Tommy Edman, the player with the highest Busch Stadium III batting average of anybody who has played at least 50 games there since the stadium opened in 2006, added to his .339 pre–game with a two-run, two-out double in the third inning as the Cardinals caught up to and then passed the Kansas City Royals at 4-2 on Tuesday night.
A .438 hitter this season with men in scoring position, Edman delivered Dylan Carlson, who had singled, and Harrison Bader, who had walked, with both moving up on Kolten Wong’s groundout.
After Edman’s drive to right bounced over the wall, Paul Goldschmidt was walked for a personal-best 10th game in succession.