Royals 14, Cardinals 2 · 2026-05-06
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TOP HALF | Royals batting
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--- Now batting: Toshihisa Itakura ---
[0 outs | 0-0 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[0 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Toshihisa Itakura runs → line out.
  Toshihisa Itakura is out.
--- Now batting: Tony Suarez ---
[1 outs | 0-0 | empty] INTENTIONAL WALK
  INTENTIONAL WALK — Tony Suarez given a free pass.
--- Now batting: Doug Minchey ---
[1 outs | 0-0 | 1B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[1 outs | 0-1 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[1 outs | 0-2 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[1 outs | 0-2 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-2.
[1 outs | 1-2 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Doug Minchey takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Hit credited (second chance). Total this AB: 1.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner advances from 1B to 3B.
[1 outs | 1-2 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Doug Minchey runs → fly out.
  Doug Minchey is out.
  Runner scores from 3B.
--- Now batting: Earl Aragon ---
[2 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[2 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Earl Aragon runs → single.
--- Now batting: Koo Seon-min ---
[2 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SAC BUNT
--- Now batting: Karl-Anthony Marchesín ---
[2 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[2 outs | 0-1 | 1B, 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[2 outs | 1-1 | 1B, 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 1-2.
[2 outs | 1-2 | 1B, 2B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-2.
[2 outs | 2-2 | 1B, 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 2-2.
[2 outs | 2-2 | 1B, 2B] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
[3 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] PINCH HITTER
  Timothy Slater pinch-hits for Maurizio Wolfsburg.
--- Now batting: Timothy Slater ---
[3 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Timothy Slater runs → HOME RUN.
  Runner scores.
  Runner scores.
  Batter scores (HR).
  [Walk-Back — Timothy Slater retreats to 3B as the bonus runner.]
  [The Walk-Back is brought to you by Quisp Cereal.]
[3 outs | 0-0 | 3B] PITCHING CHANGE
  PITCHING CHANGE: Tyreak Barksdale exits (6 BF this spell).
[3 outs | 0-0 | 3B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Chase Locke for an extra plate appearance (joker #1).
--- Now batting: Chase Locke ---
[3 outs | 0-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[3 outs | 1-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[3 outs | 2-0 | 3B] WILD PITCH
  Wild pitch — runners advance.
  Runner scores from 3B.
  1 run(s) score.
[3 outs | 2-0 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Chase Locke runs → double.
[3 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Wallace Brookshire for an extra plate appearance (joker #2).
--- Now batting: Wallace Brookshire ---
[3 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[3 outs | 1-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[3 outs | 2-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 2-1.
[3 outs | 2-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-1.
[3 outs | 3-1 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 3-2.
[3 outs | 3-2 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 3-2.
[3 outs | 3-2 | 2B] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
[4 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Felipe Alvarez for an extra plate appearance (joker #3).
--- Now batting: Felipe Alvarez ---
[4 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[4 outs | 1-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[4 outs | 2-0 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Felipe Alvarez runs → ground out.
  Felipe Alvarez is out.
--- Now batting: Phoenix Baldasso ---
[5 outs | 0-0 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[5 outs | 0-1 | 2B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Runner caught stealing at 3B.
[6 outs | 0-1 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[6 outs | 0-2 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Ji-ho S-Birds [P] ---
[7 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Ji-ho S-Birds runs → single.
--- Now batting: Toshihisa Itakura ---
[7 outs | 0-0 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[7 outs | 0-1 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[7 outs | 0-2 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-2.
[7 outs | 1-2 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Toshihisa Itakura takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Hit credited (second chance). Total this AB: 1.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner scores from 1B.
[7 outs | 1-2 | empty] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
--- Now batting: Tony Suarez ---
[8 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[8 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[8 outs | 1-1 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[8 outs | 1-2 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-2.
[8 outs | 2-2 | empty] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-2.
[8 outs | 3-2 | empty] BALL
  WALK — Tony Suarez awarded 1B.
--- Now batting: Doug Minchey ---
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Doug Minchey runs → single.
  Runner advances from 1B to 2B.
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] PITCHING CHANGE
  PITCHING CHANGE: Yhonzae Quillian exits (8 BF this spell).
--- Now batting: Earl Aragon ---
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[8 outs | 0-1 | 1B, 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Earl Aragon takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Hit credited (second chance). Total this AB: 1.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner scores from 2B.
  Runner advances from 1B to 3B.
[8 outs | 0-1 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[8 outs | 1-1 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[8 outs | 1-2 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[8 outs | 1-2 | 3B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Koo Seon-min ---
[9 outs | 0-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[9 outs | 1-0 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-1.
[9 outs | 1-1 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-1.
[9 outs | 2-1 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Koo Seon-min runs → line out.
  Koo Seon-min is out.
--- Now batting: Karl-Anthony Marchesín ---
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[10 outs | 0-1 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Karl-Anthony Marchesín runs → HOME RUN.
  Runner scores.
  Batter scores (HR).
  [Walk-Back — Karl-Anthony Marchesín retreats to 3B as the bonus runner.]
  [The Walk-Back is brought to you by RadioShack.]
--- Now batting: Timothy Slater ---
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[10 outs | 1-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[10 outs | 2-0 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Timothy Slater runs → HOME RUN.
  Runner scores.
  Batter scores (HR).
  [Walk-Back — Timothy Slater retreats to 3B as the bonus runner.]
  [The Walk-Back is brought to you by Commodore.]
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] PITCHING CHANGE
  PITCHING CHANGE: Sacramento Logroño exits (4 BF this spell).
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Chase Locke for an extra plate appearance (joker #4).
--- Now batting: Chase Locke ---
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[10 outs | 0-1 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[10 outs | 1-1 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-1.
[10 outs | 2-1 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Chase Locke runs → double.
  Runner scores from 3B.
--- Now batting: Phoenix Baldasso ---
[10 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Phoenix Baldasso runs → ground out.
  Phoenix Baldasso is out.
[11 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Wallace Brookshire for an extra plate appearance (joker #5).
--- Now batting: Wallace Brookshire ---
[11 outs | 0-0 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[11 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[11 outs | 1-1 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 1-2.
[11 outs | 1-2 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[11 outs | 1-2 | 2B] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
[12 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Felipe Alvarez for an extra plate appearance (joker #6).
--- Now batting: Felipe Alvarez ---
[12 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[12 outs | 1-0 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-1.
[12 outs | 1-1 | 2B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Runner caught stealing at 3B.
[13 outs | 1-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Felipe Alvarez runs → single.
--- Now batting: Ji-ho S-Birds [P] ---
[13 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Ji-ho S-Birds runs → single.
  Runner advances from 1B to 3B.
--- Now batting: Toshihisa Itakura ---
[13 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Toshihisa Itakura runs → fly out.
  Toshihisa Itakura is out.
  Runner scores from 3B.
--- Now batting: Tony Suarez ---
[14 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Tony Suarez runs → single.
  Runner at 1B thrown out.
[15 outs | 0-0 | 1B] PITCHING CHANGE
  PITCHING CHANGE: Defensor Bolaños exits (7 BF this spell).
--- Now batting: Doug Minchey ---
[15 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[15 outs | 1-0 | 1B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Runner caught stealing at 2B.
[16 outs | 1-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[16 outs | 2-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-0.
[16 outs | 3-0 | empty] BALL
  WALK — Doug Minchey awarded 1B.
--- Now batting: Earl Aragon ---
[16 outs | 0-0 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[16 outs | 0-1 | 1B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-2.
[16 outs | 0-2 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Earl Aragon runs → triple.
  Runner at 1B thrown out.
--- Now batting: Koo Seon-min ---
[17 outs | 0-0 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[17 outs | 0-1 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[17 outs | 0-2 | 3B] WILD PITCH
  Wild pitch — runners advance.
  Runner scores from 3B.
  1 run(s) score.
[17 outs | 0-2 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Karl-Anthony Marchesín ---
[18 outs | 0-0 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[18 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Karl-Anthony Marchesín runs → fly out.
  Karl-Anthony Marchesín is out.
[19 outs | 0-0 | empty] DEFENSIVE SUB
  Guerby Gerken replaces Alejandro Caffaro at C.
--- Now batting: Timothy Slater ---
[19 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[19 outs | 0-1 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[19 outs | 0-2 | empty] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
[20 outs | 0-0 | empty] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Chase Locke for an extra plate appearance (joker #7).
--- Now batting: Chase Locke ---
[20 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[20 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[20 outs | 1-1 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-1.
[20 outs | 2-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Chase Locke runs → line out.
  Chase Locke is out.
[21 outs | 0-0 | empty] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Wallace Brookshire for an extra plate appearance (joker #8).
--- Now batting: Wallace Brookshire ---
[21 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[21 outs | 1-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[21 outs | 2-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-0.
[21 outs | 3-0 | empty] BALL
  WALK — Wallace Brookshire awarded 1B.
[21 outs | 0-0 | 1B] JOKER INSERTION
  Royals sends in joker Felipe Alvarez for an extra plate appearance (joker #9).
--- Now batting: Felipe Alvarez ---
[21 outs | 0-0 | 1B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[21 outs | 0-1 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Felipe Alvarez runs → ground out.
  Felipe Alvarez is out.
  Runner advances from 1B to 2B.
--- Now batting: Phoenix Baldasso ---
[22 outs | 0-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[22 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[22 outs | 1-1 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 1-2.
[22 outs | 1-2 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Ji-ho S-Birds [P] ---
[23 outs | 0-0 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[23 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[23 outs | 1-1 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 1-2.
[23 outs | 1-2 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
[24 outs | 0-0 | 2B] DEFENSIVE SUB
  Otis Saul replaces Guerby Gerken at RF.
--- Now batting: Toshihisa Itakura ---
[24 outs | 0-0 | 2B] HIT BY PITCH
  HBP — Toshihisa Itakura awarded 1B.
[24 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] PICKOFF ATTEMPT
  Pickoff — runner out at 1B!
--- Now batting: Tony Suarez ---
[25 outs | 0-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[25 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[25 outs | 1-1 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Tony Suarez takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner at 2B thrown out.
[26 outs | 1-2 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.

End of top half — Royals: 14 run(s), 16 hit(s), 27 out(s) | Run rate: 0.519
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HALFTIME
  Royals: 14 run(s)
  Cardinals need 15 run(s) to win
  Required run rate: 0.556 R/out
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BOTTOM HALF | Cardinals batting
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--- Now batting: Scoville Grunkemeyer ---
[0 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[0 outs | 1-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[0 outs | 2-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-0.
[0 outs | 3-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 3-1.
[0 outs | 3-1 | empty] BALL
  WALK — Scoville Grunkemeyer awarded 1B.
--- Now batting: Otis Saul ---
[0 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[0 outs | 1-0 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[0 outs | 2-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Otis Saul runs → line out.
  Otis Saul is out.
--- Now batting: Steven Hollingsworth ---
[1 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Steven Hollingsworth runs → fly out.
  Steven Hollingsworth is out.
--- Now batting: Jaylen Arendt ---
[2 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[2 outs | 0-1 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[2 outs | 1-1 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 1-2.
[2 outs | 1-2 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Jaylen Arendt runs → fly out.
  Jaylen Arendt is out.
[3 outs | 0-0 | 1B] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Kameron Fielder for an extra plate appearance (joker #1).
--- Now batting: Kameron Fielder ---
[3 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Kameron Fielder takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner at 1B thrown out.
[4 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[4 outs | 1-1 | empty] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 1-2.
[4 outs | 1-2 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Kameron Fielder runs → double.
--- Now batting: Ozan Logan-Redding ---
[4 outs | 0-0 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[4 outs | 0-1 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-2.
[4 outs | 0-2 | 2B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Runner caught stealing at 3B.
[5 outs | 0-2 | empty] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[5 outs | 0-2 | empty] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Hady Kypson ---
[6 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[6 outs | 1-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[6 outs | 2-0 | empty] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 2-1.
[6 outs | 2-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Hady Kypson runs → ground out.
  Hady Kypson is out.
--- Now batting: Thomas Hasselbeck ---
[7 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[7 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Thomas Hasselbeck runs → ground out.
  Thomas Hasselbeck is out.
--- Now batting: Frances Mohammed ---
[8 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[8 outs | 0-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Frances Mohammed runs → single.
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Jack-Henry Leong for an extra plate appearance (joker #2).
--- Now batting: Jack-Henry Leong ---
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SAC BUNT
[8 outs | 0-0 | 1B, 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[8 outs | 1-0 | 1B, 2B] PICKOFF ATTEMPT
  Pickoff — runner out at 1B!
[9 outs | 1-0 | 2B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Stolen base — runner advances to 3B.
[9 outs | 1-0 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Jack-Henry Leong takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
[9 outs | 1-1 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Jack-Henry Leong takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
[9 outs | 1-2 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[9 outs | 1-2 | 3B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Scoville Grunkemeyer ---
[10 outs | 0-0 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[10 outs | 0-1 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[10 outs | 0-2 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-2.
[10 outs | 1-2 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-2.
[10 outs | 2-2 | 3B] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
--- Now batting: Otis Saul ---
[11 outs | 0-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[11 outs | 1-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-0.
[11 outs | 2-0 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 3. Count: 3-0.
[11 outs | 3-0 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Otis Saul runs → line out.
  Otis Saul is out.
--- Now batting: Steven Hollingsworth ---
[12 outs | 0-0 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[12 outs | 0-1 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[12 outs | 1-1 | 3B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[12 outs | 1-2 | 3B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-2.
[12 outs | 2-2 | 3B] BALL IN PLAY
  Steven Hollingsworth takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Hit credited (second chance). Total this AB: 1.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner scores from 3B.
[12 outs | 2-2 | empty] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
--- Now batting: Jaylen Arendt ---
[13 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[13 outs | 1-0 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Jaylen Arendt runs → ground out.
  Jaylen Arendt is out.
[14 outs | 0-0 | empty] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Kameron Fielder for an extra plate appearance (joker #3).
--- Now batting: Kameron Fielder ---
[14 outs | 0-0 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[14 outs | 0-1 | empty] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-2.
[14 outs | 0-2 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Kameron Fielder runs → ground out.
  Kameron Fielder is out.
--- Now batting: Ozan Logan-Redding ---
[15 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Ozan Logan-Redding runs → fielder's choice.
--- Now batting: Hady Kypson ---
[15 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[15 outs | 0-1 | 1B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-2.
[15 outs | 0-2 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Thomas Hasselbeck ---
[16 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[16 outs | 0-1 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-2.
[16 outs | 0-2 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Frances Mohammed ---
[17 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[17 outs | 1-0 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 1-1.
[17 outs | 1-1 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 1-2.
[17 outs | 1-2 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[17 outs | 1-2 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[17 outs | 1-2 | 1B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
[18 outs | 0-0 | 1B] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Jack-Henry Leong for an extra plate appearance (joker #4).
[18 outs | 0-0 | 1B] STOLEN BASE ATTEMPT
  Stolen base — runner advances to 2B.
--- Now batting: Jack-Henry Leong ---
[18 outs | 0-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[18 outs | 0-1 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-2.
[18 outs | 0-2 | 2B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
--- Now batting: Tyreak Barksdale [P] ---
[19 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[19 outs | 1-0 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Tyreak Barksdale runs → fielder's choice.
  Runner at 2B thrown out.
[20 outs | 0-0 | 1B] WILD PITCH
  Wild pitch — runners advance.
  Runner advances from 1B to 2B.
--- Now batting: Scoville Grunkemeyer ---
[20 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[20 outs | 1-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 1-1.
[20 outs | 1-1 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[20 outs | 1-2 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 2. Count: 2-2.
[20 outs | 2-2 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.
[21 outs | 0-0 | 2B] PINCH HITTER
  Taylor McCullum pinch-hits for Otis Saul.
[21 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Kameron Fielder for an extra plate appearance (joker #5).
--- Now batting: Kameron Fielder ---
[21 outs | 0-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 0-1.
[21 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[21 outs | 1-1 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Kameron Fielder runs → ground out.
  Kameron Fielder is out.
[22 outs | 0-0 | 2B] JOKER INSERTION
  Cardinals sends in joker Jack-Henry Leong for an extra plate appearance (joker #6).
--- Now batting: Jack-Henry Leong ---
[22 outs | 0-0 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[22 outs | 0-1 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-1.
[22 outs | 1-1 | 2B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 1-2.
[22 outs | 1-2 | 2B] FOUL OUT
  Foul ball. Count: 0-0.
[23 outs | 0-0 | 2B] PITCHING CHANGE
  PITCHING CHANGE: Ji-ho S-Birds exits (24 BF this spell).
--- Now batting: Taylor McCullum ---
[23 outs | 0-0 | 2B] BALL
  Ball 1. Count: 1-0.
[23 outs | 1-0 | 2B] CALLED STRIKE
  Strike (called). Count: 1-1.
[23 outs | 1-1 | 2B] BALL IN PLAY
  Taylor McCullum takes a SECOND CHANCE at the plate.
  Hit credited (second chance). Total this AB: 1.
  Second chance — fresh 0-0 count.
  Runner scores from 2B.
[23 outs | 1-1 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Taylor McCullum runs → line out.
  Taylor McCullum is out.
--- Now batting: Steven Hollingsworth ---
[24 outs | 0-0 | empty] BALL IN PLAY
  Steven Hollingsworth runs → single.
--- Now batting: Jaylen Arendt ---
[24 outs | 0-0 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Jaylen Arendt runs → fielder's choice.
  Runner at 1B thrown out.
--- Now batting: Ozan Logan-Redding ---
[25 outs | 0-0 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-1.
[25 outs | 0-1 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-2.
[25 outs | 0-2 | 1B] BALL IN PLAY
  Ozan Logan-Redding runs → fly out.
  Ozan Logan-Redding is out.
[26 outs | 0-0 | 1B] PINCH RUNNER
  Lance O'Reilly pinch-runs for Jaylen Arendt at 1B.
--- Now batting: Hady Kypson ---
[26 outs | 0-0 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-1.
[26 outs | 0-1 | 1B] FOUL
  Foul ball. Count: 0-2.
[26 outs | 0-2 | 1B] SWINGING STRIKE
  Strike (swinging). Count: 0-0.
  STRIKEOUT.

End of bottom half — Cardinals: 2 run(s), 6 hit(s), 27 out(s) | Run rate: 0.074

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GAME OVER: ROYALS WIN 14–2
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Final score: Royals 14, Cardinals 2
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LINE SCORE
                        1      R
Royals                 14     14
Cardinals               2      2

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ROYALS BATTING
Player                PA   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR    RBI   BB    K  HBP   2C  2C-R   MH
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Ji-ho S-Birds           3    3    1    2    0    0    0     0    0    1    0    0     0    0
Maurizio Wolfsburg      0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Earl Aragon             3    3    2    3    0    1    0     1    0    1    0    1     1    0
Raymond Gaetino         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Timothy Slater          3    3    4    2    0    0    2     5    0    1    0    0     0    0
Karl-Anthony Marchesín    3    3    2    1    0    0    1     2    0    0    0    0     0    0
Felipe Alvarez          3    3    1    1    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Chase Locke             3    3    0    2    2    0    0     1    0    0    0    0     0    0
Doug Minchey            3    2    1    2    0    0    0     1    1    0    0    1     0    0
Koo Seon-min            3    3    1    1    0    0    0     0    0    1    0    0     0    0
Phoenix Baldasso        3    3    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    2    0    0     0    0
Cholet Breda            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Jamari Reeve            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Tony Suarez             4    2    2    1    0    0    0     0    2    1    0    1     0    0
Raúl Nice               0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Kwang-hyun Ju-sung      0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Peter Celtics           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Joel Morales            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Orbelín Ford            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Franklin Chester        0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Don Elbaba              0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Luis Moreno             0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Diego San Miguelito     0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Strong Hoaglund         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Ramiro Colindres        0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Dexter McCormack        0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Richard Khawaja         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Kemari Kroos            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Papu Calcio             0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Wallace Brookshire      3    2    0    0    0    0    0     0    1    0    0    0     0    0
Glenn Strimple          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Toshihisa Itakura       4    3    0    1    0    0    0     2    0    0    1    1     1    0
Treston Suggs           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Makoto Itakura          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Zan Schlecht            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Wyatt Dever             0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Micah Sapp              0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Denis Passovoy          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Adolfo Banega           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Luca Vázquez            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Erick Contreras         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
TOTALS                 38   33   14   16    2    1    3    12    4    7    1    4     2    0

Pitcher                BF  OUT    H    R   BB    K  HBP
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Ji-ho S-Birds          24   23    3    1    1    7    0
Kwang-hyun Ju-sung      5    4    2    1    0    1    0

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CARDINALS BATTING
Player                PA   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR    RBI   BB    K  HBP   2C  2C-R   MH
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Tyreak Barksdale        1    1    1    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Jaylen Arendt           3    3    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Rich DeMerit            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Frances Mohammed        2    2    1    1    0    0    0     0    0    1    0    0     0    0
Ozan Logan-Redding      3    3    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    1    0    0     0    0
Scoville Grunkemeyer    3    2    0    0    0    0    0     0    1    1    0    0     0    0
Alejandro Caffaro       0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Jack-Henry Leong        4    4    0    1    0    0    0     0    0    2    0    2     0    0
Kameron Fielder         3    3    0    1    1    0    0     0    0    0    0    1     0    0
Steven Hollingsworth    3    3    0    2    0    0    0     1    0    0    0    1     1    0
Thomas Hasselbeck       2    2    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    1    0    0     0    0
Cheng-hao Yu            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Ángelo Garrido          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Hady Kypson             3    3    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    2    0    0     0    0
Cayden Albanese         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Mike Groer              0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Chuck Ries              0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Roberto Barotov         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Sadonnie Kinsey         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Hunter Burton           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Cliff Devens            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Davinson Mena           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Budge Anthony           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Anthony Hayward         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Uche Niakaté            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Defensor Bolaños        0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Dylan Nunoo             0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Ozziel Gallardo         0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Lance O'Reilly          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Yhonzae Quillian        0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Sacramento Logroño      0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Woo-jin Chang-soo       0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Raymond States          0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Kyle Gloria             0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Anthony Polo            0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Guerby Gerken           0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
Taylor McCullum         1    1    0    1    0    0    0     1    0    0    0    1     1    0
Otis Saul               2    2    0    0    0    0    0     0    0    0    0    0     0    0
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
TOTALS                 30   29    2    6    1    0    0     2    1    8    0    5     2    0

Pitcher                BF  OUT    H    R   BB    K  HBP
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Tyreak Barksdale        6    3    3    4    1    0    0
Yhonzae Quillian        8    5    4    2    1    1    0
Sacramento Logroño      4    2    3    5    0    1    0
Defensor Bolaños        7    5    4    2    0    0    0
Hunter Burton          12   12    1    1    2    5    1

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Run rate:  Royals  0.519    Cardinals  0.074
Second-Chance ABs:  Royals  4    Cardinals  5
IBB (Royals): Tony Suarez.
Required run rate (Cardinals): 0.556 R/out (needed 15 runs in 27 outs)
Powerplays: Cardinals — Rich DeMerit NF (O3-6)
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PARTNERSHIP LOG
Batter 1              Batter 2                Runs  Half
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Toshihisa Itakura     Doug Minchey               1  top
Doug Minchey          Karl-Anthony Marchesín     0  top
Karl-Anthony MarchesínWallace Brookshire         4  top
Wallace Brookshire    Felipe Alvarez             0  top
Felipe Alvarez        Chase Locke                0  top
Chase Locke           Phoenix Baldasso           0  top
Phoenix Baldasso      Toshihisa Itakura          1  top
Toshihisa Itakura     Earl Aragon                1  top
Earl Aragon           Koo Seon-min               0  top
Koo Seon-min          Phoenix Baldasso           5  top
Phoenix Baldasso      Wallace Brookshire         0  top
Wallace Brookshire    Chase Locke                0  top
Chase Locke           Toshihisa Itakura          1  top
Toshihisa Itakura     Ji-ho S-Birds              0  top
Ji-ho S-Birds         Tony Suarez                0  top
Tony Suarez           Doug Minchey               0  top
Doug Minchey          Koo Seon-min               1  top
Koo Seon-min          Karl-Anthony Marchesín     0  top
Karl-Anthony MarchesínTimothy Slater             0  top
Timothy Slater        Chase Locke                0  top
Chase Locke           Felipe Alvarez             0  top
Felipe Alvarez        Phoenix Baldasso           0  top
Phoenix Baldasso      Ji-ho S-Birds              0  top
Ji-ho S-Birds         Toshihisa Itakura          0  top
Toshihisa Itakura     Wallace Brookshire         0  top
Wallace Brookshire    Tony Suarez                0  top
Otis Saul             Steven Hollingsworth       0  bottom
Steven Hollingsworth  Jaylen Arendt              0  bottom
Jaylen Arendt         Scoville Grunkemeyer       0  bottom
Scoville Grunkemeyer  Kameron Fielder            0  bottom
Kameron Fielder       Ozan Logan-Redding         0  bottom
Ozan Logan-Redding    Hady Kypson                0  bottom
Hady Kypson           Thomas Hasselbeck          0  bottom
Thomas Hasselbeck     Jack-Henry Leong           0  bottom
Jack-Henry Leong      Jack-Henry Leong           0  bottom
Jack-Henry Leong      Scoville Grunkemeyer       0  bottom
Scoville Grunkemeyer  Otis Saul                  0  bottom
Otis Saul             Steven Hollingsworth       1  bottom
Steven Hollingsworth  Jaylen Arendt              0  bottom
Jaylen Arendt         Kameron Fielder            0  bottom
Kameron Fielder       Hady Kypson                0  bottom
Hady Kypson           Thomas Hasselbeck          0  bottom
Thomas Hasselbeck     Frances Mohammed           0  bottom
Frances Mohammed      Jack-Henry Leong           0  bottom
Jack-Henry Leong      Ozan Logan-Redding         0  bottom
Ozan Logan-Redding    Scoville Grunkemeyer       0  bottom
Scoville Grunkemeyer  Kameron Fielder            0  bottom
Kameron Fielder       Jack-Henry Leong           0  bottom
Jack-Henry Leong      Taylor McCullum            1  bottom
Taylor McCullum       Steven Hollingsworth       0  bottom
Steven Hollingsworth  Ozan Logan-Redding         0  bottom
Ozan Logan-Redding    Hady Kypson                0  bottom
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Total partnerships: 52  |  Avg runs/partnership: 0.31
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PITCHER SPELL LOG
Pitcher               Half         PA#   BF  OUT    R    H   BB    K  HBP
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Tyreak Barksdale      top            1    6    3     4     3     1     0     0
Yhonzae Quillian      top            8    8    5     2     4     1     1     0
Sacramento Logroño    top           16    4    2     5     3     0     1     0
Defensor Bolaños      top           20    7    5     2     4     0     0     0
Hunter Burton         top           27   12   12     1     1     2     5     1
Ji-ho S-Birds         bottom         1   24   23     1     3     1     7     0
Kwang-hyun Ju-sung    bottom        26    5    4     1     2     0     1     0
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Total spells: 7
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