St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals mlb live streaming with review, radio commentary online baseball audio feed sopcast may 21, 2011. The Kansas City Royals took round one in the latest matchup of the I-70 Series with an unprecedented shutout. For the St. Louis Cardinals to bounce back, they'll need to take advantage of a pitcher making his first major league start.
Adcock's longest outing came April 8 at Detroit, where he relieved an ineffective Davies and allowed four hits in 3 1/3 scoreless innings of the Royals' 5-2 loss.
The 23-year-old Adcock told the Royals' official website that he doesn't plan to alter his approach against a team featuring a three-time MVP in Pujols and one of the game's top hitters in Holliday.
"Just like I pitched out of the bullpen. I'm not going to change my routine," Adcock said. "Just pitch the way I've always pitched -- attack and pound the strike zone -- and, hopefully, it'll give our team a chance to win the game. That's all you can ask for."
Adcock follows an excellent outing by Jeff Francis in a 3-0 Kansas City victory Friday. The former Colorado Rockies fixture scattered six hits and struck out six over 7 2/3 innings for his first win in six decisions with his new club.
Brayan Pena and Melky Cabrera sandwiched sacrifice flies around Alcides Escobar's RBI single as Kansas City (22-22) scored all its runs in the seventh inning and handed St. Louis (26-20) its first shutout loss in 61 games between the Missouri rivals.
"It could have been a different game. We just couldn't break through," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "When they had a chance to have something to swing at, they made it happen,"
Pujols, who had a hit and a walk Friday, has reached base in all 31 games he's played at Kauffman Stadium. Holliday, who shifted from left field to designated hitter, went 1 for 3 -- the only hit he's had in 16 at-bats over his last five games.
Despite the slump, Holliday is still batting an NL-best .357.
Jake Westbrook (3-3, 6.07) will try to follow up one of his best outings of the year for St. Louis.
After the Cardinals were swept last weekend in Cincinnati, Westbrook outdueled Cliff Lee on Monday by permitting a run and four hits through a season-high seven innings of a 3-1 win over Philadelphia in La Russa's return following a bout of shingles.
"Incredible. I mean, he was spot on," St. Louis outfielder Lance Berkman said of Westbrook. "We absolutely needed a game like that."
The right-hander is 6-3 with a 2.70 ERA in 15 career starts against the Royals.
Berkman, the Cardinals' leader with 11 homers and 35 RBIs, will be out for a few more days with a sore right wrist.
2:10 PM ET, May 21, 2011Nate Adcock will take the mound for the Royals on Saturday against Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and the rest of the NL Central-leading Cardinals in the middle game of their interleague series.
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Pitching MatchupAdcock (1-0, 2.16 ERA), a Rule 5 draft pick from the Pirates organization, gets the call while Kyle Davies is out with a shoulder injury. In eight relief appearances, the rookie right-hander has given up five runs and 19 hits in 16 2/3 innings.
St. Louis v Kansas City
Jake Westbrook
3-3, 6.07 ERA
Last appearance:
5/16 vs PHI
7.0 IP, 1 ER
Dec = Win
Nate Adcock
1-0, 2.16 ERA
Last appearance:
5/16 vs CLE
1.2 IP, 1 ER
Dec = ND
Adcock's longest outing came April 8 at Detroit, where he relieved an ineffective Davies and allowed four hits in 3 1/3 scoreless innings of the Royals' 5-2 loss.
The 23-year-old Adcock told the Royals' official website that he doesn't plan to alter his approach against a team featuring a three-time MVP in Pujols and one of the game's top hitters in Holliday.
"Just like I pitched out of the bullpen. I'm not going to change my routine," Adcock said. "Just pitch the way I've always pitched -- attack and pound the strike zone -- and, hopefully, it'll give our team a chance to win the game. That's all you can ask for."
Adcock follows an excellent outing by Jeff Francis in a 3-0 Kansas City victory Friday. The former Colorado Rockies fixture scattered six hits and struck out six over 7 2/3 innings for his first win in six decisions with his new club.
Brayan Pena and Melky Cabrera sandwiched sacrifice flies around Alcides Escobar's RBI single as Kansas City (22-22) scored all its runs in the seventh inning and handed St. Louis (26-20) its first shutout loss in 61 games between the Missouri rivals.
"It could have been a different game. We just couldn't break through," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "When they had a chance to have something to swing at, they made it happen,"
Pujols, who had a hit and a walk Friday, has reached base in all 31 games he's played at Kauffman Stadium. Holliday, who shifted from left field to designated hitter, went 1 for 3 -- the only hit he's had in 16 at-bats over his last five games.
Despite the slump, Holliday is still batting an NL-best .357.
Jake Westbrook (3-3, 6.07) will try to follow up one of his best outings of the year for St. Louis.
After the Cardinals were swept last weekend in Cincinnati, Westbrook outdueled Cliff Lee on Monday by permitting a run and four hits through a season-high seven innings of a 3-1 win over Philadelphia in La Russa's return following a bout of shingles.
"Incredible. I mean, he was spot on," St. Louis outfielder Lance Berkman said of Westbrook. "We absolutely needed a game like that."
The right-hander is 6-3 with a 2.70 ERA in 15 career starts against the Royals.
Berkman, the Cardinals' leader with 11 homers and 35 RBIs, will be out for a few more days with a sore right wrist.
