The Kansas City Royals (38-80) and St. Louis Cardinals (51-66) will clash on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, with first pitch at 7:10 PM ET. The starting pitchers are Steven Matz (3-7) for the Cardinals, and Cole Ragans (3-3) for the Royals.
How to Live Stream Cardinals vs. Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, August 12, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- TV: MLB.tv
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Cardinals and Royals Stats
- The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Cardinals have pitched to a 4.53 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- The Cardinals have hit 163 homers this season, which ranks sixth in the league.
- Hitters for St. Louis rank sixth in the majors with a combined .433 team slugging percentage.
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.0 K/9, the fourth-worst in the majors.
- Kansas City’s 5.13 team ERA ranks 28th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals are 24th in baseball with 114 home runs. They average 1.0 per game.
- So far this season, Kansas City’s .393 slugging percentage is 23rd in the majors.
Cardinals vs. Royals Key Players
- Nolan Arenado leads the Cardinals with 24 home runs and 81 runs batted in.
- Paul Goldschmidt has 23 doubles, 18 home runs and 60 walks while batting .272.
- Lars Nootbaar paces the Cardinals with a .286 batting average.
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads the lineup with a batting average of .270, and leads the Royals in home runs, with 21 and runs batted in with 71.
- Salvador Perez is batting .251 with 19 doubles, 18 home runs and 16 walks.
- Maikel Garcia has 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 24 walks while batting .286.
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Cardinals vs. Royals Betting Odds and Trends
Cardinals vs. Royals Moneyline and Over/Under
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | -143 | +121 | 9.5 | -105 | -115 |
Cardinals vs. Royals Betting Trends
- This season, the Cardinals have won 27 out of the 62 games, or 43.5%, in which they’ve been favored.
- The Cardinals are 16-21 this season when entering a game favored by -143 or more on the moneyline.
- Games involving the Cardinals have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 56 of 115 chances this season.
- The Royals have won in 34, or 33%, of the 103 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This season, the Royals have been victorious 30 times in 88 chances when named as an underdog of at least +121 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 56 of their 117 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
