At 7:45 PM ET on Thursday, August 3, Byron Buxton and the Minnesota Twins will take the diamond against the St. Louis Cardinals and starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for Buxton
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -120 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -123 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals’ Liberatore (1-3) will make his ninth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, July 5, when he threw a third of an inning, giving up four earned runs while allowing five hits against the Miami Marlins.
- The 23-year-old has pitched in nine games this season with a 6.75 ERA, 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .314.
- The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.61 this year, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.450 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
- The Cardinals have given up the fewest long balls so far this season with only 104 home runs allowed.
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Byron Buxton Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/1/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Buxton Stats and Trends
- Buxton has picked up a hit in 51.8% of his 85 games this season, with multiple hits in 20.0% of those games (17).
- Out of the 85 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in 15 contests (17.6%), hitting a home run in 4.9% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run 37 times this season in 85 games played (43.5%), including 11 games with more than one run (12.9%).
- Buxton has picked up an RBI in 24 of 85 games this season, including multiple RBI in 12 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has struck out at least once in 77.6% of his games this year (66 of 85), striking out multiple times in 31 of them (36.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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