Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Kansas City RoyalsKC

2–4

Final

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Busch Stadium

Team Season Averages

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 4 of 18

St. Louis CardinalsLeads 14 of 18

Batting

4.11Runs per game4.64
0.239Batting average0.241
0.318On-base percentage0.323
0.385Slugging percentage0.392
0.703OPS0.715
0.98Home runs per game1.16
7.89Hits per game8.16
44Home runs51
30Stolen bases31

Pitching

4.38ERA4.24
1.38WHIP1.37
8.66Strikeouts per nine7.23
4.42Walks per nine3.81
4.31Runs allowed per game4.25
0.240Opponent batting average0.252
384Pitching strikeouts319
21Quality starts16
13Saves16

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (STL)	Total	KC ML	STL ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	9	-106	-114
FFanDuel	+1.5	9	-106	-110
BBetMGM	+1.5	9	-110	-110
CCaesars	-1.5	9	-115	-105
BBetOnline	-1.5	9	-103	-107
BBetRivers	+1.5	9	-109	-113
BBetus	-1.5	9	-101	-109
BBovada	+1.5	9	-110	-110
FFanatics	+1.5	9	-110	-110
LLowVig	-1.5	9	-103	-107
MMyBookie	+1.5	9	-104	-113

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Stadium

May 16, 2026

2:15 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

Starters

STL

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
KC	24th	20th
STL	9th	19th

Matchup

KCSTL

19-26Record26-18
42.2%Win %59.1%
13-10Home record11-10
6-16Road record15-8
3-7Last 106-4
-5Streak2
-21Run diff+3
9-14Division5-1
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
KC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
STL	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	—	4

Team Stats

KCStatSTL

2Runs4
8Hits8
1Errors0
1Home runs0
2RBI4
0Stolen bases0
2K (bat)4
4K (pit)2
1BB (pit)3

Player Stats

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Maikel Garcia3B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jac CaglianoneRF	4	1	2	1	1	0
Michael Massey2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	0	1	0	1	0
Kyle IsbelCF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	3	0	1	0	0	1
Carter JensenC	3	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac CollinsLF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Starling MarteRF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elias DiazC	0	0	0	0	0	0

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Noah CameronSP	6.0	5	3	3	0	4
Bailey FalterRP	2.0	3	1	1	1	0

STL — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jose FerminLF	4	0	0	0	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	0	1	0	0
Masyn WinnSS	3	1	0	1	0
Pedro PagesC	3	0	0	0	0
Ivan HerreraDH	3	1	1	0	1
Alec Burleson1B	3	0	1	2	0
Nathan ChurchLF	3	1	2	0	0
Thomas SaggeseLF	3	1	1	0	0
Victor Scott IICF	3	0	2	1	0

STL — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Kyle LeahySP	6.0	5	1	1	3	2
Justin BruihlRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
George SorianoRP	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Gordon GraceffoRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0

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Player props

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Matthew Liberatore
Strikeouts: 9/18 over · last line 5.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Andre Pallante
Outs: 9/17 over · last line 11.5
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Michael McGreevy
Hits Allowed: 9/17 over · last line 4.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Kyle Leahy
Hits Allowed: 8/14 over · last line 2.5
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Blaze Jordan
Walks: 1/11 over · last line 0.5
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Daniel Lynch IV
ER: 4/8 over · last line 1.5
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Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals: Final Score & Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 in this MLB game at Busch Stadium on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

Team pages: Kansas City Royals · St. Louis Cardinals

Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds

DraftKings lists the St. Louis Cardinals at STL +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 9. Moneylines are Kansas City Royals -106 and St. Louis Cardinals -114. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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Kansas City Royals vs St. Louis Cardinals — Common Questions

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