KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals made a late night deal with the New York Yankees Wednesday trading away all-star Andrew Benintendi in exchange for three minor league pitchers. Benintendi has dominated the outfield for KC this season becoming the club’s lone all-star and batting .320 with 111 hits and 39 RBI’s. In
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TORONTO, Ca. (KMIZ) Albert Pujols was the star of the show in the Cardinals 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays Wednesday night. He had a big day at the plate going three for four with three RBI’s including his 686th career home run. Pujols stepped up at the right time as St. Louis was without
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Los Angeles Angels got its second straight shut out win Wednesday to take the series against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. In game three’s 4-0 loss, Brad Keller gave up six hits and three earned runs on the day and also recorded five strikeouts. The KC bats struggled to string
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Courtesy of a strong outing from pitcher Kris Bubic and some solid defensive play, the Kansas City Royals won the first series back from the All-Star break on Sunday. It is Kansas City’s first series win against the Rays since 2017, but it didn’t come without a loss. Rookie Bobby Witt
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CINCINNATI, Ohio. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals dropped the rubber match against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, 6-3, despite two home runs from Paul Goldschmidt. The Reds currently sit in last place in the National League’s central division, but the club has won eight of its last 12 games. Cincinnati pitcher Tyler Mahle threw for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five Mizzou baseball players were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft. Rock Bridge Alum, Spencer Miles, was the first off the board with pick 136 in the fourth round to the Giants. Miles finished last season for the Tigers with a 6.20 ERA and a 5-5 record from the hill. This past
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Cardinals’ third baseman Nolan Arenado announced Saturday that he will not participate in the All-Star Game next week due to injury. Arenado was not in the Cardinals lineup Saturday afternoon against the Reds and reports indicate he is dealing with lower-back tightness. Arenado hopes to play Sunday in the final game
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) With Thursday’s shut out 4-0 loss, the St. Louis Cardinals fall in the home series 2-1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dakota Hudson was on the hill for the Red Birds allowing four earned runs on six hits in just over six innings. St. Louis struggled to get the bats moving
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals won the final game of the divisional series against the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Wednesday which ending the series at 3-1. Kansas City was led on the mound by Brady Singer who allowed seven hits and one earned runs in six innings, plus recorded six strikeouts. Hunter
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals managed to end the series with Philadelphia in a tie, courtesy of a 6-1 win on Monday night. However, the win was almost overshadowed by yet another milestone for Albert Pujols. The St. Louis legend passed another legend, Stan Musial, on the career list for extra-base hits.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The MLB All-Star Selections are complete and five total athletes from Missouri teams will be headed to LA for the All-Star game on July 19. On Friday, it was announced that Albert Pujols was a league “special selection” and will be making his 11th and most likely his final all-star appearance.
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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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