Sports – Monday, June 28th, 2021

Pittsburgh pitcher Max Kranick, in his major league debut, threw five perfect innings before being forced from the game by a rain delay as the Pirates beat St. Louis Sunday, 7-2 and took three of four games from the Cardinals over the weekend. St. Louis has lost seven of their last eight games and will face the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at 6:20 on KSMO Radio.

The Kansas City Royals losing streak has now reached five after being swept by the Texas Rangers this weekend, losing Sunday by the score of 4-1. KC has lost 18 of their last 21 games. They will be in Boston tonight to start a four-game series with the Red Sox.