St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 26-14 Kansas City Royals play host to the 27-14 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, May 22, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneylines: Cardinals -104/Royals -106
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Lance Lynn (R) W/L 3-3 WHIP 1.25 ERA 2.96
Chris Young (R) W/L 3-0 WHIP 0.63 ERA 0.94

The Cardinals were 5-0 losers at the NY Mets yesterday. They are 2-2 on their current road trip and 4-5 in their last 9 games. The Royals were idle on Thursday and are 4-1 on their current homestand and 7-3 in their past 10 games. They are 15-6 at home this season.

Kansas City won the season series 3-1 in 2014 but St. Louis has a 6-4 edge since 2012.

Lynn was a 2-1 winner over Detroit in his last outing, allowing 1 run in 7.1 innings. He struck out 7. He has 5 Q starts on the year and has allowed 1 run or less in 6 of his 8 starts.

Young was a 12-1 winner vs. the Yankees in his last start. He went 5.2 innings and allowed only 1 run. This will be his 4th start of the year and he has 6 relief appearances. He has yielded only 1 ER in 16.2 innings as a starter.

Only 5 St. Louis hitters have faced Young before. OF Matt Holliday is 6-20 (.300) with 2 SBs while C Yadier Molina is 3-10 (.300) with an RBI. OF Jason Heyward is 2-8 (.250) with 2 RBIs and a SB. 1B Mark Reynolds is 2-14 (.167) with a homer and 3 RBIs while SS Jhonny Peralta is 0-2.

No Royals hitter has more than 7 ABs vs. Lynn. 3B Mike Moustakas is 3-6 (.500) with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs while OF Alex Gordon is 5-7 (.714). No one has stolen a base off of him and Moustakas has the only HR off of the right-hander.

St. Louis at Kansas City Betting Trends

St. Louis is 15-8 straight up in their last 23 games.
The Cardinals are 8-1 straight up in their last 9 games on the road in Kansas City.
The game total has gone under in 4 of St. Louis’s last 6 road games.
Kansas City is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games.
The game total has gone over in 6 of Kansas City’s last 9 home games.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jon Jay OF 15-Day Disabled List
Thomas Pham OF 60-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 15-Day Disabled List

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Erik Kratz C 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 38%
Kansas City: 62%

Free MLB Pick

We don’t know how long it will last, but Chris Young has done everything asked of him so far this season with some scary good numbers. It is not too often that you have the pitcher with a definite edge in current form and the better career stats versus the opponent’s roster in basically a pick’em game. It’s even rarer when the same team is at home where they are 15-6 and winners of three in a row outscoring their opponents 16-1.‏

Take the Kansas City Royals -106‏