Willson Contreras' two homers lead Cardinals past Royals

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Willson Contreras belted a pair of two-run homers to fuel the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

Contreras opened the scoring with a blast off Michael Lorenzen in the first inning and capped his three-hit performance with a mammoth homer to left field off Angel Zerpa in the ninth.

St. Louis' Alec Burleson, who also had th