Royals vs Cardinals — MLB, Aug 7, 2021

The Cardinals beat the Royals 5–2 on Aug 7, 2021.

FinalSat, Aug 7

Kansas City Royals

69-93 · W1

2

St. Louis Cardinals

77-85 · L4

5

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Box scoreiEvery hitter and pitcher's line from the game. Batting order, substitutes indented; W marks the winning pitcher.◷History

Kansas City Royals

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
B. KellerBrad Keller	5.0	7	5	5	5	1	95
E. SantanaErvin Santana	2.0	1	0	0	1		15
J. StaumontJosh Staumont	1.0	2	0	0	1		23

St. Louis Cardinals

No batting lines are stored for this game.

Pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
K. KimKwang Hyun Kim	4.0	4	2	2	3		83
G. GallegosGiovanny Gallegos	1.0	0	0	0	0		13
R. HelsleyRyan Helsley	1.0	0	0	0	1		13
G. CabreraGénesis Cabrera	1.0	1	0	0	2		25
L. GarcíaLuis GarcíaW	2.0	0	0	0	3		22

Market◇Market

No lines were stored for this game.

Park and weather

Park and weather post closer to first pitch.

Plate umpireiCounts per game across this official's recent games, next to the league's over the same dates. History; not a forecast.◷History

No plate umpire is on record for this game.

Going into the game · starters, recent form+

Starters, season numbers going iniEach starter's season stats before this game; green marks the better side (lower is better for ERA, WHIP, BB/9, HR/9). The last four rows are tracking data on batted balls and swings; a dash means too few pitches are tracked.◷History

KC

Brad Keller

RHP · 22 starts

STL

Kwang Hyun Kim

18 starts

KCSTL

5.64

ERA?Earned runs per nine innings this season, going into the game. Lower is better.

3.31

1.68

WHIP?Walks plus hits per inning pitched. Lower is better.

1.21

7.74

K/9?Strikeouts per nine innings.

6.93

4.19

BB/9?Walks per nine innings. Lower is better.

3.00

1.21

HR/9?Home runs allowed per nine innings. Lower is better.

1.03

111.7

Innings?Innings pitched this season (as a starter and reliever).

87.0

KC · last 3 starts

• 08-01 @ TOR3.0 IP · 3 K · 7 H · 0 BB3 ER
• 07-27 @ KC7.0 IP · 4 K · 4 H · 2 BB1 ER
• 07-21 @ MIL6.7 IP · 6 K · 6 H · 2 BB3 ER

STL · last 3 starts

• 07-28 @ CLE2.7 IP · 0 K · 5 H · 1 BB5 ER
• 07-22 vs CHC6.0 IP · 7 K · 2 H · 1 BB2 ER
• 07-17 vs SF6.0 IP · 1 K · 3 H · 2 BB0 ER

Season numbers to date; a starter with few innings has a noisy line.

Recent formiLast ten games (hover for scores), runs for and against per game, and home/road splits.◷History

KC · last 104-63.1 scored · 3.6 allowed a game

LWWLLLLWWL

Home 41-40Road 28-53Run diff -120

STL · last 105-54.2 scored · 5.0 allowed a game

WWLWLWLLLW

Home 38-43Road 39-42Run diff -29

Starters' numbers are their season going into the game; weather is the first-pitch forecast; lines are the market's, from the sportsbooks we track. Descriptive data only, there is no MLB model. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.