Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 60-34 St. Louis Cardinals play host to the 57-36 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Busch Stadium, July 23, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:15PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals +128/Cardinals -138
O/U Total: 7
Pitching Matchup
Chris Young (R) W/L 8-5 WHIP 1.04 ERA 3.03
John Lackey (R) W/L 8-5 WHIP 1.24 ERA 2.90
Kansas City defeated Pittsburgh 5-1 last night. They were 2-1 on their mini homestand and sport a 6-2 record over their last 8 games. St. Louis was a 3-2 winner at the White Sox on Wednesday. They were 2-0 on their mini road trip and are 4-1 in their past 5 games.
The Cardinals lead the season series 3-2 but the Royals have a 6-4 advantage in the last 10 contests between these two teams.
Young was a 4-2 winner at the White Sox in his last start. He went 5 innings and surrendered 2 runs. He has 6 Q starts on the season.
Lackey was a 12-2 winner over the Mets in his last outing. He allowed 1 run over 7 innings for his 7th-straight Q start. He has 14 on the year.
KC 3B Mike Moustakas is 3-7 (.429) against Lackey while 1B Eric Hosmer is 2-9 (.222) with a HR and 3 RBIs. He has the only HR off of the veteran right-hander. C Salvador Perez is 2-5 (.400) with an RBI while OF Alex Rios is 10-30 (.300) with 3 RBIs and 5 SBs.
Cardinals C Yadier Molina is 5-13 (.385) against Young with an RBI while 1B Mark Reynolds is 2-14 (.143) with a HR and 3 RBIs. He has the only HR off of the right-hander. As a team, St. Louis is hitting .241 with a HR, 6 RBIs and 3 steals against Young in 79 ABs.
Kansas City at St. Louis Betting Trends
Kansas City is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Royals are 10-5 straight up in their last 15 road games.
The game total has gone under in 5 of the Royals last 6 games against the Cardinals.
St. Louis is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Cardinals are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Gordon OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 15-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Mitch Harris P 15-Day Disabled List
Jon Jay OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (ATS)
Kansas City: 34%
St. Louis: 66%
Free MLB Pick
The home team has won four of five this season and Lackey has been fabulous at home with a 6-2 record and 1.63 Earned run average in 10 starts. That said, his historical stats against the Royals are not thrilling with the active roster hitting .269 in 101 plate appearances and the Cards have lost his last two starts against Kansas City. Royals starter Chris Young hasn’t been as dominant in recent outings but did look good in his start earlier in the season against St. Louis when he pitched six strong scoreless innings in a 5-0 whitewash of the Cardinals. Both teams have been hitting the ball well and the number is a low enough to give uys some value on the over side of the line.
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