KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY JULY 7, 2021

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TUESDAY-

CARDINALS 6 SAN FRANCISCO 5

NOLAN ARENADO AND EDMUNDO SOSA EACH HOMERED AS THE CARDINALS BEAT THE GIANTS 6-5 IN SAN FRANCISCO. ARENADO WAS 3-FOR-5 AT THE PLATE, DRIVING IN TWO RUNS AND HIT HIS 17TH HOMER OF THE YEAR AND SOSA ACCOUNTED FOR THE FINAL TALLY IN THE EIGHTH.

YADIER MOLINA ADDED THREE HITS, INCLUDING A RBI SINGLE. ADAM WAINWRIGHT EARNED HIS SEVENTH WIN, ALLOWING THREE RUNS OVER FIVE FRAMES.

JUSTIN MILLER RECORDED HIS FIRST SAVE. ST. LOUIS HAS WON TWO STRAIGHT. DYLAN CARLSON SAVED THE GAME IN THE LAST OF THE 9TH WITH A CATCH AGAINST THE LEFT FIELD WALL..

BRANDON CRAWFORD KNOCKED IN THREE RUNS FOR SAN FRANCISCO. JOHNNY CUETO WAS HANDED HIS FIFTH LOSS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS. THE REDBIRDS GO FOR THE 3-GAME SWEEP TONIGHT AT 8:45…PRE-GAME COVERAGE WILL START AT 7:50 ON KJEL..

ROYALS 7 CINCINNATI 6

SIX RUNS IN THE FINAL TWO INNINGS, INCLUDING FOUR IN THE NINTH, HELPED K.C. TOP THE REDS AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM. NICKY LOPEZ DELIVERED A 2-RUN SINGLE TO TIE THE GAME AT 6…

ANDREW BENINTENDI AND MICHAEL A. TAYLOR HOMERED AND SALVADOR PEREZ DROVE IN THE GAME-WINNER AS K-C SNAPPED A TWO-GAME LOSING-STREAK. RICHARD LOVELADY WAS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE COMEBACK, PICKING UP HIS SECOND WIN IN RELIEF. HEATH HEMBREE TOOK THE LOSS IN RELIEF AS CINCINNATI COMMITTED MULTIPLE ERRORS IN THE NINTH. THE LOSS SNAPS A REDS FIVE-GAME WINNING-STREAK. THE TWO TEAMS MEET THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:10 TO CONCLUDE THE THREE GAME SERIES…

DOUBLE-A BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 5 TULSA 3

NBA PLAYOFFS-

PHOENIX 118 MILWAUKEE 105 (SUNS TAKE GAME 1 OF THE FINALS..THEY’LL COLLIDE  AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT AFTER 8:00)

GOLF-

THE MISSOURI WOMEN’S AMATEUR GOES INTO ROUND TWO TODAY AT WARRENSBURG WITH JACKSON’S SARAH BELL OWNING A 2-SHOT LEAD ON HANNAH HAWKS OF WELLINGTON..ROGERSVILLE’S BROOKE WAGNER IS CURRENTLY IN 25TH PLACE…JENNAH SCHELL OF OSAGE BEACH IS TIED FOR 41ST WHILE MARLEE EDGEMAN OF MARSHFIELD AND WAYNESVILLE’S VICTORIA HOOKER ARE TIED FOR 55TH..