St. Louis, Mo.- The annual braggin' rights NFL pre-season game between Missouri's two NFL teams known as the "Governor's Cup" went to the Rams on Saturday night.? Sam Bradfor's 21 yard pass to Lance Kendricks capped an 80-yard opening drive for St. Louis, and the Rams never trailed from there in a 31-17 victory.
The Chiefs first possession ended with receiver Jonthan Baldwin fumbling after a catch at his own 31, leading to another Bradford TD toss that made it 14-0.
Kansas City finally got its first score in the second quarter when Payton Hillis went over from a yard out to cap an 80-yard drive.? The Chiefs were within 17 to 10 by the intermission but St. Louis outscored them 14 to 7 in the second half for their first pre-season victory after falling at Indianapolis 38 to 3 in their first exhibition.? Kansas City is also 1-1 after winning their first exhibition 27-17 over Arizona.
Bradford was 6-9 for 102 yards and two touchdowns for the Rams. Matt Cassel was 13-18 for 142 yards and no touchdowns in his time quarterbacking the Chiefs.
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Springfield, MO- The Corpus Christi Hooks erupted in offensive bunches against the Cardinals for a 12-4 victory.
In the top of the first inning, the Hooks got off to a fast start as Jon Singleton hit a two-run home run to left field.
The Cardinals answered in the bottom of the inning. Oscar Taveras grounded into a fielder's choice scoring Kolten Wong from third base. Xavier Scruggs added a two-run home run to give Springfield a 3-2 lead after one inning.
The lead didn't last.
Corpus Christi scored six runs off starter Scott McGregor in the second inning. The inning started with three straight runners reaching base on one walk and two singles. Hooks starter Matt Heidenreich then hit a sacrifice fly to left field for the first run and out.
Another run scored as McGregor hit Andy Simunic with the bases loaded. Singleton then came up and hit a ball to first base. Scruggs fielded it and looked to second, but threw back to first. However, McGregor wasn't covering first and two runs scored on an error.
A batter later, Jake Goebbert hit an RBI groundout to second for the Hooks' fifth run. Bobby Borchering then singled in the sixth and final run of the inning.
McGregor (5-2) lasted only an inning and two-thirds in the game. The start was his shortest on the season. The righty allowed eight runs, five earned, on only four hits. He also allowed three walks and a hit batsman. This is the second start in a row against the Hooks that McGregor has given up five earned runs. He pitched against them in Corpus Christi during his previous start on Aug. 12.
Four more runs came across the plate for the Hooks in the top of the sixth. Jacob Goebbert singled in a run for his second RBI of the game. The next batter, Austin Wates, hit a three-run home run, putting Corpus Christi up 12-3. The four runs were split evenly off Springfield relievers Chase Reid and Kevin Thomas.
Heidenreich (2-1) pitched sixth innings for Corpus Christi. He allowed three unearned runs on six hits and three strikeouts. He battled in and out of trouble all night long. The second was the only inning he allowed a base runner.
In the bottom of the eighth, Springfield added a run to cut the deficit to eight runs. Taveras hit an RBI double to center field scoring Wong from second base.
Springfield will continue their three-game series with the Corpus Christi Hooks tomorrow night at 6:08pm. The Cardinals will have Richard Castillo on the mound against Paul Clemens of the Hooks.
?ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yadier Molina had three hits and two RBIs in his return to the lineup, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a big 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
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????? St. Louis bounced back from Friday night's 2-1 loss in the series opener and pulled within a game of Pittsburgh for the second NL wild-card spot. Jaime Garcia is expected to come off the disabled list to start Sunday's series finale against Pirates right-hander Jeff Karstens.
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????? Molina also had two RBIs and scored a run after missing the previous three games with a sore back. He hit a tiebreaking two-run double off Erik Bedard (7-13) in the fifth inning to give the Cardinals a 5-3 lead.
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????? Jordy Mercer had two hits and two RBIs for the Pirates, who struck out 14 times.
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????? Moustakas connected in the eighth and drove in four runs for the Royals, who have won four of five. Alcides Escobar had four infield singles, scored three runs and had his team-leading 24th steal.
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????? Chicago trailed 5-2 before Dunn drove a 2-2 pitch from Tim Collins over the wall in left-center in the eighth. Kevin Youkilis, who singled with one out for his 1,000th career hit, was aboard for Dunn's major league-best 35th homer of the season.
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????? Dunn is one of 11 active players with 400 homers and No. 50 to reach the mark overall.
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