The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on May 16, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: KC 4, STL 5 · Next May 17, 2026: KC 2, STL 0
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: KC 4, STL 5 · Next May 17, 2026: KC 2, STL 0