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A perfect ending: Cardinals roll by Royals to wrap up trip at 6-0

The Cardinals' J.A. Happ pitches Sunday, when he held Kansas City to five hits and no runs in 52/3 innings en route to the win.

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Kansas City's Whit Merrifield, bottom, is forced out at second base by Cardinals shortstop Edmundo Sosa in the first inning Sunday afternoon.

KANSAS CITY — Three regulars, Yadier Molina, Dylan Carlson and Paul DeJong, were missing from the Cardinals’ lineup on Sunday. Their starting pitcher was lefthander J.A. Happ, who was acquired just after he allowed nine runs in three innings to Detroit.