Royals vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 17, 2026

Royals at Cardinals

6:15 pm • ROYL

Kansas City Royals

19-27

2 - 0

St. Louis Cardinals

27-18

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 19-27	+1.5	-1.5+156	o9.5-110	+101
Cardinals 27-18	u9.5	+1.5-190	u9.5-111	-120

Sunday 6:15 p.m.

May 17, 2026

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

KC o4.5+100

0.5u

STL -115

Join Discord for earlier access: https://discord.gg/HjKxYKdSUy St. Louis is 27-18 and 7-3 over its last 10, while Kansas City is 19-27 and 4-6. Kolek owns a 6.75 ERA through 2 starts and has already allowed 3 homers in 10.2 innings. The Cardinals have the confirmed lineup, the lighter injury list and the steadier starter at home.

STL -110

1.1u

J.Caglianone o0.5 HR+730

0.1u

KC -102

0.51u

Bet to -113

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MLB Public Betting

Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 15-8 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 11 of Cardinals' 22 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	29-16	14-8	15-8	2-1	27-15
Royals	18-28	11-12	7-16	10-17	7-11

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	20-22-3	11-10-1	9-12-2	1-2	19-20-3
Royals	21-25	13-10	8-15	16-11	5-13

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	27-18	12-10	15-8	2-1	25-17
Royals	19-27	13-10	6-17	12-15	6-12

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 16th	KC	W 4-2	-1.5 W	U 9	STL -112
May 16th	KC	W 5-4	+1.5 W	O 8.5	STL -108
May 14th	@ATH	W 5-4	-1.5 L	U 9.5	STL +101
May 14th	@ATH	L 2-6	+1.5 L	U 10	ATH +119
May 13th	@ATH	W 6-4	+1.5 W	U 10	STL +132

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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Kolek, P		67	5	3	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	1-3	1	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	0-3	0	0	0
3V.Pasquantino, 1B	1-3	0	0	0
4S.Perez, C	2-2	1	1	2
5C.Jensen, DH	1-3	0	0	0
6I.Collins, LF	0-3	0	0	0
7L.Thomas, RF	0-2	0	0	0
8M.Massey, 2B	1-2	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	1-2	0	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RA.Pallante, P		82	6	5	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Wetherholt, 2B	0-2	0	0	0
2I.Herrera, C	0-2	0	0	0
3A.Burleson, 1B	1-2	0	0	0
4J.Walker, DH	0-2	0	0	0
5N.Gorman, 3B	0-2	0	0	0
6M.Winn, SS	1-1	0	0	0
7N.Church, RF	0-2	0	0	0
8T.Saggese, LF	1-2	0	0	0
9V.Scott, CF	0-2	0	0	0