Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

20-27, 7-17 Away

Final

27-19, 12-11 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	1-5	1	0	0	.263
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-4	0	0	0	.303
V. Pasquantino1B	1-4	0	0	0	.202
S. PerezC	2-2	1	1	2	.205
C. JensenDH	1-4	0	0	0	.237
I. CollinsLF	1-4	0	0	0	.228
L. ThomasRF	0-3	0	0	0	.198
M. Massey2B	1-3	0	0	0	.216
N. LoftinPH-2B	0-0	0	0	0	.250
K. IsbelCF	2-4	0	0	0	.274

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Kolek	6.1	4	1	3	82-61	4.24
D. Lynch IV	1.2	1	0	1	21-12	1.80
L. Erceg	1.0	0	1	0	22-14	3.26

According to ESPN Analytics

STL

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Busch Stadium

2:15 PM, May 17, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 38,051

Game Time:2:40

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ryan Wills
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Will Little
Third Base Umpire - Ryan Additon

Salvador Perez homers and drives in both runs to help the Royals beat the Cardinals 2-0

— Salvador Perez homered and drove in two runs, Stephen Kolek allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.

May 17, 2026, 11:58 pm - AP


KC
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Scoring Summary

Inning				KC	STL
		1st	Perez hit sacrifice fly to left, Garcia scored.	1	0
		4th	Perez homered to left (393 feet).	2	0

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Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(20-27)

(20-27, 7-17 Away)

(20-27)

Stephen Kolek

(4-3, 4.50)

-105

St. Louis CardinalsCardinalsSTL

(27-19)

(27-19, 12-11 Home)

(27-19)

Andre Pallante

(12-6, 3.57)

u9.5

-121

Royals
4
Cardinals
5

Game 1

5/15

Royals
2
Cardinals
4

Game 2

5/16

Royals
2
Cardinals
0

Game 3

5/17

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	70	63	.526	-	W2
Cleveland	68	66	.507	2.5	W7
Minnesota	64	70	.478	6.5	L2
Detroit	62	71	.466	8	L1
Kansas City	59	75	.440	11.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	82	51	.617	-	W1
Chicago	76	58	.567	6.5	L2
St. Louis	66	68	.493	16.5	L5
Pittsburgh	65	70	.481	18	L1
Cincinnati	63	71	.470	19.5	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

Salvador Perez homers and drives in both runs to help the Royals beat the Cardinals 2-0

S. Kolek2-0

A. Pallante4-4

L. Erceg11

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