{"id":657,"date":"2024-07-08T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:18:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:18:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:18:18","slug":"showdown-at-busch-stadium-kansas-city-royals-vs-st-louis-cardinals-matchup-analysis-for-july-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/showdown-at-busch-stadium-kansas-city-royals-vs-st-louis-cardinals-matchup-analysis-for-july-9-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown at Busch Stadium: Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals Matchup Analysis for July 9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on July 9, 2024. This anticipated matchup is slated to begin at 7:45 PM amid predictions of moderate rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wacha will take the mound for the Royals, carrying an ERA of 3.735. Facing him from the Cardinals&#8217; side will be Andre Pallante, who holds an ERA of 4.000.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division rankings, the Royals find themselves in 6th place with a record of 49-43, reflecting a winning percentage of 0.53. They have an in-division record of 16-10, ranking 3rd. Presently, they show strong form, having won 5 of their last 10 games and are on a one-game winning streak. The Royals boast 31 victories at home against 18 losses, and their road record stands at 18-25. In daytime games, they have 22 wins, while they have secured 27 wins under the lights, with a total of 418 runs scored against 362 runs allowed.<\/p>\n<p>On the counterpart, the St. Louis Cardinals rank 5th in the 2024 NL Central Division with a close record of 47-42, also with a winning percentage of 0.53. They have a division record of 13-12, placing 2nd. Recently, the Cardinals have recorded 6 wins in their latest 10 games and currently hold a one-game winning streak. Their home record is strong at 24-18, with a nearly even road performance of 23-24. These totals reflect 19 day game wins and 28 at night, while the team has managed a total of 363 runs scored but has conceded 402 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on July 9, 2024. This anticipated matchup is slated to begin at <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}