KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 2022

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

THE CARDINALS RETURN TO THE FRIENDLY CONFINES FOR A CENTRAL DIVISION MATCHUP WITH THE CHICAGO CUBS TONIGHT ON KJEL…
PRE-GAME BEGINS AT 5:50 WITH FIRST PITCH AT 6:45…

LAST NIGHT, ST. LOUIS ACQUIRED LEFTHANDED STARTER JOSE QUINTANA FROM PITTSBURGH…THE 11 YEAR VETERAN IS 3-5 THIS SEASON WITH A 3.50 E.R.A. AND 89 STRIKEOUTS IN 103 INNINGS…
GOING TO THE PIRATES IS RELIEVER JOHAN OVIEDO AND MINOR LEAGUE INFIELDER MALCOLM NUNEZ..THE CARDS ALSO RECEIVE PIRATE RELIEVER CHRIS STRATTON…

LAST NIGHT-

ROYALS 2 WHITE SOX 1

DANIEL LYNCH GOT THE WIN PITCHING FIVE-AND-ONE-THIRD SCORELESS INNINGS AND GIVING UP SIX HITS.
SALVADOR PEREZ AND WHIT MERRIFIELD EACH HOMERED AND ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OF K-C’S OFFENSE. THE ROYALS WILL LOOK TO MAKE IT THREE WINS IN-A-ROW TONIGHT AS THE SERIES CONTINUES IN CHICAGO WITH FIRST PITCH AT 7:05..

KANSAS CITY WAS ACTIVE MONDAY, AS THE M-L-B TRADE DEADLINE LOOMS. THE TEAM SENT THIRD BASEMAN EMMANUEL RIVERA TO THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOR ONE-TIME CARDINALS PITCHER LUKE WEAVER. RIVERA HIT .237 FOR THE ROYALS AND HAD 22 R-B-I IN 63 GAMES THIS SEASON. WEAVER IS A 28-YEAR-OLD BULLPEN ARM AND HOPES TO IMPROVE ON HIS 7.71 E-R-A THIS SEASON. WEAVER WAS ALSO PART OF THE TRADE THAT BROUGHT PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT TO ST. LOUIS..

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

MIZZOU OPENED PRE-SEASON CAMP MONDAY IN COLUMBIA..COACH ELI DRINKWITZ SAYS ROSTER TALENT AND DEPTH HAVE BOTH BEEN ENHANCED..
THE TIGER’S WILL OPEN THE 2022 CAMPAIGN AT HOME ON THURSDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 1ST AGAINST LOUISIANA TECH AT FAUROT FIELD..