Royals at Cardinals 5/21/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals
Date & Time: 5/22/2018, 12:15 AM UTC
Latest Odds: STL -195 O/U 8.5
TV Channel: FSKC

On Monday, the Kansas City Royals (14-31, 4th AL Central) open a three-game interleague series on the road against the St. Louis Cardinals (24-19, 3rd NL Central).

The Royals lost on Saturday to the New York Yankees 8-3 and will conclude their three-game series with New York on Sunday. Kansas City has now lost 6 of its last 7 games overall.

The Cardinals were beaten on Saturday by Philadelphia 7-6 and have lost 5 of their last 7 overall. Greg Holland took the loss and dropped to 0-2 after allowing two hits and two runs while making just two outs during his stint on the mound.
Jorge Soler leads the Royals with a .303 batting average. Whit Merrifield has the team lead in hits with 52. Mike Moustakas leads the team in home runs with 10 and RBIs with 31. Kansas City has a team batting average of .259 while opposing hitters are averaging .281 at the plate against Royals pitching. On Monday, Kansas City will send Ian Kennedy to the mound. The right-hander on the season is 1-4 with an ERA of 4.98, 45 Ks and 18 BBs.

Tommy Pham leads the Cardinals with a .321 batting average and team high eight home runs. Jose Martinez leads in RBIs with 29 and hits with 49. St. Louis has a team batting average of .235, while opposing hitters are averaging .243 at the plate against Cardinals pitching. On Monday, St. Louis will send Miles Mikolas to the mound. The right-hander on the season is 5-0 with an ERA of 2.63, 37 Ks and 5 BBs.

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Kansas City has won 1 of its last 5 road games

The UNDER has cashed in 5 of the Royals last 6 interleague games

St. Louis has won 5 of Mikolas’ last 6 starts

The UNDER has cashed in each of the last 6 opening game of a series for the Cardinals

Free MLB Pick: Under 8.5 Runs

St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas has had four wins and two no-decisions in his last six starts allowing just 7 earned runs over 39.1 innings during that span. Kansas City has lost each of the last 4 meetings between the two teams and 5 of the last 7 in St. Louis. Final Score Prediction, St Louis Cardinals win in low scoring under game 4-0.

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