The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Aug 12, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Tommy Edman went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Steven Matz pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goldschmidt | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyler O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Knizner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Edman | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 11, 2023: STL 8, KC 12 · Next Aug 14, 2023: ATH 5, STL 7
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 11, 2023: STL 8, KC 12 · Next Aug 14, 2023: SEA 6, KC 7