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Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS St. Louis Cardinals

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-23)

ST. LOUISCARDINALS (30-16)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	21-23	-$361	4-9	17-14	10-11	11-12	19-24-1
STL	30-16	$990	4-5	26-11	20-12	10-4	22-22-2

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KC	TEAM	STL
4.27	RUNS	4.74
3.95	RUNS AGAINST	3.46
0.32	DIFF	1.28
-$361	MONEY	$990
3.62	TEAM ERA	3.18
9.16	OFF HITS	9.07
2.52	OFF WALKS	3.00
6.66	OFF Ks	6.80
8.50	DEF HIT	8.33
2.59	DEF WALKS	2.54
7.45	DEF Ks	8.04

INJURIES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Danny Duffy	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Dyson	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Felipe Paulino	P	60-Day Disabled List

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Chris Carpenter	P	60-Day Disabled List
David Freese	3B	Day-to-Day (hand)
Rafael Furcal	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jason Motte	P	60-Day Disabled List
Fernando Salas	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jake Westbrook	P	15-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	ST. LOUIS
Kansas City Star	St. Louis Post Dispatch

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

LUIS MENDOZA (R) ERA: 5.88 W/L: 1-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/19/2013	OAK	L	3-4	U	6	-100
05/13/2013	LAA	W	11-4	O	6	132
05/08/2013	BAL	L	3-5	U	6	-100

ADAM WAINWRIGHT (R) ERA: 2.38 W/L: 6-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/21/2013	SD	W	10-2	O	7⅓	100
05/16/2013	NYM	L	2-5	U	6	-235
05/11/2013	COL	W	3-0	U	9	100

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 11 innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis Cardinals's relievers have pitched 9⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/16/2012	Sat	KC	7	STL	10	STL	-133	9	O	B Chen	J Kelly
06/15/2012	Fri	KC	3	STL	2	KC	-168	8½	U	V Mazzaro	K Lohse
06/19/2011	Sun	KC	4	STL	5	STL	-190	8	O	D Duffy	J Garcia
06/18/2011	Sat	KC	4	STL	5	STL	-160	9	P	V Mazzaro	J Westbrook
06/17/2011	Fri	KC	5	STL	4	KC	-162	8	O	F Paulino	C Carpenter
05/22/2011	Sun	STL	9	KC	8	STL	157	8½	O	J Garcia	S O'Sullivan
05/21/2011	Sat	STL	3	KC	0	STL	109	9½	U	J Westbrook	N Adcock
05/20/2011	Fri	STL	0	KC	3	KC	113	9	U	C Carpenter	J Francis
06/27/2010	Sun	STL	3	KC	10	KC	130	9	O	J Garcia	B Chen
06/26/2010	Sat	STL	5	KC	3	STL	100	9½	U	B Hawksworth	K Davies

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ROYALS

Royals are second worst in the league in free passes at 2.5 per game.

Royals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.7 per game.

Royals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 4.0 runs per game.

Royals are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

CARDINALS

Cardinals are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.7 runs per game.

Cardinals are third in the league in hits at 9.1 per game.

Cardinals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.8 per game.

Cardinals are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.5 runs per game.

Cardinals give up the fewest free passes in the league allowing 2.5 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/16/2012	Sat	7	at STL	10	L	-133	9	B Chen	1⅔	J Kelly
06/15/2012	Fri	3	at STL	2	W	-168	8½	V Mazzaro	6	K Lohse
06/14/2012	Thu	4	MIL	3	W	-107	9	L Hochevar	7⅓	S Marcum
06/13/2012	Wed	4	MIL	3	W	-106	9	J Sanchez	5	Ra Wolf
06/12/2012	Tue	2	MIL	1	W	132	8½	L Mendoza	6	Z Greinke

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/16/2012	Sat	10	KC	7	W	-133	9	J Kelly	4⅓	B Chen
06/15/2012	Fri	2	KC	3	L	-168	8½	K Lohse	7	V Mazzaro
06/14/2012	Thu	5	CHW	3	W	-120	8½	J Westbrook	6	G Floyd
06/13/2012	Wed	1	CHW	0	W	-136	7½	L Lynn	7⅓	J Peavy
06/12/2012	Tue	1	CHW	6	L	-159	8½	A Wainwright	7	J Quintana

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	4.3	11	3.5	1
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs St. Louis's Home Defense	4.4	8	3.4	5
Kansas City's Road ERA vs St. Louis's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	3	4.2	7
St. Louis's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.7	3	4.0	3
St. Louis's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.4	7	3.8	3
St. Louis's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	3.2	6	4.1	8

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	21-23	10-9	11-14	10-11	11-12	19-24-1	4-9	17-14
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	3-7	0-1	3-6	1-3	2-4	5-5	0-3	3-4
vs AL	18-21	10-9	8-12	10-11	8-10	16-22-1	2-8	16-13
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	30-16	14-8	16-8	20-12	10-4	22-22-2	4-5	26-11
vs Div	15-8	9-6	6-2	11-8	4-0	13-10	1-2	14-6
Last 10	7-3	5-2	2-1	6-3	1-0	5-4-1	0-1	7-2
vs NL	30-16	14-8	16-8	20-12	10-4	22-22-2	4-5	26-11

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

LUIS MENDOZA VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/23/2012	8-2	STL	4⅓	7	4	4	2	2	L
06/17/2012	5-3	KC	6	6	2	2	1	5	ND

ADAM WAINWRIGHT VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/23/2012	8-2	STL	7	6	2	2	1	4	W
06/17/2012	5-3	KC	7	5	1	1	3	8	ND
06/21/2009	12-5	STL	6	8	5	5	0	8	W
06/18/2007	5-3	KC	7	9	5	4	1	0	L
06/13/2007	7-3	STL	8	1	0	0	2	3	W