{"id":2419875,"date":"2026-05-16T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2419875"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:21:11","slug":"burleson-winn-spark-cardinals-to-4-2-victory-over-royals-in-game-2-of-i-70-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/burleson-winn-spark-cardinals-to-4-2-victory-over-royals-in-game-2-of-i-70-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Burleson, Winn spark Cardinals to 4-2 victory over Royals in Game 2 of I-70 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Alec Burleson drove in two runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Saturday in the second game of the annual I-70 series, much to the delight of some boisterous and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cardinals-shirtless-fans-7794808cb85a699256ae1281a61a38ec\">shirtless fans<\/a><\/span> in the right-field seats.<\/p>\n<p>The game was delayed by rain at the start by 46 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Leahy (5-3) pitched six innings in his first career start against the Royals. He allowed one run on five hits. George Soriano got his second save despite giving up a leadoff homer to Jac Caglianone in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Cameron (2-3) worked six innings, giving up three runs on five hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Stephen F. Austin club baseball team attended Friday\u2019s game and caused a sensation by the players took off their shirts and waved them like a helicopter. The team returned in the fourth inning Saturday after winning a game earlier in the National Club Baseball Division II World Series in nearby Alton, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis has won four of its five games. Since Interleague play began in 1997, the Cardinals are 81-55 against Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals have lost six in a row. Kansas City has lost 17 of its first 23 road games, the second-worst mark in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Burleson\u2019s two-out RBI single in the eighth extended the lead to 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Saggese ended his 0-for-30 slump that was the longest active hitless streak in MLB with a leadoff single in the fifth inning. He scored on a fielder\u2019s choice by sliding safely at home. A sacrifice fly by Masyn Winn then gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals tied it at 1-1 in the fifth. Maikel Garcia hit a one-out double and scored on Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s two-out single to center.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis went up 1-0 in the first on a sacrifice fly by Burleson. <\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<p>The rivalry weekend series wraps up Sunday with Royals RHP Stephen Kolak (1-0, 6.75 ERA) set to start against RHP Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.46). <\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source apnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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