Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals

· Doubleheader - Game 1 - Makeup from June 4

Kansas City Royals

32-30, 13-17 Away

Final
5 - 6

St. Louis Cardinals

34-27, 20-9 Home

Contreras has RBI single in 10th to lift Cardinals past Royals, 6-5 in doubleheader opener

Willson Contreras walks it off for the Cardinals in extra innings

Yohel Pozo scored on a fielder’s choice to tie it for the Cardinals before Contreras singled to left against Carlos Estévez (2-1) to score Lars Nootbaar.

Vinnie Pasquantino singled in a run in the top of the 10th to give the Royals a 5-4 lead.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings. JoJo Romero (2-3) allowed a run in one inning.

Noah Cameron continued his string of impressive starts for the Royals with six scoreless innings. He struck out three, walked two and gave up two hits while lowering his ERA to 0.85 in five starts this season.

Jonathan India homered on the second pitch of the game — a 401-foot shot to left-center. Jac Caglianone added to the lead in the fourth with his first major league hit, an double that scored Salvador Perez to make it 2-0.

Contreras doubled and scored, and Nolan Arenado scored on Yohel Pozo's sacrifice fly in the seventh to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Iván Herrera’s two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. India’s sacrifice fly off Ryan Helsley scored Nick Loftin to tie it in the ninth.

Key moment With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and the Cardinals down 3-1, manager Oliver Marmol called on Nolan Gorman to pinch hit. Royals manager Matt Quatraro countered with left-hander Daniel Lynch IV out of the bullpen, forcing Marmol to use Yohel Pozo from the right side. Lynch limited Pozo to a sacrifice fly and got out of the jam by retiring Nootbaar.

Key stat India’s home run was the fourth he’s hit against Mikolas in his career. It was the 12th time India has led off a game with a homer,

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

	10th Inning	Contreras singled to left, Nootbaar scored, Donovan to second.
	10th Inning	Donovan intentionally walked.
	10th Inning	Winn grounded out to first, Pozo scored, Nootbaar to second.
	10th Inning	Nootbaar singled to right, Pozo to third.
	10th Inning	Estévez relieved Bowlan
	10th Inning	Canha in right field.

Statistics

KC		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
4	Strikeouts	3
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	12
43	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.6	Runs Created	3.7
.300	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.425	Slugging Percentage	.343
.200	Secondary Average	.200
.326	On Base Percentage	.300
.751	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.643
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
40.0	Batter Rating	37.0
40.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.53	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.125	Isolated Power	.114
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.047	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
-.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
91.0	MLB Rating	84.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0