Kansas City at St. Louis — MLB August 8, 2021

6 – 5

Final

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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

Decisions

Win S. Barlow KC

0.2 IP · 2 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 2.73 ERA

Loss A. Reyes STL

1.0 IP · 2 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 2.31 ERA

Save R. Lovelady KC

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 4.50 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	STL
Bottom 1st Dylan Carlson homered (403 ft.) to deep left center	0	1
Top 4th Michael A. Taylor singled to shallow right center, Carlos Santana scored, Hunter Dozier to third, Edward Olivares to second	1	1
Top 4th Hanser Alberto hit into fielder's choice, third to second, Hunter Dozier scored, Edward Olivares to third, Michael A. Taylor out	2	1
Top 5th Salvador Perez hit sacrifice fly to left, Whit Merrifield scored	3	1
Top 6th Michael A. Taylor singled to left, Hunter Dozier to third. Hunter Dozier scored, Michael A. Taylor to second on Tyler O'Neill's throwing error	4	1
Top 6th Ryan O'Hearn singled to right center, Michael A. Taylor scored	5	1
Bottom 7th Paul Goldschmidt singled to left center, José Rondón scored	5	2
Bottom 8th Dylan Carlson hit sacrifice fly to right, Harrison Bader scored, Andrew Knizner to third	5	3
Bottom 8th Paul Goldschmidt singled to right, Andrew Knizner scored, Lars Nootbaar to second	5	4
Bottom 8th Nolan Arenado singled to center, Lars Nootbaar scored, Paul Goldschmidt to third	5	5
Top 9th Nicky Lopez singled to shallow right center, Jarrod Dyson scored, Whit Merrifield to third	6	5

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
W. Merrifield 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.269
N. Lopez SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	.277
S. Perez C	2	0	0	1	1	2	.272
A. Benintendi PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.255
C. Gallagher C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159
C. Santana 1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.230
H. Dozier RF	4	2	2	0	0	0	.198
E. Olivares LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.232
S. Barlow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
R. Lovelady P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
M. Taylor CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.242
H. Alberto 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.260
K. Bubic P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Tapia P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
R. O'Hearn PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	.239
W. Davis P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
J. Brentz P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
G. Holland P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
J. Dyson LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.226
Totals		6	9		2	6

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
K. Bubic	4.2	4	1	1	4	4	92
D. Tapia	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	6
W. Davis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12
J. Brentz	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	24
G. Holland	0.1	1	3	3	1	0	19
S. Barlow W	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	19
R. Lovelady S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16

St. Louis

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
D. Carlson RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.256
P. Goldschmidt 1B	5	0	2	2	0	2	.271
N. Arenado 3B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.263
T. O'Neill LF	2	0	0	0	3	1	.280
T. Edman 2B	4	0	0	0	1	2	.252
H. Bader CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.275
P. DeJong SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.198
A. Knizner C	3	1	0	0	1	1	.190
J. Lester P	2	0	1	0	0	0	.194
J. Miller P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
J. Rondon PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	.261
T. McFarland P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
M. Carpenter PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
L. Nootbaar PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	.179
A. Reyes P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		5	9		6	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Lester	5.1	6	5	5	2	2	92
J. Miller	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	17
T. McFarland	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10
A. Reyes L	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	24