Royals vs. Cardinals: Previewing a Brief Rivalry Series in KC

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00:00show me state showdown a rivalry series a unique weekend set only a two-game

00:08series in Kansas City between the Royals and the Cardinals KC a slight

00:14home favorite in Kaufman tonight minus 116 total of nine against the Redbirds

00:19again DRS just today and tomorrow an off day Sunday for both st. Louis and KC now

00:27is that what's the reason for that though is there a reason why they have

00:30an off day Sunday they have like one of those like international games they're

00:33playing or something that's kind of odd that they're gonna take no a Sunday at

00:36that point so just a random schedule I guess yeah I think it's just kind of a

00:41random quirk in the schedule rivalry series like what we saw during the

00:45subway set yeah really just two games but both of those were in the midweek

00:49st. Louis and KC have played earlier in the month of July about a month ago now

00:54on July 10th they had a rain out played a doubleheader KC took both of those

00:59games on the road under the arch in the loo not exactly sure what the reasoning

01:03is for the schedule except we have seen rivalry series only be two games apiece

01:09regardless for game number one yeah what's the play yeah if we're looking at

01:14this game overall I like runs in this situation 32 excuse me 26 pitchers

01:18qualified on the card today dead last that's Michael Lorenzen look at his last

01:2130 days a 173 ISO and a 371 waited on base percentage left-handed batters have

01:26absolutely hammered him I expect that to be continuing tonight and also from a

01:31miles Michael is perspective he's really been leaking oil lately take a look at

01:34his last 94 batters he's faced been a 284 ISO power number and a weighted on

01:38base percentage of 422 basically evenly split between left-handed batters and

01:43right-handed batters and you look at the middle of that lineup it's gonna be

01:45Massey with Pasquantino Perez rent from Melendez they should all get the better

01:50of Michaelis so forget about that coin flip scenario on the price point here I

01:54think we get runs between these two teams I don't trust these pitchers at

01:57all