KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY JULY 4, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MONDAY-

MIAMI 5 CARDINALS 4

A THREE RUN SEVENTH INNING POWERED THE MARLINS TO A WIN TO BEGIN A 4-GAME SERIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA…..NICK FORTES SNAPPED A 4-4 TIE OFF ANDRE PALLANTE…THAT CAME AFTER YULI GURRIEL’S DOUBLE BROUGHT HOME TWO TO TIE IT UP….MIAMI IS NOW 20-5 IN ONE RUN GAMES THIS SEASON…..ST. LOUIS WAS DOWN 2-0 AFTER ONE, BEFORE RALLYING TO GO UP 4-2 AT ONE POINT…WILLSON CONTRERAS WAS 3 FOR 4 WITH A HOMER….THE REDBIRDS NOW HAVE 17 BLOWN SAVE OPPORTUNITIES THIS SEASON; THE MOST IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND TIED FOR THE MOST IN THE MAJORS….GAME TWO IS THIS AFTERNOON…OUR COVERAGE WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AT 11:15 ON KJEL…

MINNESOTA 8 ROYALS 4

THE TWINS ERUPTED FOR FIVE IN THE EIGHTH TO GET PAST KANSAS CITY AT TARGET FIELD…NICK PRATTO’S SOLO HOMER TIED IT IN THE TOP OF THE 8TH..BUT EDOUARD JULIEN’S PINCH HOMER OFF TAYLOR CLARKE PUT MINNESOTA RIGHT BACK IN FRONT…CLARKE WAS CHARGED WITH ALL FIVE RUNS IN THE INNING ON FIVE HITS WITH JUST ONE BATTER RETIRED OF THE SEVEN HE FACED…MAIKEL GARCIA HOMERED FOR THE ROYALS TO LEAD OFF THE GAME AND WENT TWO FOR THREE..THE TWO TEAMS MEET AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10….

TEXAS LEAGUE-

ARKANSAS 8 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 6