The sleeping St. Louis offense woke up in a big way against Kansas City Wednesday in a 10-0 romp over the Royals.
Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs, Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run shot and drove in three, and Harrison Bader and Paul DeJong also drove in runs.
Adam Wainwright worked seven strong innings, allowing just one hit in climbing to 3-3.
The Cardinals jumped on Royals starter Kris Bubic early, chasing him after just a third of an inning. Bubic allowed four runs in his limited afternoon.
No new Cardinal COVID-19 cases were reported after Edmundo Sosa and four staff members tested positive and were sent back to St. Louis for quarantine. The Cardinals are taking RHP Jake Walsh and C Ali Sanchez from the taxi squad on their upcoming trip in case more positives occur.
Royals 1B Carlos Santana was placed on the injured list with right ankle bursitis and INF Emmanuel Rivera was recalled from Triple-A Omaha.
Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (1-1, 1.52 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series in San Francisco on Thursday night, 7:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 8:45 on KIRX.
The Royals have the night off before RHP Carlos Hernandez (0-1, 6.00) opens a three-game set in Baltimore on Friday.