LISTEN TO CHRIS SCHNEIDER’S RENEGADE RADIO SPORTS UPDATES AT AROUND :35 PAST THE HOUR, FROM 6:35 AM TO 6:35 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
CARDINALS CLOSE OUT THEIR 3 GAME SERIES AGAINST THE PIRATES IN THE SUNSHINE ON WEDNESDAY. THE RED BIRDS NEED A WIN TO TAKE 2 OUT OF 3 IN THE SERIES AFTER LOSING 3-1 TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES SCORED 2 IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH TO PULL OUT THE LATE WIN.
- JACK FLAHERTY NOT ONLY PITCHED WELL FOR THE CARDS IN THE LOSS, HE DROVE IN THE CARDS ONLY RUN WITH AN RBI DOUBLE IN THE 5TH
- CARDS OFFENSE WAS QUIET WITH JUST 5 HITS IN THE LOSS
- RED BIRDS ARE 47-46, 27-20 AT HOME, 20-26 ON THE ROAD
- THE RED BIRD HIT THE ROAD AFTER WEDNESDAY’S GAME AGAINST THE PIRATES. THEY WILL PLAY 4 IN CINCI AND 4 IN PITTSBURGH BEFORE COMING BACK HOME FRIDAY THE 25TH
ROYALS ENTERTAIN THE W.SOX AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOOKING TO RUN THEIR WIN STREAK TO 3. THE BLUE CREW HAVE WON 4 OF 5 GAMES SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK. THEY CRUSHED CHICAGO 11-0 TUESDAY NIGHT.
- THE VICTORY ASSURES THE ROYALS OF THEIR FIRST WINNING HOMESTAND OF THE SEASON
- WHIT MERRIFIELD HIT A 2 RUN INSIDE THE PARK HOMER IN THE 4TH
- KC OUT HIT THE W.SOX 14-5 IN CRUISING TO THE BLOWOUT WIN
- THE ROYALS PUT MULTIPLE RUNS ON THE BOARD IN 5 DIFFERENT INNINGS, INCLUDING 4 IN THE 8TH
- THE ROYALS ARE 34-62 ON THE SEASON, 20-29 AT HOME, 14-33 ON THE ROAD
- OPPONENTS HAVE OUTSCORED THE ROYALS BY 74 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON. KC HAS SCORED 418
- ROYALS ARE 5-5 IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
- AFTER THIS 4 GAME SERIES AT HOME AGAINST THE WHITE SOX, THE ROYALS HIT THE ROAD FOR 5 GAMES, WITH SERIES IN CLEVELAND AND ATLANTA.
ROYALS TRADED CATCHER MARTIN MALDONADO TO THE CUBS FOR LEFT-HANDED PITCHER MIKE MONTGOMERY. THE ROYALS DRAFTED MONTGOMERY 36TH OVERALL IN 2008.
BRITISH OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT – THURSDAY BRINGS THE FOURTH AND FINAL MAJOR TOURNAMENT OF THE GOLF YEAR, THE BRITISH OPEN. ROUND ONE OF THE 148TH OPEN AT ROYAL PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND TEES OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES. WITH THE TIME DIFFERENCE, PLAY WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME THURSDAY MORNING.
- ITALIAN FRANCESCO MOLINARI IS THE DEFENDING CHAMP. AMERICAN JORDAN SPIETH WON 2 YEARS AGO.
- WINNERS OF THE 3 MAJOR TOURNAMENTS ALREADY PLAYED IN 2019 ARE: TIGER WOODS (MASTERS), BROOKS KOEPKA (PGA CHAMPIONSHIP), GARY WOODLAND (US OPEN)
HERE ARE TEE TIMES (CENTRAL TIME) OF SOME OF THE BIGGER NAME PLAYERS THURSDAY–
- 1:52 a.m. — Phil Mickelson
- 3:58 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Scott
- 4:09 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Gary Woodland, Paul Casey
- 7:04 a.m. — Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen,
- 7:26 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett, Marc Leishman
- 8:59 a.m. — Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
- 9:10 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Matt Wallace, Patrick Reed
CHIEFS QB PATRICK MAHOMES IS THE REIGNING NFL MVP, HE IS ALSO THE COVER PLAYER FOR MADDEN ’20, AND IS MADDEN’S HIGHEST RANKED QUARTERBACK GOING INTO THE NEW SEASON FOLLOWED BY TOM BRADY, PHILLIP RIVERS AND A TIE BETWEEN DREW BREES AND ANDREW LUCK. RUSSELL WILSON, AARON RODGERS, MATT RYAN, BEN ROETHLISBERGER AND CAM NEWTON ROUND OUT THE TOP 10.