MLB Lines – Cards vs Royals
An interleague match-up in middle America – does it get any more “baseball” than that? I think not.
An interleague match-up in middle America – does it get any more “baseball” than that? I think not.
The St. Louis Cardinals host the Kansas City Royals on Monday night in the opening game of a home-and-home four game series beginning at Busch Stadium.
San Francisco will travel to St. Louis to start a seven-game road trip that opens with a four-game series against the Cardinals on Thursday.
The Yankees will be looking for their second win in a row and second regular-season win in nine years in St. Louis when they face off against the Cardinals in game two of a three-game set on Tuesday.
Reds pitcher Homer Bailey hit the big bucks this offseason with a contract extension; he’ll be out to stymie the Redbirds when St. Louis comes to town on Friday night.
The struggling Arizona Diamondback arrive in St. Louis on Tuesday night to open a three-game series against the Cardinals who are still sitting four games back of Milwaukee in the NL Central despite winning sic of their last 10 games.
The Atlanta Braves arrive in St. Louis looking to maintain their slim lead atop the NL East when they open a three-game set against the struggling Cardinals.
The Cubbies head to St. Louis with the worst record in baseball. They lost all three of their weekend set against Atlanta and have won only once in their last 8 games.
On the season the Cardinals have an Over/Under record of 14-18 and a run-line W/L record of 17-18 and the Pirates have an Over/Under record of 15-15 and a run-line W/L record of 13-21.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals will kick off a four-game series on Thursday in the Nation’s Capital.
This early-season NL Central tilt is a case of the haves and have-nots in baseball.
The Cardinals (5-4) seem to be in the thick of the World Series race all the time, while the Cubbies (3-6) are stuck in a perpetual re-build, even with savvy Red Sox legend Theo Epstein making the decisions.
On the season the Reds have an Over/Under record of 3-3 and a run-line W/L record of 2-5 and the Cardinals have an Over/Under record of 3-3 and a run-line W/L record of 3-4. This season the Cardinals are 1-0 at home and the Reds are 1-3 on the road.
Yadier Molina’s solo home run in the seventh inning lifted St. Louis to a 1-0 opening day victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.
The St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds will open their seasons at the Great American Ball Park in Ohio on Monday afternoon. Both teams made the postseason out of the National League Central Division a year ago, and both sides know that wins in March mean just as much as wins in October.
Forgetting how the final out was recorded the Red Sox did it again using one big blast to decide the game yesterday, in this case it was a three run homer off the bat of not even supposed to be in there Johnny Gomes – talk about building a legend.
The Boston Red Sox lost Game 3 under very controversial circumstances and now have to find a way to get momentum back on their side in a hurry with Game 4 on deck, and the St. Louis Cardinals ready to take a stranglehold on the Series.