The Royals emerged from Busch Stadium unscathed after a two-game set.
Michael Wacha didn't turn in his best outing Wednesday, pitching in the ballpark where he won NLCS MVP honors more than a decade ago. However, his offense did more than enough to back him up as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep at Busch Stadium on Wednesday with an 8-5 win over the Cardinals in game two. The result doubled as a series sweep in a two-game set between the Missouri rivals.
St. Louis starter Gordon Graceffo, taking the ball in a spot start in only his second MLB game, did not fare fantastically. Manager Oli Marmol went to get him after 3.1 innings of three-run ball. Both starting pitchers gave up a home run. In the first game, the starters each went six innings or more.
Kansas City scored the next two runs in the fourth inning, first on a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Salvador Perez and then a single by left fielder Hunter Renfroe. Renfroe had two hits in game one. The Cardinals got one back in the home half of that same inning with an RBI ground-rule double off the bat of second baseman Nolan Gorman.
All game long, though, the Royals scored in bunches. The visitors plated their first three runs in a row, then the two in the fifth inning. After that, Kansas City got two more, one each in the sixth and seventh innings, In the sixth, Perez hit his second home run of the day and 16th of the season. It was a solo blast, same as game one. That hit chased Cardinals reliever Matthew Liberatore from the game.
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