The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on May 17, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-2 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 for the Cardinals.
- Andre Pallante pitched 6.2 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 7 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Pallante | 6.2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 16, 2026: KC 2, STL 4 · Next May 18, 2026: BOS 3, KC 1
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 16, 2026: KC 2, STL 4 · Next May 19, 2026: PIT 6, STL 9