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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2018-05-22 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 39545 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph from LF · 2:53

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Tyler O'Neill strikes out swinging. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 4th — Alcides Escobar doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Marcell Ozuna. Whit Merrifield scores. Alex Gordon to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Alcides Escobar doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Marcell Ozuna. Whit Merrifield scores. Alex Gordon to 3rd — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jason Hammel L: Luke Weaver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Marty Foster · 1B: Mark Ripperger · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Doug Eddings · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jon Jay	5	0	2	2	0	1
Ryan Goins	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Moustakas	4	0	0	0	1	1
Salvador Perez	5	1	1	1	0	1
Whit Merrifield	2	1	0	0	2	1
Alex Gordon	4	1	3	1	0	0
Abraham Almonte	4	1	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	1	3	1	0	0
Jason Hammel	3	0	0	0	0	2
Hunter Dozier	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	SO
Dexter Fowler	4	0	0	1
Matt Carpenter	4	0	0	1
Jose Martinez	3	1	1	0
Marcell Ozuna	4	0	3	0
Tyler O'Neill	4	0	1	3
Kolten Wong	4	0	1	0
Yairo Munoz	4	0	4	0
Francisco Pena	4	0	1	1
Luke Weaver	1	0	0	1
Harrison Bader	1	0	0	0
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jason Hammel	7.0	9	6
Brad Keller	1.0	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	2	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Weaver	7.0	7	1	8
Brett Cecil	0.1	0	1	1
Mike Mayers	0.2	0	1	0
Greg Holland	0.0	3	1	0
John Brebbia	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jon Jay: S7/L5D+
Ryan Goins: 53/SH/BG25-.1-2
Mike Moustakas: 5/F5SF-
Salvador Perez: 7/L7D+

Bot 1

Dexter Fowler: 8/F8RXD+
Matt Carpenter: K
Jose Martinez: S7/G56+
Marcell Ozuna: S8/F8RM.1-3
Tyler O'Neill: POCSH(2E5)(UR).1-2
Tyler O'Neill: K

Top 2

Whit Merrifield: 13/G15-
Alex Gordon: HR/F8RXD+
Abraham Almonte: K
Alcides Escobar: S9/L9S
Jason Hammel: K

Bot 2

Kolten Wong: 9/F89M
Yairo Munoz: S9/G4+
Francisco Pena: S8/F8LS-.1-2
Luke Weaver: 24/SH/BG2R-.2-3;1-2
Dexter Fowler: K

Top 3

Jon Jay: 43/G4
Ryan Goins: 7/L7M+
Mike Moustakas: 9/F9M

Bot 3

Matt Carpenter: 8/F8LXD+
Jose Martinez: 9/L9D+
Marcell Ozuna: S8/G6M
Tyler O'Neill: S9/G4+.1-3
Kolten Wong: 5/F6S-

Top 4

Salvador Perez: K
Whit Merrifield: W
Alex Gordon: S9/G34+.1-2
Abraham Almonte: 4/L4+
Alcides Escobar: D7/L7LD+.2-H;1-3
Jason Hammel: K

Bot 4

Yairo Munoz: S8/L4MD+
Francisco Pena: 5/F5F-
Luke Weaver: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 5

Jon Jay: 43/G34
Ryan Goins: K
Mike Moustakas: K

Bot 5

Dexter Fowler: 43/G4
Matt Carpenter: 3/L3+
Jose Martinez: HP
Marcell Ozuna: S9/F89S-.1-3
Tyler O'Neill: K

Top 6

Salvador Perez: HR/F78D+
Whit Merrifield: K
Alex Gordon: S7/L78S
Abraham Almonte: 56(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 6

Kolten Wong: 13/BP15S-
Yairo Munoz: S7/G6+
Francisco Pena: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 7

Alcides Escobar: 4/F3-
Jason Hammel: 43/G4-
Jon Jay: K

Bot 7

Harrison Bader: 7/L7LM+
Dexter Fowler: 7/F7M
Matt Carpenter: 31/G3

Top 8

Ryan Goins: K
Mike Moustakas: W
Salvador Perez: 5/L5+
Whit Merrifield: WP.1-2
Whit Merrifield: W
Alex Gordon: 6/F6-

Bot 8

Jose Martinez: 13/G15-
Marcell Ozuna: 63/G56+
Tyler O'Neill: K

Top 9

Abraham Almonte: S9/L34D
Alcides Escobar: S9/L34+.1-3
Hunter Dozier: W.1-2
Jon Jay: S8/L8RS+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Ryan Goins: 5/P2F
Mike Moustakas: 5/F5DF-
Salvador Perez: 2/F25F-

Bot 9

Kolten Wong: S7
Yairo Munoz: S6/G6S-.1-2
Francisco Pena: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+.2-3
Jedd Gyorko: K

Notes & reviews

Cardinals challenged call that Goins was safe for bunt single; call was overturned - out on sacrifice
Originally scored as double steal of home and 2nd, changed on 06-07-2017 to error on 3bman for run and advance to secondm run now unearned
Cardinals challenged call that Ozuna was out at first; call was upheld - ground out

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