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Kyle Isbel hit a home run and scored three
times and MJ Melendez also homered for the Royals, who won their
third straight game.
Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (6-6) allowed four runs --
three earned -- on seven hits in five innings. He struck out
three and walked one.
James McArthur tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his 17th
save.
Lars Nootbaar paced the St. Louis offense with a homer, a double
and two runs.
Cardinals pitcher Gordon Graceffo (0-1) allowed three runs on
four hits in 3 1/3 innings in his first start and second
appearance in the big leagues. He fanned two without issuing a
walk.
St. Louis took a 1-0 lead on Nootbaar's second-inning homer
before the Royals tied the game on Melendez's third-inning
homer.
Kansas City moved ahead 3-1 in the fourth inning. Bobby Witt Jr.
led off with a single and moved to third on Vinnie Pasquantino's
double.
After Perez hit a sacrifice fly, Matthew Liberatore replaced
Graceffo and allowed Hunter Renfroe's two-out RBI single.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the
inning on doubles by Nootbaar and Nolan Gorman.
The Royals increased their lead to 5-2 in the fifth inning.
Isbel hit a one-out single, stole second and scored on Adam
Frazier's single. Frazier advanced to third on the throw home
and scored on Witt's sacrifice fly.
St. Louis answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning on
Willson Contreras' single, Alec Burleson's RBI double and Paul
Goldschmidt's RBI infield single.
Perez's homer leading off the sixth inning made it 6-4. Singles
by Isbel, Witt and Pasquantino made it 7-4 in the seventh.
The Cardinals cut their deficit to 7-5 in the bottom of the
seventh on Dylan Carlson's single, Brendan Donovan's double and
Contreras' RBI groundout.
Isbel's ninth-inning homer upped Kansas City's lead to 8-5.
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