Kansas City at St. Louis

The Kansas City Royals are an up and coming team with promise, but they are still young in a lot of ways, and younger teams tend to have fragile egos. And right now they can't be feeling too good about their 4-9 record in their last 13 games that has sent them four games below .500 for the season. The Royals were shutout just one time in their first 33 games, but have been shutout four times in their last 23, including yesterday. They have now plated three runs or less in eight of their last 11 games. The Royals are built to produce runs with speed, and have an AL leading 48 SB's, but Yadier Molina throws out over 48% of base runners, by far the best in the league, so a sputtering Royals offense will have a big part of their game taken away. The Royals are just 6-15 in Duffy's last 21 starts vs. a winning team, while St. Louis is now 57-18 in their last 75 vs. a losing team. Play on St. Louis.