Byron Buxton’s Minnesota Twins and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Dakota Hudson to the mound, go head to head at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, August 2. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Buxton
Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
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Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
Runs | 0.5 | -119 |
RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Hudson will take to the mound for the Cardinals, his second start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance came in relief on Thursday when he threw 4 1/3 innings out of the bullpen against the Chicago Cubs, giving up five earned runs while allowing nine hits.
- The Cardinals have a 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- The Cardinals have the 24th-ranked ERA (4.62) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.457 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- With just 103 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank first in the league at preventing long balls.
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Byron Buxton Stats vs. the Cardinals
Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
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8/1/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Buxton Stats and Trends
- Buxton has recorded a hit in 51.8% of his 85 games this season, with multiple base hits in 20.0% of them (17).
- In 17.6% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (15 of 85). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 4.9% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- In 43.5% of his 85 games this season, he has touched home plate (37 times). Also, he’s put up 11 games with multiple runs in 2023 (12.9%).
- Buxton has picked up at least one RBI in 28.2% of his games this season (24 of 85), including more than one RBI in 12 of those contests (14.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- In 77.6% of his 85 games this season, he has been set down on strikes (66 times). He’s also had 31 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (36.5%).
Home | Away | |
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44 | GP | 41 |
24 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (48.8%) |
10 (22.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (17.1%) |
20 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (41.5%) |
12 (27.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.3%) |
14 (31.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (24.4%) |
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