KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 2022

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MONDAY-

CARDINALS 1 CHICAGO CUBS 0

JORDAN MONTGOMERY WAS MASTERFUL ON THE MOUND IN THE CARDINALS VICTORY AT WRIGLEY FIELD. MONTGOMERY STRUCK OUT SEVEN AND GAVE UP JUST ONE HIT IN A COMPLETE-GAME SHUTOUT. MONTGOMERY EARNED HIS SEVENTH WIN OF THE SEASON WITH THE DAZZLING PERFORMANCE…

ALBERT PUJOLS DROVE IN THE CARDINALS ONLY RUN WITH HIS 693RD CAREER HOME RUN IN THE SEVENTH INNING.

PUJOLS HAS GONE YARD SEVEN TIMES IN THE LAST TEN GAMES…HE’S HOMERED NOW OFF OF 449 PITCHERS IN HIS CAREER AND HE WENT PAST PAUL WANER FOR 10TH ON THE ALL TIME LIST WITH 940 MULTI-HIT GAMES..

ST. LOUIS HAS WON EIGHT IN A ROW AND STILL LEADS MILWAUKEE BY FIVE GAMES IN THE THE NL CENTRAL AT 70-AND-51. MANAGER OLI MARMOL SAID MONTGOMERY’S DISTANCE-GOING PERFORMANCE CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME..

THE CARDINALS SEND ADAM WAINWRIGHT AND JAKE WOODFORD TO THE MOUND IN A SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST THE CUBS TODAY.

ROYALS 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4

IN HIS FIRST BIG LEAGUE GAME, DREW WATERS BROKE A TIE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH WHEN HE DREW A BASES LOADED WALK AND ENJOYED THE CLUBHOUSE GREETING AFTER THE GAME…..

AMIR GARRETT EARNED HIS THIRD WIN AFTER PITCHING A SCORELESS INNING OF RELIEF, AND SCOTT BARLOW PICKED UP HIS 20TH SAVE. THE ROYALS ARE NOW 50-AND-74, AND THEY SEND JONATHAN HEASLEY TO THE MOUND AGAINST THE DIAMONDBACKS TONIGHT AT 7:10…

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL-

LEBANON SENIOR PITCHER PAYTON WEHNER HAS ANNOUNCED A VERBAL COMMITMENT TO MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY IN ILLINOIS FOR COLLEGE BASEBALL….

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

JACKSON, MISSOURI NATIVE AND REDSHIRT FRESHMAN CONNOR TOLLISON WILL BE MIZZOU’S STARTING CENTER IN 2022…
TOLLISON PLAYED IN THE BOWL GAME LAST YEAR AND SAYS HE REALLY LEARNED A LOT THIS FALL CAMP..