Thursday, August 10, 2017

Cardinals Beat Royals 8-6: Dexter Fowler Doubles & Hits A Grand Slam; Paul DeJong & Kolten Wong Each Single, Double, Walk, & Drive In One Run; Trevor Rosenthal Strikes Out One & Holds One Inherited Runner On Base Over One & A Third Scoreless Inning For The Save

Individual Highlights:
Tommy Pham started in left field and batted second.  1-for-4 with two runs, one walk, one stolen base, and one strikeout.
Paul DeJong started at shortstop and batted third.  2-for-3 with one double, one two-out RBI, two runs, one walk, one hit by pitch, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted fourth.  2-for-4 with one double, one home run, five RBIs, two runs, one intentional walk, and one strikeout.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted fifth.  1-for-4 with one run, one walk, assisted in one double play, picked one runner off, and threw one base runner out.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted seventh.  2-for-2 with one double, one RBI, one walk, one sac fly, one fielding error, and assisted in one double play.
Tyler Lyons entered in the seventh and pitched to two batters.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the winning decision (1-0).  (p-s:12-8)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:1-0)
Trevor Rosenthal entered in the eighth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck one out for the save (10). (p-s:18-14)(g/f:0-2)(ir-s:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Jose Martinez started in right field and batted sixth.  0-for-3 with one stolen base and one strikeout.
Luke Voit entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted sixth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Greg Garcia started at third base and batted eighth.  0-for-2 with one strikeout and grounded into one double play.
Jedd Gyorko entered late in the game at third base and batted eighth.  0-for-2 with one strikeout and grounded into one double play.
Randal Grichuk entered late in the game in right field and batted ninth.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Brett Cecil entered in the eighth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:9-7)
Seung-Hwan Oh entered in the eighth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed two hits and one earned run for the hold (6).  (p-s:8-6)(ir-s:2-2)

Former Cardinals:
Brandon Moss entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  1-for-1 with one double and two RBIs

Boxscore
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