The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on May 15, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jordan Walker went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Dustin May pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 38 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin May | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 14, 2026: KC 2, CHW 6 · Next May 16, 2026: KC 2, STL 4
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 14, 2026: STL 5, ATH 4 · Next May 16, 2026: KC 2, STL 4