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Royals 28, Cardinals 15                                      2026-05-03 · #528
at Iron Bowl
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                        1      2    R    H    E
Kansas City            28      0   28   34    0
St. Louis              15      0   15   15    0

ROYALS
                        AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI  BB   K  2C  SH   H/AB
Itakura     rf ......    5   2   3   1   0   1   6   0   0   1   0  0.600
Minchey     ss ......    4   2   4   1   0   0   1   1   0   1   0  1.000
Aragon      cf ......    4   3   3   2   0   0   2   1   0   1   0  0.750
Slater      3b ......    4   2   4   1   1   0   2   0   1   2   0  1.000
Suarez      2b ......    4   3   3   1   0   1   4   1   2   1   0  0.750
Marchesín   c  ......    1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  1.000
  a-Seon-mi pr ......    3   2   3   0   0   0   2   1   1   2   0  1.000
Wolfsburg   lf ......    5   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  0.400
Baldasso    1b ......    4   3   3   2   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  0.750
  b-Gaetino ph ......    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   .000
  c-Sapp    pr ......    2   3   3   0   0   0   2   1   0   2   0  1.500
Locke       j  ......    3   2   2   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0.667
Brookshire  j  ......    2   2   2   0   0   1   2   1   0   1   0  1.000
Alvarez     j  ......    3   2   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0.333
Totals                  44  28  34  10   1   3  28   7   6  11   0  0.773
  2B: Itakura (9), Minchey (15), Aragon 2 (9), Slater (8), Suarez (7), Locke (19), Baldasso 2 (5), Alvarez (11).
  3B: Slater (1).
  HR: Itakura (10), off Niakaté; Suarez (2), off Kinsey; Brookshire (4), off Hayward.
  SB: Sapp (8).
  CS: Locke (4).
  HBP: Slater (1), Locke (3).
  GIDP: Aragon (1).
  a-Ran for Marchesín in the 2nd.
  b-Walked in the 2nd.
  c-Ran for Gaetino in the 2nd.

CARDINALS
                        AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI  BB   K  2C  SH   H/AB
Mena        p  ......    3   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  0.000
DeMerit     cf ......    3   2   1   0   0   1   2   0   1   2   0  0.333
Grunkemeyer lf ......    4   5   4   1   1   2   4   0   0   0   0  1.000
Logan-Reddi 1b ......    3   2   3   1   0   1   3   0   0   0   0  1.000
Hollingswor rf ......    3   1   1   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  0.333
Kypson      3b ......    3   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  0.333
  a-Mohamme 2b ......    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  0.000
  b-Saul    cf ......    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  0.000
  c-Gerken  rf ......    4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  0.250
  d-Arendt  ph ......    1   0   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   1   1  2.000
Leong       j  ......    3   2   1   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   0  0.333
Fielder     j  ......    3   2   1   0   0   1   1   0   1   1   0  0.333
Totals                  35  15  15   3   1   6  15   1   9   4   1  0.429
  2B: Grunkemeyer (8), Logan-Redding (6), Kypson (2).
  3B: Grunkemeyer (1).
  HR: DeMerit (3), off Miguelito; Grunkemeyer 2 (7), off Miguelito, Ju-sung; Leong (2), off Ju-sung; Logan-Redding (4), off McCormack; Fielder (4), off Miguelito.
  CS: Logan-Redding (2), Gerken (2).
  Squeeze: Logan-Redding (1 RBI), Arendt (1 RBI).
  a-Entered at 2B in the 3rd.
  b-Entered at CF in the 3rd.
  c-Entered at RF in the 7th.
  d-Singled for Saul in the 6th.

ROYALS PITCHING
                         BF  OUT  OS%    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    P   IR
McCormack (W, 2-1) ..    18   13  48%    5    4    3    1    4    1   59    -
Miguelito ...........     8    7  26%    4    6    4    0    2    3   19  1-0
Ju-sung (F, 19) .....     9    7  26%    4    5    2    0    3    2   25  1-1

CARDINALS PITCHING
                         BF  OUT  OS%    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    P   IR
Mena ................    10    6  22%    4    3    3    1    2    0   31    -
Nunoo ...............     8    5  19%    4    2    2    2    0    0   29  1-0
Devens (L, 1-2) .....    10    5  19%    5    6    6    3    0    0   32  2-1
Kinsey ..............     4    1   4%    5    4    3    0    0    1   16  1-1
Niakaté .............     5    1   4%    5    5    4    1    1    1   16  1-1
Hayward .............     7    5  19%    4    3    3    0    2    1   34  1-1
DeMerit .............     5    2   7%    4    3    2    0    0    0   15  1-1
Albanese ............     4    2   7%    3    2    2    0    1    0   15  1-0

  Batting order: Cardinals (home) batted second; Royals batted first.
  Seconds: KCR o26 (28-0), STL o26 (15-28).
  First pitch 5:00 PM CT. Weather: 77°F · Wind calm · Clear. seed 153704.
  Walk-Back runs: off McCormack 1, off Miguelito 2, off Ju-sung 3, off Kinsey 1, off Niakaté 1, off DeMerit 1.
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Scoring Events
Half Outs Batter Runner (from) Score
T 5 Chase Locke Koo Seon-min (3B) 1–0
T 5 Chase Locke Maurizio Wolfsburg (2B) 2–0
T 5 Chase Locke Micah Sapp (1B) 3–0
T 8 Toshihisa Itakura Phoenix Baldasso (3B) 4–0
T 8 Toshihisa Itakura Chase Locke (1B) 5–0
T 10 Tony Suarez Earl Aragon (3B) 6–0
T 12 Micah Sapp Tony Suarez (2B) 7–0
T 14 Phoenix Baldasso Micah Sapp (2B) 8–0
T 14 Phoenix Baldasso Felipe Alvarez (1B) 9–0
T 15 Earl Aragon Phoenix Baldasso (2B) 10–0
T 15 Earl Aragon Doug Minchey (3B) 11–0
T 15 Timothy Slater Earl Aragon (2B) 12–0
T 15 Tony Suarez Timothy Slater (2B) 13–0
T 15 Tony Suarez Tony Suarez (HR) 14–0
T 15 Koo Seon-min Tony Suarez (3B) 15–0
T 16 Micah Sapp Koo Seon-min (3B) 16–0
T 17 Toshihisa Itakura Micah Sapp (3B) 17–0
T 17 Toshihisa Itakura Chase Locke (1B) 18–0
T 17 Toshihisa Itakura Toshihisa Itakura (HR) 19–0
T 17 Doug Minchey Toshihisa Itakura (3B) 20–0
T 20 Koo Seon-min Doug Minchey (2B) 21–0
T 22 Wallace Brookshire Maurizio Wolfsburg (1B) 22–0
T 22 Wallace Brookshire Wallace Brookshire (HR) 23–0
T 22 Felipe Alvarez Wallace Brookshire (3B) 24–0
T 23 Phoenix Baldasso Felipe Alvarez (2B) 25–0
T 23 Toshihisa Itakura Phoenix Baldasso (2B) 26–0
T 25 Timothy Slater Earl Aragon (2B) 27–0
T 25 Tony Suarez Timothy Slater (3B) 28–0
B 3 Ozan Logan-Redding Scoville Grunkemeyer (3B) 28–1
B 3 Ozan Logan-Redding Ozan Logan-Redding (HR) 28–2
B 3 Hady Kypson Ozan Logan-Redding (3B) 28–3
B 7 Scoville Grunkemeyer Hady Kypson (3B) 28–4
B 16 Kameron Fielder Kameron Fielder (HR) 28–5
B 16 Davinson Mena Kameron Fielder (3B) 28–6
B 17 Scoville Grunkemeyer Scoville Grunkemeyer (HR) 28–7
B 17 Jaylen Arendt Scoville Grunkemeyer (3B) 28–8
B 19 Rich DeMerit Steven Hollingsworth (1B) 28–9
B 19 Rich DeMerit Rich DeMerit (HR) 28–10
B 19 Ozan Logan-Redding Rich DeMerit (3B) 28–11
B 22 Jack-Henry Leong Jack-Henry Leong (HR) 28–12
B 24 Scoville Grunkemeyer Jack-Henry Leong (3B) 28–13
B 24 Scoville Grunkemeyer Scoville Grunkemeyer (HR) 28–14
B 24 Jaylen Arendt Scoville Grunkemeyer (3B) 28–15
Spray Charts Hybrid-physics overlay — EV / LA / spray sampled per BIP. Hover a dot for details. Engine outcome is the categorical hit_type; the dot's position is the visualization.
Out Single 2B/3B HR Reached on Error
Charts drawn to Iron Bowl's actual outfield dimensions (LF 396' · CF 420' · RF 393' · 22' wall). Oval — Cricket-Ground Revival.
Ivy Wall Hand-Operated Scoreboard
Royals — Batted Balls
46 BIP· 15 1B · 13 XBH · 3 HR
396' 420' 393' Wall 22' Toshihisa Itakura — ground_out · EV 90 mph · LA +5° · 85 ft Doug Minchey — double · EV 107 mph · LA +18° · 267 ft Earl Aragon — double_play · EV 90 mph · LA +8° · 89 ft Timothy Slater — fly_out · EV 79 mph · LA +43° · 249 ft Karl-Anthony Marchesín — single · EV 89 mph · LA +22° · 216 ft Maurizio Wolfsburg — single · EV 110 mph · LA +10° · 161 ft Chase Locke — double · EV 110 mph · LA +18° · 288 ft Felipe Alvarez — ground_out · EV 105 mph · LA +10° · 151 ft Phoenix Baldasso — single · EV 93 mph · LA +5° · 88 ft Micah Sapp — single · EV 88 mph · LA +12° · 124 ft Koo Seon-min — single · EV 79 mph · LA +7° · 75 ft Koo Seon-min — single · EV 104 mph · LA +0° · 99 ft Chase Locke — single · EV 83 mph · LA +41° · 271 ft Toshihisa Itakura — double · EV 107 mph · LA +23° · 332 ft Doug Minchey — line_out · EV 88 mph · LA +14° · 145 ft Timothy Slater — ground_out · EV 78 mph · LA +7° · 74 ft Tony Suarez — double · EV 92 mph · LA +28° · 277 ft Maurizio Wolfsburg — fly_out · EV 95 mph · LA +38° · 352 ft Felipe Alvarez — fielders_choice · EV 79 mph · LA -13° · 75 ft Phoenix Baldasso — double · EV 96 mph · LA +48° · 368 ft Earl Aragon — single · EV 85 mph · LA +14° · 136 ft Micah Sapp — ground_out · EV 99 mph · LA +4° · 94 ft Koo Seon-min — line_out · EV 88 mph · LA +20° · 199 ft Wallace Brookshire — single · EV 88 mph · LA +15° · 157 ft Earl Aragon — double · EV 105 mph · LA +28° · 371 ft Timothy Slater — double · EV 100 mph · LA +23° · 292 ft Tony Suarez — hr · EV 108 mph · LA +29° · 393 ft Micah Sapp — single · EV 91 mph · LA +19° · 202 ft Koo Seon-min — line_out · EV 84 mph · LA -0° · 79 ft Wallace Brookshire — hr · EV 110 mph · LA +46° · 480 ft Timothy Slater — double · EV 105 mph · LA +22° · 305 ft Micah Sapp — line_out · EV 91 mph · LA +18° · 196 ft Toshihisa Itakura — line_out · EV 89 mph · LA +17° · 173 ft Maurizio Wolfsburg — line_out · EV 99 mph · LA +19° · 236 ft Doug Minchey — single · EV 94 mph · LA +22° · 245 ft Felipe Alvarez — double · EV 103 mph · LA +26° · 336 ft Chase Locke — fly_out · EV 90 mph · LA +35° · 309 ft Doug Minchey — single · EV 97 mph · LA +43° · 377 ft Toshihisa Itakura — hr · EV 111 mph · LA +34° · 456 ft Maurizio Wolfsburg — single · EV 100 mph · LA +4° · 95 ft Phoenix Baldasso — double · EV 100 mph · LA +22° · 281 ft Doug Minchey — single · EV 95 mph · LA +30° · 313 ft Earl Aragon — double · EV 115 mph · LA +24° · 392 ft Timothy Slater — triple · EV 98 mph · LA +19° · 242 ft Tony Suarez — double · EV 117 mph · LA +24° · 408 ft Toshihisa Itakura — single · EV 81 mph · LA +12° · 110 ft
Cardinals — Batted Balls
24 BIP· 3 1B · 5 XBH · 6 HR
396' 420' 393' Wall 22' Scoville Grunkemeyer — double · EV 119 mph · LA +26° · 440 ft Guerby Gerken — ground_out · EV 100 mph · LA -1° · 95 ft Rich DeMerit — double · EV 96 mph · LA +36° · 347 ft Ozan Logan-Redding — hr · EV 108 mph · LA +33° · 423 ft Hady Kypson — double · EV 108 mph · LA +20° · 298 ft Jack-Henry Leong — fly_out · EV 94 mph · LA +28° · 293 ft Kameron Fielder — fly_out · EV 96 mph · LA +30° · 320 ft Jaylen Arendt — line_out · EV 100 mph · LA +15° · 199 ft Rich DeMerit — single · EV 92 mph · LA -8° · 87 ft Jaylen Arendt — single · EV 97 mph · LA +33° · 342 ft Scoville Grunkemeyer — triple · EV 99 mph · LA +11° · 147 ft Otis Saul — fly_out · EV 107 mph · LA +23° · 333 ft Guerby Gerken — fly_out · EV 100 mph · LA +58° · 358 ft Ozan Logan-Redding — double · EV 97 mph · LA +19° · 229 ft Frances Mohammed — ground_out · EV 78 mph · LA -16° · 74 ft Kameron Fielder — hr · EV 116 mph · LA +38° · 480 ft Davinson Mena — ground_out · EV 96 mph · LA -13° · 91 ft Steven Hollingsworth — single · EV 100 mph · LA -16° · 95 ft Rich DeMerit — hr · EV 100 mph · LA +39° · 390 ft Scoville Grunkemeyer — hr · EV 116 mph · LA +37° · 480 ft Jack-Henry Leong — hr · EV 100 mph · LA +43° · 399 ft Kameron Fielder — line_out · EV 97 mph · LA +16° · 194 ft Davinson Mena — line_out · EV 73 mph · LA +18° · 127 ft Scoville Grunkemeyer — hr · EV 114 mph · LA +29° · 444 ft
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