12:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 5–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.152 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.9 mph · 0.3 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 54%
- 29.63 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 6 mph, In From CF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 2 , 1 BB, 7 K, 81 pitches
54% 41% 6%
Four-seam32%
Sinker21%
Sweeper37%
Curveball4%
Changeup6%
- 91.0 mph
- 14.4 in
- 20%
- 21% / 5%
- 33%
- 40%
- .329
- 872
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 199 | 22% | .277 | 13.8 in | |
| 574 | 20% | .323 | 15.3 in |
| 299 | 19% | .314 | 14.5 in | |
| 847 | 19% | .333 | 14.7 in |
Michael Wacha STL · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 4 H, 1 , 0 BB, 6 K, 102 pitches
62% 15% 23%
Four-seam45%
Cutter17%
Curveball15%
Changeup23%
- 93.5 mph
- 17.9 in
- 23%
- 21% / 10%
- 38%
- 45%
- .349
- 843
- 19% · 18% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 360 | 17% | .370 | 16.9 in |
| 523 | 19% | .313 | 13.4 in | |
| 827 | 17% | .357 | 16.9 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jay CF · L | 204 | 85.7 | 4.7° | 24% | 2% | 7% | 0 | .292 | .207 / .292 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 206 | 86.6 | 17.4° | 37% | 4% | 14% | 4 | .349 | .383 / .346 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 205 | 90.8 | 18.6° | 43% | 11% | 19% | 10 | .377 | .348 / .422 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 118 | 91.2 | 19.8° | 47% | 13% | 22% | 7 | .331 | .452 / .273 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 181 | 89.4 | 11.3° | 42% | 8% | 11% | 5 | .363 | .324 / .376 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 135 | 89.2 | 8.3° | 38% | 6% | 11% | 4 | .336 | — / .316 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 185 | 84.5 | 11.1° | 24% | 3% | 12% | 1 | .296 | .316 / .307 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Drew Butera C · R | 75 | 86.3 | 26.2° | 24% | 2% | 7% | 0 | .264 | — / .321 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Kelvin Herrera P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Pham CF · R | 171 | 92.8 | 6.1° | 51% | 12% | 14% | 8 | .397 | — / .333 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Matt Carpenter 3B · L | 171 | 90.2 | 18.7° | 45% | 16% | 24% | 4 | .394 | — / .380 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | José A. Martínez 1B · R | 191 | 90.9 | 6.1° | 45% | 10% | 6% | 5 | .418 | — / .402 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Tyler O'Neill LF · R | 26 | 91.1 | 11.8° | 31% | 19% | 38% | 3 | .413 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Jedd Gyorko SS · R | 87 | 88.3 | 13.3° | 39% | 7% | 20% | 4 | .359 | — / .419 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Harrison Bader RF · R | 79 | 88.8 | 13.4° | 37% | 7% | 15% | 3 | .294 | — / .290 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Mike Mayers P · R | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Francisco Peña C · R | 51 | 84.4 | 3.8° | 29% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .232 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Kolten Wong 2B · L | 136 | 84.3 | 5.8° | 26% | 5% | 10% | 3 | .259 | — / .305 | — | — | 0-1 |