St. Louis Cardinals (60-57, second in the NL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (64-53, third in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-6, 4.43 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (8-6, 3.55 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 93 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Royals -116, Cardinals -103; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals play on Saturday in the second game of a two-game series. The Cardinals won the first, 8-5.
Kansas City has gone 37-25 at home and 64-53 overall. The Royals are 32-11 in games when they did not allow a home run.
St. Louis is 60-57 overall and 29-30 in road games. Cardinals hitters are batting a collective .246, which ranks seventh in the NL.
The matchup Saturday is the fourth time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has 33 doubles, 10 triples and 22 home runs while hitting .346 for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino is 14-for-44 with a double and six home runs over the last 10 games.
Masyn Winn has 21 doubles, five triples, nine home runs and 41 RBI for the Cardinals. Tommy Pham is 11-for-36 with three doubles, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 6-4, .267 batting average, 3.65 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs
Cardinals: 5-5, .259 batting average, 4.44 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
INJURIES: Royals: John Schreiber: 15-Day IL (knee), Dan Altavilla: 60-Day IL (oblique), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Cardinals: Mike Siani: 10-Day IL (oblique), Lance Lynn: 15-Day IL (knee), Steven Matz: 60-Day IL (back), Keynan Middleton: 60-Day IL (forearm), Riley O'Brien: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Rom: 60-Day IL (biceps)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
