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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium in an interleague contest.
Chris Carpenter will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Carpenter is 4-1 this season with a 1.59 ERA.
It’ll be Brian Bannister toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Bannister is 5-3 with a 3.96 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Cardinals scored six runs in the third inning as they doubled the Royals 10-5 on Friday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (9.5).
Ryan Ludwick belted a grand slam home run to lead the Cardinals. Brad Thompson gave up five hits and four runs over seven innings in the win.
Miguel Olivo went 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Royals. Kyle Davies surrendered nine hits and eight runs over 2 2-3 innings.
Current streak:
Kansas City has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
St. Louis: 37-31 SU
Kansas City: 29-37 SU
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a win are 3-7

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing St. Louis are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
St. Louis is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Kansas City is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games at home
Kansas City is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games
Kansas City is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Next up:
Kansas City home to St. Louis, Sunday, June 21

 

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