Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals
1. Eckstein ss Costa cf
2. Spiezio dh Grudzielanek 2b
3. Pujols 1b Mientkiewicz 1b
4. Rolen 3b Sanders rf
5. Edmonds cf Stairs dh
6. Encarnacion rf Brown lf
7. Rodriguez lf Graffanino 3b
8. Molina c Buck c
9. Miles 2b Blanco ss
Reyes p Bautista p
CARDINALS 1ST: Eckstein grounded out (shortstop to first);
Spiezio grounded out (first unassisted); Pujols flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Costa grounded out (third to first); Grudzielanek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mientkiewicz singled to
center; Sanders lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Rolen was hit by a pitch; Edmonds flied to right;
Encarnacion singled to left [Rolen to second]; Rodriguez struck
out; Molina forced Encarnacion (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Stairs flied to center; Brown singled to center;
Graffanino popped to catcher; Buck struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Miles grounded out (first to pitcher); Eckstein
doubled to left; Spiezio grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Eckstein to third]; Pujols grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Blanco flied to center; Costa grounded out (second
to first); Grudzielanek flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Rolen singled to center; Edmonds struck out while
Rolen stole second [Rolen to third (error by Buck)]; Encarnacion
doubled to center [Rolen scored]; Rodriguez grounded out (first
unassisted) [Encarnacion to third]; Molina grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Mientkiewicz grounded out (third to first); Sanders
singled to center; Stairs flied to left; Brown walked [Sanders
to second]; Graffanino popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Miles grounded out (shortstop to first); Eckstein
grounded out (second to first); Spiezio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Buck flied to right; Blanco grounded out (second to
first); Costa popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); Rolen
grounded out (pitcher to first); Edmonds singled to first;
Encarnacion forced Edmonds (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Grudzielanek grounded out (second to first);
Mientkiewicz singled to center; Sanders forced Mientkiewicz
(second to shortstop); JOHNSON REPLACED REYES (PITCHING); Molina
allowed a passed ball [Sanders to second]; Stairs was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: BURGOS REPLACED BAUTISTA (PITCHING); Rodriguez
grounded out (second to first); Molina popped to shortstop;
Miles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: TAGUCHI REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING LF); LOOPER
REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Brown grounded out (third to
first); Graffanino grounded out (third to first); Buck struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 8TH: Eckstein walked; Spiezio singled to center
[Eckstein to second]; Pujols homered to center [Eckstein scored,
Spiezio scored]; Rolen singled to right; Edmonds grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Rolen to second]; Encarnacion was walked
intentionally; NELSON REPLACED BURGOS (PITCHING); Taguchi struck
out; Molina popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals
4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: On a bunt Blanco singled to first; FLORES REPLACED
LOOPER (PITCHING); GERMAN BATTED FOR COSTA; German singled to
center [Blanco to second]; Grudzielanek singled to left [Blanco
scored, German to second]; Mientkiewicz struck out; HANCOCK
REPLACED FLORES (PITCHING); Sanders doubled to left [German
scored, Grudzielanek out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; Stairs grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 2.
CARDINALS 9TH: GERMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DESSENS
REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Miles lined to third; Eckstein
singled to shortstop; Spiezio was called out on strikes while
Eckstein was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: ISRINGHAUSEN REPLACED HANCOCK (PITCHING); Brown
walked; Graffanino grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Brown out at second]; BAKO BATTED FOR BUCK; Bako struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 4 9 0 7
Royals 2 8 1 6
