The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Jun 5, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Maikel Garcia went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 3.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Nolan Arenado went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 4.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 7 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Canha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Cole Ragans | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Donovan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Vilade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
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 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Kyle Leahy | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Jun 5, 2025: KC 5, STL 6 · Next Jun 6, 2025: KC 2, CHW 7
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Jun 5, 2025: KC 5, STL 6 · Next Jun 6, 2025: LAD 0, STL 5