Sports – Monday, June 30th 2025

The St. Louis Cardinals were in Cleveland for a three game series that started with a Red Bird shutout of the Guardians, 5-0. Pedro Pagés and Alec Burleson each homered in the game but it was undoubtedly Sonny Gray’s 89-pitch complete game one-hit shutout that gave the Cardinals the early 1-0 series advantage. On Saturday the Cardinals found themselves down by five after giving up a six run inning to the Guardians in the fourth. This lead wouldn’t last long as St. Louis had a two run fifth, and five run sixth as they went on to win, 9-6. Yesterday the Cardinals completed the sweep with another shutout, 7-0. Just pass the halfway mark in the season the Cardinals are 47-38, third in the NL Central and sixth in the National League. The nine game road trip continues for the Red Birds as they’re in Pittsburgh this evening to face the Pirates. You can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM with coverage set to start at 4:45 and the first pitch at 5:40.

The Kansas City Royals started a three game series with the Dodgers on Friday in Kauffman Stadium. Both teams traded runs in the first, then had combine five runs scored in the second. Going into the third the Royals held a one run lead, 4-3. Kansas City’s bats fell silent and after a pair of runs scored in the fifth the Dodgers defeated the Royals, 5-4. On Saturday the Royals turned things around, a fifth inning Vinnie Pasquantino home run lifted Kansas City to a 6-0 lead over the Dodgers. Los Angeles attempted to rally but it was too little too late, Kansas City tied up the series with a 9-5 final. Yesterday the Royals got off to a good start with a Bobby Witt Jr. double in the first that batted in Jonathan India for the first score of the game. Unfortunately for the Royals that would be all the scoring they could manage and the Dodgers won, 5-1. Kansas City is 3 of 7 in their last ten games and begin a new four game series against the Seattle Mariners tonight at 8:40.