KXEO Sports Report 5/27/2024

Mizzou softball fell one game short of a trip to the Women’s College World Series after losing 4-3 in nine innings to the Duke Blue Devils at Mizzou Softball Stadium on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

It would have been MU’s first trip to the Women’s College World Series since 2011.

The Tigers finish the 2024 season 48-18 overall.

 

The St. Louis Cardinals completed a weather-shortened two game series sweep of the Chicago Cubs in a 4-3 victory at Busch Stadium on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

After a two-hour, 30-minute rain delay, Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of two-run home runs to power the Redbirds to the win.

Masynn Winn singled to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 15 games.

The win puts an exclamation point on a dominant home stand in which St. Louis won seven of eight games.

The Kansas City Royals had their season-high eight-game winning streak come to an end with a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, May 26, 2024.