7:45 PM Miami Marlins @ St. Louis Cardinals

Marlins: +115
Cardinals: -125
Total: 7.5

The Cardinals blew a 4-0 lead in their 6-5 10th inning loss to the Cubs Sunday to lose their weekend series. the St. Louis Cardinals will face a stiff test Monday when the Miami Marlins visit. The Marlins are coming off a series loss to the Mets managing to get a win in the finale yesterday. The Marlins will start Pablo Lopez (5-3, 2.61 ERA) and he won his last start 7-4 over the Rockies while allowing just 1 unearned run on 4 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings. In April, Lopez blanked the Cardinals for 7 innings and struck out 9 batters in a 5-0 victory. He is 1-1 with a 1.74 ERA in 3 career starts against the Cardinals. The Cardinals will counter with Adam Wainwright (5-5, 3.32 ERA), who is coming off back-to-back rough outings. He allowed 8 runs on 14 hits with 2 walks over 11 innings in his last 2 starts. Wainwright won his previous start against the Marlins this season, 5-1 in April. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits and 2 walks in 5 2/3 innings. Wainwright is 7-2 with a 2.99 ERA in 15 career outings against the Marlins.

⚾The Cardinals are 4-0 in Wainwright’s last 4 starts after scoring 5+ runs in their previous game.

⚾The Marlins are 1-8 in the last 9 meetings.

⚾The Marlins are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in St. Louis.

⚾Pablo Lopez is 1-1 with a 4.56 ERA in 4 June starts.

The Bookie: Cardinals

8:10 PM Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

Rangers: -135
Royals: +125
Total: 8.5

The Rangers and Royals look to rebound after each dropped 2 of 3 games to last place teams, with Texas struggling against the Washington Nationals while Kansas City came up short against the Oakland Athletics. Texas will start left-hander Martin Perez (5-2, 1.96 ERA), who is coming off 2 nice outings. Perez allowed 6 hits over 6 innings to go with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks in a 7-0 win over the Phillies and he allowed a run on 8 hits and struck out 5 in a 3-1 win over the Tigers. Perez is 4-1 with a 4.43 ERA in 11 outings against the Royals. The Royals will counter with left-hander Kris Bubic (1-4, 7.41), who picked up his 1st win of the season in his most recent outing when he allowed 2 runs on 6 hits with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks in 6 innings in a 6-2 win over the Angels last week. Bubic has faced the Rangers twice in his career in relief and he’s allowed 4 runs on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks in 1 2/3 innings.

⚾The Royals haven’t won a series at home since April 19-21.

⚾The Rangers are 28-8 in the last 36 meetings.

⚾The Rangers are 10-4 in the last 14 meetings in Kansas City.

⚾Bubic has a 7.78 ERA and an 0-3 record in Kansas City.

The Bookie: Rangers