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Saturday, August 10, 2024•Kauffman Stadium•73°F, Partly Cloudy

STL

Cardinals

Royals

Final

WIN

Matthew Liberatore

LOSS

Will Smith

SAVE

Ryan Helsley

The Cardinals defeated the Royals 8-5.

★Willson Contreras2 HR, 4 RBI

★Alec Burleson3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Brendan Donovan3-for-5, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Willson Contreras homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Alec Burleson scores.

Weather: 73°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 2:56Att: 34,066Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Lance Barrett

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89.0%D

19 missed calls

+4.1% STL

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinSTL Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	8	13	0
KC	0	0	3	2	0	0	0

Game 746275 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

St. Louis Cardinals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Masyn WinnSS	4	1	0	0	1	0	.279/.330/.416	99.4	.250	.246
Alec BurlesonDH	5	2	3	1	0	1	.278/.312/.466	108.1	.528	.658
Willson ContrerasC	4	2	3	4	1	1	.261/.381/.494	111.3	.713	.1212
Nolan Arenado3B	4	0	0	0	1	0	.270/.325/.390	96.2	.250	.293
Brendan Donovan2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	.269/.335/.393	107.6	.415	.464
Paul Goldschmidt1B	4	1	2	0	1	1	.231/.291/.386	104.4	.340	.319
Lars NootbaarLF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.226/.317/.376	77.4	-	-
Tommy PhamRF	5	1	0	1	0	2	.270/.329/.407	105.3	.204	.207
Victor Scott IICF	5	0	1	2	0	1	.115/.155/.205	105.2	.188	.227
Bench
Nolan Gorman2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.200/.271/.406	110	.563	.561
Miles MikolasP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	8	13	8	6	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Contreras (1st off Lorenzen, 1 on, 1 out); Burleson (3rd off Lorenzen, 0 on, 0 out); Contreras (9th off Zerpa, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Gorman; II; Contreras; Goldschmidt; Donovan

TB:27

RBI:II 2; Contreras 4; Pham; Burleson

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Michael Massey2B	4	1	3	2	0	1	.265/.290/.480	101.3	.468

Pitching

St. Louis Cardinals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Miles Mikolas	4.0	8	5	5	0	3	78-52	87.6	5.30
Matthew LiberatoreW	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	36-24	91.1	4.76
Andrew KittredgeH	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	17-11	90.8	3.02
Ryan HelsleyS	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	13-7	96.4	2.66
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	3	7	144-94	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Mikolas 78-52; Liberatore 36-24; Kittredge 17-11; Helsley 13-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Mikolas 2-7; Liberatore 4-2; Kittredge 0-2; Helsley 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Michael Lorenzen	4.1	6	3	3	2	3	2	88-59	87.8	3.79

Game Notes

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T8Replay review: Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Royals challenged (slide interference), call on the field was upheld: Tommy Pham grounds into a force out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to second baseman Michael Massey. Lars Nootbaar out at 2nd. Tommy Pham to 1st.

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T8Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Royals challenged (slide interference), call on the field was upheld: Tommy Pham grounds into a force out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to second baseman Michael Massey. Lars Nootbaar out at 2nd. Tommy Pham to 1st.

Top 1 • STL

2-0

Willson Contreras homers (14) on a line drive to right field. Masyn Winn scores.

EV: 104.1 mph💣 382 ftLA: 22°

Top 3 • STL

3-0

Alec Burleson homers (20) on a line drive to right field.

EV: 108.1 mph💣 377 ftLA: 20°

Bot 3 • KC

3-1

Kyle Isbel triples (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Victor Scott II. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 103.2 mph400 ftLA: 22°

3-2

Michael Massey singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Scott II, deflected by shortstop Masyn Winn. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 92.3 mph54 ftLA: 1°

3-3

Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Brendan Donovan. Michael Massey scores.

EV: 92.8 mph291 ftLA: 23°

Bot 4 • KC

3-4

Maikel Garcia doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Brendan Donovan. MJ Melendez scores.

EV: 106.0 mph231 ftLA: 10°

3-5

Michael Massey out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 101.3 mph402 ftLA: 28°

Top 6 • STL

4-5

Tommy Pham grounds out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Nolan Gorman to 3rd.

EV: 97.9 mph5 ftLA: -20°

Top 8 • STL

6-5

Victor Scott II doubles (4) on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Brendan Donovan scores. Tommy Pham scores.

EV: 98.1 mph344 ftLA: 22°

Top 9 • STL

8-5

Willson Contreras homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Alec Burleson scores.

EV: 111.3 mph💣 424 ftLA: 28°

Bench
MJ MelendezLF	4	1	2	0	0	0	.199/.264/.399	96.2	.103	.096
Paul DeJongDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.228/.276/.428	89.2	.142	.128
Michael LorenzenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sam LongP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Lucas ErcegP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Will SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris StrattonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Angel ZerpaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
James McArthurP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-