Sports – Monday, June 9th 2025

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers started their three game series on Friday with the Red Birds shutting out the Dodgers 5-0. Willson Contreras and Pedro Pages each hit a home run in the game and accounted for four of the five runs scored. On Saturday the Cardinals continued their winning ways defeating the Dodgers 2-1 on nine hits. Yesterday afternoon the Cardinals won the series but the Dodgers were able to avoid the sweep with a 7-3 victory over the Cards. The Cardinals will welcome the Blue Jays to Busch Stadium tonight with first pitch at 6:45. You can listen to this game live on KSMO Radio 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with pregame coverage to begin at 5:50.

The Kansas City Royals were in Chicago on Friday playing the White Sox. In the top of the third a Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino solo home runs would give the Royals an early lead but the White Sox would score five runs in the bottom of the eighth to defeat Kansas City, 7-2. On Saturday Vinnie Pasquantino would hit another solo home run early in the game but this would be the only run for the Royals as they fell, 4-1. Yesterday afternoon after trailing by a pair of runs early the Royals rallied to defeat Chicago, 7-5. The Royals are returning home tomorrow night to begin a three game series with the New York Yankees. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40.