The Cardinals were happy to end another road trip, get back to St. Louis and return to the familiar surroundings of Busch Stadium. Unfortunately, home was not where the hits were for the Cardinals on Monday afternoon.
An offense running on fumes and just trying to coast its way into a two-day respite on the horizon left the Cardinals and veteran pitcher Adam Wainwright hanging out to dry in a 7-0 loss to their cross-state and interleague rivals the Kansas City Royals in front of an announced crowd of 45,911, the second-largest of the season, at Busch Stadium.