St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals

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St. Louis Cardinals

26-21, 11-15 Away

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Kansas City Royals

26-22, 17-9 Home

Garcia homers as the Royals beat the Cards 7-5 to split doubleheader

Royals starter Cole Ragans pitched three innings in his return from the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. He allowed five runs on five hits, struck out four and walked three.

Angel Zerpa (3-0) pitched three scoreless innings in relief, giving up one hit, one walk and striking out four. Carlos Estévez earned his 18th save in 21 tries.

Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore (3-5) was pulled after four-plus innings with fatigue-related issues. He allowed a season-high seven runs on eight hits.

The Cardinals rallied to take game one of the doubleheader 6-5 on Willson Contreras' RBI single in the tenth.

Garcia’s two-run homer in the first gave the Royals a 2-0 lead in the nightcap.

Freddy Fermin hit a curveball 406 feet into the third deck in left field to lead off the third, sparking a three-run rally. Jonathan India singled and scored and Garcia doubled and scored on a Salvador Perez single to give the Royals a 5-1 lead.

Contreras singled home the Cardinals’ first run in the first inning and jump started a four-run third with a two-run double. Nolan Arenado followed with a two-run homer to tie the game at 5-all.

Nick Loftin’s RBI single scored Mark Canha to break the tie in the fourth. Garcia walked and scored on a Perez single in the fifth.

Key moment Liberatore left the game after surrendering a leadoff walk to Garcia in the fifth.

Key stat Garcia’s homer gave the Royals a first-inning home run for the third straight game.

Up next The Royals are at the Chicago White Sox on Friday night to open a series, while the Cardinals are home against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Contreras flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Arenado fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Donovan doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Winn lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Biggio as designated hitter.

Statistics

STL		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
146	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	1
16	Total Bases	13
41	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.8	Runs Created	4.5
.324	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.432	Slugging Percentage	.406
.135	Secondary Average	.188
.375	On Base Percentage	.343
.807	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.749
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
21.0	Batter Rating	24.5
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.14
.108	Isolated Power	.125
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
-.189	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.0	MLB Rating	78.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0