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 Rodríguez 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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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou alum Max Scherzer was a part of a blockbuster deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday afternoon. L.A. acquired both Scherzer and All-Star shortstop Trea Turner in the deal. In return, Los Angeles will send Washington right-handed pitcher Josiah Gray, catcher Keibert Ruiz, right-handed pitcher Gerrado Carrillo, and outfielder
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ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s Matt Michaels in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) Major League Baseball announced it will be moving the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 Draft out of Atlanta in response to a recent voting law passed by the state of Georgia. The law received criticism from civil rights groups and President Biden for restricting voting access for residents in the state. In
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Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with an earned run average of 1.12, has died. The two-time Cy Young Award winner spent his entire 17-year career with the Cardinals and
Continue Reading A statement from the St. Louis Cardinals sent out in a tweet Friday afternoon said two players tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday night.
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