Masyn Winn leads the St. Louis Cardinals (24-20) into a contest with the Kansas City Royals (25-20) after he racked up four hits in a 14-7 win over the Phillies. The Royals are favorites (-157) against the Cardinals (+132) in this outing, which starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Friday. Kansas City has Cole Ragans set to start, while St. Louis will send out Andre Pallante.

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Royals vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-157)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+132)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline 19 total times this season. They’ve gone 13-6 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -157 or shorter, Kansas City has a 7-1 record (winning 87.5% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 61.1%.
• In the 45 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Kansas City, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 15 times (15-29-1).
• The Royals have collected a 24-21-0 record ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has accumulated a team-high batting average of .312 and paces the Royals in runs batted in (25).
• Witt’s home runs rank 94th in MLB and he ranks 36th in RBI in MLB.
• Maikel Garcia has 11 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 17 walks while hitting .295.
• Garcia ranks 94th in home runs and 95th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals with six home runs and 25 runs batted in.
• Jonathan India has nine doubles, a home run and 21 walks while batting .244.
• India brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a double, a walk and three RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 18th in the majors.
• Kansas City has a 3.03 team ERA that ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals have the seventh-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.179).
• Royals pitchers combine to surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (40 total, 0.9 per game).
• Kansas City fell to the Astros 4-3 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have entered the game as underdogs 30 times this season and won 16, or 53.3%, of those games.
• St. Louis has a record of 3-6, a 33.3% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +132 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 43.1% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 23 of its 44 games with a total.
• The Cardinals are 26-18-0 ATS in their 44 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Lars Nootbaar leads St. Louis in home runs this season with seven while driving in 24 runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Nootbaar ranks 47th in homers and 46th in RBI.
• Nootbaar has hit safely in seven games in a row. In his last 10 games he is batting .293 with three doubles, two home runs, six walks and six RBIs.
• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis in batting with a .313 average while slugging three homers and driving in 20 runs.
• Donovan currently ranks 162nd in homers and 82nd in RBI in the major leagues.
• Nolan Arenado has collected 39 base hits, an OBP of .335 and a slugging percentage of .396 this season.
• Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in runs batted in (25) this season. He’s batting .256 while slugging .413.
• Contreras brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .294 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just 7.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• St. Louis has pitched to a 3.85 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Cardinals rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.238 WHIP this season.
• The Cardinals have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 34 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out 11 Phillies batters while allowing 10 hits in a 14-7 win last time out.