KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals claimed the divisional series win against the Guardians Sunday after a 5-1 win. Despite losing big Saturday 13-1, KC came out firing Sunday getting on the board first in the second inning with an RBI single from Kyle Isbel. Runs were also batting in from Andrew Benintendi,
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ST. LOUIZ, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals pulled out a 3-2 win in extra innings Thursday night to avoid a series sweep in Atlanta. The game started as a pitcher’s duel with Matthew Liberatore pitching the first four innings allowing just three hits and Jordan Hicks coming in for the next two allowing one.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals finished the series in Houston with a 5-2 loss and will return home with one win from the series. During Thursday’s outing, Kris Bubic allowed three earned runs on four hits in five innings plus recorded five strikeouts. It was a good day at the plate for
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PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (KMIZ) Despite a historic opening two games, the St. Louis Cardinals dropped the series to Philadelphia with a shutout loss on Sunday. Adam Wainwright threw about 103 pitches over the course of about five innings, but allowed all four of Philadelphia’s runs. Packy Naughton and James Naile both shutout the Phillies to end
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals secured the club’s second series win in two weeks with a 7-4 victory over Detroit on Sunday. The Tigers took game two away from KC with back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning on Saturday evening, however, the Royals bounced back at the plate in the rubber match.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals traded first baseman Carlos Santana to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two right handed pitchers on Monday. Santana has played in 52 games for the Royals through the first part of the season. The 36-year-old batted .357 with two home runs and 11 RBI in the
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By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Whit Merrifield broke a 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly and the Kansas City Royals edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2 to avoid a three-game sweep. Andrew Benintendi led off the inning with a pinch-hit double off Giants reliever John Brebbia. Nicky Lopez moved him
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas fell one strike short of a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against Pittsburgh when Cal Mitchell doubled with two outs in the ninth inning. Mitchell drove a 2-2 curveball just over the head of Gold Glove center fielder Harrison Bader. The ball bounced on the warning track 383
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By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Matthew Liberatore pitched five shoutout innings and Yadier Molina passed Iván RodrÃguez for the most putouts by a catcher in MLB history during the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the first game of a
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By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Dylan Carlson added a three-run blast to help the St. Louis Cardinals rally past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5. Michael Chavis and Diego Castillo homered for Pittsburgh, which dropped its season-high seventh in a row. The
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jonathan Heasley allowed one hit in a career-best seven sharp innings, Salvador Perez and MJ Melendez each homered and drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 for their third straight win. Michael A. Taylor also homered for Kansas City which had a season-high
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By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andre Pallante took a shutout into the sixth inning in his second major league start, helping the St. Louis Cardinals snap a three-game skid with a 2-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Pallante (2-0) allowed four hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings and recorded
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By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena had three hits and four RBIs against his original team to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3. Arozarena, the 2021 AL Rookie of the Year, was a St. Louis prospect with 19 games of major league experience
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Matheny spent about 20 minutes in the dugout before his Kansas City Royals took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday and tried to put what has been a miserable 20-game stretch into perspective. “There’s some things we can get better
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DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided what could have been the worst loss of the season with a 8-7 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. Kansas City had a 6-0 lead over the Rockies heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, however, Colorado rang off seven runs. With a one-run deficit
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals dominated the San Francisco Giants in a 15-6 win on Sunday night to take the series win at Busch Stadium. The win took St. Louis fans back to 2010, as Yadier Molina hit a home run and drove in four runs in the win and Adam Wainwright
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cardinals and the Royals postponed the final game of the annual I-70 series due to storms rolling through the St. Louis area on Wednesday. The ball clubs said the game will be made up on Monday, May 2 at 3:15 p.m. St. Louis will be back in action on Thursday
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals capped off a special Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium with 3-1 win over the newly named Cleveland Guardians. The day marked not only the first win of the season, but the first-career start for the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball Bobby Witt Jr. The third
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals kicked off the regular season on a high note on Thursday, as the red birds dominated the Pirates in a 9-0 win. The ball club celebrated the return of St. Louis great Albert Pujols. The slugger started what will be his final Opening Day as a Major
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) The Los Angeles Dodgers will advance to the National League Division Series after a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday night. It truly was a win-or-go-home game that had it all. The Cardinal legend Adam Wainwright went head-to-head with the Mizzou alum and St. Louis-native Max Scherzer, while fellow St.
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