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Saturday baseball in Kansas City and plenty to do around town, including right here at Kauffman Stadium last month, the Royals beat the Cardinals 6 to 4 and 8 to 5. Last night, ST Louis returned the favor with an 8 to 5 score. What might happen on mizzou night at the ballpark? It is the I 70 series finale as the Royals and Cardinals set to tangle on a beautiful Saturday night in Missouri, a familiar face faces the Cardinals offense. It's Michael Wacha who we saw back in ST Louis, a big acquisition for the Royals. He's 7 to 2 in his last 13. He was a huge pickup. They were very active this offseason, they were active at the deadline and Michael Walk has had a lot to do with the success that changeup. You know how tough that pitch is , he throws it more than any other offering. Cardinals going to have to wait back on that. The Redbirds aren't slight. The offense is looking good of late. They've won three of their last four games and try to sweep the second of our I 70 series this time in Kansas City foul ground to young by the to make the first pitch swinging, pop up into short center field in comes is, and that's two down. Contreras Rockets. Another one deep to center field is be on the track just enough room and he's got it to uses a grand total of four pitches to record three hours. It's time for Andre Polan to the fruits of victory, wouldn't you say it's been a rough run for him? His last win, June 28 against the Reds. He lost last time out against the Mets gave up five runs one bad inning and four hits in a row. Really sunk him. Let's see if he can get back on the beam tonight. Garcia sharply hit Crawford. Great stop scrambles to his feet and the throw to first is in time. Brandon Crawford with a spectacular play and short takes care of garcia on a short hop one out, the veteran in a different role, but he is always ready. That is a tremendous play. Three and two to win. Nobody on one out. And Bobby chases a breaking ball down and strikes out on the ground to second and that should be easy. It is Andre Palante with a 123 1st inning including a strikeout of Bobby Witt Junior. We go to inning number two. Second inning, no score. It'll be Arenado New Bar and Goldschmidt coming up against right hander Michael walker. That one sharply hit to short knocks it down. Then kicks, it throws off not in time. So the Cardinals have the game's first base runner on an infield hit and here's Lars New Bar and it comes in a swing and a miss good change up and becomes Rocker first strike on one on one out for Paul Goldschmidt. And this one driven to center is Bell going back, he's still going back. That ball is gone off the batter's eye. A two run homer for Goldsmith his 18th of the year and boy did he recover from a quick 02 count to put the Cardinals on the board. Two, two to nothing. Cardinals were in the second. This is the second and final game of the series and it's another hit but Melendez stays hot. Tell me that batting average of 199 is going to go up to 200. Melendez takes off half swing from Fermin. He went around throw to second and not in time. Ball gets away. It's ball four but Melendez gets 90 ft too. So 1st and 3rd Hampson to the plate, the pitch to Hampson, he swings, hits it up the middle, caught by Gorman behind second at the end of two Cardinals. Two runner at third one out 2 to 0. Cardinals in the third. Nobody has been better with runners in scoring position this season than Bobby Witt Jr Chopper Goldschmidt Fields long toss to Polan. He beats wit but is Bell scores? It's an RBI, I ground out for Bobby Wood Jr that cuts the deficit in half and a good start for the Redbirds in the fourth inning. Lars Dupar is coming up next, jammed in there with a four. Seamer makes a sliding grab and now arenas doubled off first, Garrett Hanson's first game this season in right field and he's putting on a show so far tonight , he took off, he thought that was falling for sure, but he forgot about the speed of golden opportunity for the Royals to at least tie the game at 1st and 2nd. Nobody out. Now it's 1st and 2nd 1 in the air to shallow right and no trouble for Tommy Pham. No advance. Big out. Number two, a strikeout and a pop out and Garrett Hampson is next. He lied out to and inning number two plays to short short hop pick for Crawford and he makes the play to end the inning. The Royals strand two and at the end of four, ST Louis leads 2121. Cardinals fifth inning. Brandon Crawford will lead off Walka rings him up with the cutter and for Michael, that is number two on the night, the 12 for Michael and that's up and in and you're gonna say it was a fouled tip right into the mid of freddie Fermin. So it's a strikeout. So 123 innings for Michael Luck and we go to the home fifth inning Kaufman Stadium, Cardinals lead it two to one that's ball four. And so now Bobby can go spend some time with his former mentor Paul Goldschmidt over at first base Royals down a run in the fifth picked off and now he's in a rundown. Crawford chases him to second who is going to catch him. It took a while. So Bobby Wood Junior leaving for second base, they get him in a run down that ends the inning. We go to the 621 ST Louis two out single for MJ Melendez and now here comes Oliver Marmol Cardinal manager and that will be it for Palante screams into his glove as he walks off the mound and right hander Ryan Fernandez Jogs in to face Freddie Fermin with two on two out and the Royals down 21 in the sixth slice through the hole base hit freddie. This game is tied at two freddie clutch that's run brand new game and is Bell is going to be on to begin the bottom of the seventh inning and here's Michael Garcia Isbell runs. The pitch is high. Contreras double clutches and throws late and Isbell is going to have a stolen base opposite field stroke again and a beauty into right field. The ball. Garcia delivers an RB I single and it's 3 to 2 in the bottom of the seventh. The fans are sensing more runs with Junior stepping up to the plate deep right center new bar to the track to the wall. Garcia is around third. He's got an RB, I triple. The Royals had a run. It's 4 to 2. That's how you stadium into a frenzy. 11th, triple of the season just missed a 23rd home run. 4 to 2 Royals. Now he'll have to contend with Perez. There you go deep to right center fan to the track. The two run shot, Salvador Perez , the Royals extend their lead 21st homer 78 RB I on a beautiful inside out swing. It is 6 to 2 in the bottom of the seventh 25th double for Donovan who's one for four tonight squibbed up the middle and at second long throw to first and it's going to get past Perez. That makes it a 6 to 3 game. Libe Digs in runner at second one away. 6 to 3 Royals line drive over the first baseman Goldschmidt is going to do it. Bell will stop at third and the Royals have an added tally Royals now in front 7 to 3 and they are ready to chant for Bobby Wood Jr right center of base hit is Bell scores. The MVP. Chance can start again and the Cardinals are down to their last gasp. Now, nearly 37,000 on their feet on the ground to first. Saldi is there Royals win. They beat the Cardinals 8 to 3 and take the I 70 series in 2024.