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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2012-06-16 · Day game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 42018 · 89°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph R to L · 3:38

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 10–7. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 1st. Mitchell Boggs earned the win and Jason Motte picked up the save. Matt Holliday went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	7	14
SLN	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	1		10	14

W: Mitchell Boggs L: Tim Collins SV: Jason Motte

Umpires — HP: Kerwin Danley · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Dana DeMuth · 3B: Alan Porter · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	5	0	3	1	0	0
Chris Getz	5	2	2	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	5	2	3	4	0	1
Brayan Pena	3	0	1	0	1	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	2	2	1	0
Jarrod Dyson	4	1	1	0	1	1
Bruce Chen	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Colon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Maier	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Furcal	5	1	1	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	2	3	1	1	0
Matt Holliday	5	2	4	5	0	0
Allen Craig	3	0	0	0	2	1
David Freese	5	1	2	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	3	1	2	4	1	0
Shane Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Greene	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Descalso	0	1	0	0	1	0
Adron Chambers	1	1	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bruce Chen	1.2	7	0	0
Nathan Adcock	1.1	1	0	1
Roman Colon	3.0	1	1	1
Tim Collins	0.1	1	1	0
Greg Holland	0.1	2	1	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.1	2	2	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Kelly	4.1	7	1	3
Victor Marte	0.2	0	1	0
Sam Freeman	1.0	1	2	0
Eduardo Sanchez	0.0	1	0	0
Marc Rzepczynski	0.2	3	0	1
Mitchell Boggs	1.1	1	0	0
Jason Motte	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: S7/L7M
Chris Getz: S9/L34D+.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 13/G15.2-3;1-2
Jeff Francoeur: FC4/G4S.3XH(42);2-3
Mike Moustakas: S8/L8LS.3-H;1-2
Brayan Pena: 5/P5F

Bot 1

Rafael Furcal: 53/G
Carlos Beltran: S8/L4MD-
Matt Holliday: HR/F7LD+.1-H
Allen Craig: 8/F78D
David Freese: D9/F9LD+
Yadier Molina: HR/F7D+.2-H
Shane Robinson: 7/F7D+

Top 2

Alcides Escobar: 9/L89D+
Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6
Bruce Chen: K

Bot 2

Tyler Greene: S6/G6S-
Joe Kelly: 34/SH.1-2
Rafael Furcal: 4/F4D-
Carlos Beltran: S8/L8LM.2-H
Matt Holliday: D9/F9LD+.1-H
Allen Craig: K

Top 3

Alex Gordon: 7/L7M
Chris Getz: S6/P
Eric Hosmer: K
Jeff Francoeur: PO1(13)

Bot 3

David Freese: S57/G56+
Yadier Molina: CS2(24)
Yadier Molina: 8/F89XD+
Shane Robinson: 53/G5S

Top 4

Jeff Francoeur: K
Mike Moustakas: HR/F9LD+
Brayan Pena: 43/G4
Alcides Escobar: W
Jarrod Dyson: D7.1-3
Billy Butler: 9/F89XD+

Bot 4

Tyler Greene: 9/F9M
Joe Kelly: 43/G4
Rafael Furcal: 31/G34

Top 5

Alex Gordon: 63/G6
Chris Getz: E4/TH1/G4+
Eric Hosmer: S7/G5.1-2
Jeff Francoeur: HP.2-3;1-2
Mike Moustakas: 3/G34.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Brayan Pena: W
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Carlos Beltran: S9/L34D
Matt Holliday: 8/L8LD+
Allen Craig: 36(1)/FO/G3S-
David Freese: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 6

Jarrod Dyson: W
Roman Colon: 2/BP2R-
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: S8/G4M.2-H
Chris Getz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 6

Yadier Molina: W
Shane Robinson: K
Tyler Greene: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 7

Eric Hosmer: W
Jeff Francoeur: S8/G6M+.1-2
Mike Moustakas: S9/L9S+.2-H;1-3;B-2(E9)
Brayan Pena: S1.3-3;2-2
Alcides Escobar: S9/L34D.3-H;2-H;1-3;BX2(96)
Jarrod Dyson: K
Yuniesky Betancourt: 2/F23F-

Bot 7

Daniel Descalso: W
Rafael Furcal: S12/BP23-.1-2;B-1
Carlos Beltran: 3/F23F-
Matt Holliday: S9/L4D+.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Allen Craig: W
David Freese: K
Yadier Molina: S8/G4M+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Shane Robinson: 7/F78S

Top 8

Alex Gordon: S9/G34+
Chris Getz: 53/G5S.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 53/G56+.2-3
Jeff Francoeur: 9/F89D

Bot 8

Adron Chambers: S9/L89S
Daniel Descalso: 34/SH/BG34S.1-2
Rafael Furcal: 43/G4+.2-3
Carlos Beltran: IW
Matt Holliday: D9.3-H;1-3
Allen Craig: W
David Freese: K

Top 9

Mike Moustakas: K
Mitch Maier: K
Alcides Escobar: S8/L8RS
Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Cardinals manager Matheny ejected by HP umpire Danley for arguing about reversal of call that line drive had been caught by pitcher to start triple play

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