KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10, 2022

 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

COLORADO 16 CARDINALS 5

THE COORS FIELD EFFECT WAS ON DISPLAY LAST NIGHT, AND IT MADE FOR A LONG NINE INNINGS FOR THE VISITORS AS THE ROCKIES DISPLAYED THE BIG LUMBER….
MILES MIKOLAS WAS CHARGED WITH HIS NINTH LOSS OF THE SEASON AFTER SURRENDERING TEN RUNS ON 14 HITS IN TWO-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS.
PAUL DEJONG WENT DEEP FOR THE REDBIRDS… THE LOSS SNAPS THE CARDINALS’ SEVEN-GAME WINNING STREAK, BUT THEY STILL LEAD THE NL CENTRAL BY ONE GAME WITH A 60-AND-49 RECORD. JOSE QUINTANA STARTS FOR ST. LOUIS AGAINST COLORADO TONIGHT. PRE-GAME AIRS AT 6:45 ON KJEL…

ROYALS 4 WHITE SOX 2

CHICAGO 3 KANSAS CITY 2

BRADY SINGER HELD THE WHITE SOX TO ONE RUN OVER SEVEN AND ONE-THIRD INNINGS TO COLLECT THE WIN FOR THE ROYALS. VINNIE PASQUANTINO AND NICK PRATTO WENT DEEP WITH A PAIR OF TWO-RUN BLASTS TO LEAD THE KANSAS CITY OFFENSE. PASQUANTINO WENT DEEP IN BOTH GAMES..
CHICAGO WOULD BOUNCE BACK IN THE SECOND GAME WITH A WITH A ONE RUN DECISION…. DAVIS MARTIN ALLOWED ONE RUN OVER FIVE AND TWO-THIRDS INNINGS FOR HIS SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON. LENYN SOSA AND YOAN MONCADA HIT A COUPLE OF SOLO SHOTS FOR THE WHITE SOX.

 

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 11 AMARILLO 9

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

MIZZOU COACH ELI DRINKWITZ HAS NAMED BRADY COOK THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE SEASON OPENER….THE SOPHOMRE FROM ST. LOUIS EDGED OUT COMPETITION FROM TYLER MACON, FRESHMAN SAM HORN AND TRANSFER JACK ABRAHAM…HE’LL BE UNDER CENTER THREE WEEKS FROM TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE TIGERS HOST LOUISIANA TECH…

NFL-

BACK ON THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS  STAFF THIS YEAR IS MATT NAGY (NAGGIE) – SENIOR OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT AND QUARTERBACKS COACH. HE WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN KANSAS CITY FROM 2013-2017, AND THEN HEAD COACH OF THE CHICAGO BEARS FROM 2018-2021 BEFORE GETTING FIRED IN FEBRUARY. NAGY SAYS IT’S BEEN GREAT GETTING REACQUAINTED IN KC….
NAGY WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE CHIEFS IN FEBRUARY, FILLING THE SHOES OF MIKE KAFKA, WHO LEFT TO BE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE GIANTS FOLLOWING THE 2021 SEASON. KANSAS CITY WILL FACE THE BEARS IN CHICAGO SATURDAY AT NOON TO BEGIN THE PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE…