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Midwest Sports Headlines: 7/3/18

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July 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Yadier Molina homered and had three RBIs, Carlos Martinez pitched six effective innings and the St. Louis Cardinals ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Molina hit a two-run single in the Cardinals’ four-run first inning against Robbie Ray and hit his 12th homer off the Arizona left-hander in the sixth. Jedd Gyorko also homered and had two RBIs to end Ray’s nine-game winning streak, dating to last season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered twice, including a grand slam, and finished with a career-high seven RBIs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3. Corey Kluber gave up two runs in the first inning, but little after that. He allowed three runs and seven hits, walked none and struck out five over six innings.