The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on May 17, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Miles Mikolas pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-3 for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Mikolas | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kyle Leahy | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous May 16, 2025: STL 10, KC 3 · Next May 18, 2025: STL 1, KC 2
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 16, 2025: STL 10, KC 3 · Next May 18, 2025: STL 1, KC 2