Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals meet in game 2 of series
Kansas City Royals (32-29, fourth in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (33-27, second in the NL Central)
St. Louis; Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (2-1, 1.05 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.90 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -131, Royals +110; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
St. Louis has a 19-9 record in home games and a 33-27 record overall. The Cardinals have the third-best team batting average in MLB play at .259.
Kansas City is 32-29 overall and 13-16 in road games. The Royals have the seventh-ranked team batting average in the AL at .248.
Wednesday’s game is the fifth time these teams match up this season. The season series is tied 2-2.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Arenado has 10 doubles, a triple and six home runs for the Cardinals. Pedro Pages is 3 for 29 with two home runs over the past 10 games.
Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with eight home runs while slugging .399. Maikel Garcia is 13 for 40 with a double, a triple and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 6-4, .235 batting average, 4.66 ERA, outscored by 13 runs
Royals: 4-6, .263 batting average, 4.03 ERA, outscored by eight runs
INJURIES: Cardinals: Jordan Walker: 10-Day IL (wrist), Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)
Royals: Maikel Garcia: day-to-day (thumb), Lucas Erceg: 15-Day IL (back), Cole Ragans: 15-Day IL (groin), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Long: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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