Photos: Royals put up a strong fight Aug. 9 against St. Louis Cardinals

KC Royals vs. Cardinals, Aug. 9 2024. // Photo by Stephen Fuller

Willson Contreras hit a pair of two-run homers and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Friday night. Contreras opened the scoring in the first with a two-run shot off the top of the bullpen fence in right and added another two-run shot in the ninth, blasting his 15th homer 424 feet to left for his 15th multi-homer game. Trailing 5-3 after five innings, the Cardinals scored five runs on seven hits against six relievers.

Our photographer Stephen Fuller was there to capture the whole game: