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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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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