Cardinals @ Royals – Sun, May 18

Game Status: In Progress – Score: 1-1

Bottom of the 5th, 0 outs, bases empty, 0-0 count with Matthew Liberatore pitching and Salvador Perez batting. Mark Canha is on deck, and Vinnie Pasquantino is in the hole.

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  • Current conditions at Kauffman Stadium: 77°F – Partly Cloudy – Wind 14 mph, In From LF
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Cardinals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 Nootbaar – RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .256 .366 .422
2 Winn – SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264 .354 .432
3 Donovan – 2B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .322 .380 .454
4 Arenado – 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .326 .384
5 Contreras, Wn – 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .251 .335 .409
6 Herrera – DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .417 .473 .854
7 Burleson – LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 .277 .323 .412
8 Pozo – C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .341 .356 .477
9 Scott II – CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262 .325 .362
Totals 22 1 8 1 0 6 11
Cardinals
BATTING: HR: Burleson (4, 4th inning off Wacha, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Arenado 2; Burleson 4; Donovan 2; Herrera; Nootbaar; Pozo. RBI: Burleson (16). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Contreras, Wn 2; Nootbaar 2. SAC: Scott II. Team RISP: 0-for-4. Team LOB: 7.
Royals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 Garcia, M – 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .297 .368 .479
2 Witt Jr. – SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .304 .373 .511
3 Perez, S – 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .224 .261 .333
4 Canha – LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .280 .362 .320
5 Pasquantino – DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .219 .265 .372
6 Renfroe – RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .183 .238 .237
7 Fermin – C 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241 .276 .289
8 Massey – 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .207 .226 .280
9 Blanco – CF 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333 .333 .667
Totals 19 1 6 1 1 4 9
Royals
BATTING: 2B: Renfroe (5, Liberatore); Blanco (1, Liberatore). TB: Blanco 2; Canha; Massey; Perez, S 2; Renfroe 2. RBI: Blanco (1). 2-out RBI: Blanco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Witt Jr.; Pasquantino 2. Team RISP: 1-for-6. Team LOB: 7.
Cardinals Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR P-S ERA
Liberatore 4.1 6 1 1 1 4 0 76-52 3.02
Totals 4.1 6 1 1 1 4 0
Royals Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR P-S ERA
Wacha 5.0 8 1 1 0 6 1 83-54 2.86
Totals 5.0 8 1 1 0 6 1
Inning Scoring Play Score
Top 4 Alec Burleson homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. 1-0 STL
Bottom 4 Dairon Blanco doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Lars Nootbaar. Hunter Renfroe scores. 1-1
Team Highlight
KC Fielding alignment for Kansas City, May 18 vs Cardinals (00:00:11)
Bench availability for Kansas City, May 18 vs Cardinals (00:00:08)
KC Starting lineups for Cardinals at Royals – May 18, 2025 (00:00:10)
STL Visualizing Alec Burleson's swing using bat tracking technology (00:00:11)
KC Michael Wacha ends an early threat (00:00:06)
STL Matthew Liberatore freezes Maikel Garcia (00:00:06)
STL Alec Burleson's solo home run (4) (00:00:29)
KC Dairon Blanco's RBI double (00:00:19)
KC Dairon Blanco's third steal of the season (00:00:15)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 0 7
Royals 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 7

Division Scoreboard

DET 3 @ TOR 2 – Bottom 7, 0 Outs

CLE 0 @ CIN 3 – Bottom 6, 1 Out

MIN 1 @ MIL 4 – Middle 5

CWS 1 @ CHC 1 – Bottom 5, 1 Out

Last Updated: 05/18/2025 02:33:45 PM CDT

36 comments

  2. ### Double
    Dairon Blanco doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Lars Nootbaar. Hunter Renfroe scores.

    Pitch from Matthew Liberatore: Cutter @ 91.4 mph

    Hit by Dairon Blanco: Launched 84.0 mph at 15.0° for a total distance of 177.0 ft

    Bottom 4 – 1-1
    TIE

  10. Good god. Renfroe should’ve been to third on that hit, and struggled tagging up and getting to third. Arenado mighta had him had he not screwed up on fielding the throw. Never knew how slow Renfroe was. At least Dairon got em in!

  11. Hunter Renfroe starts the offensive threat.

    Hunter Renfroe. Of all people.

    I think we’re all in hell.

  20. I don’t ask for much but it’d be great if Bobby did something cool here

  30. Man if we won the World Series I’m sure some of you would complain that the team didn’t keep the champagne cold enough.

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