KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY AUGUST 24, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

DETROIT AT ST. LOUIS TONITE ON KJEL….

LAST NIGHT-

ROYALS 7  HOUSTON  1

MAKE FOUR WINS IN FIVE OUTINGS DURING AUGUST AGAINST THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST LEADERS…..SALVADOR PEREZ LAUNCHED HIS 33RD HOMER…WHIT MERRIFIELD ADDED THREE HITS AND DROVE IN THREE RUNS, AND DANIEL LYNCH WENT FIVE INNINGS ON THE HILL, ALLOWING ONE RUN WITH FIVE STRIKEOUTS TO PICK UP HIS 4TH VICTORY OVERALL AND SECOND AGAINST HOUSTON…

FORMER ROYAL ZACK GREINKE SUFFERED THE LOSS….THE ROYALS HAVE WON FOUR STRAIGHT, SEVEN OF EIGHT AND ARE 19-13 SINCE THE 20TH OF JULY..GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT AT 7:10 AT MINUTEMAID PARK..

DOUBLE A BASEBALL TONIGHT-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

NFL-

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MADE PROGRESS TOWARD THE FINAL STRUCTURE OF THEIR ROSTER HEADING INTO THE START OF THE REGULAR SEASON BY RELEASING DEFENSIVE END TACO CHARLTON, OFFENSIVE LINEMAN BRYAN WITZMAN AND DEFENSIVE BACK WILL PARKS TO REACH THE 80 PLAYER LIMIT…THE FINAL 53 MAN SETUP AND PRACTICE SQUAD WILL BE ESTABLISHED THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWING FRIDAY’S FINAL PRE-SEASON GAME AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM AGAINST THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS…