Jac Caglianone homered and drove in two runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Friday night to clinch the three-game series and end a three-series losing streak.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The night swung on one swing, then kept swinging through the late innings as the Kansas City Royals held on for a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.
Jac Caglianone hit a home run and drove in two runs, powering a Royals comeback that also snapped a three-series losing streak. The result clinched the three-game series.
Seth Lugo returned from the concussion list after being hit on the forehead by a line drive on June 10. He pitched six innings, allowing two runs with one earned, on five hits. Alex Lange earned his fifth save as Michael McGreevy took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits in five innings.
Caglianone’s homer was his 10th of the season.
St. Louis jumped ahead early. In the first inning, Jordan Walker hit a sacrifice fly that scored Ivan Herrera. Walker’s 58th RBI gave him the MLB lead, pending the Athletics’ Nick Kurtz’s game later Friday against the Angels.
The Cardinals made it 2-0 in the third inning when Herrera drove in Nathan Church with a single.
Kansas City answered in a four-run fourth. Lane Thomas led off with a double and scored on a single by Caglianone. Michael Massey followed with a single to drive home Caglianone. After John Rave walked. Isaac Collins delivered a double to drive in Massey and Rave. turning the game in the Royals’ favor.
The Royals added to that cushion. In the fifth, Caglianone homered again to make it a bigger lead. In the sixth, Tyler Tolbert added a sacrifice fly.
St. Louis threatened late. The Cardinals scored three runs in the ninth off Matt Strahm, but Lange held the tying run at bay and finished the job.
The series doesn’t end there. After a rare Saturday off-day because of a World Cup match at neighboring Arrowhead Stadium, the Royals and Cardinals conclude the set Sunday. Dusty May (5-6, 3.75 ERA) will pitch for the Cardinals against Stephen Kolek (4-1, 2.68) for Kansas City.
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Cardinals always choke in the 9th lol
Wait so they clinched the series AND ended a losing streak? Sounds like one homer fixed everything. Also Seth Lugo got hit in the forehead?? dang
World Cup at Arrowhead is why it was off Saturday right? I mean that’s what they said but baseball scheduling is confusing. Royals just kept swinging like the article says… so the Cardinals just ran out of energy? idk
I don’t get how it’s 6-5 but the Cardinals scored 3 in the 9th and still lost. Like was the tying run at bay by a miracle or did the score mess up? Also that Jordan Walker RBI stat being MLB lead… meanwhile my stream was buffering so I missed half