Sports – Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Matt Carpenter homered twice, matched a career best with five hits and helped chase Corey Kluber in the shortest start of the right-hander’s career in St. Louis’ 11-2 victory over the Indians on Tuesday night. Jose Martinez’s 12th home run, a three-run blast to left field, chased Kluber. Kolten Wong added a two-run shot in the third, his sixth of the season. The Cardinals will finish their series up tonight against Cleveland starting at 6:20 on KSMO.

The Brewers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Tuesday night. Jesus Aguilar, Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun homered off starter Royal’s starter Jakob Junis (5-9), who has lost six straight. The Royals and Brewers will play in a matinee contest this afternoon.