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Jul 10, 2024

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Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals Game 1 Prediction – 7/10/2024

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game 1 Details

  • Date: July 10, 2024
  • Venue: Busch Stadium
  • Starting Pitchers:
    • Alec Marsh - Royals
    • Andre Pallante - Cardinals

Betting Odds

Moneyline: Royals +110, Cardinals -130
Runline: Royals 1.5 -185, Cardinals -1.5 +154
Over/Under Total: 8.5

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Win Probabilities

Implied Win %: Projected Win %:
Kansas City Royals - 42% Kansas City Royals - 44.49%
St. Louis Cardinals - 58% St. Louis Cardinals - 55.51%

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Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game 1 Betting Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will play the first game of their doubleheader at Busch Stadium today in the earliest game on the MLB schedule on Wednesday. Both teams are above .500 in 2024, with the Cardinals holding a 48-42 record and the Royals entering today's play at 49-43. In this in-state rivalry game, both teams will be looking to set the tone for the second game of their doubleheader later in the day.

The starting pitching matchup for Royals vs Cardinals Game 1 will pit Alec Marsh of the Royals against Andre Pallante of the Cardinals. Marsh enters this game with a mediocre record of 6-6 and an ERA of 4.57. Pallante, meanwhile, is 4-3 on the season with an ERA of 4.00. The starting pitching for both sides is going to be huge in this game, not just for the outcome of this individual contest, but to set each team up for success in the second game of this doubleheader as well.

Coming into this game, the Cardinals have won two games in a row, while the Royals won their most recent outing as well. The Royals are coming off of a win over the Colorado Rockies, though they did lose two of three to a Rockies team that is among the worst in all of baseball. St. Louis, meanwhile, won their last two games against the Washington Nationals and took three of four games from the Nats in their most recent series.

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game 1 Prediction

Final Score: Kansas City Royals 4.02 vs St. Louis Cardinals 4.23

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Consensus

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+101
20% KC
-120
80% STL

Total Pick Consensus

8.5/-102
3% UN
8.5/-118
97% OV

Spread Pick Consensus

+1.5/-198
27% KC
-1.5/+164
73% STL

Stats

  • Team Stats
  • Team Records
  • Pitchers
  • Recent Starts
KC
Team Stats
STL
5.20
ERA
4.59
.260
Batting Avg Against
.268
1.41
WHIP
1.43
.304
BABIP
.322
9.1%
BB%
8.3%
20.4%
K%
20.4%
67.1%
LOB%
69.8%
.244
Batting Avg
.259
.394
SLG
.436
.695
OPS
.770
.301
OBP
.333
KC
Team Records
STL
45-36
Home
44-37
41-40
Road
39-42
70-55
vRHP
59-59
16-21
vLHP
24-20
45-54
vs>.500
44-48
41-22
vs<.500
39-31
4-6
Last10
6-4
9-11
Last20
11-9
12-18
Last30
18-12
M. Wacha
G. Graceffo
N/A
Innings
N/A
N/A
GS
N/A
N/A
W-L
N/A
N/A
ERA
N/A
N/A
K/9
N/A
N/A
BB/9
N/A
N/A
HR/9
N/A
N/A
LOB%
N/A
N/A
HR/FB%
N/A
N/A
FIP
N/A
N/A
xFIP
N/A

M. Wacha

Date
Opp
W/L
IP
H
R
ER
SO
BB
ST-PC
5/3 LAA
Syndergaard N/A
W4-0 N/A
5.2
3
0
0
2
2
42-60
4/27 TOR
Stripling N/A
W7-1 N/A
6
4
1
1
5
2
57-92
4/22 TB
Kluber N/A
W4-3 N/A
5
3
2
2
3
2
50-82
4/17 MIN
Ober N/A
W8-1 N/A
5
1
0
0
5
2
52-79
4/11 DET
Manning N/A
L1-3 N/A
4.1
2
1
1
4
3
45-72

G. Graceffo

Date
Opp
W/L
IP
H
R
ER
SO
BB
ST-PC

Odds

  • MoneyLine
  • RunLine
  • Over/Under
Open
Current
Book
KC STL
KC STL
Consensus
+130
-156
+101
-120
+130
-155
+100
-120
+136
-162
+100
-118
+132
-155
+102
-120
+130
-155
+100
-120
+130
-155
+100
-120
Open
Current
Book
KC STL
KC STL
Consensus
+1.5 (-198)
-1.5 (+145)
+1.5 (-198)
-1.5 (+166)
+1.5 (164)
-1.5 (+145)
-1.5 (+164)
+1.5 (-198)
+1.5 (155)
-1.5 (+134)
-1.5 (+155)
+1.5 (-188)
+1.5 (165)
-1.5 (+140)
-1.5 (+165)
+1.5 (-215)
+1.5 (-195)
-1.5 (+143)
+1.5 (-195)
-1.5 (+162)
+1.5 (-190)
-1.5 (+150)
+1.5 (-190)
-1.5 (+155)
Open
Current
Book
Over Under
Over Under
Consensus
8.0 (-115)
8.0 (-105)
8.5 (-116)
8.5 (-105)
8.0 (-115)
8.0 (-105)
8.5 (-115)
8.5 (-105)
8.0 (-115)
8.0 (-105)
8.5 (-115)
8.5 (-105)
8.0 (-118)
8.0 (-104)
8.5 (-117)
8.5 (-104)
8.0 (-115)
8.0 (-105)
8.5 (-115)
8.5 (-105)
8.5 (-105)
8.5 (-115)
8.5 (-110)
8.5 (-110)