Our final game of this trip brought the group from Dallas all the way up to Kansas City. After waking up early and making the long drive, we arrived at the downtown Marriott hotel we were staying at for the night. We checked in and shortly after met to go back to Kauffman Stadium for that night's game against the in-state rival St. Louis Cardinals. We got to "The K" on a beautiful night shortly before the first pitch and sat down in our seats in the upper deck behind home plate.
The pitching matchup was a good one. For the Royals was their ace Yordano Ventura who came into the game after having a solid start to his 2014 season. His opponent was young potential superstar Michael Wacha. After having a great 2013 postseason and helping the Cardinals reach the World Series, Wacha was off to a great start with an ERA in the mid-2s.
The crowd filled about 3/4ths the stadium, a large attendance for the Royals. About half the crowd was supporting the visiting Cardinals however. While rivals, the crowd seemed friendly and more focused on whether their team won than bashing the other team.
The Cardinals struck first in the 2nd inning with a Peter Bourjos triple that made the score 1-0. The Cardinals would tack on another run with a 4th inning Matt Carpenter single. Michael Wacha was flying right through the Royals attack for the first 5 innings; this all changed in the bottom of the 6th. Back to back doubles by Alcides Escobar and Nori Aoki to start the inning cut the lead in half to 2-1. An Eric Hosmer single tied the game at 2 with still nobody out. A Salvador Perez one out single gave the Royals the 3-2 lead. Wacha got through the inning, but he was done for the day after that. The Royals held on to the lead after a few key replay reviews and won by the final of 3-2.
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