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St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals

St. Louis Cardinals      5
Kansas City Royals       6

Status: Final

Line score

             1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9     R    H    E
Cardinals    1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    3     5    8    1
Royals       0    0    0    4    1    1    0    0    -     6    9    0

Scoring summary

T9         STL    5-  6  Jordan singled to right, Winn scored and
                         Velazquez scored.
T9         STL    3-  6  Winn doubled to left, Nootbaar scored.
B6         KC     2-  6  Tolbert hit sacrifice fly to center, Loftin
                         scored, Collins to third.
B5         KC     2-  5  Caglianone homered to left (404 feet).
B4         KC     2-  4  Collins doubled to left, Rave scored and Massey
                         scored.
B4         KC     2-  2  Massey singled to center, Caglianone scored on
                         error, Massey safe at second on throwing error
                         by center fielder Church.
B4         KC     2-  1  Caglianone singled to center, Thomas scored.
T3         STL    2-  0  Herrera singled to right, Church scored.
T1         STL    1-  0  Walker hit sacrifice fly to right, Herrera
                         scored, Burleson to third.

Headline

Caglianone, Lugo lead Royals past Cardinals 6-5, to clinch series

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jac Caglianone hit a home run and drove in two as the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Friday night to clinch the three-game series and snap a three-series losing streak.

Seth Lugo (3-4) pitched six innings in his return from the concussion list after being hit on the forehead by a line drive June 10. He allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits. Alex Lange earned his fifth save.

Michael McGreevy (3-6) took the loss. He allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings.

Caglianone's shot was his 10th of the season.

The Cardinals scored a run in the first on a sacrifice fly by Jordan Walker , scoring Ivan Herrera . Walker's 58th RBI gave him the MLB lead, pending the Athletics' Nick Kurtz 's game later Friday against the Angels.

Herrera drove in Nathan Church with a single in the third to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

The Royals seized the lead with four runs in the fourth. Lane Thomas led off with a double and scored on a single by Caglianone. Michael Massey 's single drove home Caglianone. After John Rave walked, Isaac Collins drove home Massey and Rave with a double.

The Royals added a run in the fifth on Caglianone's homer and another on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Tolbert in the sixth.

The Cardinals got three in the ninth off Matt Strahm , but Lange stranded the tying run.

Up next

Following a rare Saturday off-day because of a World Cup match at neighboring Arrowhead Stadium, the Cardinals and Royals conclude their three-game series Sunday. The Cards will send RHP Dusty May (5-6, 3.75 ERA) to the mound to face RHP Stephen Kolek (4-1, 2.68).

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