Five Missouri Tigers are on their way to the NFL after being drafted this weekend.
Nick Bolton was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs, Tyree Gillespie is going to the Las Vegas Raiders, Larry Borom to the Chicago Bears, Joshua Bledsoe to the New England Patriots and Larry Rountree was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers in this year’s NFL Draft held in Cleveland.
Mizzou’s five draft picks are the most in an NFL Draft since five Tigers were taken in 2015.
The St. Louis Cardinals completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday (Sunday) with a 3-0 victory at PNC Park.
Harrison Bader hit a 3 run home run.
Redbirds starting pitcher Carlos Martinez went 8 innings and struck out 3 batters.
St. Louis has won 8 of its last 10 games.
The Cardinals return home tonight to start a series with the New York Mets.
The Kansas City Royals lost 13-4 to the Minnesota Twins.
The Royals wrapped up their 9 game, three-city road trip going 6-3 and hold on to first place in the division.
The Royals return home tonight to start a series with the Cleveland Indians.