The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Cardinals starting pitcher Eric Fedde picked up his first win in a Cardinals uniform.
Fedde retired allowed one run on four hits and struck out six in five innings of work.
Nolan Arenado’s two-run double in the bottom of the third gave St. Louis the lead and Alec Burleson’s two-run double in the fourth made it 5-1 Cardinals.
St. Louis goes for the series sweep on Thursday, August 8, 2024.
The Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 at the K.
Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr homered twice and knocked a go-ahead two-run double to lead the Royals to victory.
The fans at the K serenaded Witt with chants of MVP.
The Royals maintain a one game lead over Boston for third American League Wild Card spot.
And the Royals are just four games out of first place in the American League Central.