The St. Louis Cardinals dropped their fourth game in a row last (Wednesday) night with a 3-0 defeat to the Atlanta Braves.

The Redbirds stranded nine runners on base and went 0-5 with runners in scoring position.

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The Kansas City Royals put up a 7-4 win over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

On his 28th birthday Royals slugger Andrew Benintendi walked twice and knocked two hits to extend his on-base streak to 15 games.