ST. LOUIS (AP) — Trevor Williams pitched six strong innings, Starling Marte had an RBI single in the sixth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0. Williams gave up three hits and struck out a career-high eight. . He has allowed just four earned runs over his last eight starts and improved to 5-2 with 0.75 ERA during that stretch. He has a major-league best eight starts of at least five innings without allowing a run.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis infielder Matt Carpenter was removed from game with a stomach virus. He was replaced by Matt Adams in the fourth inning of the contest against Pittsburgh.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi hit a two-run homer and finished with four RBIs, Danny Duffy allowed two hits over six innings and the Kansas City Royals routed the Detroit Tigers 9-2. Alex Gordon hit a two-run homer and Brett Phillips had a pair of RBIs for Kansas City. Michael Fulmer took the loss in a rough outing for Detroit.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals traded slugging first baseman Lucas Duda to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations after their game against Detroit on Wednesday. Duda signed a $3.5 million, one-year deal to take over for departed first baseman Eric Hosmer this season. But despite showing flashes of his prodigious power, Duda’s hit just .242 with 13 homers and 48 RBIs while appeared in 87 games, making his trade somewhat imminent.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have high expectations this season. Most of them rest on the strong right arm of Patrick Mahomes II. The homegrown quarterback is taking over for veteran Alex Smith with a talented supporting cast on offense but plenty of questions on defense. Whether he lives up to them could be revealed in a tough first six weeks of the season.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Nebraska and Iowa will resume their day-after-Thanksgiving football game in 2022 after a two-year hiatus. The game is one of the highlights on the future conference schedules released by the Big Ten. Nebraska has played on Black Friday every year since 1990. That includes games against Iowa since it joined the Big Ten in 2011. The end of the tradition prompted a fan outcry.