Cardinals vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 18, 2025

Cardinals at Royals

6:10 pm • FDSKC

St. Louis Cardinals

27-23

1 - 2

Kansas City Royals

28-23

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Wacha			2.86	3-4
M.Liberatore			2.92	3-3

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cardinals 27-23	-1.5	-1.5+154	o8-109	-115
Royals 28-23	u8	+1.5-164	u8-110	-105

Sunday 6:10 p.m.

May 18, 2025

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

Under 8-110

*Winning teams with wind help* Overall: 1101-803-99,58% (ROI:11%) Season:8-3-1,73% (ROI:38%)

STL -105

STL -110

1.1u

STL +100

Royals can’t score – ranked 27th in runs/gm (3.41), dead last in OPS w/ RISP (.590). Just 119 walks all year (29th), no pressure on pitchers. Scored 7 total runs in 4-game losing streak last week. Only 1 run in last 2 games vs STL. Lineup too cold to trust. Cards crushing at the plate – 4.93 runs/gm (6th), .264 AVG (2nd), .338 OBP (3rd), .764 OPS w/ RISP (7th). 160 walks (10th) = constant traffic. Donovan batting .321, Contreras 26 RBI, Herrera 7 hits + 6 RBI in last 2. Back-to-back Ws vs KC: 10-3, 1-0. Liberatore shoving – 3.11 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, only 2 HR in 46.1 IP. Just 5 ER in last 15.1 innings. Beat Philly last week w/ 5.1 strong. Cards 11-1 last 12 games, 8-1 as dogs. 11 straight covers off a win. KC lost 7 of 8 as home fave after a loss. Ride the streak.

KC o3.5 Team Total-140

1.4u

KC -110

Home streaking favs off loss as fav Overall: 617-354-0,64% (ROI:10%) Season:14-4-0,78% (ROI:35%) avoid the sweep Overall: 818-522-0,61% (ROI:11%) Season:11-5-0,69% (ROI:26%)

Under 8.5-115

0.87u

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 5-0 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 15-10 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 9 of Royals' 26 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	30-21	15-11	15-10	11-10	18-11
Cardinals	28-22	15-9	13-13	6-10	21-12

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	17-33-1	9-17	8-16-1	8-13	9-19-1
Cardinals	26-22-2	13-10-1	13-12-1	9-6-1	16-16-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	28-23	17-9	11-14	13-8	14-15
Cardinals	27-23	16-8	11-15	8-8	18-15

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 17th	STL	L 0-1	+1.5 W	U 9	STL -116
May 16th	STL	L 3-10	-1.5 L	O 8.5	STL -155
May 15th	@HOU	L 3-4	+1.5 W	U 8.5	HOU +105
May 14th	@HOU	L 1-2	+1.5 W	U 7.5	HOU +119
May 13th	@HOU	W 7-5	+1.5 W	O 8	KC +107

Willson Contreras
1B
Willson Contreras has been scratched Friday.
Out

Salvador Perez
C
Salvador Perez has been scratched Friday.
Out
Seth Lugo
SP
Lugo is out with finger
Out
Cole Ragans
SP
Ragans is out with groin
Out
Kyle Wright
SP
Wright is out with shoulder
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LM.Liberatore, P	92	6	5	1
RC.Roycroft, P	7	1	0	1
LJ.Romero, P	11	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1L.Nootbaar, RF	1-5	0	0	0
2M.Winn, SS	0-5	0	0	0
3B.Donovan, 2B	4-5	0	0	0
4N.Arenado, 3B	2-5	0	0	0
5W.Contreras, 1B	0-5	0	0	0
6I.Herrera, DH	2-3	0	0	0
7A.Burleson, LF	1-4	1	1	1
8Y.Pozo, C	2-4	0	0	0
8J.Barrero, PR	0-0	0	0	0
8P.Pages, C	0-0	0	0	0
9V.Scott, CF	0-1	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Wacha, P	83	5	6	1
RJ.Schreiber, P	11	0.2	0	0
LD.Lynch, P	14	0.2	0	0
RL.Erceg, P	26	1.2	1	0
RC.Estevez, P	12	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	1-3	0	1
2B.Witt, SS	0-4	0	0
3S.Perez, 1B	2-4	0	0
4M.Canha, LF	1-2	0	0
4K.Isbel, CF	0-1	0	0
5V.Pasquantino, DH	1-4	0	0
5C.Biggio, PR	0-0	0	0
5C.Biggio, DH	0-0	0	0
6H.Renfroe, RF	1-4	1	0
7F.Fermin, C	0-3	0	0
8M.Massey, 2B	1-4	0	0
9D.Blanco, CF	1-2	0	1
9D.Waters, PH	1-1	1	0
9D.Waters, LF	1-1	1	0