The St. Louis Cardinals got a dominating 6 innings from Michael Wacha (4-1) and timely hitting to beat the New York Mets 9-1 last night. The Redbirds and Mets play the rubber game of their series at Busch this afternoon. Carlos Martinez will go to the hill for the Cards.
The Kansas City Royals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 at Kauffman, Jason Hammel was tagged with the loss. With the loss last night, the Royals are 5-17 on the year. They try to turn it around with the Chicago White Sox in town tonight, Jakob Junis will start for K.C.