Sports – Friday, June 23, 2017

Philadelphia Phillies starter Aaron Nola put together one of his best pitching efforts of the season as he struck out a season-high eight batters and allowed just one run in 7 1/3 innings to help lift Philadelphia to a 5-1 win over Carlos Martinez and the Cardinals. Paul DeJong had a solo homer for the Cards only run as they finished their six game road trip with a 3-3 record. They will be at home tonight to face the Pirates starting at 6:20. You can also hear the game Saturday on KSMO at 5:20 and the game on Sunday has been moved to the evening with a 6:10 pre-game show on KSMO.

The Kansas City Royals will host the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend at Kaufmann Stadium. The Royals have climbed back to one game below .500 and are 3 1/2 games out of 1st place in the American League Central Division.