St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals: game summary

Summary

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis CardinalsSTL	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	8	13	0
Kansas City RoyalsKC	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	0

Decisions

• WinnerMatthew Liberatore
• LoserWill Smith
• SaveRyan Helsley

Scoring plays

1. Top 1Willson Contreras homers (14) on a line drive to right field. Masyn Winn scores.2-0
2. Top 3Alec Burleson homers (20) on a line drive to right field.3-0
3. Bot 3Kyle Isbel triples (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Victor Scott II. Maikel Garcia scores.3-1
4. Bot 3Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II, deflected by shortstop Masyn Winn. Kyle Isbel scores.3-2
5. Bot 3Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Brendan Donovan. Michael Massey scores.3-3
6. Bot 4Maikel Garcia doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Brendan Donovan. MJ Melendez scores.3-4
7. Bot 4Michael Massey out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Maikel Garcia scores.3-5
8. Top 6Tommy Pham grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Nolan Gorman to 3rd.4-5
9. Top 8Victor Scott II doubles (4) on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Brendan Donovan scores. Tommy Pham scores.6-5
10. Top 9Willson Contreras homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Alec Burleson scores.8-5

Box score

Game info

Ballpark

Kauffman Stadium

Attendance

34,066

Duration

2 h 56

Weather

73 °F, Partly Cloudy · wind 7 mph, L To R

Umpires

Lance Barrett (Home plate) · Roberto Ortiz (First base) · James Jean (Second base) · Alfonso Márquez (Third base)