Cardinals vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - June 20, 2026

Cardinals at Royals

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St. Louis Cardinals

Kansas City Royals

pitcher		team	era	w-l
S.Lugo			3.86	2-4
M.McGreevy			2.99	3-5

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cardinals 40-33	-1.5	-1.5+135	o9-120	-120
Royals 31-45	u9.5	+1.5-161	u9-103	+100

Saturday 12:15 a.m.

June 20, 2026

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

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Over 9-120

1.2u

A.Burleson o0.5 HR+475

0.25u

L.Nootbaar o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-110

1.1u

M.McGreevy u17.5 Outs+105

There is a value opportunity on Michael McGreevy's pitching outs prop. THE BAT X is projecting him to record 15.39 pitching outs, while oddsmakers are implying 17.18. The model believes there is a 66% chance he records fewer than 18 pitching outs, so there is value on the under at +105. This play is good down to at least -149. Love THE BAT X? Get all of Carty's sports betting projections at EV Analytics https://evanalytics.com/subscribe/mlb?ref=zdlkmgz

Under 0.5 (1st Inn)-104

1.04u

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 14-23 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 19 of Royals' 39 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	32-44	18-21	14-23	14-21	17-23
Cardinals	44-29	22-16	22-13	9-6	35-22

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	35-40-1	19-19-1	16-21	21-14	14-25-1
Cardinals	31-38-4	17-19-2	14-19-2	5-9-1	25-29-3

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	31-45	18-21	13-24	16-19	14-26
Cardinals	40-33	21-17	19-16	11-4	29-28

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jun 18th	STL	W 14-6	+1.5 W	O 9	KC -115
Jun 17th	@WSH	W 6-2	+1.5 W	U 10.5	KC +114
Jun 16th	@WSH	L 4-6	+1.5 L	O 8.5	WSH +119
Jun 15th	@WSH	L 3-7	+1.5 L	O 9.5	WSH +116
Jun 14th	HOU	W 4-0	-3.5 W	U 8.5	KC -119

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RM.McGreevy, P		3-5	2.99	1.111	5.86

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1J.Wetherholt, 2B	.266	.369	.408	10
2I.Herrera, C	.257	.396	.414	9
3A.Burleson, 1B	.282	.345	.482	13
4J.Walker, RF	.291	.345	.537	18
5L.Nootbaar, LF	.268	.367	.463	2
6M.Winn, SS	.242	.321	.324	2
7J.Crooks, DH	.182	.289	.333	1
8B.Jordan, 3B	.308	.333	.577	1
9N.Church, CF	.259	.299	.391	5

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RS.Lugo, P		2-4	3.86	1.349	7.49

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1C.Jensen, C	.238	.304	.424	9
2L.Thomas, CF	.232	.359	.364	5
3J.Caglianone, 1B	.266	.338	.439	9
4S.Perez, DH	.207	.250	.342	10
5M.Massey, 2B	.256	.277	.457	7
6N.Loftin, 3B	.245	.348	.400	1
7J.Rave, RF	.500	.600	.750	1
8I.Collins, LF	.221	.336	.308	3
9T.Tolbert, SS	.211	.318	.211	0