KC 5, STL 2 | May 23, 2018 | The Best Box Score

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Wednesday, May 23, 2018•Busch Stadium•83°F, Sunny

Royals

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Blaine Boyer

LOSS

Bud Norris

SAVE

Kelvin Herrera

The Royals defeated the Cardinals 5-2.

Key Moment

Top 10: Drew Butera singles on a line drive to center fielder Tommy Pham. Jorge Soler scores. Alex Gordon scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd.

Weather: 83°F, SunnyWind: 6 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 5:15 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 41,984Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Mark Ripperger

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96.9%A

5 missed calls

+6.2% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

STL WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	8	0
STL	0	2	0	0	0

Game 530138 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jon JayCF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.293/.350/.340	99.8	.688	.644
Whit Merrifield2B	3	0	0	1	1	0	.281/.352/.411	94.2	.076	.126
Mike Moustakas3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.283/.330/.503	109.7	.305	.310
Salvador Perez1B	5	1	1	1	0	3	.246/.285/.509	101.8	.227	.436
Jorge SolerRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.288/.389/.468	107.6	.562	.845
Alex GordonLF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.270/.328/.397	102.7	.669	.608
Alcides EscobarSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.241/.294/.324	95.8	.249	.236
Drew ButeraC	4	1	1	2	0	1	.176/.278/.235	99.7	.334	.386
Kelvin HerreraP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bench
Jakob JunisP	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Abraham AlmontePH	1	1	1	0	0	0	.207/.261/.329	78.6
Totals	35	5	8	5	2	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Perez (2nd off Wacha, 0 on, 0 out)

TB:11

RBI:Perez; Butera 2; Jay; Merrifield

SB:Jay

SF:Merrifield

Team LOB:5

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tommy PhamCF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.293/.398/.500	95.8	.132

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob Junis	5.0	5	2	2	1	7	81-55	86.4	3.52
Kevin McCarthy	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-12	88.9	2.75
Brad Keller	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	18-9	92.4	1.77
Blaine BoyerW	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	14-9	87.4	11.09
Kelvin HerreraS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	92	0.96
Totals	10.0	6	2	2	2	12	141-92	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Junis 81-55; McCarthy 17-12; Keller 18-9; Boyer 14-9; Herrera 11-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 5-3; McCarthy 3-1; Keller 0-1; Boyer 2-1; Herrera 1-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael Wacha	6.2	4	2	1	0	6	1	102-70	86.8	2.88

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • KC

1-0

Salvador Perez homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 101.8 mph💣 378 ftLA: 36°

Bot 2 • STL

1-1

Harrison Bader grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Salvador Perez. Tyler O'Neill scores. Jedd Gyorko to 3rd.

EV: 84.3 mph24 ftLA: -5°

1-2

Francisco Pena doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Jedd Gyorko scores.

EV: 97.1 mph293 ftLA: 17°

Top 6 • KC

2-2

Whit Merrifield out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Tommy Pham. Abraham Almonte scores.

EV: 94.2 mph347 ftLA: 23°

Top 10 • KC

5-2

Jon Jay singles on a line drive to left fielder Tyler O'Neill. Drew Butera scores. Ryan Goins out at home on the throw, left fielder Tyler O'Neill to catcher Francisco Pena.

EV: 87.2 mph236 ftLA: 17°

4-2

Drew Butera singles on a line drive to center fielder Tommy Pham. Jorge Soler scores. Alex Gordon scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd.

EV: 99.7 mph177 ftLA: 7°