The St. Louis Cardinals open a weekend series with the Giants tonight at Busch Stadium. The Cards are holding on to that final playoff spot in the National League race just ahead of the surging Colorado Rockies. The Redbirds send John Gant to the hill tonight against Madison Bumgardner and the Giants.
The Kansas City Royals play long-ball last night at Detroit, but still came up on the short end of an 11-8 score. Jorge Bonifacio, Brian Goodwin, Hunter Dozier and Adaalberto Mondesi all hit home-runs for KC in the los. The Royals and Tigers plat again tonight in Detroit.