MLB (8/21): Royals, Cardinals nab tight wins | Sports

(KMAland) — The Royals nabbed a tight afternoon win over the Rangers while the Cardinals held off the Rays in MLB Thursday.

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

MLB SCOREBOARD 

Kansas City Royals 6 Texas Rangers 4 

•Salvador Perez: 2/4, RBI, R, BB

•Bobby Witt Jr.: 2/5, 2B

•Vinnie Pasquantino: 1/5, HR, RBI, R

•Nick Loftin: 1/3, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB

•Michael Lorenzen: 4.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

•Angel Zerpa: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Win (5-1)

•Daniel Lynch IV: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

•John Schreiber: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Hold (17)

•Taylor Clarke: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, Hold (3)

•Carlos Estevez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save (33)

St. Louis Cardinals 7 Tampa Bay Rays 4 

•Alec Burleson: 2/5, 2 RBI

•Willson Contreras: 2/5, HR, RBI, R

•Nolan Gorman: 2/4, 2B

•Lars Nootbaar: 2/3, 2B, RBI, R, 2 BB

•Sonny Gray: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 6 K, Win (12-6)

•Kyle Leahy: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, Hold (15)

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

•JoJo Romero: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, Save (4)