Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction 8-10-24 MLB Picks

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals meet Saturday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s a Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The St. Louis Cardinals will start Andre Pallante and Pallante is 4-6 with a 4.43 ERA and 51 strikeouts this season. This will be Pallante’s second career start against the Royals. The Kansas City Royals will start Michael Wacha here and Wacha is 8-6 with a 3.55 ERA and 93 strikeouts this season. In his career, Wacha is 3-0 with a 3.12 ERA and 14 strikeouts against St. Louis.

St. Louis Cardinals Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals come into this one looking to build on their 8-5 win over the Royals from Friday’s series opener. The win puts the Cards in a decent spot to build on their series win over the Rays to start the week.

Cardinals Trying To Make Up Ground In NL Central & NL Wild Card Races

Entering Friday, Nolan Arenado has 113 hits along with 17 doubles and 51 RBIs while Brendan Donovan has 113 hits and 53 RBIs with 23 doubles. Nolan Gorman has a team-high 19 home runs along with 50 RBIs in addition to 14 doubles while Masyn Winn has a .281 batting average, 114 hits and 10 stolen bases. Paul Goldschmidt also has 135 K’s while Gorman has a team-high 145 strikeouts as well this season. Alec Burleson also has 19 home runs and a team-high 66 RBIs as well this year.

Why the St. Louis Cardinals will win

• The Royals have lost each of their last six Saturday games as favorites against National League opponents.
• The Cardinals have won seven of their last eight Saturday games as underdogs against American League opponents.
• The Cardinals have covered the run line in each of their last eight Saturday games as underdogs against American League opponents.
• The Royals have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight home games against the Cardinals following a home loss.

Kansas City Royals Recap

The Kansas City Royals will try to rebound after letting one slip away in Friday’s series-opening loss. The loss put the Royals at risk of back-to-back series losses if they can’t pull out a result in either of the next two Games after falling short against the Red Sox in a three-Game set to start the week.

Royals Trying To Regain Home Form

Going into Friday’s opener, Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with 162 hits including 22 home runs, 84 RBIs and team-highs of 10 triples and 33 doubles with 25 stolen bases and a .349 batting average. Salvador Perez also has 20 home runs with 75 RBIs and 20 doubles. Maikel Garcia has 6 home runs, 46 RBIs and 27 stolen bases along with 5 triples and 20 doubles this season. Vinnie Pasquantino has 25 doubles with 17 homers and 84 RBIs of his own on the year.

Why the Kansas City Royals will win

• The Cardinals have lost each of their last eight night games against AL Central opponents following a win.
• The Royals have won three of their last four games against NL Central opponents following a home loss.
• The Cardinals have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games against American League opponents following a road win.
• The Royals have covered the run line in each of their last four games against the Cardinals following a loss.

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction

I’m on the Royals here. I know the Cardinals found a way to get the win on Friday, but that was more about the Royals bullpen letting it slip and I don’t think they will here. Wacha’s been a quietly reliable option for Kansas City’s rotation this season and Wacha’s had a fair amount of success the last couple of years against his former team. The Cardinals have dropped each of Pallante’s last four starts and Kansas City is still one of the best home teams in baseball overall and against right-handed pitching this season. Give me Kansas City here.