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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2026-05-17 · Day game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 38051 · 82°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 17 mph, Out To LF · 2:40

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–0. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Thomas Saggese. Maikel Garcia scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Victor Scott II grounds into a double play, second baseman Michael Massey to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Thomas Saggese out at 2nd. Victor Scott II out at 1st — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Witt SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Salvador Perez C	2	1	2	2	1	0
Carter Jensen DH	4	0	1	0	0	2
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Lane Thomas RF	3	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Loftin 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Isbel CF	4	0	2	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	3	0	1	1
Ivan Herrera C	4	1	0	0
Alec Burleson 1B	4	1	0	0
Jordan Walker DH	4	0	0	0
Nolan Gorman 3B	3	1	1	1
Cesar Prieto SS	1	0	0	0
Masyn Winn SS	2	1	0	0
Nathan Church CF	4	0	0	1
Thomas Saggese LF	3	1	0	0
Victor Scott CF	2	0	0	0
Jose Fermin RF	1	0	0	1