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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

2001-06-12 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 27914 · 88°F, sunny · Wind 19 mph R to L · 2:41

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–4. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 7th. Chad Durbin earned the win. Albert Pujols went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	6
KCA	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	0		7	10

W: Chad Durbin L: Darryl Kile SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: Dan Morrison · 2B: Randy Marsh · 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Vina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Edmonds	1	0	0	0	2	0
J. D. Drew	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mark McGwire	4	0	0	0	0	2
Albert Pujols	4	1	3	2	0	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	0	3
Edgar Renteria	4	1	1	1	0	0
Mike Matheny	3	0	0	0	0	1
Placido Polanco	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kerry Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonilla	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Endy Chavez	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	5	1	3	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	2	1	1	2	2	0
Mike Sweeney	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jermaine Dye	3	2	2	0	1	0
Joe Randa	3	1	2	1	0	0
Luis Alicea	3	0	0	1	1	0
Carlos Febles	3	0	1	2	0	0
A. J. Hinch	3	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	6.0	9	3	1
Mike James	1.0	1	1	0
Bud Smith	1.0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chad Durbin	8.1	5	2	5
Jason Grimsley	0.2	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fernando Vina: 9/F9LD
Jim Edmonds: W
J. D. Drew: 46(1)/FO/G4
Mark McGwire: K/C

Bot 1

Endy Chavez: 13/G15+
Rey Sanchez: 43/G4
Carlos Beltran: 3/G34S

Top 2

Albert Pujols: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: 9/F9D+

Bot 2

Mike Sweeney: K
Jermaine Dye: 53/G56S
Joe Randa: S7/G56+
Luis Alicea: 63/G6

Top 3

Mike Matheny: K/C
Placido Polanco: E6/TH1/G56
Fernando Vina: 7/L78D
Jim Edmonds: W.1-2
J. D. Drew: S8/G4M.2-H(UR);1-3
Mark McGwire: K/C

Bot 3

Carlos Febles: 6/P6D
A. J. Hinch: HP
Endy Chavez: S/L8LM.1-2
Rey Sanchez: S9/L89S.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Mike Sweeney: 43/G4

Top 4

Albert Pujols: S7/G6+
Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 4

Jermaine Dye: D9/L9LM+
Joe Randa: E1/TH/SH/BG25-.2-H(NR);B-2
Luis Alicea: 43/G4S-.2-3
Carlos Febles: S8/L8LS.3-H(UR)
A. J. Hinch: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Endy Chavez: 7/L7LM

Top 5

Mike Matheny: 63/G6+
Placido Polanco: 8/F8LD
Fernando Vina: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Rey Sanchez: S9/L89S
Carlos Beltran: W.1-2
Mike Sweeney: 43/G4+.2-3;1-2
Jermaine Dye: IW
Joe Randa: 52(3)/FO/G5S-.2-3;1-2
Luis Alicea: 43/G4M

Top 6

Jim Edmonds: 8/F8RXD+
J. D. Drew: 1/L15-
Mark McGwire: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Carlos Febles: 9/F89D
A. J. Hinch: 7/F7M
Endy Chavez: 63/G6S

Top 7

Albert Pujols: S8/L6MD+
Ray Lankford: 5/P5
Edgar Renteria: 9/F89D
Mike Matheny: 4/P9LS

Bot 7

Rey Sanchez: D/L78D+
Carlos Beltran: D7/G5+.2-H
Mike Sweeney: W
Jermaine Dye: S9/L34D+.2-3;1-2
Joe Randa: S7/G56+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Luis Alicea: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Carlos Febles: 7/SF/F7LDF.3-H
A. J. Hinch: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 8

Placido Polanco: 9/L89M
Fernando Vina: 13/G13
Kerry Robinson: 63/G6S-

Bot 8

Endy Chavez: 63/G6M
Rey Sanchez: 53/G5
Carlos Beltran: W
Mike Sweeney: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 9

J. D. Drew: S7/L7S+
Mark McGwire: 7/L7D+
Albert Pujols: HR/F7D+.1-H
Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: HR/L8RXD+
Bobby Bonilla: K