Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals, August 11, 2023
August 11, 2023, 8:10 PM ET | Kauffman Stadium
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis Cardinals
Recorded starter
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2023St. Louis CardinalsKansas City Royals
.742
OPS.701
209
HR163
719
Runs676
4.79
ERA5.17
1.46
WHIP1.41
1215
Strikeouts by pitchers1270
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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St. Louis Cardinals, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Lars Nootbaar and Willson Contreras led St. Louis Cardinals with 3 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars NootbaarCF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul GoldschmidtDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Arenado3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Willson ContrerasC | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler O'NeillLF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan WalkerRF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy EdmanSS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Salvador Perez led Kansas City Royals with 4 hits and 1 home run and 4 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey2B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezC | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy FerminC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ MelendezLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edward OlivaresDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Beaty1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson VelázquezRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dairon BlancoPR/RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Pitching
Zack Thompson went 4.0 innings for St. Louis Cardinals (5 SO, 1 ER); Angel Zerpa went 4.0 innings for Kansas City Royals (2 SO, 4 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Adam Wainwright | 1.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zack Thompson | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| James Naile | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Pallante | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tucker Davidson | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Hernández | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Heasley | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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- H
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- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
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- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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