St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

62-55, 33-29 Away

Final

35-81, 16-41 Home


STL
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	11	1
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	5	0

CardinalsTop 1st
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ball
  Four-seam FB 88
  2
  Strike Looking
  Four-seam FB 87
  3
  Ball
  Slider 81
  4
  Ball
  Four-seam FB 90
  5
  Fly Out
  Four-seam FB 89
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 2nd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 3rd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- Molina to third on wild pitch by Duffy.
  0
  0
- 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 4th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- Gordon safe at second on error by first baseman Carpenter.
  4
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
CardinalsTop 5th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 6th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- K. McCarthy pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 7th
- B. Flynn pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Flaherty pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 8th
- B. Flynn pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- B. Flynn pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- J. Hicks pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 9th
- B. Flynn pitching for KC
  STL
  KC
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 9th
- J. Hicks pitching for STL
  STL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ball	Four-seam FB	88
2 Strike Looking	Four-seam FB	87
3 Ball	Slider	81
4 Ball	Four-seam FB	90
5 Fly Out	Four-seam FB	89

Cardinals
7
Royals
0

Game 1

11/8

Cardinals
8
Royals
3

Game 2

12/8

Cardinals
8
Royals
2

Game 3

12/8

Kauffman Stadium

4:45 AM, 12 August 2018

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 38,427

Game Time:2:56

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ryan Blakney
First Base Umpire - Adam Hamari
Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Third Base Umpire - Tom Hallion

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cincinnati	17	9	.654	-	W1
Chicago	17	9	.654	-	W10
Pittsburgh	15	11	.577	2	W1
St. Louis	14	11	.560	2.5	L2
Milwaukee	13	12	.520	3.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	15	12	.556	-	W1
Detroit	14	13	.519	1	L1
Minnesota	12	14	.462	2.5	L3
Chicago	11	15	.423	3.5	W2
Kansas City	9	17	.346	5.5	W1

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

J. Flaherty6-6

D. Duffy7-11

J. Hicks3

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