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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2015-07-23 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 46003 · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph from CF · 2:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Matt Holliday. Mike Moustakas scores. Eric Hosmer to 3rd. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 3rd — Matt Carpenter homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. Kolten Wong scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Omar Infante triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Jason Heyward. Alex Rios scores — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: John Lackey L: Chris Young SV: Trevor Rosenthal

Umpires — HP: Will Little · 1B: Phil Cuzzi · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Carlos Torres · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	5	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Moustakas	4	1	1	0	1	1
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	2	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Alex Rios	4	1	3	1	0	0
Omar Infante	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Chris Young	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kendrys Morales	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paulo Orlando	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dusty Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kolten Wong	4	1	2	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	4	1	1	2	0	1
Matt Holliday	1	0	1	0	3	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	4	1	1	0	0	0
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Grichuk	4	1	2	2	0	1
Dan Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	0
John Lackey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Peter Bourjos	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Young	3.0	5	1	1
Kris Medlen	2.0	1	2	1
Franklin Morales	1.0	0	0	0
Luke Hochevar	1.0	1	1	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lackey	7.0	6	2	5
Randy Choate	0.0	1	0	0
Seth Maness	1.0	1	0	0
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alcides Escobar: K
Mike Moustakas: W
Lorenzo Cain: 9/F89D+
Eric Hosmer: S4/G4.1-2
Salvador Perez: S7/L7S.2-H;1-3
Alex Rios: S8/L8RM.3-H;1-2
Omar Infante: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2

Bot 1

Kolten Wong: 9/L9D+
Matt Carpenter: 5/F6S-
Matt Holliday: W
Jhonny Peralta: 8/F8RD+

Top 2

Jarrod Dyson: 5/L56S-
Chris Young: K
Alcides Escobar: K

Bot 2

Jason Heyward: S9/F89M
Yadier Molina: SB2
Yadier Molina: 9/F9LM.2-3
Randal Grichuk: HR/F7LD+.3-H
Dan Johnson: 9/F9LM
John Lackey: K

Top 3

Mike Moustakas: 8/F89XD+
Lorenzo Cain: S6/MREV/G56
Eric Hosmer: 3(B)6(1)/GDP/G3S

Bot 3

Kolten Wong: S9/L9LM
Matt Carpenter: HR/F9D+.1-H
Matt Holliday: D7/L7D+
Jhonny Peralta: 3/F3DF
Jason Heyward: 43/G34.2-3
Yadier Molina: 8/F8RXD+

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 53/G56
Alex Rios: D7/L5+
Omar Infante: 43/G4M.2-3
Jarrod Dyson: W
Kendrys Morales: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 4

Randal Grichuk: S8/G6M
Dan Johnson: WP.1-3
Dan Johnson: PO3(25)/MREV
Dan Johnson: W
John Lackey: 3/BP13S
Kolten Wong: 8/L8LM

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 53/G5-
Mike Moustakas: K
Lorenzo Cain: 43/G4

Bot 5

Matt Carpenter: 43/G4
Matt Holliday: W
Jhonny Peralta: K
Jason Heyward: 7/F7LD+

Top 6

Eric Hosmer: 341/G3+
Salvador Perez: D9/L9LD+
Alex Rios: 63/G6
Omar Infante: 63/G6

Bot 6

Yadier Molina: 63/G6
Randal Grichuk: 9/F89D+
Dan Johnson: 3/G3-

Top 7

Jarrod Dyson: 13/G13-
Paulo Orlando: K
Alcides Escobar: 53/G6S-

Bot 7

Peter Bourjos: 7/F78M
Kolten Wong: S8/G4+
Matt Carpenter: WP.1-2
Matt Carpenter: K
Matt Holliday: W
Jhonny Peralta: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Mike Moustakas: S9/L9M+
Lorenzo Cain: 8/F89D+
Eric Hosmer: S8/G4M+.1-2
Salvador Perez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 8

Jason Heyward: 5/L56+
Yadier Molina: 9/F9LM
Randal Grichuk: K23

Top 9

Alex Rios: S4/G6MD
Omar Infante: T9/L89D+.1-H
Jarrod Dyson: W
Dusty Coleman: SB2
Dusty Coleman: K
Alcides Escobar: FC5/G5S.3XH(52);2-3;B-1
Mike Moustakas: SB2
Mike Moustakas: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,3,cainl001,KCA,davig901,STL10,,Y,M,KCA,C $when Lorenzo Cain was called out at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,4,johnd004,SLN,davig901,STL10,,N,M,SLN,A $when Randal Grichuk was called out at 3B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
originally scored as defensive indifference, changed to stolen base on 07-31-2015
originally scored as defensive indifference, changed to stolen base on 07-31-2015

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