The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 12-10 on Jun 21, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- JJ Wetherholt went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Dustin May pitched 2.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Jac Caglianone went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Beck Way pitched 2.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 42 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin May | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| John Rave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Way | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Stephen Kolek | 1.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Connor Seabold | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 19, 2026: STL 5, KC 6 · Next Jun 22, 2026: ARI 2, STL 3
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 19, 2026: STL 5, KC 6 · Next Jun 22, 2026: KC 2, TB 1