7:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 3–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.159 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.2 mph · 0.4 mph
to 10 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 37%
- 29.53 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 9 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Edinson Volquez KC · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 6 H, 0 , 1 BB, 4 K, 104 pitches
53% 25% 22%
Four-seam11%
Sinker42%
Changeup22%
- 94.0 mph
- 15.0 in
- 20%
- 18% / 9%
- 33%
- 54%
- .320
- 1,556
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 437 | 22% | .321 | 15.1 in | |
| 288 | 15% | .290 | 14.3 in |
Carlos Martinez STL · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 8 H, 0 , 1 BB, 3 K, 89 pitches
58% 22% 21%
Four-seam32%
Sinker26%
Curveball22%
Changeup21%
- 96.5 mph
- 13.6 in
- 19%
- 19% / 8%
- 31%
- 59%
- .285
- 1,339
- 19% · 20% vs RHP
| 227 | 20% | .257 | 12.2 in | |
| 99 | 22% | .247 | 12.0 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 348 | 84.2 | 7.8° | 19% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .263 | .236 / .265 | — | — | 2-6 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 180 | 86.9 | 15.9° | 33% | 8% | 15% | 5 | .327 | .324 / .384 | — | — | 1-6 |
| 3 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 188 | 87.5 | 10.9° | 35% | 4% | 5% | 1 | .324 | .335 / .321 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 319 | 92.5 | 4.7° | 47% | 10% | 6% | 12 | .347 | .357 / .326 | — | — | 0-6 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 262 | 89.3 | 19.6° | 40% | 8% | 20% | 12 | .323 | .330 / .345 | — | — | 1-6 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 174 | 87.4 | 9.7° | 33% | 2% | 11% | 7 | .246 | .259 / .222 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Chien-Ming Wang P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Jarrod Dyson CF · L | 143 | 82.8 | 4.7° | 22% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .274 | .317 / .218 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 155 | 88.7 | 11.1° | 37% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .292 | .311 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Carpenter 2B · L | 320 | 90.7 | 16.5° | 44% | 12% | 26% | 14 | .433 | .342 / .483 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Jhonny Peralta 3B · R | 76 | 87.1 | 14.3° | 30% | 5% | 24% | 2 | .271 | .233 / — | — | — | 2-6 |
| 3 | Tommy Pham CF · R | 23 | 90.6 | 9.8° | 42% | 17% | 8% | 2 | .352 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Stephen Piscotty RF · R | 311 | 87.5 | 11.5° | 35% | 10% | 11% | 8 | .357 | .413 / .422 | — | — | 2-6 1 HR |
| 5 | Matt Adams 1B · L | 179 | 89.1 | 15.8° | 45% | 11% | 18% | 9 | .332 | .238 / .258 | — | — | 0-6 |
| 6 | Yadier Molina C · R | 286 | 88.0 | 7.8° | 28% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .322 | .289 / .397 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Kolten Wong LF · L | 175 | 86.7 | 10.8° | 27% | 2% | 13% | 1 | .287 | — / .254 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Greg Garcia SS · L | 57 | 85.5 | 9.2° | 30% | 9% | 21% | 2 | .427 | — / — | — | — | 0-5 |
| 9 | Seth Maness P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |