{"id":4467,"date":"2009-05-23T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/royals-cardinals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-23T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T13:20:00","slug":"royals-cardinals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/royals-cardinals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals-Cardinals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Busch Stadium will be treated to a interleague game between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals will give the ball to starter Luke<\/st2:GivenName> Hochevar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hochevar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-1 this season with a 16.89 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will counter Hochevar with Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Lohse<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Lohse<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.66 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Todd<\/st2:GivenName> Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> combined on a five-hit shutout on Friday, as the Cardinals knocked off the Royals 5-0. The Cardinals won the game as -140 favorites, while the five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Stavinoha<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Khalil<\/st2:GivenName> Greene<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both drove in two runs to lead the Cardinals. Wellemeyer improved to 4-4 with the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Davies<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three hits and two runs over six innings in suffering the loss. The Royals were +120 underdogs in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: <\/font>21-21 SU
St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 25-17 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing St. Louis are 7-3
After playing St. Louis are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Busch Stadium will be treated to a interleague game between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals when they take their seats on Saturday. The Royals will give the ball to starter Luke Hochevar in this one. Righthander Hochevar is 0-1 this season with a 16.89 ERA. The Cardinals will … Continue reading Royals-Cardinals Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}