ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals did not get the win on Sunday afternoon against the Pirates, but the final score was nowhere near the focus of this game. Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols played in their final regular-season home game at Busch Stadium after years of wearing the birds on the bat.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina made history with their 325th battery start, the most in Major League Baseball, against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday at Busch Stadium. The historic moment came during a 4-1 win. Wainwright led things on the mound giving up eight hits and run earned run in five innings,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided the series sweep against the Tigers Sunday with a 4-0 home victory. Brady Singer had arguably one of his best performances of the season pitching seven innings allowing just four hits and recording six strikeouts. At the plate, Nick Pratto and Michael Massey both drove in
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals had a last minute push Sunday against the Pirates to take the series with a 4-3 win. The Red Birds didn’t put any runs on the board until the top of the ninth inning. Corey Dickerson started it off with an RBI to get on the board and
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals are now eight and a half games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the central division thanks to a series sweep over the Cubs on Labor Day weekend. Sunday’s win came at the hands of a pinch hit, two run homer from Albert Pujols. The home run
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DETROIT, MI (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals won the divisional series in Detroit after squeezing out a 3-2 win on Sunday. Bobby Witt Jr. led things at the plate going 2-for-4 with an RBI. MJ Melendez and Nicky Lopez also each drove in a run. On the mound, Max Castillo pitched just over four innings
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Albert Pujols and Paul Goldschmidt were named National League co-players of the week on Monday after the Cardinals won seven straight games last week. During the stretch, Pujols batted .615 with three home runs, seven RBI’s and an on-base percentage of 1.974. This is Goldschmidt’s third player of the week honor
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals came back from a one-run deficit to win Sunday’s game against Arizona, which completed the three-game sweep. The red birds held a three run lead coming out of the first inning, however, Jose Quintana got into trouble quickly. He allowed two runs to come in on seven hits
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TAMPA BAY, Fl. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals lost three during a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays after losing the final game 3-2 on Sunday. In Sunday’s matchup, KC’s runs were driven in by MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt Jr. Zack Greinke pitched four innings on the mound giving up two earned runs
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis bats caught fire in the final game of the series against Colorado. The Cardinals routed the Rockies 13-0 to achieve the series sweep. With the win, the Cards have now won nine of the club’s last 12 games, with four of those victories coming against Colorado. Albert Pujols
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMIZ) The Minnesota Twins got the series sweep against the Kansas City Royals after a 4-0 shut out in the final game on Wednesday. This wasn’t the only shut out for Minnesota, the night before they won 9-0 and they only gave up two total runs throughout the three-game series. In Wednesday’s game,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided getting swept by the Dodgers in a shoutout win in Sunday afternoon. The win snapped Los Angeles’ 12-game winning streak. After a 10-run loss on Saturday night, the KC pitching staff bounced back with a dominant outing from Brady Singer. He threw seven strikeouts and allowed
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis added more separation in the race for first place in the central division, as the first-place Cardinals locked up the series win against the second-place Brewers on Sunday. The win came courtesy of big outings from two Cardinal players. The St. Louis legend Albert Pujols knocked out two home
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis Cardinals All-Star Nolan Arenado was named the National League Player of the Week after his performance against the Yankees. In the three-game series against New York, Arenado had a total of five RBI’s and in the series before that against the Cubs he added three. Arenado had the highest
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ The Kansas City Royals won the final game of the series with the Red Sox Sunday 13-5. MJ Melendez had a huge day at the plate going 2-for-3 with six RBI’s. Kyle Isbel also went 2-for-3 with three RBI’s and Michael Massey was 2-for-3 with two RBI’s. Brad Keller got the
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals secured the team’s first ever sweep against the New York Yankees after a 12-9 win on Sunday. In the back-and-forth battle, the Red Birds were led at the plate by Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong who both drove in four runs apiece. Adam Wainwright started things on
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals traded two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor and pitcher Max Castillo on Tuesday. Merrifield has spent his entire, seven-year career in Kansas City. The 33-year-old was batting .240 with six home runs and 42 RBI through the 2022
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals traded outfielder Harrison Bader to the New York Yankees in exchange for left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery on Tuesday. Montgomery has gone 3-3 so far in 2022 with a 3.68 ERA. The lefty has gone 22-20 overall in his career, which he spent entirely with the Yankees. He
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BRONX, NY. (KMIZ) After losing the first three games on the road to the Yankees, Kansas City knocked off New York in the final game of the series 8-6. The Royals got off to a 4-0 lead, but the Yankees reclaimed the lead in the seventh with a three-run homer from Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo isn’t
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