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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

2014-06-05 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 24438 · 76°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph from RF · 2:26

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 6th. Yordano Ventura earned the win and Greg Holland picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Yordano Ventura L: Michael Wacha SV: Greg Holland

Umpires — HP: Dale Scott · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Tripp Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	3	0	1	0	1	0
Allen Craig	4	0	1	0	0	0
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Taveras	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jon Jay	4	2	2	0	0	1
Peter Bourjos	3	0	1	1	1	1
Daniel Descalso	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	4	1	1	1	0	0
Omar Infante	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	2	0	1	0	1	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	1	1	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	2	0	0	0	1	0
Alcides Escobar	2	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	6.0	7	1	1
Carlos Martinez	2.0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yordano Ventura	6.0	7	2	1
Francisley Bueno	1.0	0	0	1
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	0
Greg Holland	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: 7!/L78M
Kolten Wong: 43/G4
Matt Holliday: W
Allen Craig: S9/L9S.1-2
Yadier Molina: 8/F89D

Bot 1

Nori Aoki: 63/G56
Omar Infante: 63/G6
Eric Hosmer: 53/G56

Top 2

Oscar Taveras: 7/F7M
Jhonny Peralta: K
Jon Jay: S9/L89S
Peter Bourjos: T8/L8RM.1-H
Matt Carpenter: 43/G34

Bot 2

Billy Butler: 43/G4
Alex Gordon: 7/F78XD+
Salvador Perez: K

Top 3

Kolten Wong: 8/F8LD+
Matt Holliday: D8/F78XD+
Allen Craig: 63/G6M.2-3
Yadier Molina: 43/G4

Bot 3

Lorenzo Cain: S9/F9S-
Mike Moustakas: 3/LDP/L3S+.1X1(3)
Alcides Escobar: 9/F9M

Top 4

Oscar Taveras: 8/L8LD+
Jhonny Peralta: 63/G6
Jon Jay: S8/L8LS+
Peter Bourjos: W.1-2
Matt Carpenter: S34/G34+.2-H;1-3
Kolten Wong: 7/F7LMF

Bot 4

Nori Aoki: 43/G4S-
Omar Infante: 5/L56+
Eric Hosmer: 13/G13+

Top 5

Matt Holliday: 13/G13
Allen Craig: 63/G56
Yadier Molina: S7/G5L/MREV.BX2(74)

Bot 5

Billy Butler: D7/L7M+
Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: 31/G34+.2-3;1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 4/F34D-
Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Oscar Taveras: 31/G34-
Jhonny Peralta: 4/F4-
Jon Jay: 8/F8LD

Bot 6

Alcides Escobar: D7/F7LD+
Nori Aoki: D7/L5.2-H
Omar Infante: 63/G6+.2-3
Eric Hosmer: S9/G34+.3-H
Billy Butler: 8/F8LXD+
Alex Gordon: S8/F78M.1-2
Salvador Perez: S8/G4M.2-H;1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 5(2)/FO/G56+.1-2

Top 7

Peter Bourjos: 63/G6
Matt Carpenter: 3/G34+
Daniel Descalso: K

Bot 7

Mike Moustakas: W
Alcides Escobar: 14/SH/BG34S+.1-2
Nori Aoki: 9/FDP/F89S.2X2(96)

Top 8

Matt Holliday: 8/F8RXD+
Allen Craig: 9/F9LM
Yadier Molina: 8!/L8RM

Bot 8

Omar Infante: 43/G4
Eric Hosmer: 43/G34+
Billy Butler: 9/F9LD

Top 9

Oscar Taveras: S4/UREV/G4
Jhonny Peralta: K+WP.1-2
Jon Jay: K
Peter Bourjos: K23

Notes & reviews

replay,5,moliy001,SLN,scotd901,KAN06,,N,M,SLN,A $when Yadier Molina was called out at 2B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong left the game due to an injured shoulder
replay,9,taveo001,SLN,scotd901,KAN06,,Y,U,,C $when Oscar Taveras was called out at 1B, crew chief Dale Scott requested a review; the call was overturned by replay

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