Cardinals @ Royals – Sun, May 18

Game Status: Final – Score: 2-1 Royals

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Cardinals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 Nootbaar – RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 6 .253 .363 .418
2 Winn – SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 .349 .425
3 Donovan – 2B 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 .330 .387 .466
4 Arenado – 3B 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .247 .323 .380
5 Contreras, Wn – 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 7 .249 .332 .405
6 Herrera – DH 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .491 .857
7 Burleson – LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .273 .318 .405
8 Pozo – C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .348 .362 .478
1-Barrero – PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .235 .438
Pagés, P – C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .269 .357
9 Scott II – CF 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .262 .333 .362
Totals 37 1 12 1 1 7 22
Cardinals
1-Ran for Pozo in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B: Donovan (15, Estévez). HR: Burleson (4, 4th inning off Wacha, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Arenado 2; Burleson 4; Donovan 5; Herrera 2; Nootbaar; Pozo 2. RBI: Burleson (16). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Contreras, Wn 3; Nootbaar 4. SAC: Scott II. GIDP: Burleson. Team RISP: 0-for-8. Team LOB: 13.
Royals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 Garcia, M – 3B 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .301 .371 .482
2 Witt Jr. – SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .303 .371 .508
3 Perez, S – 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .223 .259 .331
4 Canha – LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .275 .356 .314
Isbel – CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270 .278 .432
5 Pasquantino – DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .222 .268 .373
1-Biggio – DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .177 .311 .242
6 Renfroe – RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .179 .233 .232
7 Fermin – C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .238 .281 .286
8 Massey – 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .204 .224 .276
9 Blanco – CF 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333 .333 .667
a-Waters – LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271 .310 .393
Totals 32 2 9 2 2 6 14
Royals
a-Tripled for Blanco in the 7th. 1-Ran for Pasquantino in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B: Renfroe (5, Liberatore); Blanco (1, Liberatore). 3B: Waters (3, Roycroft). TB: Blanco 2; Canha; Garcia, M; Massey; Pasquantino; Perez, S 2; Renfroe 2; Waters 3. RBI: Blanco (1); Garcia, M (20). 2-out RBI: Blanco. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Massey; Witt Jr.; Pasquantino 2. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING: DP: (Massey-Witt Jr.-Perez, S).
Cardinals Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR P-S ERA
Liberatore 6.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 92-64 2.92
Roycroft (L, 1-3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7-5 5.59
Romero, J 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11-8 4.50
Totals 8.0 9 2 2 2 6 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
Schreiber 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-9 3.00
Lynch IV 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14-6 0.87
Erceg (W, 1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26-14 0.44
Estévez (S, 13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12-8 2.18
Totals 9.0 12 1 1 1 7 1
Game Info
WP: Romero, J.
IBB: Fermin (by Romero, J).
HBP: Scott II (by Lynch IV); Herrera (by Erceg); Canha (by Liberatore).
Pitches-strikes: Liberatore 92-64; Roycroft 7-5; Romero, J 11-8; Wacha 83-54; Schreiber 11-9; Lynch IV 14-6; Erceg 26-14; Estévez 12-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Liberatore 4-7; Roycroft 0-0; Romero, J 1-1; Wacha 4-2; Schreiber 1-0; Lynch IV 1-1; Erceg 2-0; Estévez 0-1.
Batters faced: Liberatore 26; Roycroft 4; Romero, J 5; Wacha 23; Schreiber 3; Lynch IV 4; Erceg 7; Estévez 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Lynch IV 1-0; Erceg 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Mike Muchlinski. 2B: Gabe Morales. 3B: Emil Jimenez.
Weather: 77 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, In From LF.
First pitch: 1:12 PM.
T: 2:24.
Att: 25,695.
Venue: Kauffman Stadium.
May 18, 2025
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
Bottom 7 Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lars Nootbaar. Drew Waters scores. 2-1 KC
Team Highlight
STL Alec Burleson's solo home run (4) (00:00:29)
KC Dairon Blanco's RBI double (00:00:27)
KC Dairon Blanco's third steal of the season (00:00:15)
STL Alec Burleson's smooth sliding catch (00:00:28)
KC Maikel Garcia's impressive backhanded grab (00:00:26)
KC Maikel Garcia's go-ahead single (00:00:29)
KC Lucas Erceg escapes the jam (00:00:07)
KC Michael Wacha fans six Cardinals (00:01:09)
KC Carlos Estévez nabs 13th save in Royals' 2-1 win (00:00:24)
STL Matthew Liberatore strikes out five Royals (00:01:06)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 13
Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 0 9

Decisions

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Next Royals Game: Mon, May 19, 08:45 PM CDT @ Giants (1 day)

Last Updated: 05/18/2025 04:33:53 PM CDT

26 comments

  1. A win is good. No sweep for you! Why the fuck are we playing the giants so late

  8. Incredibly refreshing win! Especially with the Guards and the Twins losing!! Go Royals!

  9. Held the hottest offense to 1 run back to back days. Feel good about that but not only one win from it 🙃

  10. We still suck. Offense is broke. Zum still needs to be fired.

    This team should be thankful for Erceg.

  11. Only got 2 runs and somehow managed to pull off a win, it’s a miracle!!!

  12. Hey, I’ve been wondering for a while— WTF does Hudler say at the end of a win? Hommy, hommy, ha? Huh?

  13. This is already the 9th time we’ve only scored 2 runs in a game. We are 6-3 in those games. Insane! Likely not sustainable however, and hitting still needs to be fixed in a major way

    I just started looking at other team’s records in games where they scored only 2 runs. The Cardinals are 2-1, the Twins are 1-7. I will edit this if I find anyone close to our record, but I doubt it

  15. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for beating the Cardinals and I hope you all have an amazing rest of your day.

  20. My family’s first game of the season and it went pretty well!

    Renfroe deserves some apology forms.

  22. Hell yeah I can’t wait to drive In Bay Area rush hour to watch boobs pitch a 1-0 complete game shut out tomorrow night

  24. Wow, the offense scored 2 runs. What a high scoring game. /s 

    In all seriousness, it is nice they finally broke the losing streak. Go Royals.

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