KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TUESDAY-

ARIZONA 3 CARDINALS 1

A 3-RUN EIGHTH INNING POWERED THE DIAMONDBACKS TO VICTORY AT CHASE FIELD ON KJEL……JAKE MCCARTHY SINGLED IN THE TYING RUN, THEN CORBIN CARROLL DELIVERED A PINCH TWO RUN TRIPLE TO PUT ARIZONA IN FRONT, AND END A 5-GAME LOSING STREAK…..

 

OFFENSE WAS TOUGH TO COME-BY FOR ST. LOUIS WITH THE ONLY RUN IN THE THIRD ON A DOUBLE-STEAL…..IT NEGATED A QUALITY START FROM STEVEN MATZ WHO THREW SIX SHUTOUT INNINGS, GIVING UP FIVE HITS WITH ONE WALK AND SIX STRIKEOUTS..MANAGER OLI MARMOL ON THE VETERAN LEFTY….

 

JO JO ROMERO WAS SADDLED WITH THE LOSS…THE CARDS AND DIAMONDBACKS CONCLUDE THE 3-GAME SERIES THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:40…PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 1:45 ON KJEL…

CLEVELAND 5 ROYALS 1

BO NAYLOR HOMERED TWICE AND THE GUARDIANS RODE A STRONG START FROM AARON CIVALE WHO WENT 8 INNINGS IN A 93 PITCH OUTING……ZACK GREINKE SUSTAINED THE LOSS, AND IS NOW 1-11 ON THE SEASON….NICKY LOPEZ HAD TWO HITS FOR K.C. INCLUDING AN R.B.I. SINGLE IN THE FIFTH…KANSAS CITY IS
29-74 AND WILL FACE CLEVELAND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AT 12:10 BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO HOST MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…

TEXAS LEAGUE-

TULSA 5 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3