Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals
Final
Recap
ST. LOUIS -- Yohel Pozo ended the game with his first hit in seven pinch-hit at-bats this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat I-70 rival Kansas City 5-4 in 11 innings on Friday night to set off a celebration among about 100 shirtless fans in Busch Stadium's right-field seats. Jordan Walker had three hits, including his 13th homer, and is batting .309. St. Louis was 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position before Pozo’s opposite-field, two-out hit to right off Steven Cruz (0-1). Pozo was so excited about lining the ball into right he at first didn’t run hard up the line and had to be urged on by teammates, aware there was a possible force play if he didn’t hurry.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -106 · 50% to win
UpsetRun LineKCR -1.5
STL coveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 9 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 17 books
Team stats
7Hits12
0Home runs2
7Walks5
7Strikeouts11
0Stolen bases1
156Pitches thrown158
11Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Salvador PerezC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane ThomasPH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick MearsP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John SchreiberP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas ErcegP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt StrahmP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven CruzP | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael WachaP | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
