ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Longtime Cardinal Paul DeJong is headed to Canada. Just before the MLB trade deadline, the St. Louis Cardinals traded the shortstop to the Toronto Blue Jays for a minor league pitcher. Right-hander Matt Svanson will joins the Cardinals organization, following that trade. The 24-year-old was a 13th round draft pick for
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ryan Yarbrough gave up one run over seven innings and the Kansas City Royals completed the first series sweep of the season with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. It’s the first sweep by the Royals since last September, which was also against Minnesota. Freddy Fermin hit a home run
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Cardinals pitchers, led by Steven Matz, combined on a five-hitter Sunday as the St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Chicago Cubs’ eight-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory. Tyler O’Neill, Andrew Knizner and Paul Goldschmidt drove in runs in the first two innings for the Cardinals and the defense led the
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (KMIZ) Home runs off the bats of four Cardinals was enough to lift the club to an 11-7 win against the Diamondbacks, on Wednesday. The victory secured the series win for St. Louis, as well. Nolan Gorman, Paul Goldschmidt, Lars Nootbar and Andrew Knizer all knocked one over the fence in the series
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals have now lost a sixth-straight series after the Guardians secured a 8-3 victory on Wednesday to close out the series. Kansas City starter Alec Marsh allowed four runs in under three innings. The rookie has lost each of his five major league starts. Marsh has allowed nine home
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ST. JOESPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou linebacker Nick Bolton took the field Sunday at Missouri Western for his third training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs. After a breakout year last season, the team is looking for Bolton to step into a leadership role. “Nick is the leader of the defense in that the play
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ST. JOESPH, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Chiefs training camp kicked off at Missouri Western on Sunday and defensive tackle Chris Jones did not take the field with the rest of the team. According to head coach Andy Reid, Jones and the Chiefs are “in communication” to reach an agreement on a new contract. Jones has
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (KMIZ) Kansas City pitcher Jordan Lyles continued a rocky 2023 season with his 12th loss of the year, on Sunday. The Royals offense tried to make up ground, but it was too little too late, as the Yankees won 8-5 in New York. KC’s loss also meant that New York secured the
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Despite landing more hits, the Cardinals lost the club’s third straight game in Chicago, on Sunday. The rival Cubs put up seven runs in the first three innings on the group’s way to a 7-2 win at Wrigley Field. With the loss, STL dropped to 44-56 overall in 2023, as Chicago won the series 3-1.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City offense was stagnant in the series finale against Detroit on Thursday afternoon. Tigers’ pitcher Michael Lorenzen threw seven innings of three-hit baseball on the club’s way to a 3-0 win against KC. The Royals finished with four hits, total, through the loss. Maikel Garcia, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals found a spark after the MLB All-Star break Sunday to avoid the series sweep against the Tampa Bay Rays in an 8-4 victory. Kansas City got off to a 7-0 lead through seven innings of play, before the Rays put together four runs in the eighth to
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals have extended the All-Star break by a day as Kansas City announced that Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays would be postponed until Saturday, July 15. With the weather cancellation, KC and Tampa Bay will now play a split doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium with game one scheduled
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Rorik Maltrud agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. The deal made him the fifth Tiger to find his way to the pros in 2023. Maltrud came to Mizzou as a transfer from New Mexico State in 2023. In his one season in
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Luke Mann heard his name called in the 2023 MLB Draft on Tuesday afternoon. The Oakland Athletics drafted Mann with the No. 406 overall pick in the 14th round. The St. Louis native came back for his fifth season in the black and gold in 2023 and what a
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge baseball alum Spencer Nivens is staying home for his professional career. The Kansas City Royals drafted Nivens with the No. 142 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Nivens went to college at Missouri State, where he posted a Missouri Valley Conference Player of the
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CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Zach Franklin got drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2023 MLB Draft on Monday. The righty went with the No. 299 overall pick in the 10th round. Franklin came to Columbia as a sixth-year transfer from Western Carolina. In his Tiger career, he tallied 59 strikeouts over
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CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals will head into the All-Star break with some much-needed momentum, following a 4-3, extra innings win against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. The victory secured the series win for the birds, 2-1. STL had a one-run lead headed into the bottom of the seventh inning, courtesy
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CLEVELAND, Oh. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided a series sweep in Cleveland Sunday winning the finale game 4-1. The Guardians still managed to walk away from the series with three wins before the All-Star break. In Sunday’s finale game, Cleveland scored first, but the Royals busted things open with three runs in the sixth
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MIAMI, Fl. (KMIZ) Jack Flaherty pitched a shutout in his second straight start as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Thursday night to avoid a series sweep. St. Louis fell during the first three games of the series, two of which were decided by one run, including Wednesday’s 10-9 loss that
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MINNEAPOLIS, Mn. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals were shut out in Wednesday’s series 5-0 against the Twins as Minnesota completes the 3-0 series sweep. Pablo López pitched his first career shutout, a four-hitter complete with a career-high 12 strikeouts against Kansas City. He managed to retire 15 straight from the third to the eighth inning.
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