALSO BE HONORED DURING THE ELITE ELEVEN FOOTBALL PORTION OF THE CEREMONY ALONG WITH FORMER MARSHFIELD COACH JACK RANDOLPH AND BOLIVAR RUNNING BACK BROCK BAKER….
THE MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL LUNCHEON AND INDUCTION CEREMONY IS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13TH AT 11AM AT THE OZARK EMPIRE FAIRGROUNDS….
WEDNESDAY VOLLEYBALL-
HOLDEN DEFEATED COLE CAMP IN 5 SETS
SOCCER-
LAQUEY 6 ST. CLAIR 0
TENNIS-
KICKAPOO 9 LEBANON 0
SOFTBALL-
RUSSELLVILLE 5 DIXON 2
NIXA 16 BOLIVAR 2
BLAIR OAKS 9 HALLSVILLE 0
DORA 19 SEYMOUR 6
BOONVILLE 10 SEDALIA SMITH COTTON 0
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-
CARDINALS 5 L.A. DODGERS 4
ADAM WAINWRIGHT PUT ON A VINTAGE PERFORMANCE, GOING EIGHT-AND-A-THIRD INNINGS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS AND STRIKING OUT FOUR TO EARN HIS 15TH WIN.
YADIER MOLINA BACKED THE STRONG OUTING WITH A TWO-RUN HOMER IN THE FIRST FOR ST. LOUIS, WHICH SNAPPED A FOUR-GAME LOSING SKID.
TYLER O’NEILL ALSO WENT DEEP WITH A SOLO SHOT IN EIGHTH. COREY SEAGER HAD TWO HITS AND TWO RBI FOR LOS ANGELES, WHICH HAS SPLIT ITS LAST SIX. MITCH WHITE TOOK HIS THIRD LOSS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS IN FIVE FRAMES.
TED SIMMONS IS FINALLY A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. THE FORMER CARDINALS CATCHER WAS INDUCTED YESTERDAY IN COOPERSTOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2020. SIMMONS PLAYED IN ST. LOUIS FROM 1968 TO 1980, EARNING SIX OF HIS EIGHT ALL-STAR APPEARANCES WITH THE CARDS.
DURING HIS 21-YEAR BIG-LEAGUE CAREER, SIMBA BATTED .285 WITH 248 HOMERS AND 1,389 RUNS BATTED IN. THE 72-YEAR-OLD WAS SUPPOSE TO BE INDUCTED LAST YEAR, BUT THE CEREMONY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
HE JOINS YANKEE GREAT DEREK JETER, MARVIN MILLER, FORMER HEAD OF THE PLAYER’S UNION AND OUTFIELDER LARRY WALKER, WHO ENDED HIS CAREER WITH THE CARDINALS WHOSE NAMES ARE ON PLAQUES NOW IN BASEBALL’S HALLOWED HALL…
BALTIMORE 9 ROYALS 8
THE ORIOLES ENTERED THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING TRAILING 5-0, BUT WENT ON TO SCORE NINE RUNS IN THAT FRAME TO COME AWAY WITH A ONE RUN VICTORY . THE O’S BATTED 12, AND FIVE DIFFERENT HITTERS DROVE IN AT LEAST ONE RUN IN THE EIGHTH.
MIKE MINOR PITCHED SIX SCORELESS INNINGS BUT ENDED UP WITH A NO-DECISION…
JOSH STAUMONT GOT THE LOSS OUT OF THE PEN.
RYAN MOUNTCASTLE HIT HIS 26TH HOME RUN OF THE YEAR TO FINALIZE THE OFFENSIVE BREAKOUT. MANNY BARREDA WAS CREDITED WITH THE WIN IN RELIEF, AND TYLER WELLS EARNED HIS SECOND SAVE. THE O’S HAVE WON FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE. SALVADOR PEREZ HIT HIS 42ND HOME RUN, AND ANDREW BENINTENDI HAD A THREE-RUN SHOT AND FIVE RBI IN THE ROYALS LOSS. MIKE MINOR PITCHED SIX SCORELESS INNINGS BEFORE JOSH STAUMONT GOT THE LOSS OUT OF THE PEN.
DOUBLE A CENTRAL LEAGUE-
ARKANSAS 10 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3
