Sports – Friday, July 23rd, 2021

Dylan Carlson and Nolan Arenado homered and Kwang Hyun Kim went six strong innings as St. Louis beat the Chicago Cubs Thursday, 3-2, to take three of four games in the series. The Cards open a three-game series at Cincinnati against the Reds tonight and Saturday at 5:15, and Sunday morning around 11:30 on KSMO.

The Kansas City Royals will host the Detroit Tigers this weekend at Kaufmann Stadium. The Royals, who were off Thursday, have won two in a row and three of their last five games.