MLB Recap · August 7, 2021

Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals: Final Score & Recap

KC2
Final
STL5

Line Score

Team123456789RHE
KC000200000250
STL20011100-5100

The Story

AI recap unavailable for archived games. The final score, win-probability story, biggest plays, and top performers are all shown below.

Win Probability

755025KC bats firstFinalSTL win %KC win %
DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 60.8% → final 100%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Hanser Alberto Single
Top 4th · off Kwang Hyun Kim
+11.4%
Nolan Arenado Home Run
Bot 5th · off Brad Keller
+11.3%
Top 4th · off Kwang Hyun Kim
+8.9%
Tommy Edman Single
Bot 4th · off Brad Keller
+5.1%
Whit Merrifield Single
Top 8th · off Génesis Cabrera
+5.1%

Top Batters by WPA

Hanser Alberto+14.0%+1.2 RE24
Nolan Arenado+9.7%+0.4 RE24
Tommy Edman+8.6%+0.4 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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