ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) FanDuel Sports Network, formerly known as Bally Sports, will remain the home of St. Louis Cardinals baseball. The professional sports franchise has signed a new multi-year contract renewal with Diamond Sports Group for the television and digital rights to all games, excluding contests that will exclusively be nationally televised. “We are
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s magical season has ended at the hands of the New York Yankees. The Royals could not force a winner-take-all game five in the American League Division Series (ALDS) on Thursday night, falling 3-1 at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals might have finished just two wins short of playing for the
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BALTIMORE, Md. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals have won their first MLB playoff series since capturing the franchise’s last World Series title in 2015. Bobby Witt Jr.’s RBI single in the 6th inning lifted his team to a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles, sealing an American League Wild Card Series sweep. After Kansas City
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Baseball lost a legend on Monday — one with a tarnished reputation.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) The playoff-bound Kansas City Royals ended the 2024 regular season with a 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves, on Sunday, to finish the year with a mark of 86-76. The victory also stopped the Braves from notching a sweep over KC. Scoring-wise, all it took was a couple of home runs off
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals ended an up and down 2024 season with one last series win, courtesy of a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Brendan Donovan showed up big for his team, as he finished the season on a 2-for-3 outing. He hit a solo home run
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s lead in the American League Wild Card race has nearly disappeared. The Royals’ recent slump reached seven consecutive losses on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Giants 2-0 in their final regular season home game at Kauffman Stadium. With just six games left on its regular season schedule, the Royals
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis saluted its home fans in the team’s final game at Busch Stadium this season, claiming a 2-1 win over Cleveland on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals, who have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, improved their record to 79-77 following their series victory over the 90-win Guardians. Andre Pallante’s premier
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Michael Wacha gave Kansas City fans a couple of good reasons to celebrate, on Sunday. The pitcher lifted his team to a shutout win over the Twins, which earned KC the series sweep. He also threw his way to his 100th career win. Wacha threw seven innings of shutout baseball, facing
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis offense did not have enough gas in the tank keep up with a big outing from Seattle, on Sunday, as the Mariners beat the Cardinal 10-4 in the series rubber match. Pitcher Miles Mikolas got the start on the hill for the Red Birds and it was a
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tommy Pham’s first home run as a member of the Kansas City Royals lifted the team back into the win column on Wednesday night. Pham’s three-run shot capped off a four-run fourth inning, leading Matt Quatraro’s crew to a 4-1 win over the Guardians and ending the team’s seven-game losing streak.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (KMIZ) After losing its series-opener, the Cardinals bounced back to win two straight extra-inning thrillers to clinch a series victory over the division-leading Brewers. St. Louis left Milwaukee with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night, improving its overall record to 71-69. The Redbirds scored two runs in the first inning on a pair
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HOUSTON, Texas (KMIZ) The Royals’ recent struggles have now resulted in five straight losses and a bumpier road in the race for a division crown. Matt Quatraro’s crew suffered a four-game sweep to Houston, losing the series finale 7-2 on Sunday afternoon. In their last five games, the Royals have been outscored by their opponents
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (KMIZ) Behind a five-hit performance from Jordan Walker and a five-RBI effort from Lars Nootbaar, St. Louis bludgeoned New York’s pitching staff to secure a 14-7 win, clinching a three-game series victory on Sunday. The Cardinals’ collective 21-hit effort ended with the team improving their record back above the .500-mark. This weekend’s
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Philadelphia put 11 runs on Kansas City for the second-straight game to win the three-game series, 2-1. On Sunday, the Phillies beat the Royals 11-3 in an big offensive outing from Kyle Schwarber and Garrett Stubbs. Schwarber had two hits and three RBI, while Stubbs had a career-best four hits en
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals got back to .500 with a 3-2 win against the Minnesota Twins, on Sunday afternoon. The victory also marked the second-straight sereis win for skipper Oli Marmol and company and their fourth win in the last five games. Lars Nootbaar played hero for the red birds, as he
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (KMIZ) It seemed like Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco had the Cincinnati pitching staff’s number the entire three-game series out at Great American Ball Park. On Sunday, his third home run in two days helped lift KC to an 8-1 win and a series sweep over the Reds. Blanco’s effort helped skipper Matt Quatraro’s
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cardinals’ six-hit, one-run effort proved too little to clinch the team’s first series win since early August. St. Louis dropped game three of its series with the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon, falling to two games below the .500-mark. The Redbirds mustered their only run
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante was pulled from the game in the sixth inning, the Royals rallied to outscore their I-70 rivals by six runs in the final four innings, leading to a bounce back 8-3 win on Saturday night. With that victory, Kansas City secured an I-70 season series
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DETROIT, Mich. (KMIZ) With his team just one out away from suffering a second straight loss to the Tigers, Royals manager Matt Quatraro called on MJ Melendez to provide a spark off the bench. The third-year outfielder delivered more than a spark, changing the game with one swing. Melendez skied a 362-foot, go-ahead three-run home
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