Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals
1. Miles 2b Costa cf
2. Rodriguez rf German 3b
3. Pujols 1b Mientkiewicz 1b
4. Edmonds cf Brown lf
5. Spiezio 3b Stairs dh
6. Bigbie lf Berroa ss
7. Duncan dh Guiel rf
8. Bennett c Bako c
9. Luna ss Blanco 2b
Suppan p Elarton p
CARDINALS 1ST: Miles singled to right; Rodriguez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Miles out at
second]; Pujols popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Costa was hit by a pitch; German forced Costa
(shortstop to second); Mientkiewicz flied to right; Brown forced
German (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Royals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Edmonds flied to right; Spiezio popped to third;
Bigbie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Stairs struck out; Berroa grounded out (first to
pitcher); Guiel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Royals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Duncan flied to right; Bennett flied to center;
Luna flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Royals
0.
ROYALS 3RD: Bako grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanco flied
to left; Costa singled to left; German walked [Costa to second];
Mientkiewicz walked [Costa to third, German to second]; Brown
forced Mientkiewicz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Royals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Miles grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
flied to left; Pujols homered to right; Edmonds flied to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Stairs doubled to right; Berroa grounded out (second
to first) [Stairs to third]; Guiel popped to catcher; Bako
singled to center [Stairs scored]; Blanco flied to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Spiezio walked; Bigbie flied to left; Duncan
homered to center [Spiezio scored]; Bennett flied to center;
Luna homered to left; Miles grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Costa grounded out (second to first); German singled
to center; Mientkiewicz lined to center; Brown singled to right
[German to third]; Stairs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: Rodriguez walked; Pujols grounded out (first
unassisted) [Rodriguez to second]; Edmonds grounded out (first
unassisted) [Rodriguez to third]; Spiezio grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals
1.
ROYALS 6TH: Berroa flied to right; Guiel homered to
right-center; Bako struck out; Blanco doubled to left; Costa was
hit by a pitch; German forced Costa (shortstop unassisted); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Royals 2.
CARDINALS 7TH: Bigbie doubled to right; SISCO REPLACED ELARTON
(PITCHING); TAGUCHI BATTED FOR DUNCAN; Taguchi reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Bigbie scored (error by
Sisco) (no RBI), Taguchi to second]; Taguchi was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); Bennett walked; Luna walked [Bennett
to second]; WOOD REPLACED SISCO (PITCHING); Miles singled to
right [Bennett to third, Luna to second]; Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first) [Bennett scored, Luna to third, Miles to
second]; Pujols was walked intentionally; Edmonds singled to
right [Luna scored, Miles scored, Pujols to third, Edmonds to
second (on throw)]; Spiezio singled to right [Pujols scored,
Edmonds out at home (right to catcher)]; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 9, Royals 2.
ROYALS 7TH: TAGUCHI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FLORES REPLACED
SUPPAN (PITCHING); Mientkiewicz flied to left; Brown flied to
left; Stairs singled to center; Berroa doubled to center [Stairs
scored]; Guiel grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 9, Royals 3.
CARDINALS 8TH: Bigbie grounded out (first unassisted); Taguchi
singled to center; Bennett singled to left [Taguchi to second];
Luna forced Bennett (shortstop to second) [Taguchi to third];
Miles flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 9, Royals
3.
ROYALS 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED FLORES (PITCHING); Bako struck
out; Blanco lined to first; Costa grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Royals 3.
CARDINALS 9TH: GOBBLE REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Pujols walked; ENCARNACION BATTED FOR EDMONDS; Encarnacion
singled to left [Pujols to second]; Spiezio walked [Pujols to
third, Encarnacion to second]; Bigbie was called out on strikes;
Taguchi singled to second [Pujols scored, Encarnacion to third,
Spiezio to second]; Bennett struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 10, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED ENCARNACION (PITCHING); TAGUCHI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); German grounded out (third to
first); Mientkiewicz grounded out (second to first); Brown
singled to left; Brown advanced to second because of defensive
indifference [Brown to second]; Stairs flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 10, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 10 12 0 7
Royals 3 10 1 11
