{"id":4647,"date":"2009-06-19T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-royals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:21:00","slug":"cardinals-royals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-royals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Royals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Thompson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Thompson<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-1 record and a 2.94 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Thompson<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Davies<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Royals righthander has a 5.14 ERA to go along with a 3-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals were doubled 6-3 by the Tigers last time out, as -120 favorites. That game’s nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joel<\/st2:GivenName> Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five hits and four runs over seven innings of work in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals were pounded 12-5 by the Diamondbacks last time out, as +120 underdogs. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st2:GivenName> DeJesus<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs for the Royals. Luke<\/st2:GivenName> Hochevar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed nine hits and seven runs over four innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-31 SU
Kansas City: 29-36 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Kansas City are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing Arizona are 8-2
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing Kansas City
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
St. Louis is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 9 of St. Louis’s last 13 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 13 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium. The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad Thompson in this game. Thompson has a 1-1 record and a 2.94 ERA this season. Thompson‘s opponent … Continue reading Cardinals-Royals Odds 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-4647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647","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=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}