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CARDINALS ARE BACK AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT TO PLAY THE PIRATES, IT’S A QUICK 3 GAME SERIES BEFORE THE RED BIRDS HEAD BACK OUT ON THE ROAD. THE CARDS LOOK TO BREAK A 5 GAME LOSING STREAK.

  • RED BIRDS HAVE JUST 2 WINS IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
  • CARDS HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY 8 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON, CROSSING THE PLATE 498 TIMES
  • RED BIRDS ARE 58-53, 31-23 AT HOME, 27-32 ON THE ROAD
  • THE RED BIRDS ARE OFF ON THURSDAY
  • CARDS ARE IN 3RD PLACE IN THE DIVISION, 3 BACK OF THE CUBS, ½ GAME BEHIND THE BREWERS
  • AFTER THIS QUICK HOMESTAND THE CARDS HIT THE ROAD FOR SIX GAMES, 2 IN KANSAS CITY AND 4 IN CINCINNATI

ROYALS AND TIGERS PLAY GAME 2 OF THEIR 4 GAME SERIES IN THE MOTOR CITY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BLUE CREW CAME UP SHORT IN THE SERIES OPENER, LOSING 10-8. THE TIGERS HIT A 2 RUN WALK OFF HOME RUN TO WIN IT IN THE 9TH.

  • THE BLUE CREW IS 1-5 ON THE ROAD TRIP
  • ROYAL PITCHERS WALKED 9 TIGERS, 4 OF THEM SCORED
  • HUNTER DOZIER HIT 2 HOME RUNS, CUTHBERT AND ALEX GORDON ALSO WENT DEEP IN THE LOSS
  • THE ROYALS ARE 41-75 ON THE SEASON, 23-35 AT HOME, 18-40 ON THE ROAD
  • OPPONENTS HAVE OUTSCORED THE ROYALS BY 111 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON. KC HAS SCORED 502
  • KC WILL BE BACK HOME TUESDAY TO OPEN A SERIES AGAINST THE CARDINALS

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE ONE DAY AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST ‘GAME DAY’ OF THE NEW SEASON. SATURDAY BRINGS THE FIRST PRESEASON GAME, AT HOME AGAINST CINCINNATI. IT WILL BE THE FIRST GAME SINCE THE CHIEFS LOST THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP IN OVERTIME TO NEW ENGLAND.

  • CHIEFS SIGN CORNERBACK MO CLAIBORNE TO A 1 YEAR DEAL TO HELP BOLSTER THEIR DEFENSE. CLAIBORNE. THE FORMER 6TH OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED THE FIRST 4 GAMES OF THE SEASON FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THE EARLIEST HE COULD PLAY IS WEEK 5

VIKINGS QB KIRK COUSINS IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIS ROOKIE CENTER. COUSINS SAYS GARRETT BRADBURY SWEATS PROFUSLY, SO IT’S HARD TO GRIP THE BALL WHEN HE TAKES THE SNAP. THE QB SAYS IF THE ROOKIE KEEPS SWEATING SO MUCH, THEY MAY HAVE TO DO ALL SHOTGUN SNAPS FROM A DISTANCE.

WARDROBE MALFUNCTION – ARGENTINA’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAD TO FORFEIT ITS GAME AT THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES TO COLOMBIA FOR WEARING THE WRONG UNIFORMS. THEY WERE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PUT ON THE CORRECT COLOR JERSEYS, BUT COULDN’T GET IT DONE ON TIME. COLOMBIA WAS AWARDED THE WALKOVER VICTORY AND ARGENTINA CAN NO LONGER ADVANCE TO THE MEDAL ROUND.