The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Aug 9, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Willson Contreras went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Miles Mikolas pitched 4.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Lorenzen pitched 4.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pham | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brendan Donovan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Mikolas | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Matthew Liberatore | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Kittredge | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lorenzen | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 8, 2024: TB 6, STL 4 · Next Aug 10, 2024: STL 3, KC 8
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 7, 2024: BOS 4, KC 8 · Next Aug 10, 2024: STL 3, KC 8