Sports – Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

Paul Goldschmidt’s lead-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning propelled the St. Louis Cardinals past the Miami Marlins, 2-1 for the second straight win. Goldschmidt’s single in the 6th inning tied the game. Kwang Hyun Kim went six innings and gave up just one run coming off the injured list. The Cards face Miami today on a delayed basis starting at 2:00 on KSMO Radio.

The Detroit Tigers sent the Kansas City Royals to their fifth straight loss and 10th in their last 11 games Tuesday night in Kansas City, 4-3. Witt Merrifield and Nicky Lopez each had two hits for the Royals. Johnathan Schoop hit a two-run homer in the game for Detroit. The Royals will play Detroit this afternoon.