St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals

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St. Louis Cardinals

41-34, 20-17 Away

Final
12 - 10

Kansas City Royals

32-46, 19-22 Home

JJ Wetherholt hits 2 homers as the Cardinals beat the Royals 12-10 to avoid a sweep

Masyn Winn hit a three-run homer in the Cardinals' five-run first inning and Iván Herrera hit a three-run home run in the fifth for a 12-7 lead.

Wetherholt went 3 for 5 with a leadoff home run and a two-run home run in the second. Winn also hit an RBI single in the second for four RBI.

Lars Nootbaar and Alec Burleson hit RBI singles as St. Louis had a season-high 16 hits.

The Royals rallied after entering the bottom of the second down 9-2.

Nick Loftin and Jac Caglianone hit two-run homers to make it 9-6 in the second. Caglianone’s 444-foot home run into the second level of the right-field Kauffman Stadium fountain extended his home run streak to three games. Caglianone hit a solo home run in the ninth for his team-leading 12th of the year.

Salvador Perez hit an RBI single in the fourth. Carter Jensen hit a solo home run in the sixth. Perez scored on a fielder’s choice in the ninth, avoiding a tag and touching home.

St. Louis starter Dustin May allowed six runs in two innings. St. Louis used seven relievers with Gordon Graceffo (5-1) pitching one inning for the win.

Stephen Kolek (4-2) gave up nine runs on nine hits with one walk and one hit batter in 1 1/3 innings.

Bobby Witt Jr. was out of the lineup for the Sunday series finale after leaving Thursday’s game with a grade-1 MCL Sprain. Witt will be reevaluated on Monday.

Up next The Royals visit Tampa Bay on Monday with RHP Michael Wacha (4-5, 3.64 ERA) scheduled to start for KC. St. Louis returns home to face Arizona on Monday. RHP Andre Pallante (8-4, 3.76) is slated to take the mound for the Cardinals.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Collins grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Rave struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Rave hit for Loftin
	9th Inning	Misner hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Thomas to second, Massey to third.
	9th Inning	Thomas grounded into fielder's choice to third, Perez scored, Massey to second. St Louis Cardinals challenged call on the field was upheld
	9th Inning	Massey singled to right, Perez to third.

Statistics

STL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	9
12	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
16	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	39
4	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
32	Total Bases	24
48	Plate Appearances	45
648.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
7	Extra Base Hits	4
12.7	Runs Created	9.3
.381	Batting Average	.308
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.762	Slugging Percentage	.615
.452	Secondary Average	.436
.458	On Base Percentage	.386
1.220	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.002
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
12.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
82.5	Batter Rating	65.0
10.5	At Bats Per Home Run	9.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.22
.381	Isolated Power	.308
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.089
.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.128
24.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
124.3	MLB Rating	107.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0