Royals at Cardinals 4/12/22 - MLB Betting Pick & Odds
Kansas City Royals vs. Saint Louis Cardinals
MLB: 7:45 PM EST
Apr. 12, 2022
TV: NA
Latest Odds : STL -180 ; Total 8.5
The Kansas City Royals will travel to St. Louis to face off against the Cardinals on Tuesday for a scheduled first pitch of 745 Eastern. This game will be available on MLB extra innings. Dakota Hudson will take the mound for St. Louis, Dakota had a 2021 season record of 1–0 with an earned run average of 2.08 and six strikeouts. Daniel Lynch will take the mound for the Kansas City Royals in this matchup, Daniel had a 2021 season record of 4–6 with an earned run average of 5.69 and 55 strikeouts.
The St. Louis Cardinals have a slew of injuries to start the season and Kansas City is fully healthy. St. Louis has Steven Matz, Jack Flaherty, Griffin Roberts, John Torres, and Ian Bedell on the injured list for this matchup.
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Kansas City has not hit a home run this season however Bobby Witt Jr has three runs batted in from the shortstop position with a .167 batting average on the year so far. Andrew Benintendi is the team leader for Kansas City in batting average at .400 with an on base percentage of .455 and a slugging percentage of .400.
Nolan Arenado is the team leader for St. Louis in home runs with two, Nolan has a batting average of .500 and a whopping seven runs batted in already and only three games. Arenado has an on base percentage of .538 and slugging percentage of 1.250.
Recent Betting Trends:
St. Louis is 2 –0–1 against the spread of the season
St. Louis is 2–0 on the over under this season
Kansas City is 1–2 at home against the spread this season
Kansas City is 2–1 versus right handed pitchers this season
Free Betting Pick: Saint Louis Cardinals -180
Daniel Lynch having an ERA at almost 6, and Kansas City not hitting the ball around the yard, we see St. Louis coming into this matchup at home as a heavy favorite, coming away with an easy victory. Final Score Prediction: St. Louis Cardinals are victorious 8–3.