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May 17, 2026 · NL Cent

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals

May 17, 2026Busch StadiumPartly Cloudy 82°F · 17 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
20-27
2
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
27-19
0

Game Highlights

Published May 17, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Thomas Saggese. Maikel Garcia scores. KC 1, STL 0
T4 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. KC 2, STL 0

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 100100000 2
STL 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 2

Stephen Kolek started for Royals, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Stephen Kolek Starter 6.1 82 0 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Stephen Kolek threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 75% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 24 29% 1 3 12 4 4
    Sinker 20 24% 0 8 1 9 2
    Cutter 11 13% 1 2 2 2 4
    Slider 11 13% 2 1 3 2 3
    Sweeper 10 12% 1 2 0 2 5
    Changeup 6 7% 0 1 2 2 1
  • Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.2 21 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 22 0 0 SV
Cardinals HOME 0

Andre Pallante started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Andre Pallante Starter 6.2 99 2 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Andre Pallante threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 30% 2 7 7 5 9
    Slider 30 30% 5 7 8 7 3
    Knuckle Curve 23 23% 3 4 3 10 3
    Sinker 13 13% 0 1 4 4 4
    Splitter 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
  • Matt Svanson Middle 1.0 15 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 0.1 14 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Matt Pushard Reliever 1.0 9 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Pallante
  • Perez SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 .263 .330 .397 .727
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 .376 .492 .868
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .202 .285 .339 .624
Salvador Perez C 2 1 2 2 1 0 .205 .243 .352 .595 HR (7)
Carter Jensen DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 .237 .327 .407 .734
Isaac Collins LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .228 .346 .339 .685 SB
Lane Thomas RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .198 .350 .247 .597
Nick Loftin 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .377 .375 .752
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .274 .331 .419 .750 2B
Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .216 .237 .398 .635
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .233 .356 .401 .757
Iván Herrera C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 .395 .406 .801
Alec Burleson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 .340 .441 .781
Jordan Walker DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .371 .584 .955
Nolan Gorman 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .236 .318 .365 .683
César Prieto SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Nathan Church CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 .284 .399 .683
Thomas Saggese LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .164 .211 .194 .405
José Fermín RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .310 .340 .650
Masyn Winn SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .255 .331 .353 .684
Victor Scott II CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .189 .248 .261 .509

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Stephen Kolek 6.1 4 0 0 1 3 0 82 4.24 W
Daniel Lynch IV 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.80 HLD
Lucas Erceg 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 3.26 SV
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Andre Pallante 6.2 8 2 1 0 7 1 99 4.04 L
Matt Svanson 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 8.34
Justin Bruihl 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 5.03
Matt Pushard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 13.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.6 R IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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HOME · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with KC listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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