Royals @ Cardinals – Thu, Jun 05 – Doubleheader Game 2

Game Status: Final – Score: 7-5 Royals

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Royals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 India – 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .248 .332 .322
2 Witt Jr. – SS 5 1 1 0 0 3 4 .286 .348 .486
3 Garcia, M – 3B 3 3 2 2 2 0 2 .311 .375 .477
4 Pasquantino – DH 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .267 .319 .403
5 Perez, S – 1B 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 .236 .272 .356
6 Caglianone – RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .077 .077 .154
Rave – RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .250 .267
7 Canha – LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .263 .326 .303
a-Waters – LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .307 .368
8 Loftin – LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .292 .308 .542
Isbel – CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .291 .414
9 Fermin – C 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .255 .301 .340
Totals 38 7 12 7 3 6 21
Royals
a-Grounded out for Canha in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B: Garcia, M (15, Liberatore); Canha (3, Liberatore); Loftin (3, Liberatore). HR: Garcia, M (6, 1st inning off Liberatore, 1 on, 1 out); Fermin (2, 3rd inning off Liberatore, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Canha 2; Fermin 5; Garcia, M 6; India; Loftin 3; Pasquantino; Perez, S 2; Witt Jr. RBI: Fermin (8); Garcia, M 2 (29); Loftin (3); Pasquantino (36); Perez, S 2 (29). 2-out RBI: Perez, S. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Witt Jr.; Perez, S; Garcia, M. GIDP: India. Team RISP: 3-for-13. Team LOB: 7.
FIELDING: DP: (Witt Jr.-India-Perez, S).
Cardinals Batters AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG OBP SLG
1 Nootbaar – LF 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 .250 .356 .403
2 Winn – SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .273 .349 .422
3 Donovan – 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .314 .380 .450
4 Contreras, Wn – 1B 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 .250 .328 .391
5 Herrera – DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .417 .578
6 Arenado – 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 3 .228 .296 .379
7 Pozo – C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .298 .305 .404
a-Burleson – RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .290 .339 .426
8 Vilade – RF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .125 .000
b-Gorman – PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .198 .292 .333
Pagés, P – C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .255 .357
9 Scott II – CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .245 .322 .332
Totals 33 5 7 5 4 13 16
Cardinals
a-Struck out for Pozo in the 8th. b-Struck out for Vilade in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B: Contreras, Wn (13, Ragans). HR: Arenado (7, 3rd inning off Ragans, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Arenado 5; Contreras, Wn 3; Donovan; Herrera; Winn. RBI: Arenado 2 (31); Contreras, Wn 3 (36). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Arenado; Nootbaar. GIDP: Winn. Team RISP: 3-for-8. Team LOB: 7.
FIELDING: DP: (Donovan-Contreras, Wn).
Royals Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR P-S ERA
Ragans 3.0 5 5 5 3 4 1 78-47 5.18
Zerpa (W, 3-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 42-27 4.33
Cruz (H, 4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 25-21 1.61
Estévez (S, 18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9-6 1.95
Totals 9.0 7 5 5 4 13 1
Cardinals Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR P-S ERA
Liberatore (L, 3-5) 4.0 8 7 7 1 2 2 71-49 3.82
King, J 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 18-12 3.38
Leahy 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 39-27 2.41
Svanson 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21-10 3.09
Maton, P 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16-9 2.35
Totals 9.0 12 7 7 3 6 2
Game Info
HBP: Scott II (by Ragans); Nootbaar (by Zerpa).
Pitches-strikes: Ragans 78-47; Zerpa 42-27; Cruz 25-21; Estévez 9-6; Liberatore 71-49; King, J 18-12; Leahy 39-27; Svanson 21-10; Maton, P 16-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Ragans 2-1; Zerpa 3-1; Cruz 1-1; Estévez 1-1; Liberatore 4-2; King, J 1-0; Leahy 3-1; Svanson 3-0; Maton, P 0-1.
Batters faced: Ragans 18; Zerpa 11; Cruz 7; Estévez 3; Liberatore 21; King, J 3; Leahy 9; Svanson 4; Maton, P 4.
Inherited runners-scored: King, J 1-1; Leahy 1-0; Svanson 1-0.
Umpires: HP: James Jean. 1B: Todd Tichenor. 2B: Nestor Ceja. 3B: Edwin Jimenez.
Weather: 73 degrees, Cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, L To R.
First pitch: 6:45 PM.
T: 2:56.
Att: 31,038.
Venue: Busch Stadium.
June 5, 2025
Inning Scoring Play Score
Top 1 Maikel Garcia homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. 2-0 KC
Bottom 1 Willson Contreras singles on a line drive to left fielder Mark Canha. Lars Nootbaar scores. Masyn Winn to 2nd. 2-1 KC
Top 3 Freddy Fermin homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. 3-1 KC
Top 3 Vinnie Pasquantino grounds out, second baseman Brendan Donovan to first baseman Willson Contreras. Jonathan India scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. 4-1 KC
Top 3 Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Lars Nootbaar. Maikel Garcia scores. 5-1 KC
Bottom 3 Willson Contreras doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Mark Canha. Masyn Winn scores. Brendan Donovan scores. 5-3 KC
Bottom 3 Nolan Arenado homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. Willson Contreras scores. 5-5
Top 4 Nick Loftin doubles (3) on a ground ball to right fielder Ryan Vilade. Mark Canha scores. 6-5 KC
Top 5 Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Lars Nootbaar. Maikel Garcia scores. 7-5 KC
Team Highlight
KC Maikel Garcia's two-run home run (6)  (00:00:29)
KC Salvador Perez's RBI single (00:00:13)
STL Nolan Arenado's two-run home run (7) (00:00:28)
KC Bobby Witt Jr.'s amazing catch (00:00:22)
KC Salvador Perez's RBI single (00:00:16)
KC Masyn Winn out at first after review (00:00:29)
KC Maikel Garcia steals second base (00:00:28)
KC Carlos Estévez earns the save against the Cardinals (00:00:28)
KC Maikel Garcia steals second after review (00:00:28)
KC Angel Zerpa's four strikeouts (00:00:51)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Royals 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 7
Cardinals 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 7

Decisions

Division Scoreboard

KC 5 @ STL 6 – Final

DET 2 @ CWS 3 – Final

MIN 3 @ ATH 14 – Final

CLE 0 @ NYY 4 – Final

Next Royals Game: Thu, Jun 05, 06:45 PM CDT @ Cardinals

Last Updated: 06/05/2025 10:28:33 PM CDT

38 comments

  3. Series taken!!! The loss was a bummer but the team looked so much better these last 3 games. Onto the Sox!

  6. Shame it couldn’t be a sweep but we’ll take a series win! Gaining some ground is great.

  8. I haven’t been watching royals games since April. It seems to me yalls bats are finally waking up. Nice

  9. Sucks we couldn’t sweep but I’ll be damned Jac really brought all that batting aura with him and/or Tyrese Haliburton taught Q and Zumwalt that Pacers devil magic

  10. Very, very important series win. We really don’t play well against NYY so a sweep in Chicago would be lovely.

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    Lo Cain approves and says keep this hitting going

  24. 3 games in a row where the offense scored 5 or more runs. You love to see it. The bullpen really stepped up with Ragans leaving early. Go Royals.

  25. Cardinals bats practicing abstinence and avoiding fucking anybody for the last 6 innings of the game

  28. So uhhhhh where were the best fans in baseball this series? I get this afternoon but hearing let’s go Royals all three games was amazing

  31. Should have been a sweep, but I’m glad they recovered after blowing the first game.

  32. Great relief pitching. One hit in 6 innings allowed by our bullpen. All of our starters got hits except one. Glad Q played Fermin and Loftin. They each had 2 hits and each had big home runs. We could have better hitting if the right players are in the lineup. Ragans must not be over his injury yet.

  37. So weird to see we struck out 6 times, and that they were all Bobby and Cags.

  38. Great win and Zerpa is really turning his season around, Cruz has been super solid all the time.

    Maikel was impressive as well and I am sure Caglianone is better than his 1-12 or 1-13 start (I sure hope he is).

    Ragans is a big problem though. He sucked before the injury and he continues to suck.

    Dude can’t get past three innings.

    And don’t give me the “he just came back from injury”. If he wasn’t physically ready they wouldn’t play him and he had time in the minors to get ready.

    Cameron should replace either him or Lorenzen. It’s hard to decide who is worse.

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