Kansas City (57-37) made things interesting in the top of the ninth when Omar Infante scored Alex Rios on an RBI triple to right field with nobody out in the frame.
After Dusty Coleman struck out swinging, Alcides Escobar reached on a fielder’s choice – a ground ball to third baseman Matt Carpenter, who cut down Infante at the plate for the second out of the inning, preserving the Cardinals’ slim one-run lead.
Escobar advanced to second on defensive indifference, but St.