Paul Goldschmidt launched a solo homerun off of Zack Greinke in the bottom of the first inning and that was all the scoring that would be had in the Cardinals 1-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday afternoon in St. Louis.

Steven Matz blanked the Royals over six innings of work, allowing 4 hits and registering 4 strikeouts. Goldschmidt finished with 2 hits on the day.

The Cardinals improved to 13-9 on the season. The Royals and Cardinals will move across the state to Kansas City to continue the series Tuesday night. We’ll have coverage on KJAN starting at 6:15 p.m.