Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

19-27, 6-17 Away

Final
2 - 4

St. Louis Cardinals

27-18, 12-10 Home

Burleson, Winn spark Cardinals to 4-2 victory over Royals in Game 2 of I-70 series

The game was delayed by rain at the start by 46 minutes.

Kyle Leahy (5-3) pitched six innings in his first career start against the Royals. He allowed one run on five hits. George Soriano got his second save despite giving up a leadoff homer to Jac Caglianone in the ninth.

Noah Cameron (2-3) worked six innings, giving up three runs on five hits.

The Stephen F. Austin club baseball team attended Friday’s game and caused a sensation by the players took off their shirts and waved them like a helicopter. The team returned in the fourth inning Saturday after winning a game earlier in the National Club Baseball Division II World Series in nearby Alton, Illinois.

St. Louis has won four of its five games. Since Interleague play began in 1997, the Cardinals are 81-55 against Kansas City.

The Royals have lost six in a row. Kansas City has lost 17 of its first 23 road games, the second-worst mark in the majors.

Burleson's two-out RBI single in the eighth extended the lead to 4-1.

Thomas Saggese ended his 0-for-30 slump that was the longest active hitless streak in MLB with a leadoff single in the fifth inning. He scored on a fielder's choice by sliding safely at home. A sacrifice fly by Masyn Winn then gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead.

The Royals tied it at 1-1 in the fifth. Maikel Garcia hit a one-out double and scored on Vinnie Pasquantino’s two-out single to center.

St. Louis went up 1-0 in the first on a sacrifice fly by Burleson.

Up next The rivalry weekend series wraps up Sunday with Royals RHP Stephen Kolak (1-0, 6.75 ERA) set to start against RHP Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.46).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Isbel grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Collins out at second.
	9th Inning	Massey flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Collins singled to right.
	9th Inning	Caglianone homered to right (428 feet).
	9th Inning	Soriano relieved Bruihl
	8th Inning	Fermín popped out to third.

Statistics

KC		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
2	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
33	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	1
124	Pitches	110
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.4	Runs Created	2.4
.242	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.345
.212	Secondary Average	.069
.306	On Base Percentage	.281
.699	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.626
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.6
23.0	Batter Rating	28.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.152	Isolated Power	.069
1.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.207
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.8	MLB Rating	79.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0