Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
St. Louis 0
When: 2:15 PM ET, Monday, May 29, 2023
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Stu Scheurwater, 3B - Malachi Moore
Attendance: 45911
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Mark Wegner, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Stu Scheurwater, 3B - Malachi Moore
Attendance: 45911
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Nick Pratto | LF-1B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .301 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | PR-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .141 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .280 |
| Matt Duffy | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .309 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .232 |
| MJ Melendez | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .210 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .222 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .262 |
| Drew Waters | CF-LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .231 |
| Totals | 42 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nick Pratto (8), Vinnie Pasquantino (15) | |||||||||
| 3B - MJ Melendez (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (10), Michael Massey (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Nick Pratto 4, Vinnie Pasquantino 4, Salvador Perez, Bobby Witt Jr. 4, MJ Melendez 3, Michael Massey 5, Nicky Lopez 4, Drew Waters | |||||||||
| RBI - Vinnie Pasquantino 2 (26), Bobby Witt Jr. (26), MJ Melendez (23), Michael Massey 2 (17), Freddy Fermin (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Vinnie Pasquantino (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Duffy 2 (9), MJ Melendez (18), Freddy Fermin 3 (12), Nicky Lopez (8) | |||||||||
| S - Freddy Fermin (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 14 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (16, 2nd off Matz/Contreras), Nicky Lopez (3, 2nd off Matz/Contreras) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Mike Mayers (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Taylor Clarke (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.16 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Staumont 14-8, Mike Mayers 76-50, Taylor Clarke 7-5, Amir Garrett 20-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Staumont 0-1, Mike Mayers 7-3, Taylor Clarke 0-1, Amir Garrett 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Staumont 3, Mike Mayers 20, Taylor Clarke 3, Amir Garrett 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Taylor Clarke 2-0 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Lars Nootbaar | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Oscar Mercado | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .290 |
| Juan Yepez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Nolan Gorman | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .276 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Willson Contreras | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Brendan Donovan | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .240 |
| Alec Burleson | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Tommy Edman | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Nolan Arenado, Willson Contreras | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alec Burleson (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Adam Wainwright (L 2-1) | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6.15 |
| Steven Matz | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Drew VerHagen | 0.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.39 |
| Chris Stratton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 |
| HBP - Bobby Witt Jr. (by Matz), Michael Massey (by Matz) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Adam Wainwright 105-67, Steven Matz 50-36, Drew VerHagen 33-18, Chris Stratton 8-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Adam Wainwright 3-3, Steven Matz 1-3, Drew VerHagen 0-0, Chris Stratton 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Adam Wainwright 26, Steven Matz 12, Drew VerHagen 8, Chris Stratton 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Drew VerHagen 1-0, Chris Stratton 3-0 | ||||||||