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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CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals have struggled to find their grove in the second half of the Major League Baseball season, so far. On Sunday, STL lost 6-2 to the rival Cubs, which lost the series overall and dropped the club to 57-55 on the year. Since the All-Star Break, the birds on
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals started off the second half of the 2024 season in style, on Sunday. Not only did a 4-1 win over the White Sox earn the club a sweep, but pitcher Seth Lugo tossed the first complete-game of his career. It was evident when Lugo stepped out onto
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ATLANTA, Ga. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals started off the second half of the 2024 season with a series win over the Atlanta Braves, on Sunday. STL took the rubber match 6-2 to improve to 52-47 overall. Paul Goldschmidt, Alec Burleson, Lars Nootbaar and Wilson Contreras each hit home runs in the road win. Burleson
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BOSTON, Mass. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals couldn’t get back in the win column before the MLB All-Star Break commenced. On Sunday, the Boston Red Sox topped KC 5-4 in the series rubber match. The Kansas City loss dropped the club to 52-45. Despite a much more rough ending to the first half of 2024,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals ended the first half of the 2024 season much better than how the club started it. At the midway point of the year, STL owns a 50-46 mark and a second place position in the National League Central. However, the Cardinals ended the first half of 2024
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals came out on top in a battle of the Show-Me State teams. KC captured wins in both games on Wednesday to get a sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals. The I-70 showdown came one day late due to rain in St. Louis on Tuesday, which dialed up
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Cardinals and Royals fans will have to wait one more day for the I-70 showdown at Busch Stadium. On Tuesday, the two teams announced that game one has been postponed due to weather. The game, which was originally schedule for 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, will be made up in a split
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) After posting a record four games above the .500 mark in the month of June, the Cardinals have carried that momentum over to July. St. Louis clinched a four-game series victory over Washington with a 6-0 win in Monday’s finale, giving the Redbirds a 5-2 start to the new month. Miles Mikolas’
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ARLINGTON, Texas (KMIZ) Major League Baseball unveiled the complete American and National League rosters for the upcoming 2024 All-Star Game, and five combined players on both the Cardinals and Royals will be booking trips to Arlington, Texas. Ryan Helsley was the only player from St. Louis to be selected for this year’s MLB All-Star Game
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DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) After dropping a pair of two-run games to the Rockies to start the weekend, the Royals bounced back on Sunday afternoon. Kansas City cruised past Colorado 10-1 in their series finale to salvage a win from their three-game set. With just five games left before the All-Star break, Matt Quatraro’s crew remains
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After falling behind 4-0 in the first two innings of action, the Royals could not erase its early deficit completely, leading to a 10-8 loss in their series rubber match with the Rays. With just eight games left before the All-Star break, Kansas City sits seven games above the .500 mark
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) A strong collective pitching effort and a pair of RBI hits in the 10th inning lifted the Cardinals to a 3-2 win in the rubber match of their three-game series with the Pirates. St. Louis has now won five of its last seven series and only has 10 games left before the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After encountering a lengthy slump for most of June, the Royals are ending the month with some refound momentum. Kansas City clinched a four-game series win over Cleveland with a 6-2 victory on Sunday, marking its fourth win in its last five matchups. The Guardians still have a tight grip on
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Lance Lynn and Ryan Helsley entered some elite company after their dominant performances helped lift the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Reds on Sunday, securing a four-game series split. Lynn surpassed 1,000 career strikeouts in a St. Louis uniform, becoming one of just six players in franchise history to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Andy Humphrey, co-host of KTGR’s ‘The Big Show,’ in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis broke out the brooms on Sunday afternoon in a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals won three-straight, including a historic game at Rickwood Field on Thursday night, to capture the club’s second sweep of the season. Despite the win, the seventh inning brought some heartbreak for
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