Sports – Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Christian Yelich’s three-run homer in the top of the sixth inning Tuesday erased a two-run deficit and put the Miami Marlins ahead to stay in a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals play game three of the four game series hosting the Miami Marlins tonight at Busch Stadium. The pregame show starts at 6:20 tonight on KSMO 1340 AM.

Danny Duffy, making his first start in more than a month, pitched 5 2/3 effective innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle
Mariners 7-3 on Tuesday afternoon at Safeco Field. Whit Merrifield and Mike Moustakas hit home runs for Kansas City (43-40), which won its third game in a row and remained tied with the Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays for the American League’s second wild-card berth.