KWWR Sports Report 6/5/21

The St. Louis Cardinals lost 6-4 to the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium last night (Friday).

Edmundo Sosa hammered his first career homer.

The Redbirds have now lost 3 in a row.

The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 14-5 at the K.

Whit Merrifield became the first player to have 2 hits, a home run and a stolen base in the first inning since Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson did it for Oakland in 1980.

It was the largest crowd this season at Kauffman Stadium with 22,612 fans as Kansas won its fifth consecutive game.