It’s Wednesday, July 9 and the Pirates (38-55) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (45-48). Bailey Falter is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Kris Bubic for Kansas City.

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At Kauffman Stadium on Monday, the Kansas City Royals (42-48) begin a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (38-52), at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-156 on the moneyline to win) when they host the Pirates (+130). The Royals will give the ball to Noah Cameron (2-4) versus the Pirates and Andrew Heaney (4-7).

The extension further ratchets up the border war between Missouri and Kansas over where the two teams should build their futures.

Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, then won it in the ninth with a one-out RBI single as the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh

Nick Loftin’s walk-off RBI single lifts the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 win over the Pirates, keeping them in AL Wild Card contention.