The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on May 2, 2022 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Carlos Santana went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Steven Matz pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Bader | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Dickerson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler O'Neill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Knizner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Matz | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 1, 2022: NYY 6, KC 4 · Next May 3, 2022: STL 1, KC 7
- Cardinals · 2022 season · Previous May 1, 2022: ARI 5, STL 7 · Next May 3, 2022: STL 1, KC 7