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August 9, 2017

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Royals 5 14 1
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Royals 5 14 1
Cardinals 8 11 1

Whit Merrifield Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .301
OBP 1.000 .338
At Bats 4 379
Hits 4 114
• Singles 4 73
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 49

Trevor Rosenthal Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 8
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Busch Stadium - August 9, 2017
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Strikeout
Trevor Rosenthal
Yadier Molina
Matt Carpenter
Kolten Wong
Jedd Gyorko
Paul DeJong
Tommy Pham
Dexter Fowler
Randal Grichuk
Whit Merrifield
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs
Count: 0-2, 1 Out

Trevor Rosenthal now pitching. Merrifield strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Fowler strikes out.
Bottom 8 DeJong hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pham hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonifacio. Pham reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Kelvin Herrera now pitching. Carpenter strikes out.
Top 8 Alex Gordon pinch hits for Ryan Buchter. Tyler Lyons now pitching. Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Fowler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Escobar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gallagher hits a fly ball into left field. Pham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tommy Pham now playing left field. Seung Hwan Oh now pitching. Bonifacio strikes out.
Bottom 7 Luke Voit pinch hits for Zach Duke. Voit hits a fly ball into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grichuk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Buchter fires to first and has Wong trapped. There's the throw to Merrifield who tags Wong for the out.
Bottom 7 Ryan Buchter now pitching. Wong hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Moustakas hits a line drive into right field. Grichuk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Zach Duke now pitching. Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carpenter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hosmer for the out.
Bottom 6 Gyorko strikes out.
Bottom 6 Molina hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 6 Fowler is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 DeJong strikes out.
Bottom 6 Peter Moylan now pitching. Martinez hits a line drive into right field. Bonifacio catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Bonifacio. Garcia moves to third. Carpenter moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carpenter takes first base on ball four. Garcia moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brandon Maurer now pitching. Greg Garcia pinch hits for Matt Bowman. Garcia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cain hits a fly ball into center field. Fowler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Merrifield. The throw from Molina and he is safe. Merrifield steals second.
Top 6 Merrifield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Moss strikes out.
Top 6 Brandon Moss pinch hits for Scott Alexander. There goes Escobar. The throw from Molina and he is out, DeJong applying the tag.
Top 6 Matt Bowman now pitching. Escobar hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Grichuk hits a line drive into right field. Bonifacio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wong strikes out.
Bottom 5 Gyorko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Bonifacio hits a fly ball into center field. Fowler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moustakas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cabrera hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Hosmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Molina hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Gallagher for a passed ball. Fowler moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fowler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 DeJong strikes out. Gallagher drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws DeJong out.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Carpenter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carpenter for the out.
Top 4 Cain strikes out.
Top 4 Merrifield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gyorko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gyorko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Leake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Scott Alexander now pitching. Grichuk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gyorko moves to third. Wong moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wong takes first base on ball four. Gyorko moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gyorko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fowler scores.
Bottom 3 Molina hits a fly ball into left field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Fowler. The throw from Gallagher and he is safe. Fowler steals second.
Bottom 3 Fowler takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bonifacio strikes out.
Top 3 Moustakas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 DeJong hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cahill fields it and throws to first for the out. Carpenter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carpenter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grichuk scores. Leake moves to third.
Bottom 2 Leake bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Wong scores. Grichuk moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Grichuk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wong moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Wong. The throw from Gallagher and he is safe. Wong steals second.
Bottom 2 Wong takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gyorko strikes out.
Top 2 Hosmer strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Cain. The throw from Molina and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Merrifield scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Cain hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merrifield moves to third.
Top 2 Merrifield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cahill strikes out.
Top 2 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carpenter scoops it up and throws to first, with Leake covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Molina hits a fly ball into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fowler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 DeJong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Carpenter moves to third.
Bottom 1 Martinez hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Gallagher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carpenter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Carpenter takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bonifacio strikes out.
Top 1 Moustakas takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cabrera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fowler throws the ball in to Wong who tags Cabrera trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Cain scores. Hosmer moves to third.
Top 1 Hosmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cain moves to third.
Top 1 Cain hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grichuk. Cain reaches second base with a double. Merrifield goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.