ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Gordon Graceffo pitched a scoreless 11th inning to earn the win as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night at Busch Stadium III.

The Royals jumped ahead with four runs in the fourth inning. Carter Jensen doubled in Vinnie Pasquantino, and Isaac Collins followed with a sacrifice fly. Jordan Walker answered for St. Louis with a two-run homer in the bottom half. Kansas City added a run in the sixth on a groundout by Collins.

The game went to extra innings tied at 3. Bobby Witt Jr. doubled home Maikel Garcia in the top of the 10th, but Alec Burleson singled in Thomas Saggese in the bottom half to tie it again. Yohel Pozo delivered a walk-off single in the 11th, scoring Nathan Church.

St. Louis outhit Kansas City 12-7. Steven Cruz took the loss for the Royals, who fell to 19-26. The Cardinals improved to 26-18. Attendance was 26,949, and the game lasted 3 hours, 12 minutes.