KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 4 PITTSBURGH 1

J.A. HAPP AND THE ST. LOUIS BULLPEN HELD THE PIRATES TO ONE HIT AS THE VISITORS WON AT P.N.C. PARK. HAPP SURRENDERED ONE RUN ON ONE HIT OVER SIX AS HE PICKED UP HIS SIXTH WIN. TOMMY EDMAN LED OFF THE GAME WITH A ROUNDTRIPPER…

THE CARDS OUTHIT THE BUCS 8-1 WITH DYLAN CARLSON ENJOYING A 3 FOR 4 NIGHT AT THE PLATE…EDMUNDO SOSA WAS 2 FOR 4, AND AND PAUL DEJONG ALSO HOMERED…

RYAN HELSLEY, GENESIS CABRERA AND ALEX REYES WORKED THE FINAL THREE FRAMES OUT OF THE PEN WITH REYES EARNING HIS 26TH SAVE..ST. LOUIS HAS WON THREE-OF-FOUR TO RETURN TO BREAK-EVEN AT 56 WINS AND 56 DEFEATS.. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT WITH PRE-GAME COVERAGE AT 5:10 ON KJEL..

ROYALS 8 NEW YORK YANKEES 4

SALVADOR PEREZ HIT A PAIR OF HOMERS AS THE ROYALS BEAT THE YANKEES AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM. THE K-C CATCHER HAD THREE HITS AND THREE RBI IN THE WIN ON A NIGHT THAT MARKED THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS TIME IN A ROYALS UNIFORM… JOSH STAUMONT PICKED UP THE WIN IN RELIEF, HIS SECOND AND MANAGER MIKE MATHENY IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THE RELIEVERS ARE DOING..

NESTOR CORTES GAVE UP FIVE RUNS, FOUR EARNED, OVER FIVE-AND-TWO-THIRDS TO DROP HIS FIRST DECISION OF THE YEAR FOR NEW YORK, WHICH HAS LOST TWO-OF-THREE. THE TWO TEAMS WRAP UP THE THREE GAME SERIES THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10…

DOUBLE A BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 9 ARKANSAS 0