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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

2016-06-28 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 32909 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:50

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 8–4. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Yadier Molina grounds into a force out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert. Stephen Piscotty scores. Matt Adams out at 3rd. Jhonny Peralta to 2nd. Yadier Molina to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Kolten Wong singles on a line drive to right fielder Paulo Orlando. Jhonny Peralta scores. Yadier Molina to 3rd. Kolten Wong to 2nd — worth 12% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Edinson Volquez (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	8	9
KCA	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	11

W: Michael Wacha L: Yordano Ventura SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim Timmons · 1B: Ryan Blakney · 2B: Mike Everitt · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	2	2	2	2	1
Brandon Moss	5	1	1	1	0	2
Matt Holliday	5	0	1	1	0	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Adams	3	0	2	1	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	1	0	0	1	2
Yadier Molina	4	1	0	1	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	1	1	1	1	0
Greg Garcia	4	1	1	1	0	1
Tommy Pham	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	0	0	0	0	2
Alcides Escobar	5	0	2	0	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	5	1	2	0	0	2
Kendrys Morales	4	2	2	0	0	1
Paulo Orlando	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	2	0	0
Christian Colon	3	0	1	1	1	1
Drew Butera	3	0	1	0	1	0
Alex Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	6.0	9	1	4
Jonathan Broxton	1.0	0	0	1
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	0	1
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	2	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yordano Ventura	5.1	7	3	4
Brian Flynn	2.2	1	1	1
Peter Moylan	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: K
Brandon Moss: K
Matt Holliday: 13/G6MS-

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 8/L8LM
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6

Top 2

Stephen Piscotty: DGR/F89XD+
Matt Adams: S8/L8LM.2-3
Jhonny Peralta: W.1-2
Yadier Molina: 65(2)/FO/G6S-.3-H;1-2
Kolten Wong: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Greg Garcia: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Matt Carpenter: W
Brandon Moss: K

Bot 2

Eric Hosmer: D8/F78XD+
Kendrys Morales: S9/F9LS.2-3;B-2(E9)
Paulo Orlando: 63/G6.3-H;2-3
Cheslor Cuthbert: 3/P
Christian Colon: S7/G56.3-H(UR)
Drew Butera: 4/L4-

Top 3

Matt Holliday: 63/G6
Stephen Piscotty: 53/G56
Matt Adams: S9/G34
Jhonny Peralta: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 3

Whit Merrifield: K
Alcides Escobar: S5/G5S-
Lorenzo Cain: S7/L6D.1-2
Eric Hosmer: S9/L9S+.2-3;1-2
Kendrys Morales: 32(3)/FO/G3S.2-3;1-2
Paulo Orlando: 9/F9D+

Top 4

Yadier Molina: 9/L9D+
Kolten Wong: 43/G34+
Greg Garcia: 63/G6M

Bot 4

Cheslor Cuthbert: 43/G4
Christian Colon: 9/F34D-
Drew Butera: W
Whit Merrifield: WP.1-2
Whit Merrifield: 6/F6D-

Top 5

Matt Carpenter: HR/F8RXD+
Brandon Moss: D9/L3+
Matt Holliday: 43/G4.2-3
Stephen Piscotty: HP
Matt Adams: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Jhonny Peralta: SB2
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 5

Alcides Escobar: 8/F89D
Lorenzo Cain: 1/G-
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 6

Yadier Molina: 9/F9LD
Kolten Wong: W
Greg Garcia: S7/L7S.1-3
Matt Carpenter: D9/L9LD+.3-H;1-3
Brandon Moss: E3/G3S+.3-H;2-3
Matt Holliday: 46(1)/FO/G4+.3-H(UR)
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Kendrys Morales: S9/G34+
Paulo Orlando: S8/G6M+.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: D8/L78D+.2-H;1-H
Christian Colon: K
Drew Butera: 43/G4.2-3
Whit Merrifield: K

Top 7

Matt Adams: 7/F7M
Jhonny Peralta: 53/G5
Yadier Molina: 3/G3+

Bot 7

Alcides Escobar: 7/F7M
Lorenzo Cain: 63/MREV/G6M
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 8

Kolten Wong: 3/G3
Greg Garcia: K
Matt Carpenter: W
Brandon Moss: 5/F6S-

Bot 8

Kendrys Morales: K
Paulo Orlando: 63/G6
Cheslor Cuthbert: 2/F23F-

Top 9

Matt Holliday: S5/G56S-
Stephen Piscotty: 14(1)3/GDP/G15+
Tommy Pham: W
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 9

Christian Colon: W
Drew Butera: S8/G6M.1-2
Whit Merrifield: 9/F89M
Alcides Escobar: S9/G4+.2-3;1-2
Alex Gordon: 5/P5F
Eric Hosmer: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Notes & reviews

Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez ejected by HP umpire Tim Timmons
replay,7,cainl001,KCA,everm901,KAN06,,Y,M,SLN,C $when Lorenzo Cain was called safe at 1B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay; Cain left with an injured left leg

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