Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
4
St. Louis Cardinals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jeff Francoeur and Eric Hosmer combined for three RBIs in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals' bullpen and the Kansas City Royals spoiled Michael Wacha's almost spotless debut with a soggy 4-2 victory.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
E Hosmer doubled to right, A Gordon and A Escobar scored, D Lough to third.
J Francoeur homered to left (380 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
E Johnson singled to right, L Cain scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
D Freese singled to center, A Craig scored, Y Molina to second.
A Craig reached on infield single to second, M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
C Beltran grounded out to first.
Pitch 1: in play
C Beltran batting
M Carpenter grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
S Robinson grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
S Robinson batting
G Holland relieved L Coleman.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
A Moore flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Moore batting
E Johnson intentionally walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
Showing the last 40 of 599 events.
Series tied 1-1
Matt Carpenter3B13
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Pete KozmaSS38
Michael WachaP52
Mitchell BoggsP41
Victor MarteP66
Joe KellyP99
Shane RobinsonCF38
Randy ChoateP
Seth ManessP63
Daniel Descalso2B33
Alex GordonLF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
David LoughCF3
Eric Hosmer1B51
Lorenzo CainCF6
Mike Moustakas3B18
Elliot Johnson2B
George KottarasC10
Jeremy GuthrieP18
Louis ColemanP19
Chris GetzPH39
Greg HollandP40
Miguel Tejada3B24
Billy ButlerPH36
Adam MooreC31
Tim CollinsP63
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
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