Data Skrive:
The St. Louis Cardinals (60-57) and Willson Contreras (2 HR in his last game) are underdogs (-103) on the moneyline for their matchup with the Kansas City Royals (64-53) on Saturday at 7:10 PM ET on BSKC. Michael Wacha takes the mound for Kansas City while Andre Pallante is St. Louis’ starter for the contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this tilt, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.24
Royals to win vs Cardinals -116
Royals vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-116)
- Underdog: Cardinals (-103)
- Over/under: 9
Royals vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Royals have been favorites in 55 games this season and have come away with the win 35 times (63.6%) in those contests.
- This year Kansas City has won 32 of 50 games when listed as at least -116 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Royals have a 53.7% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Cardinals have put together a 28-28 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -103 or longer, St. Louis has a 25-25 record (winning 50% of its games).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 50.7%.
Royals vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in home runs with 22, runs batted in with 84 and his batting average of .346 is also best on his team.
- Witt ranks 20th in the majors in homers, and fifth in RBI.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 84 while batting .267 with 17 homers.
- Alec Burleson leads the Cardinals in home runs (20) and runs batted in (67).
- Burleson ranks 26th in homers and 27th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
- Brendan Donovan is batting .269 with 24 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 33 walks.
Royals vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.81 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.263 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- St. Louis has a 4.11 team ERA that ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cardinals average MLB’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.271).