Sports – Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018

Yadier Molina homered and had three RBIs and Carlos Martinez pitched six effective innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night. Jedd Gyorko also homered for the Cardinals who play Arizona again tonight at 7:45 on KSMO Radio.

Francisco Lindor homered twice, including a grand slam, and finished with a career-high seven RBIs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 on Monday night. The Royals and Indians play again tonight.

Sunday night, the St. Louis Blues acquired center Ryan O’Reilly from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forwards Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka and Tage Thompson, plus a first round pick in 2019 and a second-round pick in 2021.

The Blues also signed three free agents Sunday: forwards Tyler Bozak and David Perron, who the Blues lost in the expansion draft last year to Las Vegas, and goaltender Chad Johnson.