St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Odds

Power Ranking

St. Louis 23

Kansas City 4

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STL
4.80
4.97
0.00
8.83
3.50
9.50
3.38

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

KC
3.68
5.38
0.00
7.77
2.46
8.82
3.56

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St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals

The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to give the ball to Michael Wacha on Thursday night as they take on the Kansas City Royals in interleague MLB action at the sportsbooks.

Wacha sits at 4-3 with a 2.45 ERA on the season, and in his one career start against the Royals he gave up just one run on two hits over seven innings of work.

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Team Record

St. Louis Cardinals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	31-29	3-7	18-15	2-4	29-25
Home	16-14	2-7	9-6	1-4	15-10
Away	15-15	1-0	9-9	1-0	14-15
Fave	25-24	3-7	14-12	2-4	23-20
Dog	6-5	0-0	4-3	0-0	6-5
O/U	28-27-5	6-3-1	18-12-3	3-2-1	25-25-4
vs LHP	6-9	1-2	3-5	1-1	5-8
vs RHP	25-20	2-5	15-10	1-3	24-17

Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	28-31	4-6	6-15	22-29	6-2
Home	13-15	0-4	5-7	11-14	2-1
Away	15-16	4-2	1-8	11-15	4-1
Fave	16-14	0-3	5-8	14-13	2-1
Dog	11-17	4-3	1-7	7-16	4-1
O/U	27-28-4	5-4-1	12-8-1	24-24-3	3-4-1
vs LHP	9-8	2-1	2-2	6-7	3-1
vs RHP	19-23	2-5	4-13	16-22	3-1

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

St. Louis Cardinals

Michael Wacha (4-4) ERA: 2.61 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
May 31, 2014	SF	W	2-0	U	6	52
May 26, 2014	NYY	L	4-6	O	7	-100
May 21, 2014	ARI	W	3-2	U	6	62

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (3-5) ERA: 3.41

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
May 26, 2014	HOU	L	2-9	O	2.2	-100
May 20, 2014	CHW	L	6-7	O	6	-100
May 15, 2014	BAL	L	1-2	U	6.1	-100

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

St. Louis Cardinals

Michael Wacha (4-4) ERA: 2.61

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
May 30, 2013	4-2	KC	7	2	1	1	0	6	No Decision

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (3-5) ERA: 3.41

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Jun 4, 2014	STL	5	112	7	Push	Adam Wainwright (R)
Jun 4, 2014	KC	2	112	7	Push	Jason Vargas (L)
Jun 3, 2014	KC	8	-122	7	Over	James Shields (R)
Jun 3, 2014	STL	7	-122	7	Over	Jaime Garcia (L)
Jun 2, 2014	KC	6	-144	7.5	Under	Danny Duffy (L)
Jun 2, 2014	STL	0	-144	7.5	Under	Shelby Miller (R)
May 30, 2013	KC	4	-170	8.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
May 30, 2013	STL	2	-170	8.5	Under	Michael Wacha (R)
May 29, 2013	KC	3	-183	8	Push	Luis Mendoza (R)
May 29, 2013	STL	5	-183	8	Push	Lance Lynn (R)
May 28, 2013	STL	4	-119	9	Under	Tyler Lyons (L)
May 28, 2013	KC	1	-119	9	Under	Ervin Santana (R)
May 27, 2013	STL	6	104	7	Over	Adam Wainwright (R)
May 27, 2013	KC	3	104	7	Over	James Shields (R)
Jun 24, 2012	STL	11	138	10	Over	Lance Lynn (R)
Jun 24, 2012	KC	8	138	10	Over	Jonathan Sanchez (L)
Jun 23, 2012	STL	8	113	9.5	Over	Adam Wainwright (R)
Jun 23, 2012	KC	2	113	9.5	Over	Luis Mendoza (R)
Jun 22, 2012	STL	11	-109	9.5	Over	Joe Kelly (R)
Jun 22, 2012	KC	4	-109	9.5	Over	Vin Mazzaro (R)

Betting Odds Trends

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Kansas City
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home
Kansas City is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing St. Louis
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 7 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Injuries

St. Louis Cardinals

Matt Carpenter 3B 10-day IL (04/02), Oblique
Keynan Middleton RP 15-day IL (03/25), Forearm
Tommy Edman 3B 10-day IL (3/25), Wrist
Dylan Carlson CF 10-day IL (03/26), Shoulder
Riley O'Brien RP 15-day IL (03/29), Forearm
Drew Rom SP 15-day IL (03/25), Biceps

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring

Last 5 Games

St. Louis Cardinals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jun 4, 2014	KC	5-2	W	-122	7	Adam Wainwright	8	A	Jason Vargas
Jun 3, 2014	KC	7-8	L	-122	7	Jaime Garcia	5	H	James Shields
Jun 2, 2014	KC	0-6	L	-144	7.5	Shelby Miller	7	H	Danny Duffy
Jun 1, 2014	SF	0-8	L	-111	7.5	Lance Lynn	3.1	H	Tim Hudson
May 31, 2014	SF	2-0	W	-190	7.5	Michael Wacha	6	H	Yusmeiro Petit

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jun 4, 2014	STL	2-5	L	+112	7	Jason Vargas	8	H	Adam Wainwright
Jun 3, 2014	STL	8-7	W	+112	7	James Shields	5.1	A	Jaime Garcia
Jun 2, 2014	STL	6-0	W	+134	7.5	Danny Duffy	6	A	Shelby Miller
Jun 1, 2014	TOR	0-4	L	+145	8.5	Jeremy Guthrie	7	A	Mark Buehrle
May 31, 2014	TOR	2-12	L	+158	9.5	Aaron Brooks	0.2	A	Marcus Stroman

Stats Comparison

St. Louis Cardinals

Kansas City Royals

Runs Scored

4.80 3.68

Runs Allowed

4.97 5.38

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

4.35 4.10

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.64 5.53

Starter ERA

2.61 3.41

Stats Comparison

St. Louis Cardinals

Kansas City Royals

Offensive Hits

8.83 7.77

Hits Allowed

9.50 8.82

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

9 9.2

Offensive Walks

3.50 2.46

Defensive Walks

3.38 3.56

Wins Last 10 Games

3 4

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.80	11	5.38	28
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.35	21	5.53	28
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.68	29	4.97	25
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.10	22	4.64	20