KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY JULY 25, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MONDAY-

CARDINALS 10 ARIZONA 6

FIVE RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH TURNED A ONE RUN DEFICIT INTO A ST. LOUIS VICTORY LAST NIGHT IN PHOENIX…….THE BULLPEN GAVE AWAY A 5-2 ADVANTAGE IN THE MIDDLE INNINGS BEFORE THE UPRISING OFF DIAMONDBACKS CLOSER ANDREW CHAFIN…PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT HOMERED IN THE FIRST, AND DROVE IN THE TYING RUN IN THE NINTH WITH A SINGLE, LARS NOOTBARR’S BASES LOADED WALK PUT THE VISITORS IN FRONT BEFORE TYLER O’NEILL’S BASES LOADED DOUBLE FURNISHED SOME INSURANCE…….

 

 

NOLAN ARENADO WENT DEEP, AND BRENDAN DONOVAN CONTRIBUTED THREE HITS, HELPING THE CARDS END A 3-GAME LOSING SKID… GOLDY ON THE NINTH INNING APPROACH AGAINST THE ARIZONA CLOSER…

 

 

ADAM WAINRIGHT RETURNED TO THE ROTATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND WENT FIVE INNINGS, DEPARTING WITH THE LEAD, BUT EARNED A NO-DECISION IN QUEST OF CAREER WIN NUMBER 199….HE DID MAKE THE 402ND START OF HIS CAREER, MOVING PAST BOB FORSCH INTO SECOND ALL-TIME BEHIND BOB GIBSON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY……

 

 

GAME 2 OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT IN PHOENIX WITH PRE-GAME AT 7:45 ON KJEL….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ROYALS 5 CLEVELAND 3

A QUALITY START FROM RYAN YARBROUGH AND SOME LONG-BALL POWER LIFTED KANSAS CITY TO A WIN AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD…..EDWARD OLIVARES DOUBLED IN TWO IN THE SECOND, SALVADOR PEREZ LAUNCHED A TWO RUN BLAST IN THE SIXTH AND MAIKEL GARCIA A SOLO SHOT IN THE 7TH HELPING THE ROYALS CONCLUDE A 5-GAME LOSING STREAK….THEY FACE THE GUARDIANS AGAIN TONIGHT AT 6:10…..

 

TEXAS LEAGUE TONIGHT-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS AT TULSA

NFL-

IT’S ANOTHER DAY OF TRAINING CAMP WORK IN ST. JOSEPH FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS…DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR STEVE SPAGNUOLO HOPES HIS GROUP CAN CONTINUE TO STAIR-STEP INTO THE CONVERSATION AS ONE OF THE BETTER DEFENSES…

 

 

THE CHIEFS WORKED FOR JUST OVER AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF IN HELMETS AND SHORTS
MONDAY. RECEIVER KADARIUS TONEY WAS NOT AT PRACTICE AFTER TWEAKING HIS KNEE…..

(COURTESY MISSOURINET)