KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 2023

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TUESDAY-

MIAMI 15 CARDINALS 2

THE MARLINS POUNDED OUT 19 HITS AND CRUISED TO A SECOND STRAIGHT WIN AT LOANDEPOT PARK….JESUS SANCHEZ AND GARRETT COOPER HOMERED FOR THE FISH….IT WAS A CROOKED NUMBER-FEST FOR THE HOME TEAM WITH THREE IN THE FIRST AND FOURTH AND FOUR RUNS IN BOTH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH…..ST. LOUIS DIDN’T SCORE UNTIL THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING. ADAM WAINWRIGHT WAS CHARGED WITH HIS FOURTH LOSS AFTER ALLOWING FOUR EARNED RUNS AND THREE UNEARNED RUNS ON SEVEN HITS IN THREE-AND-A-THIRD INNINGS AND WAS PLACED ON THE 15-DAY INJURED LIST AFTER THE START.
THE CARDINALS BULLPEN DIDN’T FARE MUCH BETTER, AND JAMES NAILE WAS TAGGED FOR EIGHT RUNS IN JUST AN INNING-AND-A-THIRD IN RELIEF. ST. LOUIS REMAINS IN LAST PLACE IN THE NL CENTRAL AT 35-AND-50. THE CARDINALS TAKE ON THE MARLINS ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

MINNESOTA 9 ROYALS 3

MAX KEPLER, DONOVAN SOLANO AND BYRON BUXTON HOMERED AND THE TWINS MADE IT TWO STRAIGHT SERIES WINS AT TARGET FIELD….
ZACK GREINKE FELL TO 1-AND-9 AFTER ALLOWING SIX EARNED RUNS THROUGH FIVE-AND-A-THIRD INNINGS. THE 39-YEAR OLD STARTER LEFT IN THE SIXTH WITH SHOULDER DISCOMFORT.
BOBBY WITT JR. HIT HIS 13TH HOME RUN AND TOTALED TWO RBI’S……MINNESOTA STARTER AND WINNER KENTA MAEDA GAVE TWO RUNS AND THREE HITS WITH NINE STRIKEOUTS OVER SEVEN INNINGS..
THE ROYALS ARE 25-AND-61. THEY WILL SEND RIGHT-HANDER ALEC MARSH TO THE HILL FOR THE SERIES FINALE AGAINST THE TWINS TONIGHT AT 6:40 BEFORE HEADING TO CLEVELAND TO FACE THE GUARDIANS TOMORROW.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 9 AMARILLO 8