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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

2026-06-21 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 28309 · 77°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 12 mph, L To R · 3:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 1–0. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — JJ Wetherholt homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Iván Herrera homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Nathan Church scores. JJ Wetherholt scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	12	16	1
KCA	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	10	12

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	5	3	3	3	0	0
Ivan Herrera DH	5	3	3	3	0	1
Alec Burleson 1B	5	2	3	1	1	0
Jordan Walker RF	4	0	0	0	1	2
Lars Nootbaar LF	5	1	2	1	0	0
Masyn Winn SS	5	1	2	4	0	0
Jimmy Crooks C	4	0	1	0	0	2
Blaze Jordan 3B	5	0	1	0	0	2
Nathan Church CF	4	2	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen DH	3	3	2	1	2	1
Maikel Garcia SS	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jac Caglianone 1B	3	3	2	3	2	1
Salvador Perez C	4	1	1	1	0	1
Michael Massey 2B	5	0	3	2	0	0
Lane Thomas RF	5	0	1	1	0	1
Kameron Misner CF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Loftin 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1
John Rave PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	5	1	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Matt Svanson	0.2	1	0	0	1	1
Gordon Graceffo	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
JoJo Romero	1.0	1	1	1	0	2
Riley O'Brien	1.0	2	2	2	0	1
George Soriano	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Ryne Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Max Rajcic	1.1	1	1	1	1	2
Dustin May	2.0	6	6	6	1	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching