Stephen Nover's MLB Friday Big Casher
(MLB) Cardinals (STL) vs. Royals (KAN),
Money Line: -118.00 Royals (KAN) (Home)
Result: Loss
The Cardinals hold a losing record in their last eight games. The Royals are 7-3 in their last 10 games, averaging 6.4 runs during this time frame.

The Royals are home where they are 37-24.

Kansas City has the starting pitching edge with Michael Lorenzen, who has a 3.69 ERA. He's allowed two earned runs in his last two starts.

The Cardinals are pitching Miles Mikolas, who has a 5.12 ERA. The soft-tossing Mikolas has permitted 15 earned runs in his past four starts spanning 21 1/3 innings. He's surrendered five homers in this time frame.