Sports – Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

Yadier Molina and Marcell Ozuna slugged two-run homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-2 Tuesday night. Luke Weaver (7-11) got the victory, allowing one run and three hits in 2 1/3 innings of relief. Bud Norris pitched the ninth inning for his 26th save. The Cards go for the sweep at LA tonight at 8:15 on KSMO.

Blake Snell helped Tampa Bay match a team record with 27 consecutive shutout innings and the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-1 on Tuesday night. The scoreless inning streak came to an end with a fifth-inning solo homer to Ryan O’Hearn. The Royals are now 50 games under .500 and they play the Rays again tonight.