St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - June 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

St. Louis leads 2-0 (as of 6/23)

Game 1: Friday, June 22
St. Louis	11	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, June 23
St. Louis	8	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, June 24
St. Louis	11	Final
Kansas City	8	Final
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Cardinals 8

(37-35, 20-19 away)

Royals 2

(31-38, 11-22 home)

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2:10 PM ET, June 23, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	8	16	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0

W: A. Wainwright (6-7)

L: L. Mendoza (2-4)

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Furcal SS	3	2	2	1	2	0	20	.293	.354	.393
J Jay CF	5	1	2	1	0	1	18	.339	.392	.426
M Holliday DH	5	2	4	2	0	0	27	.297	.376	.494
C Beltran RF	5	0	2	1	0	1	21	.310	.396	.585
A Craig 1B	5	1	2	3	0	1	27	.315	.392	.605
D Freese 3B	4	0	2	0	1	1	19	.279	.332	.494
M Carpenter LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	14	.292	.352	.513
T Cruz C	4	1	0	0	0	0	20	.163	.163	.204
D Descalso 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	11	.245	.327	.377
Totals	40	8	16	8	3	5	177
BATTING 2B: M Holliday (15, G Holland) HR: A Craig (9, 7th inning off G Holland 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Holliday 2 (45), J Jay (9), C Beltran (53), R Furcal (30), A Craig 3 (31) 2-out RBI: M Holliday, R Furcal GIDP: M Carpenter 2, D Descalso, J Jay Cardinals RISP: 7-14 (C Beltran 1-3, M Holliday 2-2, J Jay 1-1, R Furcal 1-1, D Descalso 0-1, A Craig 2-3, D Freese 0-2, M Carpenter 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 1 (D Descalso-A Craig).

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Wainwright (W, 6-7)	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	109-67	4.32
M Boggs	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	2.23
J Motte	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	3.31
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	128-82
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Wainwright 14/27; M Boggs 2/3; J Motte 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Wainwright 16-8-21-22; M Boggs 2-0-3-3; J Motte 1-2-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Wainwright 12-5; M Boggs 2-1; J Motte 2-0 Game Scores: A Wainwright 60

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	3	1	2	1	1	0	20	.261	.360	.408
Y Betancourt 2B	4	0	0	1	0	0	13	.250	.293	.444
B Butler DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	16	.296	.361	.498
E Hosmer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.213	.281	.360
J Francoeur RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.261	.300	.386
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	14	.274	.342	.465
A Escobar SS	3	0	2	0	0	0	10	.300	.340	.389
J Dyson CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.249	.318	.289
H Quintero C	3	1	1	0	0	2	12	.232	.257	.341
Totals	32	2	6	2	1	5	128
BATTING 3B: A Gordon (2, A Wainwright) RBI: A Gordon (23), Y Betancourt (17) GIDP: B Butler Royals RISP: 0-3 (Y Betancourt 0-1, H Quintero 0-1, J Dyson 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 4 (E Hosmer-A Escobar, H Quintero-M Moustakas-Y Betancourt, Y Betancourt-A Escobar-E Hosmer, A Escobar-Y Betancourt-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza (L, 2-4)	4.1	7	4	4	2	2	0	85-50	4.95
K Herrera	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	2.97
F Bueno	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	17-10	9.00
G Holland	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	1	27-19	4.44
J Mijares	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	22-11	1.84
A Crow	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	16-12	2.93
Totals	9.0	16	8	8	3	5	1	177-109
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Mendoza 11/21; K Herrera 1/3; F Bueno 2/5; G Holland 3/4; J Mijares 2/5; A Crow 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Mendoza 14-4-15-17; K Herrera 1-2-1-3; F Bueno 1-1-3-5; G Holland 3-2-11-3; J Mijares 2-1-5-3; A Crow 3-2-3-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 8-3; K Herrera 1-1; F Bueno 3-0; G Holland 0-0; J Mijares 2-2; A Crow 2-0 Game Scores: L Mendoza 33

Scoring Summary

			STL	KC
	3rd	M Holliday singled to center, R Furcal scored, J Jay to second.	1	0
	5th	J Jay singled to right, D Descalso scored, R Furcal to second.	2	0
	5th	M Holliday reached on infield single to third, R Furcal scored, J Jay to third.	3	0
	5th	C Beltran singled to right, J Jay scored, M Holliday to second.	4	0
	6th	R Furcal singled to center, T Cruz scored.	5	0
	6th	A Gordon tripled to deep center, H Quintero scored.	5	1
	6th	Y Betancourt grounded out to third, A Gordon scored.	5	2
	7th	A Craig homered to left, M Holliday scored. (414 feet)	7	2
	9th	A Craig singled to center, M Holliday scored, C Beltran to second.	8	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	37,240 (98.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:58
Weather	77 degrees, cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Joe West, Second Base - Sam Holbrook, Third Base - Mike Estabrook