MLB (8/19): Witt Jr. hits 100th career home run as Royals win fifth straight | Sports

(KMAland) — The Royals won their fifth straight behind Bobby Witt Jr.’s 100th home run while the Cardinals took down the Marlins in MLB on Tuesday.

Check out the scores and leading stats in regional MLB below.

MLB SCOREBOARD 

St. Louis Cardinals 7 Miami Marlins 4 

•Thomas Saggese: 3/4, RBI, 2 R, SB

•Willson Contreras: 2/5

•Ivan Herrera: 2/5, 3 RBI, SB

•Lars Nootbaar: 2/5, R

•Michael McGreevy: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, Win (5-2)

•Matt Svanson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, Hold (1)

•JoJo Romero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Hold (18)

•Riley O’Brien: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, Save (2)

Kansas City Royals 5 Texas Rangers 2 

•Vinnie Pasquantino: 2/3, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R

•Mike Yastrzemski: 1/3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB

•Bobby Witt Jr.: 1/4, HR, 2 RBI, R

•Seth Lugo: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K

•Angel Zerpa: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, Win (4-1)

•John Schreiber: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, Save (1)