KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TUESDAY-

DETROIT 4 CARDINALS 3

MIGUEL CABRERA AND ROBBIE GROSSMAN BELTED BACK TO BACK HOMERS AND THE TIGERS HELD OFF THE REDBIRDS ON A NIGHT THAT JACK FLAHERTY WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE MOUND WITH SHOULDER TIGHTNESS…HE WAS MAKING HIS 3RD START SINCE MISSING SIXTY GAMES WITH AN OBLIQUE STRAIN…

CASEY MIZE WAS THE WINNER FOR DETROIT WITH MICHAEL FULMER EARNING THE SAVE…ST. LOUIS MADE IT CLOSE WITH A 3-RUN EIGHTH INNING….

THE BRIEF TWO GAME SERIES WITH THE TIGERS CONCLUDES THIS AFTERNOON WITH JON LESTER ON THE MOUND FOR THE CARDS WHO’VE GONE 1-3 SINCE LAST FRIDAY..FIRST PITCH COMES YOUR WAY AT 12:15 ON KJEL…ST. LOUIS WILL MOVE TO PITTSBURGH TO FACE THE PIRATES IN THE FIRST OF FOUR THURSDAY NIGHT…

HOUSTON 4 ROYALS 0

CARLOS CORREA HAD TWO HITS AND DROVE IN TWO AND THE ASTROS JUMPED ON THE VISITORS FOR THREE IN THE FIRST TO BACK THE STARTING PITCHING OF LUIS GARCIA AND TWO RELIEVERS WHO ALLOWED THE ROYALS JUST FOUR HITS..BRADY SINGER TOOK THE LOSS, DROPPING TO 3-9 ON THE SEASON, GIVING UP ALL FOUR RUNS WITH JUST ONE BEING EARNED…..MANAGER MIKE MATHENY SAID A POOR FIRST INNING ON DEFENSE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOWNFALL.

THE TWO TEAMS WRAPUP THE THREE GAME SERIES THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10….KANSAS CITY WILL THEN HEAD WEST TO OPEN A 4-GAME SERIES IN SEATTLE STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT…

DOUBLE A CENTRAL LEAGUE-

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 18 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 1

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-

COVID-19 HAS ALREADY FORCED CANCELLATION OF ONE OF FRIDAY’S FIRST OZARK CONFERENCE GAMES OF THE SEASON….THE GLENDALE AT WEST PLAINS CONTEST WILL NOT BE PLAYED THIS WEEK DUE TO PROTOCOLS WITHIN THE FALCONS PROGRAM….

MIDWEEK JACKET TALK AIRS AT 11:05 THIS MORNING FROM A TASTE OF ANDY’S ON KJEL..