Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
St. Louis 5
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, August 8, 2021
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Shane Livensparger, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 31943
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Shane Livensparger, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Stu Scheurwater
Attendance: 31943
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .269 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .272 |
| Andrew Benintendi | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .255 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .230 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| Edward Olivares | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .232 |
| Scott Barlow | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Richard Lovelady | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .260 |
| Kris Bubic | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Domingo Tapia | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Wade Davis | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jake Brentz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Greg Holland | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jarrod Dyson | LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Hunter Dozier (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Nicky Lopez, Carlos Santana, Hunter Dozier 3, Michael A. Taylor 2, Hanser Alberto, Ryan O'Hearn | |||||||||
| RBI - Nicky Lopez (25), Salvador Perez (69), Michael A. Taylor (40), Hanser Alberto (15), Ryan O'Hearn (25) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ryan O'Hearn (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Santana 2 (30), Kris Bubic (1) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (6) | |||||||||
| SF - Salvador Perez (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (30, 3rd off Lester/Knizner), Nicky Lopez (9, 2nd off Reyes/Knizner), Michael A. Taylor (9, 3rd off Miller/Knizner) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Bubic | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.43 |
| Domingo Tapia | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.47 |
| Jake Brentz | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Greg Holland (H 8) | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 |
| Scott Barlow (W 4-3; BS 4) | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Richard Lovelady (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| WP - Domingo Tapia, Jake Brentz | ||||||||
| HBP - Harrison Bader (by Bubic), Paul DeJong (by Bubic), Matt Carpenter (by Holland) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 92-48, Domingo Tapia 6-4, Wade Davis 12-8, Jake Brentz 24-15, Greg Holland 19-10, Scott Barlow 19-13, Richard Lovelady 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 6-1, Domingo Tapia 0-1, Wade Davis 0-2, Jake Brentz 1-0, Greg Holland 0-1, Scott Barlow 0-1, Richard Lovelady 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 22, Domingo Tapia 1, Wade Davis 3, Jake Brentz 6, Greg Holland 4, Scott Barlow 4, Richard Lovelady 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 2-0, Scott Barlow 3-3 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Dylan Carlson | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .256 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .271 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .280 |
| Tommy Edman | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .252 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .198 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .190 |
| Jon Lester | SP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .194 |
| Justin Miller | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Rondon | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| T.J. McFarland | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Carpenter | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Lars Nootbaar | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 |
| Alex Reyes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jon Lester (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Dylan Carlson (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Dylan Carlson 5, Paul Goldschmidt 2, Nolan Arenado 2, Harrison Bader, Jon Lester 2, Jose Rondon | |||||||||
| RBI - Dylan Carlson 2 (46), Paul Goldschmidt 2 (63), Nolan Arenado (68) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Paul Goldschmidt (19), Nolan Arenado (30) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tyler O'Neill 2 (31), Tommy Edman 3 (37), Jon Lester 2 (7) | |||||||||
| SF - Dylan Carlson (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Paul DeJong (4), Andrew Knizner (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Paul Goldschmidt (1), Tyler O'Neill (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Lester | 5.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.57 |
| Justin Miller | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.07 |
| T.J. McFarland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 |
| Alex Reyes (L 5-5) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.31 |
| HBP - Edward Olivares (by Lester) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 92-57, Justin Miller 17-11, T.J. McFarland 10-7, Alex Reyes 24-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 8-3, Justin Miller 2-0, T.J. McFarland 2-0, Alex Reyes 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Lester 25, Justin Miller 6, T.J. McFarland 3, Alex Reyes 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Justin Miller 1-1 | ||||||||