Cardinals at Royals May 18, 2025

Game Time: 2:10 ET

Stadium: Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 25,695

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

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

Game

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Running

4th inning - SB: Dairon Blanco (3rd base off M. Liberatore/ Y. Pozo)

7th inning - CS: Maikel Garcia (2nd base off C. Roycroft/ Y. Pozo)

Fielding

Double Plays - 1 (Massey to Witt Jr. to Perez)

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Game Details

Game Time: 2:24

Umpires: HP-Doug Eddings, 1B-Mike Muchlinski, 2B-Gabe Morales, 3B-Emil Jimenez

Weather: 75 degrees. Partly Cloudy

Wind: 14 MPH In From Left

News From May 18, 2025

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Brendan Donovan

Laces four hits in loss

2BSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Donovan went 4-for-5 with a double in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Royals.

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Matthew Liberatore

Notches sixth quality start

PSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Liberatore took a no-decision in Sunday's 2-1 loss at Kansas City, allowing one run on six hits and one walk over six innings. He struck out five.

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Jordan Walker

Beginning on bench Sunday

OFSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Walker is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's contest against Kansas City.

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Drew Rom

Moving rehab up to Triple-A

PSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Rom (shoulder) began a rehab assignment with Single-A Palm Beach earlier this month and will be moved up to Triple-A Memphis for a start Sunday, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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Ryan Helsley

Notches ninth save

PSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Helsley picked up the save Saturday against the Royals. He didn't allow a baserunner or record a strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning.

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Miles Mikolas

Fires six scoreless frames

PSt. Louis Cardinals

May 18, 2025

Mikolas (3-2) earned the win Saturday, allowing two hits and two walks over six scoreless innings against Kansas City. He struck out four.

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Frank Mozzicato

Joins Double-A

PKansas City Royals AA

May 18, 2025

Mozzicato was promoted to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Sunday, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.

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Jac Caglianone

Bumped up to Triple-A

OFKansas City Royals

May 18, 2025

The Royals promoted Caglianone from Double-A Northwest Arkansas to Triple-A Omaha on Sunday, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.

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Carlos Estevez

Locks down 13th save

PKansas City Royals

May 18, 2025

Estevez picked up the save in Sunday's 2-1 victory over St. Louis, allowing a hit in a scoreless inning with one strikeout.

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Michael Wacha

Stuck with no-decision

PKansas City Royals

May 18, 2025

Wacha did not factor into the decision in Sunday's 2-1 win against St. Louis, allowing one run on eight hits and no walks over five innings. He struck out six.

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Jonathan Bowlan

Rejoins MLB club

PKansas City Royals

May 18, 2025

The Royals recalled Bowlan from Triple-A Omaha on Sunday.

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Chris Stratton

DFA'd by Kansas City

PKansas City Royals

May 18, 2025

The Royals designated Stratton for assignment Sunday.