Baseball Betting: Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals: May 24th 2009

Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals u8.5 (-110) - Sun May 24 ‘09 2:15p
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The St. Louis Cardinals have won the first two games of this series with the Kansas City Royals by identical 5-0 scores, and while the score of this contest may not be exactly the same, we do see another Under.

After all, the Cardinals have now gone Under in five straight games, thanks to great pitching and a struggling offense. This Under streak includes a start by their starter today, Joel Pineiro, Who tossed a Complete Game three-hit shutout in which he struck out five and walked no one. Pineiro has also done his best pitching here at home this year, where he is 3-0 with a sparkling 1.52 ERA and an incredible 0.85 WHIP.

Royals starter Brian Bannister was hit hard by the Cleveland Indians in his last outing, but he had allowed three earned runs or less in each of his first five starts. He is fully capable of regaining that fine form here vs. a St. Louis lineup that is batting a lowly .218 over the last 10 games while averaging only 3.10 runs per game.

Finally, both of these bullpens are now in the top 10 in the Major Leagues in bullpen ERA, which should minimize late tack-on runs.

MLB Free Pick: Royals, Cardinals Under 8.5 (-110)