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Flaherty (9-1) threw 81 pitches in his first outing since going
on the Injured List May 31 with a left oblique strain. He
allowed only two hits, struck out five and didn't walk a batter.
He faced four batters only once in his six innings.
Flaherty is now 4-0 with a 0.72 ERA all-time against the Royals,
including 3-0 with a 0.90 ERA in Kansas City.
The Cardinals won their fourth straight game and six of their
last seven. They've won 10 of their last 12 games in Kauffman
Stadium. The Cardinals now stand 68-46 all-time against the
Royals, good for a .596 winning percentage, the best in the
history of interleague play against one opponent (minimum 100
games).
Whit Merrifield played in his 421st straight game for the
Royals, the longest active streak in the majors. He tied Alcides
Escobar for the longest streak in franchise history. He was
0-for-3 with a walk.
Mike Minor (8-11) took the loss for Kansas City despite a
quality start. He allowed three runs on six hits -- four in one
inning -- in six innings. He walked only one and struck out
seven.
Minor looked just as good as Flaherty until the fourth inning,
when he gave up back-to-back home runs to Nolan Arenado and
Tyler O'Neill, the Cardinals' first two hits of the game.
The Cardinals added a run in the fifth. Tommy Edman reached on a
fielder's choice and then went to third on a single by Paul
Goldschmidt. Arenado hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring
Edman.
The Cardinals added two runs in the eighth on a single by Yadier
Molina and a sacrifice fly by Paul DeJong, and one in the ninth
on a homer by Lars Nootbaar.
--Field Level Media
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