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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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. St. Louis took a 6-5 lead on Victor Scott II's two-out, two-run double. Matthew Liberatore (3-3) threw three hitless innings in relief of Miles Mikolas.
