Willson Contreras had an RBI single in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

Maikel Garcia homered, doubled and scored three times, and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 n the second game of a day-night doubleheader

The Cardinals managed to close a 5-1 deficit in Game 2 of a doubleheaders vs. the Royals, but had little offense to show vs. the Kansas City bullpen.

Preview the June 5 matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

It’s Thursday, June 5, and the Royals (32-29) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (33-27). Cole Ragans is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis. Yesterday’s matchup between the two was postponed due to inclement weather in the area. Today will be a doubleheader.

In game one of the series, Royals' top prospect Jac Caglianone made his heavily anticipated debut, and despite him going 0-5, the Royals offense woke up, scoring 10 runs, 6 of which came in the fifth inning.

St. Louis starter Matthew Liberatore left the Cardinals’ game Thursday night against Kansas City because of fatigue.

Liberatore came into the game with a 3-4 record, a 3.08 ERA, and a 1.06 WHIP across 11 starts. The 6-foot-4-inch, 215-pounder then allowed seven earned runs on eight hits in just