KWWR Sports Report 6/12/21

The St. Louis Cardinals lost 8-5 to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field yesterday (Friday).

For the first time this season there was a full capacity crowd at Wrigley.

The Cardinals got off to an early lead, then the Cubs rattled off seven unanswered runs.

The Redbirds dropped their ninth in their 11 games and now trail the Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers who are tied for first place in the National League Central by 4 games.

The Kansas City Royals lost 4-3 to the Oakland Athletics on the road.

Salvador Perez put up 2 homers in the game Kansas City.

The Royals and A’s have split the first 2 games of the four-game set.