The Kansas City Royals (32-45) will attempt to keep a three-game winning streak alive when they host the St. Louis Cardinals (40-34) on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Royals (+104) are not projected to extend the streak against the Cardinals (-122). St. Louis’ Dustin May gets the start against Kansas City’s Stephen Kolek.

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Cardinals vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Cardinals (-122)
• Underdog: Royals (+104)
• Over/under: 9

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been favored on the moneyline 18 total times this season. They’ve finished 12-6 in those games.
• St. Louis has gone 6-2 (winning 75% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -122 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Cardinals a 55% chance to win.
• St. Louis has played in 74 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 30 times (30-37-7).
• The Cardinals have covered 60.8% of their games this season, going 45-29-0 against the spread.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker paces the Cardinals in home runs (18), runs batted in (58) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .295.
• Among batters in MLB action, Walker ranks 11th in homers and first in RBI.
• Walker has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .316 with a walk and two RBIs.
• Alec Burleson is batting .281 with 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 27 walks.
• Burleson ranks 40th in home runs and sixth in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Ivan Herrera is batting .259 with 13 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 45 walks.
• JJ Wetherholt is hitting .262 with eight doubles, 10 home runs and 35 walks.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 27th in the majors.
• St. Louis has the 17th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.22).
• The Cardinals have the 20th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.342).
• Cardinals pitchers combine to surrender 82 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (14th-fewest in the majors).
• St. Louis struck out three Royals batters while giving up nine hits in a 6-5 loss in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 43 times this season and won 16, or 37.2%, of those games.
• Kansas City is 10-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +104 or more on the moneyline.
• The Royals have a 49% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Kansas City have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 36 of 77 chances this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 34-43-0 in 77 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in homers with 10 while also maintaining a team-best .294 batting average.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Witt is 72nd in homers and 100th in RBI.
• Witt brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .471 with a home run, three walks and four RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 69 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .378 on the year.
• Garcia currently ranks 255th in home runs and 119th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in RBI with 38 while batting .238 with nine home runs.
• Jensen enters this game on an 11-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .366 with seven doubles, a home run, two walks and eight RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone leads Kansas City in home runs with 10 while driving in 24 runs and slugging .452.
• Caglianone has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .273 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 4.49 ERA this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.387 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• With 93 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out one Cardinals batter while allowing eight hits in a 6-5 win last time out.