St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals odds, tips and betting trends | August 12
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The St. Louis Cardinals (51-66) and Kansas City Royals (38-80) will battle on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, with first pitch at 7:10 PM ET.
The Cardinals are the road favorite (-143) versus the Royals (+122). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the St. Louis Cardinals looking to Steven Matz (3-7), and Cole Ragans (3-3) getting the nod for the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals beat the Cardinals 12-8 yesterday, with Angel Zerpa getting the win (4.0 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 2 K) and Salvador Perez leading the way offensively (going 4-for-3 with a double, a home run and four RBI). Adam Wainwright (1.0 IP, 8 R, 9 H, 0 K) took the loss for the Cardinals.
Before watching this Cardinals vs. Royals matchup, here is what you need to know about Saturday’s action on the diamond, including viewing options.
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals Odds and Betting Lines
Major League Baseball odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:27 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Cardinals (-143, bet $143 to win $100)
Underdog: Royals (+122, bet $100 to win $122)
Over/under: 9.5
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Cardinals Stats and Trends Cardinals Betting Records
This season, the Cardinals have won 27 out of the 62 games, or 43.5%, in which they’ve been favored.
St. Louis has a record of 16-21 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -143 on the moneyline.
The implied probability of a win from the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 58.8%.
St. Louis and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 56 of 115 opportunities.
The Cardinals have an ATS record of 55-60-0 in 115 games with a spread this season.
Steven Matz (Cardinals Probable Starter)
Matz makes the start for the Cardinals, his 17th of the season. He is 3-7 with a 3.91 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 99 2/3 innings pitched.
In his last time out on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, the lefty tossed six innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering five hits.
The 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.91, with 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings, in 24 games this season. Opponents are batting .268 against him.
Matz is trying to continue a third-game quality start streak in this game.
Matz will look to build upon a five-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 4.1 frames per outing).
He has had nine appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
The opposing Royals offense has a collective .241 batting average, and is 19th in the league with 953 total hits and 28th in MLB play with 466 runs scored. It has the 23rd-ranked slugging percentage (.393) and ranks 24th in home runs (114) in all of MLB.
Matz has a 3.37 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP against the Royals this season in 2 2/3 innings pitched, allowing a .200 batting average over one appearance.
Cardinals Batting Stats
The Cardinals have hit 163 homers this season, which ranks sixth in the league.
Hitters for St. Louis have a combined .433 slugging percentage this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
The Cardinals rank seventh in MLB with a .257 team batting average.
St. Louis has scored 546 runs (4.7 per game) this season, which ranks 12th in MLB.
The Cardinals have an on-base percentage of .330 this season, which ranks fifth in the league.
St. Louis has shown patience at the plate this season with the 10th-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.2) among MLB offenses.
Royals Stats and Trends Royals Betting Records
The Royals have been victorious in 34, or 33%, of the 103 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
Kansas City has a win-loss record of 30-58 when favored by +122 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 45% chance of pulling out a win.
Kansas City and its opponents have gone over in 56 of its 117 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
The Royals have posted a record of 51-66-0 against the spread this season.
Cole Ragans (Royals Probable Starter)
Ragans makes the start for the Royals, his fourth of the season. He is 3-3 with a 3.86 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings pitched.
His last appearance came on Monday against the Boston Red Sox, when the lefty tossed 6 2/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up four hits.
Over 20 games this season, the 25-year-old has put up a 3.86 ERA and 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .227 to opposing hitters.
Ragans is trying for his third quality start in a row.
Ragans will look to extend a four-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 2.1 innings per appearance).
He has had 12 appearances this season in which he did not surrender an earned run.
The opposing Cardinals offense has the sixth-ranked slugging percentage (.433) and ranks sixth in home runs hit (163) in all of MLB. They have a collective .257 batting average, and are seventh in the league with 1032 total hits and 12th in MLB play scoring 546 runs.
Ragans has pitched 2/3 of an inning without giving up a hit or an earned run against the Cardinals this season.
Royals Batting Stats
The Royals average 1.0 home run per game to rank 24th in MLB play with 114 total home runs .
So far this season, Kansas City ranks 23rd in baseball, slugging .393.
The Royals have the 19th-ranked batting average in the league (.241).
Kansas City is the third-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 3.9 runs per game (466 total).
The Royals rank 28th in MLB with a .299 on-base percentage.
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Cardinals vs. Royals: Live Streaming Info & Game Time
Game Day: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
TV Channel: MLB.tv
Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
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