Royals @ Cardinals · May 16, 2026 — MLB Central

Final Game 46 · Sat, May 16, 2026

Busch Stadium Regular Season

Kansas City Royals Royals 2

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DAY game

4 St. Louis Cardinals Cardinals

Away starter

Noah Cameron

Home starter

Kyle Leahy

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Backed by bawdy Busch fans, Leahy dominates vs. Royals

ST. LOUIS -- After making headlines with their shirtless celebrations during the Cardinals’ walk-off win on Friday night, the boys from the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team returned to Busch Stadium on Saturday afternoon. But despite the generous offer from the Cardinals manager to buy out a block of

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Burleson's pair of RBIs push Cardinals to 4-2 win00:03:14

Alec Burleson drives in a pair of runs while Kyle Leahy tosses six innings of one-run ball in the Cardinals' 4-2 win over the Royals

Condensed Game: KC@STL - 5/16/2600:11:39

Condensed Game: Jac Caglianone and Royals take on Alec Burleson and the Cardinals on May 16, 2026

Alec Burleson's RBI single00:00:27

Alec Burleson drops a single to left field, scoring Masyn Winn and pushing the Cardinals' lead to 4-1 in the 8th

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