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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2016-06-29 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · 12 innings · Att: 44840 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph from RF · 4:28

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 8th — Alcides Escobar out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Christian Colon scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Jhonny Peralta singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Greg Garcia scores. Mike Leake to 2nd — worth 44% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	14
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	10

W: Chien-Ming Wang L: Seth Maness SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	6	0	2	2	0	1
Alex Gordon	6	0	1	0	1	1
Kendrys Morales	4	0	3	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	6	0	0	0	1	2
Salvador Perez	6	0	1	0	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	5	1	1	0	1	1
Christian Colon	3	1	2	0	1	0
Jarrod Dyson	4	0	2	0	2	0
Edinson Volquez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Whit Merrifield	3	1	2	1	0	0
Paulo Orlando	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Eibner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Butera	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	5	0	1	0	1	2
Jhonny Peralta	6	0	2	1	0	0
Matt Holliday	3	0	0	0	1	0
Stephen Piscotty	6	1	2	1	0	1
Matt Adams	6	0	0	0	0	3
Yadier Molina	5	0	1	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	0	2	0
Greg Garcia	5	1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Martinez	2	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Pham	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brayan Pena	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edinson Volquez	6.2	6	1	4
Luke Hochevar	0.1	1	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	1	1
Wade Davis	1.0	2	1	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	1	1	0
Chien-Ming Wang	2.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Martinez	6.0	8	1	3
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	0	1	0
Jonathan Broxton	0.2	2	1	0
Tyler Lyons	0.1	0	0	0
Matthew Bowman	1.0	0	0	1
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	0	2	2
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	2	0	2
Seth Maness	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alcides Escobar: 63/G6MS-
Alex Gordon: K
Kendrys Morales: S9/L4D+
Eric Hosmer: 53/G56-

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: W
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9M
Matt Holliday: 7/L7D+
Stephen Piscotty: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 2

Salvador Perez: 8/F8RD
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Christian Colon: S8/L8RS
Jarrod Dyson: S15.1-2
Edinson Volquez: K

Bot 2

Matt Adams: K
Yadier Molina: 43/G4M
Kolten Wong: S1/G13+
Greg Garcia: 8/F8RD

Top 3

Alcides Escobar: 63/G6
Alex Gordon: 7/L7D+
Kendrys Morales: S7/L78S
Eric Hosmer: 5/F7S

Bot 3

Carlos Martinez: S6/G5-
Matt Carpenter: 9/F89D+
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9D
Matt Holliday: 8/F8RXD+

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 63/G6
Cheslor Cuthbert: 63/G6
Christian Colon: W
Jarrod Dyson: D7/L5.1-3
Edinson Volquez: 43/G4

Bot 4

Stephen Piscotty: S9/G34+
Matt Adams: K
Yadier Molina: S8/G4M.1-2
Kolten Wong: 46(1)/FO/G4-.2-3
Greg Garcia: 7/F7D+

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 63/G6S-
Alex Gordon: S7/F78S-
Kendrys Morales: S7/F78S.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 31/G34S-.2-3;1-2
Salvador Perez: 43/G4

Bot 5

Carlos Martinez: 53/G56
Matt Carpenter: K
Jhonny Peralta: S56/G56
Matt Holliday: 7/F78D+

Top 6

Cheslor Cuthbert: 63/G6
Christian Colon: E6/G6
Jarrod Dyson: 64(1)/FO/G6M+
Edinson Volquez: 63/G6

Bot 6

Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Adams: 3/G3
Yadier Molina: 9/F9LM

Top 7

Alcides Escobar: S8/G4M
Alex Gordon: 8/F8RXD+
Kendrys Morales: 8/L8LM
Eric Hosmer: WP.1-2
Eric Hosmer: W
Salvador Perez: 5/P

Bot 7

Kolten Wong: 43/G4
Greg Garcia: 5/P5F
Brandon Moss: S3/G34S-
Matt Carpenter: S39/L3S+.1-3
Jhonny Peralta: 7/F7LD

Top 8

Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/L9M
Christian Colon: S9/L34D-
Jarrod Dyson: W.1-2
Whit Merrifield: S9/L34D.2-3;1-2
Alcides Escobar: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Alex Gordon: 9/F9D+

Bot 8

Matt Holliday: W
Stephen Piscotty: 5/P5F
Matt Adams: K
Yadier Molina: 13/G-

Top 9

Paulo Orlando: 43/G4+
Eric Hosmer: 7/MREV/F7S-
Salvador Perez: K

Bot 9

Kolten Wong: W
Greg Garcia: 64(1)/FO/G6
Jedd Gyorko: S8/G6M.1-2
Matt Carpenter: K
Jhonny Peralta: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Tommy Pham: 8/L8RD+

Top 10

Cheslor Cuthbert: W
Brett Eibner: K
Jarrod Dyson: PO1(E1).1-3
Jarrod Dyson: IW
Whit Merrifield: E4/G4MS.3-H(UR);1-3
Alcides Escobar: K
Alex Gordon: 3/F23-

Bot 10

Stephen Piscotty: HR/F8RXD+
Matt Adams: 13/G13
Yadier Molina: 53/G5
Kolten Wong: W
Greg Garcia: 63/G6S-

Top 11

Paulo Orlando: K
Eric Hosmer: K
Salvador Perez: S9/G3
Cheslor Cuthbert: S8/G6M.1-2
Drew Butera: 9/F9LS

Bot 11

Brayan Pena: 9/F9D
Matt Carpenter: 5/F25F-
Jhonny Peralta: 8/F8RXD+

Top 12

Jarrod Dyson: 43/G4
Whit Merrifield: D9/G4+
Alcides Escobar: WP.2-3
Alcides Escobar: D9/MREV/F9LS.3-H
Alex Gordon: W
Paulo Orlando: 9/F9D.2-3
Eric Hosmer: DI.1-2
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 12

Tommy Pham: K
Stephen Piscotty: 43/G4+
Matt Adams: 8/F8LS

Notes & reviews

replay,7,garcg002,SLN,everm901,STL10,,Y,M,KCA,I $when Greg Garcia was ruled to have been hit by a pitch, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,9,hosme001,KCA,everm901,STL10,,N,M,KCA,I $when Eric Hosmer was ruled not to have been hit by a pitch, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
replay,12,escoa003,KCA,everm901,STL10,,N,M,SLN,O $Alcides Escobar's fly down the RF line was touched near the line by Stephen Piscotty, who thought it was foul; the ball was ruled fair, so Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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