Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
3
St. Louis Cardinals
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Pinch hitter Daniel Descalso hit a two-run single with the bases loaded to snap an eighth-inning tie and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the Kansas City Royals with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday night.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
D Descalso singled to center, Y Molina and D Freese scored, J Jay to third, D Descalso to second advancing on throw.
D Freese singled to left, A Craig scored, Y Molina to third, D Freese to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
C Beltran homered to right (414 feet).
Pitch 6: foul
G Kottaras grounded out to third, M Moustakas scored, D Lough to second.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
M Holliday homered to left (428 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
L Mendoza singled to right center, D Lough scored.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
L Cain hit sacrifice fly to right, A Gordon scored, A Escobar to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
A Escobar flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
A Escobar batting
A Gordon lined out to first.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Gordon batting
E Johnson struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
E Johnson batting
D Descalso at second base.
E Mujica relieved R Choate.
M Carpenter at third base.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
M Carpenter grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: ball 3
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
L Hochevar relieved A Crow.
Showing the last 40 of 603 events.
Series tied 1-1
Matt Carpenter3B13
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Pete KozmaSS38
Lance LynnP31
Edward MujicaP96
Matt AdamsPH18
Shane RobinsonPR38
Seth ManessP63
Randy ChoateP
Daniel Descalso2B33
Alex GordonLF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
Lorenzo CainCF6
Billy Butler1B36
Mike Moustakas3B18
David LoughRF3
George KottarasC10
Chris Getz2B39
Luis MendozaP39
Aaron James CrowP
Luke HochevarP44
Juan GutierrezP57
Eric Hosmer1B51
Tim CollinsP63
Elliot Johnson2B
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