The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on May 18, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Arenado | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brendan Donovan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Roycroft | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Canha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 Wacha | 5.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous May 17, 2025: STL 1, KC 0 · Next May 19, 2025: DET 4, STL 11
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 17, 2025: STL 1, KC 0 · Next May 19, 2025: KC 3, SF 1