St. Louis Cardinals (25-20, second in the NL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (25-21, fourth in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (2-2, 4.35 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Royals: Noah Cameron (0-0)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -125, Cardinals +104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals are looking to end their three-game home slide with a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kansas City has a 25-21 record overall and a 16-8 record at home. The Royals have a 3-0 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.
St. Louis has a 25-20 record overall and a 10-14 record in road games. The Cardinals are 20-6 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Saturday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bobby Witt Jr. has 17 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 25 RBIs for the Royals. Kyle Isbel is 10 for 31 with a double, two triples, two home runs and two RBIs over the last 10 games.
Brendan Donovan has a .321 batting average to lead the Cardinals, and has 14 doubles and three home runs. Lars Nootbaar is 13 for 42 with two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 5-5, .259 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored by five runs
Cardinals: 9-1, .283 batting average, 2.12 ERA, outscored opponents by 40 runs
INJURIES: Royals: Cole Ragans: day-to-day (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)
Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat)
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