Royals vs. Cardinals (May 17, 2026)

KCR

Probable Pitchers

STL

Stephen Kolek

RHP #32

Andre Pallante

RHP #53

1-0

W-L

3-3

4.50

ERA

4.34

3

SO

29

0

BB

16

0.67

WHIP

1.37

4

H

35

1

HR

5

6.0

IP

37.1

KCR

Team Stats

STL

41

HR

46

169

R

186

325

H

315

.241

AVG

.235

.319

OBP

.318

.391

SLG

.388

4.27

ERA

4.25

347

SO

291

178

BB

151

KCR

Injuries

STL

Jonathan India

2B

10-Day IL (Shoulder)

3B

Ramón Urías

10-Day IL (Elbow)

Carlos Estévez

P

15-Day IL (Foot)

P

Matt Pushard

15-Day IL (Knee)

Bailey Falter

P

15-Day IL (Elbow)

LF

Lars Nootbaar

60-Day IL (Heels)

Cole Ragans

P

15-Day IL (Elbow)

James McArthur

P

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Alec Marsh

P

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Current Series

Royals

Cardinals

Game 1

Royals

Cardinals

Game 2

Royals

Cardinals

Game 3

2026 AL Central

KCRSTL

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	22	21	.512
White Sox	19	21	.475	1.5
Tigers	19	22	.463	2.0
Royals	19	22	.463	2.0
Twins	18	23	.439	3.0

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	27	14	.659
Brewers	22	16	.579	3.5
Cardinals	23	17	.575	3.5
Pirates	22	19	.537	5.0
Reds	22	19	.537	5.0

KCR

Last 5

STL

Sun, May 10

Sun, May 10

Sat, May 9

Sat, May 9

Fri, May 8

Fri, May 8

Thu, May 7

Thu, May 7

Wed, May 6

Wed, May 6

Game Info

May 17, 2026

Busch Stadium

St. Louis, Missouri

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Jensen

RBI

19

Pasquantino

AVG

.302

Witt

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Wacha

K

47

Bubic

ERA

2.63

Wacha

Season

A. Pallante

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	41	162	19	49	11	1	5	19	19	0	31	12	2	.302	.372	.475
Salvador Perez S. Perez	39	152	14	29	5	0	5	17	6	3	37	0	0	.191	.233	.322
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	39	145	16	29	4	2	5	19	17	1	33	1	0	.200	.281	.359
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	39	151	21	43	12	1	3	16	17	0	26	4	3	.285	.353	.437
Carter Jensen C. Jensen	38	119	16	26	3	0	6	18	16	1	43	0	0	.218	.312	.395
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	37	122	17	30	7	1	4	8	11	2	40	0	1	.246	.319	.418
Isaac Collins I. Collins	35	108	15	26	4	0	3	13	17	2	37	2	3	.241	.352	.361
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	34	97	13	26	4	0	3	10	6	3	25	5	0	.268	.330	.402
Lane Thomas L. Thomas	33	72	7	15	1	0	1	7	16	1	17	3	2	.208	.356	.264
Michael Massey M. Massey	28	74	10	17	7	0	3	12	3	0	18	1	0	.230	.253	.446
Jonathan India J. India	17	48	8	8	1	0	2	8	8	2	13	0	0	.167	.310	.313
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	16	41	8	11	5	0	0	10	8	0	5	0	0	.268	.380	.390
Starling Marte S. Marte	15	36	2	11	3	0	0	2	1	1	11	0	1	.306	.333	.389
Elias Díaz E. Díaz	7	17	2	4	2	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	.235	.278	.529
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.200	.200
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jonathan India J. India	12	18	-	6	1	0	0	0	7	3	-	-	.333	.520	.389
Starling Marte S. Marte	5	7	-	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	-	-	.714	.750	.857
Salvador Perez S. Perez	5	11	-	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	-	-	.182	.250	.455
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	5	12	-	3	0	0	1	5	1	4	-	-	.250	.308	.500
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	4	7	-	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	.429	.500	.714
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	4	11	-	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	-	-	.091	.091	.364
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	4	11	-	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.182	.182	.273
Elias Díaz E. Díaz	3	4	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.250	.250	.250
Lane Thomas L. Thomas	3	5	-	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-	-	.200	.333	.400
Michael Massey M. Massey	2	5	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Isaac Collins I. Collins	2	4	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.250	.250	.250
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	2	4	-	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	.250	.250	1.000
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
John Schreiber J. Schreiber	17	0	0	2	3.38	6	1	16.0	14	6	6	2	9	1
Lucas Erceg L. Erceg	17	0	3	1	3.31	14	10	16.1	11	6	7	0	12	0
Nick Mears N. Mears	17	0	2	2	3.07	11	0	14.2	11	5	5	1	7	0
Alex Lange A. Lange	16	0	0	2	5.79	20	0	18.2	15	12	13	2	13	1
Daniel Lynch IV D. Lynch IV	16	0	1	0	2.20	21	1	16.1	7	4	7	1	5	2
Matt Strahm M. Strahm	15	0	1	0	3.68	15	0	14.2	12	6	6	2	6	1
Seth Lugo S. Lugo	8	8	1	2	3.21	42	0	47.2	48	17	18	1	17	0
Michael Wacha M. Wacha	8	8	4	2	2.63	42	0	51.1	34	15	15	5	17	2
Cole Ragans C. Ragans	8	8	1	4	4.84	45	0	35.1	27	19	20	10	23	0
Kris Bubic K. Bubic	8	8	3	1	3.50	47	0	46.1	31	18	18	3	23	1
Eli Morgan E. Morgan	7	0	0	1	2.61	9	1	10.1	8	3	3	2	6	0
Noah Cameron N. Cameron	7	7	2	2	5.55	32	0	35.2	44	22	25	5	14	0
Steven Cruz S. Cruz	7	0	0	0	10.29	11	0	7.0	8	8	8	4	5	0
Luinder Avila L. Avila	6	1	0	2	6.75	12	0	12.0	19	9	9	1	6	0
Mason Black M. Black	4	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	4.2	7	0	0	0	2	0
Bailey Falter B. Falter	2	0	0	0	13.50	4	0	3.1	8	5	5	1	2	0
Eric Cerantola E. Cerantola	2	0	0	0	9.00	5	0	3.0	2	3	3	1	4	0
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	1	162.00	0	0	0.1	4	6	6	1	2	0
Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	1	1	1	0	4.50	3	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	0	0
Mitch Spence M. Spence	1	0	0	0	13.50	3	0	4.0	4	6	6	1	5	0
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Team Batting Leaders

HR

11

Walker

RBI

30

Burleson

AVG

.299

Walker

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Leahy

K

33

McGreevy

ERA

1.71

Graceffo

Season

S. Kolek

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Ivan Herrera I. Herrera	40	145	22	38	11	0	4	18	28	8	33	1	0	.262	.407	.421
JJ Wetherholt	40	153	30	36	5	0	7	20	20	8	32	5	0	.235	.350	.405
Nolan Gorman N. Gorman	39	133	14	29	4	0	5	22	14	0	45	0	0	.218	.287	.361
Jordan Walker J. Walker	39	147	31	44	8	0	11	29	18	1	47	7	2	.299	.377	.578
Alec Burleson A. Burleson	39	154	21	41	10	0	6	30	18	0	27	2	0	.266	.341	.448
Victor Scott II V. Scott II	38	97	13	18	2	0	1	5	8	1	30	6	3	.186	.252	.237
Nathan Church N. Church	37	115	15	29	5	0	5	17	5	2	26	3	1	.252	.290	.426
Masyn Winn M. Winn	35	131	16	33	6	2	1	16	13	3	30	4	0	.252	.329	.351
Pedro Pagés P. Pagés	27	88	8	18	3	0	3	8	4	2	24	2	0	.205	.253	.341
Ramón Urías R. Urías	25	57	9	9	3	0	2	5	6	4	12	0	1	.158	.279	.316
Thomas Saggese T. Saggese	20	59	5	9	2	0	0	2	4	0	20	0	1	.153	.206	.186
José Fermín J. Fermín	17	37	2	9	2	0	1	5	4	0	9	0	0	.243	.310	.378
Yohel Pozo Y. Pozo	10	18	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.167
Cesar Prieto C. Prieto	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
George Soriano G. Soriano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

Batters	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jordan Walker J. Walker	2	2	-	1	0	0	1	1	-	-	.500	.667	.500
Masyn Winn M. Winn	2	4	-	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	.500	.500	.500
Victor Scott II V. Scott II	2	2	-	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000	.333	.000
Ramón Urías R. Urías	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Nolan Gorman N. Gorman	1	2	-	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	.500	.500	.500
Pedro Pagés P. Pagés	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Alec Burleson A. Burleson	1	3	-	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	.333	.333	1.333
Ivan Herrera I. Herrera	1	2	-	1	0	0	1	1	-	-	.500	.667	.500

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Ryne Stanek R. Stanek	19	0	1	0	6.35	23	1	17.0	18	12	13	1	13	0
JoJo Romero J. Romero	19	0	0	1	3.26	16	0	19.1	15	7	7	3	7	1
Riley O'Brien R. O'Brien	19	0	3	1	2.84	23	11	19.0	17	6	7	1	1	2
Justin Bruihl J. Bruihl	19	0	0	0	5.00	11	0	18.0	14	10	12	1	12	4
Matt Svanson M. Svanson	18	0	0	1	9.61	19	0	19.2	27	21	21	5	13	1
George Soriano G. Soriano	18	0	1	0	3.18	15	1	17.0	10	6	7	1	10	1
Gordon Graceffo G. Graceffo	17	0	2	1	1.71	10	1	21.0	11	4	6	1	9	2
Dustin May D. May	8	8	3	4	4.85	32	0	42.2	50	23	25	4	11	3
Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	8	8	2	1	4.07	29	0	42.0	44	19	19	8	16	0
Kyle Leahy K. Leahy	8	8	4	3	4.31	32	0	39.2	46	19	19	6	17	3
Michael McGreevy M. McGreevy	8	8	3	2	2.18	33	0	45.1	29	11	11	5	10	0
Andre Pallante A. Pallante	7	7	3	3	4.34	29	0	37.1	35	18	19	5	16	3
Chris Roycroft C. Roycroft	5	0	0	0	12.27	3	0	3.2	8	5	5	1	5	0
Ryan Fernandez R. Fernandez	4	0	1	0	1.59	9	0	5.2	7	1	3	0	2	0
Jared Shuster J. Shuster	4	0	0	0	2.35	2	0	7.2	6	2	3	0	3	0
Hunter Dobbins H. Dobbins	1	1	0	0	6.23	4	0	4.1	2	3	3	0	5	0
Matt Pushard M. Pushard	1	0	0	0	27.00	1	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0

Royals KCR

Cardinals STL

Probable Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 AL Central

Last 5

Game Info

6

19

.302

4

47

2.63

11

30

.299

4

33

1.71