Sports – Thursday, August 18th, 2022

Nolan Gorman had two hits and three RBIs and Cardinal starter Jordan Montgomery went 5 2/3rds innings giving up a run with eight strikeouts as St. Louis beat Colorado Wednesday night, 5-1. Brendan Donovan had three hits for the Cards and an RBI while Nolan Arenado drove in a run with a double. The Cardinals will go for the sweep over Colorado again this afternoon at 11:20 starting with the pre-game show on KSMO. The Red Birds lead Milwaukee by three games in the NL Central.

Six Minnesota pitchers shut out the Kansas City Royals on six hits by the score of 4-0. This came a day after four pitchers shut out the Royals on five hits as the Minnesota Twins swept the three-game series from the Royals giving up only two runs in the three games. The Royals will travel to Tampa Bay to play the Rays tonight in the first game of a four-game series.

The Sullivan Football Jamboree this Friday starts at 7:00 and will feature St. James, Salem, Herculaneum, Sullivan and the Jefferson R-7 School in Festus. Each team will get 12 plays on offense and 12 plays on defense.