Sports – Thursday, July 11th, 2024

The Cardinals and Royals played a double header yesterday. In their first game, Nolan Arenado got the Cards on the board first with a home run. Then in the bottom of the 3rd Alec Burleson had a homer of his own lifting the Cards up to an early 3-0 lead. In the top of the 5th the Royals tied the game up with a pair of doubles. After that the Royals would take the lead and never look back with a Salvado Perez home run as the Kansas City Royals secured the 6-4 victory. Hours later the Royals and Cards faced off again and once again the Cards would strike first with a Lars Nootbaar home run, giving the Cards a quick 1-0 lead. MJ Melendez immediately respond with a homer of his own, tying up the game, then in the top of the 4th, the Royals would score a pair of runs and never relinquish the lead, going on to sweep the two game series with a 8-5 victory. The Royals will get a day off and play the Red Sox this Friday. The Cardinals will face the Cubs Friday night, you can listen to this game live on KSMO 1340 AM & 95.7 FM starting at 6:10.