St. Louis at Kansas City

The Cardinals have not done well on the road this season, and with last night's loss to the Royals, they dropped to 17-21 on the season. They are also not playing good baseball right now at 7-10 in their last 17 games. The offense has gone south, and over their last 15 games, they have failed to put up more than 2 runs seven times. They now must dig into the bullpen and call on Blake Hawksworth to fill a starting role. He was summoned from the pen once this year to start and allowed 6 runs, lasting just four innings. The Royals hit very well and have won four of their last five at home vs. a righthander, so I like them in this one.