St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

26-20, 11-14 Away

Final
1 - 0

Kansas City Royals

25-22, 16-9 Home

Walker homers and Mikolas pitches streaking Cardinals to 1-0 win over Royals

Mikolas (3-2) allowed two hits with four strikeouts and two walks for the Cardinals, who have won three straight and 12 of 13. St. Louis is 7-1 on a nine-game trip to three cities, winning all three series.

Walker connected leading off sixth. Iván Herrera’s two-out single in the fifth was the only other hit for the Cardinals.

Kyle Leahy permitted two hits in two innings of relief and Ryan Helsley finished the four-hitter for his ninth save.

Hard-luck loser Noah Cameron (1-1) went 6 1/3 innings in his second major league start. The 25-year-old left-hander from St. Joseph, Missouri, became the first pitcher to begin his career with consecutive starts of 6 1/3 or more innings without giving up more than two hits in either one.

Kansas City stranded five runners and has been held to four or fewer runs in seven of the last eight games. The Royals have scored four or more 38 times this season, second-most in the majors.

Key moment Walker hit a 422-foot shot to left field for his third homer of the season. He began the night batting .186.

Key stats St. Louis has its first seven-win road trip since 2021. ... The Royals have lost four in a row, and six of seven since a seven-game winning streak from May 3-9.

Up next Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (3-3, 3.11 ERA) faces RHP Michael Wacha (3-4, 2.96) in the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Garcia flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Helsley relieved Leahy
	9th Inning	Winn grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

STL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
4	Strikeouts	4
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
3	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
101	Pitches	110
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	5
29	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
-1.2	Runs Created	0.4
.069	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.172	Slugging Percentage	.167
.103	Secondary Average	.100
.069	On Base Percentage	.188
.241	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.354
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
-1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.4
9.0	Batter Rating	6.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.103	Isolated Power	.033
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.0	Balls In Play Average	0.2
60.3	MLB Rating	61.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0