KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23, 2023

ASPHALT STOCK CAR RACING IS BACK AT THE LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY WITH A MAJOR EVENT STARTING TODAY..

AGAIN OPEN  PRACTICE SESSIONS ARE SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT  3:30….SPECTATOR  GATES OPEN TOMORROW AT 4:00…TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT TICKETHOSS.COM

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TUESDAY-

PITTSBURGH 6 CARDINALS 3

THE PIRATES ERUPTED FOR FIVE RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH AT PNC PARK.

 

THE CARDINALS HAD TIED THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE INNING WITH A SOLO HOME RUN BY RICHIE PALACIOS, BUT ADAM WAINWRIGHT SURRENDERED ALL FIVE RUNS IN THE NEXT HALF-INNING.

 

WAINWRIGHT SURRENDERED SIX RUNS ON SEVEN HITS IN FOUR-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS. THE CARDINALS REMAIN IN LAST PLACE IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 55-AND-72. ZACK THOMPSON STARTS AGAINST THE PIRATES TODAY AT 11:25 THIS MORNING ON KJEL.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

OAKLAND 5 ROYALS 4

THE A’S SCORED ALL OF THEIR RUNS IN THE FIRST THREE INNINGS TO TURN BACK KANSAS CITY FOR A 2ND STRAIGHT NIGHT….SHEA LANGELIERS HOMERED TO BREAK A 2-2 TIE IN THE SECOND BEFORE ALEDMYS DIAZ DOUBLED IN TWO IN THE THIRD….ROYALS SKIPPER MATT QUATRARO..

 

SALVADOR PEREZ SINGLED HOME TWO IN THE FIFTH BUT THAT ENDED THE SCORING FOR THE NIGHT…….K.C. WILL TRY TO AVOID A 3-GAME SWEEP WITH AN AFTERNOON GAME IN CALIFORNIA STARTING AT 2:37….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

CORPUS CHRISTI 10 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 4

OUR FIRST  MIDWEEK JACKET TALK SHOW  COMES YOUR WAY THIS MORNING AT 10:55 FROM A TASTE OF ANDY’S ON KJEL……