Sports – Friday, June 21st, 2024

In a game held at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama to honor the Negro Leagues, Brendan Donovan went 3-4 and drove in three runs including the game winner as the St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Thursday, 6-5. Nolan Gorman drove in two runs with sacrifice flies. The Cards are off today before playing the Giants Saturday and Sunday at 12:20 on KSMO.

Bobby Witt’s lead-off home run in the top of the 8th inning Thursday held up as the Kansas City Royals escaped Oakland with a 3-2 win over the struggling A’s, losing two of the three games. Freddie Fermin slugged two solo home runs for the other Royals’ runs. Kansas City will begin a three-game series in Texas against the Rangers.