The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Jun 19, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Blaze Jordan went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Michael McGreevy pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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 McGreevy | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Svanson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 18, 2026: STL 6, KC 14 · Next Jun 21, 2026: STL 12, KC 10
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 18, 2026: STL 6, KC 14 · Next Jun 21, 2026: STL 12, KC 10