St. Louis at Kansas City — MLB August 14, 2021

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Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	9	12	0
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	12	1

Decisions

Win J. Lester STL

5.2 IP · 7 H · 1 ER · 2 K · 5.32 ERA

Loss B. Keller KC

6.2 IP · 7 H · 3 ER · 8 K · 5.69 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	STL	KC
Bottom 4th Michael A. Taylor singled to center, Andrew Benintendi scored, Hunter Dozier to second	0	1
Top 5th Tommy Edman singled to left, Yadier Molina and Lars Nootbaar scored, Edmundo Sosa to second	2	1
Top 7th Paul Goldschmidt singled to center, Edmundo Sosa and Tommy Edman scored	4	1
Top 7th Nolan Arenado homered (379 ft.) to deep left, Paul Goldschmidt scored	6	1
Top 9th Paul Goldschmidt hit sacrifice fly to center, Harrison Bader scored, Edmundo Sosa to third, Tommy Edman to second	7	1
Top 9th Nolan Arenado ground rule double to deep left center, Edmundo Sosa and Tommy Edman scored	9	1
Bottom 9th Whit Merrifield doubled to left, Hanser Alberto and Nicky Lopez scored	9	3
Bottom 9th Carlos Santana singled to right center, Whit Merrifield scored	9	4

Box score

St. Louis

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
T. Edman 2B	4	2	2	2	1	1	.252
P. Goldschmidt DH	4	1	1	3	0	2	.273
N. Arenado 3B	4	1	2	4	1	0	.264
T. O'Neill LF	4	0	0	0	1	3	.272
M. Carpenter 1B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.190
Y. Molina C	4	1	0	0	0	0	.255
L. Nootbaar RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.229
H. Bader CF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.274
E. Sosa SS	4	2	4	0	0	0	.264
Totals		9	12		3	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Lester W	5.2	7	1	1	2	2	89
R. Helsley	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	24
L. García	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12
A. Miller	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	19
G. Cabrera	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	8

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
W. Merrifield RF-2B	4	1	2	2	1	0	.272
C. Santana 1B	5	0	1	1	0	2	.221
S. Perez C	4	0	1	0	1	2	.278
A. Benintendi LF	5	1	0	0	0	2	.246
H. Dozier DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	.206
M. Taylor CF	4	0	3	1	0	0	.246
E. Rivera 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229
R. O'Hearn PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.232
H. Alberto 2B-3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.269
N. Lopez SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	.272
Totals		4	12		3	8