Royals vs Cardinals

Final · Sat May 16 · 2:15 PM ET · Busch Stadium

Kansas City RoyalsRoyals19-27

FinalMay 16, 2026

St. Louis CardinalsCardinals27-18

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Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch

Moneyline

KC−106

STL−114

Run line

KC −1.5+144

STL +1.5−174

Total O/U

Over 9−112

Under 9−108

Run line: Cardinals +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 9 (6 runs).

Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 16, 2026 to move to 27-18.

The Cardinals have won 3 straight.

Score by inning

Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals, score by inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
STL	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	x	4

W: Leahy (5-3) · L: Cameron (2-3) · S: Soriano (1-0)

Scoring plays

Bottom 1

STLSacrifice flyBurleson hit sacrifice fly to right, Herrera scored.0-1

Top 5

KCSinglePasquantino singled to center, Garcia scored.1-1

Bottom 5

STLFielder's choiceScott II grounded into fielder's choice to first, Saggese scored, Church third.1-2
STLSacrifice flyWinn hit sacrifice fly to center, Church scored.1-3

Bottom 8

STLSingleBurleson singled to left, Winn scored on error, Burleson safe at second on throwing error by catcher Díaz, Herrera safe at third on error.1-4

Top 9

KCHome runCaglianone homered to right (428 feet).2-4

Team stats

KCSTL

Hits: 8; 8
Home Runs: 1; 0
Runs Batted In: 2; 4
Walks: 3; 1
Strikeouts: 2; 4
Runners Left On Base: 13; 12
Errors: 1; 0

Player stats

Royals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Maikel Garcia 3B	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	.264	.333	.402
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	16	.309	.383	.503
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	.201	.286	.341
Salvador Perez DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.195	.232	.328
Carter Jensen C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.237	.329	.412
Starling Marte PH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.302	.354	.372
Elias Diaz C	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.474
Jac Caglianone RF	2-4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	11	.246	.318	.425
Isaac Collins LF	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	19	.228	.349	.341
Michael Massey 2B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	.212	.233	.400
Kyle Isbel CF	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	14	.265	.325	.407

Royals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Noah Cameron P	6.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	82-55	5.40	82
Bailey Falter P	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	28-17	10.13	28

Cardinals · Batting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Masyn Winn SS	0-3	3	1	0	1	0	1	18	.252	.326	.351
Ivan Herrera DH	1-3	3	1	1	0	1	0	22	.265	.398	.410
Jordan Walker RF	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	11	.308	.379	.598
Alec Burleson 1B	1-3	3	0	1	2	0	1	11	.277	.342	.445
Jose Fermin 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.224	.316	.347
Thomas Saggese 2B	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	.156	.206	.188
Nathan Church LF	2-3	3	1	2	0	0	0	9	.254	.292	.410
Pedro Pages C	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.204	.248	.357
Victor Scott II CF	2-3	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	.193	.252	.266

Cardinals · Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Kyle Leahy P	6.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	90-59	3.94	90
Gordon Graceffo P	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	1.82	10
Justin Bruihl P	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	5.12	10
George Soriano P	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	14-9	3.66	14

Game info

VenueBusch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

Attendance32,379

OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Ryan Additon · First Base Umpire: Ryan Wills · Second Base Umpire: Lance Barksdale · Third Base Umpire: Will Little

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