Royals 5 - 3 Cardinals
Final
  for this game

Two hot offenses get together in Show-Me State rivalry

Jun 18, 2007 - 1:39 PM Kansas City (28-42) at St. Louis (30-36) 8:10 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - The St. Louis Cardinals on Monday host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series.

The Cardinals have scored offensively, scoring the fourth-fewest runs in the majors. But they exploded for 28 runs over the weekend in winning two of three games at Oakland.

Adam Wainwright (5-5, 4.66 ERA) will look to be the latest St. Louis pitcher to benefit from the offensive surge, as he faces the same team he dominated in his last start. He permitted just one hit and two walks over eight frames to notch his first win in four starts in a 7-3 win over Kansas City on Wednesday.

In going 5-2 in their last seven games, the Royals have managed 63 runs.

Odalis Perez (3-7, 6.19) will be dueling Wainwright for the second time in less than a week. The 30-year-old was roughed up on Tuesday against the Cardinals, surrendering seven runs and 10 hits in just three innings.

The outing continued a bad trend for the lefthander, as he has had next to no luck in 10 career appearances - including seven starts - against St. Louis, as he is 2-4 with a 9.32 ERA against the Cardinals.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
    ST LOUIS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 3 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, DAVID RISKE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH), OCTAVIO
    DOTEL (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK
    STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, RUSS SPRINGER (8TH), TYLER
    JOHNSON (9TH) AND GA

    Jun 18 10:56 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY SCOTT SPIEZIO SCORED ADAM WAINWRIGHT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S SPIEZIO ON SECOND, S TAGUCHI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.304, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 9:48 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY SCOTT ROLEN (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF ODALIS PEREZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.250, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 9:32 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED ODALIS PEREZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
    ST LOUIS 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E BROWN (.247, 2-FOR-2, RBI)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 9:25 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, O PEREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    ST LOUIS 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.283, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 9:22 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED RYAN SHEALY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    ST LOUIS 1 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.265, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 8:43 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOHN BUCK (13) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    2ND OFF ADAM WAINWRIGHT.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.211, 3 HR, 17 RBI)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 8:38 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    JUAN ENCARNACION HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING SO TAGUCHI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S SPIEZIO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S ROLEN (.259, 3 HR, 27 RBI)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 8:34 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 1 1 1 0
    ST LOUIS 0 0 2 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ
    STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT

    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S TAGUCHI (.300, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
    S SPIEZIO (.275, 3 HR, 22 RBI)
    A PUJOLS (.305, 16 HR, 45 RBI

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 18 8:21 PM

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