MLB
Chicago Cubs def St. Louis Cardinals 7-5
Toronto Blue Jays def Chicago White Sox 8-3
IHSA Baseball
1A State Semifinals at Peoria
LeRoy vs North Clay noon
IHSA Softball
2A State Semifinals at Peoria
Pontiac vs Taylor Ridge Rockridge 3pm
Unity vs Freeburg 5:30pm
(Madison–jc) Nascar officials, drivers and fans feel a new energy as the Nascar Cup series heads to Madison Illinois for a race on Sunday. Nascar Driver Kurt Busch says a new track for the cup series is exciting…
Nascar Driver Kurt Busch
You can hear the race live on WPXN starting at 1-30 Sunday afternoon.
Major League Baseball today
Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay 6-10pm first pitch
St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 1-20pm start
The Cards and Cubs continue a 5 game series with a day-night double header on Saturday and a night game on Sunday.
The White Sox also continue their series with the Rays this weekend
E.I Baseball
In the opening weekend of Eastern Illinois Baseball the Royal Giants are on top of the regular season with 2 wins over Arcola. The Giants won the games by scores of 8 to 2 and 4 to nothing. The Buckley Dutchmasters and the Paxton Swedes split a twin bill last Sunday at Schiewe Field in Buckley. The Swedes won the first game 10 to 7 and the Dutchmasters blanked the Swedes in game 2 10 to zero.
Schedule this weekend…The Royal Giants visit Memorial Field in Paxton to take on the Swedes. Arcola is on the road at Buckley for two games on Sunday with the Buckley Dutchmasters. All Doubleheaders begin at 1pm on Sunday
Dirt Track racing at its best is back in action at the Farmer City Raceway. See the best in Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Lates, Street Stocks and Pro-Mods. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm. Admission is $12 for adults. Veterans $5, and kids 12 and under are free.
Saturday morning on WPXN its our Live Action Auction from 8-10.
Saturday afternoon its Xfinity Series racing from Portland Oregon. The Pacific Office Automation 147 from Portland International Raceway. Broadcast start is 3pm.
On Sunday…Nascar Cup Series racing from Madison, Illinois with the Enjoy Illinois 300. It’s the first cup series race set for World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison. Sunday’s broadcast starts at 1-30pm.
