MLB
The Cardinals polished off a four-game sweep of Colorado as Matt Carpenter broke out of a 4-for-29 skid with three hits, including a solo homer in a 11-4 thrashing of the Rockies. Dexter Fowler drove in three runs and Lane Thomas added a pinch-hit homer in the seventh as the Redbirds won for the 13th time in their last 16 games.
The Nationals completed a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field as Anthony Rendon went 4-for-5 with a solo homer and a tiebreaking single that led Washington to a 7-5, 11-inning win against the Cubs. Juan Soto added three hits and Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 in six innings, helping Washington finish off its first sweep of Chicago since September 2012.
Reynaldo López pitched five no-hit innings before leaving with dehydration and flu-like symptoms in the White Sox’s 2-0 shutout of the Rangers. Shin-Soo Choo ended Chicago’s no-hit bid with a leadoff single off Aaron Bummer in the sixth. José Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) drove in both White Sox runs to reach 100 RBIs for the fifth time in six seasons.
MLB
The St Louis Cardinals are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers. First pitch is 7-0h-5. Adam Wainwright goes for the Cardinals.
The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox have the day off.
For 630am
(Paxton--jc) The first matchup for WPXN sports on Friday night is the battle of Ford County between the Panthers of Paxton Buckley Loda and the Falcons of Gibson City Melvin Sibley. G-C-M-S is coming off its second strait Class 2-A High School football state championship. G-C-M-S Football coach Mike Allen says members of last year’s state championship team have stopped by practices for the falcons this week and that was a positive for the program…
Gibson City Melvin Sibley Football Coach Mike Allen.
Our coverage of I-H-S-A football begins at 6-0h-5 on Friday night
(Paxton--jc) The Paxton Buckley Loda Panthers have a new coach after popular coach Jeff Graham took a principal’s position in the Ludlow School district this year. The new coach is Josh Pritchard of Troy Illinois. Coach Pritchard says his coaching career began on the defensive side of the ball at Oblong High School. More on the new coach at PBL…
PBL Football Coach Josh Pritchard.
IHSA VOLLEYBALL
Cissna Park Timberwolf Tipoff
At Cissna Park
5pm PBL vs Milford
6pm Armstrong Potomac vs Fisher
7pm Danville Schlarman vs GCMS
8pm Cissna Park vs Hoopeston Area
At Watseka
5pm Kankakee vs Central Clifton
6pm Watseka vs Kankakee
7pm Central Clifton vs Watseka
Other Action
Iroquois West at Blue Ridge
Tonight on WPXN it’s Fast Talk. Get the latest news in NASCAR from 6-7.