With a week to go in the season, the Royals will get to play a direct role in determining the National League playoffs with an opportunity to push the Cardinals out of a playoff spot. The Cardinals have played 20 of their games as part of double headers after the COVID-19 outbreak they had earlier this year, and now they’ve caught up and are done with those, which has to be a relief for them. The issue with double headers is that they’re hard to sweep, so they result in a lot of splits and when 33 percent of your games are part of double headers, you’re likely to be hovering around .
St. Louis Cardinals Series Preview: The Royals have a shot to play spoiler
