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 OPEN AN 8 GAME ROAD TRIP IN CINCINNATI THURSDAY NIGHT. THE RED BIRDS TOOK 2 OF 3 IN THEIR SERIES AGAINST THE PIRATES WITH A WIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT BUSCH STADIUM. PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT HIT THE 3 RUN GAME WINNING HOMER IN THE 7TH INNING TO GIVE THE BIRDS A 6-4 LEAD, THEY WOULD HANG ON FOR THE 6-5 WIN.
- TYLER O’NEIL HIT 4 HOME RUNS ON THE HOMESTAND
- THE CARDS RALLIED FROM A 4-2 DEFICIT TO PULL OUT THE WIN
- CARDS WENT 4-2 ON THE HOMESTAND
- RED BIRDS WON SERIES AGAINST ARIZONA AND PITTSBURGH ON THE HOMESTAND
- RED BIRDS ARE 48-46, 28-20 AT HOME, 20-26 ON THE ROAD
- CARDS A JUST A HALF GAME BEHIND MILWAUKEE FOR 2ND PLACE IN THE DIVISION. THE CUBS ARE IN FIRST BY 3 GAMES OVER THE CARDS
- THE RED BIRD PLAY 4 IN CINCI AND 4 IN PITTSBURGH BEFORE COMING BACK HOME FRIDAY THE 25TH
ROYALS GO FOR A 4 GAME SERIES SWEEP OF THE WHITE SOX THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE ‘K’ TO CLOSE OUT THEIR 7 GAME HOMESTAND. THE BLUE CREW BEAT CHICAGO 7-5 WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MAKE IT 4 WINS IN 5 GAMES.
- THE ROYALS SCORED 2 IN THE 1ST INNING AND 4 IN THE 5TH INNING ON THEIR WAY TO THE WIN
- ROYAL HITTERS WERE WALKED 7 TIMES, 4 OF THOSE RUNNERS SCORED
- WHIT MERRIFIELD HAS BACK TO BACK 3 HIT GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER
- SOX SCORED 3 IN THE 9TH INNING TO MAKE IT CLOSE
- THE ROYALS ARE 35-62 ON THE SEASON, 21-29 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 6-4 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.
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 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
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OPEN TRAINING CAMP NEXT WEEK.
NFL POWER RANKINGS – WITH TRAINING CAMPS JUST WEEKS AWAY, A LOT OF SITES ARE COMING OUT WITH POWER RANKINGS FOR THE UPCOMNIG NFL SEASON. HERE IS ONE OF THE LATEST RANKINGS FROM ODDSSHARK –
- COLTS, 2 CHIEFS, 3 SAINTS, 4 PATS, 5 PITT, 6 BEARS, 7 RAMS, 8 HOU, 9 CHARGERS, 10 VIKS, 11 TENN, 12 SEA, 13 ATL, 14 BALT, 15 DEN, 16. DAL, 17 GIANTS, 18 PHIL, 19 CLE, 20 CARO, 21 GB, 22 BUFF, 23 TB, 24 DET, 25 JAX, 26 SF, 27 OAK, 28 WASH, 29 CINCI, 30 MIA, 31 JETS, 32 ARIZ