Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals

KC 2 — STL 0

Final — 2026-05-17

Game MVP: Stephen Kolek — 6.1 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

Game Recap: Read the full recap →

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

WP Stephen Kolek (2-0)

LP Andre Pallante (4-4)

SV Lucas Erceg (11)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Perez hit sacrifice fly to left, Garcia scored. (0-1)

Top 4: Perez homered to left (393 feet). (0-2)

Kansas City Royals — Batting

Show more

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia	3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.330	.397
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.376	.492
Vinnie Pasquantino	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.202	.285	.339
Salvador Perez	C	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.205	.243	.352
Carter Jensen	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.237	.327	.407
Isaac Collins	LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.228	.346	.339
Lane Thomas	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.198	.350	.247
Michael Massey	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.216	.237	.398
Kyle Isbel	CF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274	.331	.419
Nick Loftin	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.377	.375

St. Louis Cardinals — Batting

Show more

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
JJ Wetherholt	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.233	.356	.401
Ivan Herrera	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.395	.406
Alec Burleson	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.340	.441
Jordan Walker	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.371	.584
Nolan Gorman	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.236	.318	.365
Masyn Winn	SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.331	.353
Nathan Church	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.246	.284	.399
Thomas Saggese	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.211	.194
Victor Scott II	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.248	.261
C. Prieto	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Jose Fermin	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.220	.310	.340

Kansas City Royals — Pitching

Show more

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Stephen Kolek	6.1	4	0	0	1	3	0	82-61	4.24	W, 2-0
Daniel Lynch IV	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-12	1.80
Lucas Erceg	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22-14	3.26	S, 11

St. Louis Cardinals — Pitching

Show more

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Andre Pallante	6.2	8	2	1	0	7	1	99-71	4.04	L, 4-4
Matt Svanson	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-10	8.34
Justin Bruihl	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	14-8	5.03
Matthew Pushard	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-4	13.50

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (38,051)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Ryan Wills, First Base Umpire: Lance Barksdale, Second Base Umpire: Will Little, Third Base Umpire: Ryan Additon

Broadcast: RYTV | CATV