{"id":4677,"date":"2009-06-21T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-royals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:36:00","slug":"cardinals-royals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-royals-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Royals Lines 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 Sunday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Adam<\/st1:GivenName> Wainwright<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Wainwright<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 7-4 this season with a 3.33 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be ace Gil<\/st1:GivenName> Meche<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the Royals. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Meche<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 4-5 with a 3.31 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals scored four runs in the ninth inning to seal a 7-1 victory over the Royals on Saturday, as -160 favorites. That game’s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Khalil<\/st1:GivenName> Greene<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a three-run homer, and Albert<\/st1:GivenName> Pujols<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run dinger for the Cardinals. Chris<\/st1:GivenName> Carpenter<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed just three hits and one run over 7 2-3 innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Willie<\/st1:GivenName> Bloomquist<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the lone run for the Royals, who were +140 underdogs. Brian<\/st1:GivenName> Bannister<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered six hits and three runs over eight innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
St. Louis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.
Kansas City<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 38-31 SU
Kansas City: 29-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 6-4
After playing Kansas City are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 1-9
Before playing Houston are 3-7
After playing St. Louis are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Kansas City
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Kansas City is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at NY Mets, Monday, June 22
Kansas City<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, June 23<\/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 Sunday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium in an interleague contest. Ace Adam Wainwright will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Wainwright is 7-4 this season with a 3.33 ERA. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Cardinals-Royals 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-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677","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=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}