Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

20-27, 7-17 Away

Final

27-19, 12-11 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	1-5	1	0	0	.263
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-4	0	0	0	.303
V. Pasquantino1B	1-4	0	0	0	.202
S. PerezC	2-2	1	1	2	.205
C. JensenDH	1-4	0	0	0	.237
I. CollinsLF	1-4	0	0	0	.228
L. ThomasRF	0-3	0	0	0	.198
M. Massey2B	1-3	0	0	0	.216
N. LoftinPH-2B	0-0	0	0	0	.250
K. IsbelCF	2-4	0	0	0	.274

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Kolek	6.1	4	1	3	82-61	4.24
D. Lynch IV	1.2	1	0	1	21-12	1.80
L. Erceg	1.0	0	1	0	22-14	3.26

According to ESPN Analytics

STL

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Busch Stadium

2:15 AM, 18 May 2026

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 38,051

Game Time:2:40

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ryan Wills
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Will Little
Third Base Umpire - Ryan Additon

Salvador Perez homers and drives in both runs to help the Royals beat the Cardinals 2-0

— Salvador Perez homered and drove in two runs, Stephen Kolek allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.

May 18, 2026, 11:58 am - AP


KC
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Scoring Summary

Inning				KC	STL
		1st	Perez hit sacrifice fly to left, Garcia scored.	1	0
		4th	Perez homered to left (393 feet).	2	0

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Royals
4
Cardinals
5

Game 1

16/5

Royals
2
Cardinals
4

Game 2

17/5

Royals
2
Cardinals
0

Game 3

18/5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	73	66	.525	-	L1
Cleveland	70	69	.504	3	L1
Minnesota	67	73	.479	6.5	L1
Detroit	64	75	.460	9	W1
Kansas City	62	78	.443	11.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	87	53	.621	-	W2
Chicago	78	62	.557	9	L2
St. Louis	70	70	.500	17	W2
Pittsburgh	68	72	.486	19	L1
Cincinnati	67	73	.479	20	W2

Rangers begin 4-game series against the Rays

Tampa Bay Rays (83-56, first in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (69-71, second in the AL West)

Astros face the White Sox leading series 2-1

Chicago White Sox (73-66, first in the AL Central) vs. Houston Astros (71-69, first in the AL West)

Orioles begin 4-game series with the Red Sox

Boston Red Sox (75-65, third in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (69-71, fifth in the AL East)

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Kansas City Royals @ St. Louis Cardinals

Salvador Perez homers and drives in both runs to help the Royals beat the Cardinals 2-0

S. Kolek2-0

A. Pallante4-4

L. Erceg11

Inning