St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 5/4/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-155) Kansas City (+135)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (7-14) will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (13-9) on Wednesday. The line on this contest has the Cardinals at -155 while the Royals are opening at +135. The over/under is set at 7. The pitchers taking the mound are Adam Wainwright and Kris Bubic.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.1 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 16th in baseball. They have earned a total of 90 runs and hold an OBP of .306. The Cardinals have accrued 32 doubles as a unit and have hit 17 balls out of the park. They have 85 runs batted in in addition to 170 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .234. St. Louis has a slugging % of .354 and have been called out on strikes 162 times, while drawing a walk on 67 occasions.

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The Cardinals have a team ERA of 3.15 on the season (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 178 hitters. They have walked 62 batters and their FIP is 3.53 as a squad so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.87 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.16. Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 17 home runs and 70 runs in total (3rd in baseball).

The Cardinals have dispatched 71 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 30 runners on the season and 26.7% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 6 saves this season and have blown 1 out of their 7 save opportunities. The Cardinals relievers have recorded a save percentage of 85.7% and has come into the game in 19 save situations. The relievers have earned 12 holds this season (18th in MLB). Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 23 times as well as having 12 appearances in high leverage situations.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated 582 putouts on the campaign, as well as 230 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which has them sitting 10th in the majors, and they have turned 22 double plays. The Cardinals have turned 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,746 innings, which has them ranked 15th in professional baseball.

Wainwright has pitched in 2,402 innings and has 2,030 punch outs so far in his MLB career. Wainwright (186-108 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 3.43 and he has faced 9,945 opposing batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.36 (897 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.214. He has allowed 2,264 base hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 653 free passes.

The Kansas City Royals have earned an OBP of .283 and a team batting average of .212 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 154 occasions (30th in the league) and have accounted for 146 base knocks. Kansas City has hit 12 home runs this season to go along with 57 RBIs. The Royals have a team slugging % of .312 and they are earning 3.00 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have put up 27 two-baggers, while taking a walk 62 times and scoring 63 runs.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.342 in addition to having a FIP of 4.11 as a unit for the year. They rank 20th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 179. The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 98 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 4.48 (93 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 (154 strikeouts vs 72 bases on balls). They have surrendered 20 home runs and they concede 4.72 runs per 9 innings (25th in MLB).

Kansas City has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 8 save chances and they have come away with 4 saves. They rank 27th in MLB with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 82 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 37 times in high leverage situations and on 29 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.9% out of 39 inherited base runners. With 18 save situations, the Royals have accumulated 9 holds and also 4 blown saves.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 23 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .992 (2nd in the majors). The Royals have 199 assists, 6 errors and have earned a total of 561 putouts for the season. In 1,683 innings played, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (19th in professional baseball).

Bubic (7-15 career win-loss record) has earned a 4.78 ERA and has conceded 8.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.90 and he has faced 837 batters in his MLB career. He has allowed 102 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.453 and a FIP of 5.2. In his career, Bubic has allowed 189 hits while he has tallied 171 K's in 192 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (+135)

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