MLB
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals
Thu, Jun 18, 7:40 PM EDTScheduledKauffman Stadium
The PickCurated by June Bautista
St. Louis Cardinals+1.5
Cardinals +1.5 — 38-31 road team with 4.6 ppg offense faces 29-43 Royals
Stats-first baseball. Every park is a different sport.
Why this pick
- 1
Cardinals 38-31 overall vs Royals 29-43
- 2
Cardinals 7-3 in last 10 games vs Royals 5-5
- 3
Cardinals score 4.6 ppg vs Royals 4.0 ppg
- 4
Cardinals allow 4.4 ppg vs Royals allow 4.7 ppg
- 5
Cardinals 19-15 road record vs Royals 17-21 home
By the numbers
Recent form · last 5
STL
3-2
LWLWW
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KC
1-4
LLWLL
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Head to head
2
STL
1
KC
- 2026-05-17KC 2 — STL 0
- 2026-05-16KC 2 — STL 4
- 2026-05-16KC 4 — STL 5
Risk notes
MLB run-line variance is high and Royals get home-field in a low-data spot.