St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals odds, picks and best bets

The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals are playing a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium starting Monday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The series is part of the 2020 I-70 Series.

St. Louis Cardinals play Kansas City Royals. Cardinals' Adam Wainwright and Royals' Carlos Hernandez are the starting pitchers. Hernandez is a 23-year-old rookie making his second start. The game is at 7:30 p.m.

Scuffled in an Aug. 25 game against KC (nine base runners, 4 earned runs in 7 IP). Current Royals bats own a high-contact .782 OPS against him.

Hernandez has allowed four runs in his last start. Three of them came on home runs.

The Royals are a streaky team. The Royals have scored 5.2 runs per game over their last eight. Cardinals are the better team, but Royals still have the bullpen advantage. Both starting pitchers are question marks.