Sports – Friday, June 6th 2025

The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals played a doubleheader in Busch Stadium yesterday. In the afternoon game the Royals’ Jonathan India hit a home run to give Kansas City some early momentum. It wasn’t until the seventh inning the Cardinals’ Willson Contreras was batted in by Nolan Arenado to get St Louis on the board. In the eighth inning an Iván Herrera home run gave St. Louis their first lead of the game, 4-3. The Royals would respond to tie the game forcing extra innings. In the top of the tenth, Vinnie Pasquantino singled to bring Maikel Garcia home but when the Cardinals’ returned to bat, Masyn Winn and Willson Contreras would both bring in a run to defeat the Royals 6-5. In the evening game Kansas City would again start off with a home run in the first inning. In a flurry of offensive play Kansas City and the Cardinals found themselves with a familiar score by the top of the fourth, 6-5, but this time the Royals held the lead. A Salvador Perez single would bring in a run for the Royals in the fifth and give us the eventual final score of, 7-5 for a Royals victory. The St. Louis Cardinals will remain home and begin a three game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers this evening with pregame coverage at 6:20 and first pitch at 7:15. Saturday and Sunday’s games will both have their pregame coverage starting at 11:25 and first pitch at 12:20. You can listen to all three of these games on your hometown radio station KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM. The Kansas City Royals remain on the road as they’ll be playing the White Sox this evening at 6:40. The Royals will continue the series over the weekend with games at 3:10 on Saturday and 1:10 on Sunday.