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