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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

2026-06-18 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18363 · 76°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, L To R · 3:09

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 14–6. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Jordan Walker reaches on a fielder's choice. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd. Fielding error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 2nd — Isaac Collins doubles (9) on a ground ball to left fielder Nelson Velázquez. Carter Jensen scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Jordan Walker reaches on a fielder's choice. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd. Fielding error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	13	1
KCA	1	6	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	14	17	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	1	3	0	2	0
Ivan Herrera DH	4	1	0	0	1	2
Jordan Walker RF	4	0	2	1	1	1
Jimmy Crooks C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nelson Velazquez RF	4	0	1	0	1	1
Nathan Church CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alec Burleson 1B	3	0	0	1	1	1
Bryan Torres LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masyn Winn SS	5	2	3	0	0	1
Blaze Jordan 3B	5	2	2	0	0	0
Jose Fermin SS	5	0	2	2	0	0
Pedro Pages 1B	4	0	0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lane Thomas CF	5	1	2	2	0	0
Tyler Tolbert SS	2	1	0	0	1	2
Bobby Witt SS	2	2	2	2	0	0
Jac Caglianone 1B	5	1	1	2	0	1
Starling Marte RF	5	2	3	1	0	1
Salvador Perez C	5	2	3	1	0	0
Carter Jensen DH	5	2	2	1	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	5	0	2	2	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	5	2	2	1	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0