Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Steven Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 PM ET on Saturday, August 12 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Pérez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| Home Runs | 0.5 | +114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -139 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals’ Matz (3-7) will make his 17th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed five hits in six innings against the Colorado Rockies.
- The 32-year-old has pitched in 24 games this season with a 3.91 ERA, 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .263.
- The Cardinals strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have pitched to a 4.64 this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.440 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- The Cardinals have given up the fewest long balls so far this season with only 114 home runs allowed.
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Salvador Pérez Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 4-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2022 | Steven Matz | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/12/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 2-for-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2021 | J.A. Happ | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2021 | Jon Lester | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 8/13/2021 | Jack Flaherty | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Pérez Stats and Trends
- In 68 of 105 games this year (64.8%), Perez has gotten a hit, and he collected at least two hits in 26 of those contests (24.8%).
- In 16.2% of his games this season, he has gone yard (17 of 105). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 4.2% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- In 34.3% of his games this season (36 of 105), he has scored at least a run. In seven of those games (6.7%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Perez has picked up at least one RBI 32 times this season in 105 tries (30.5%), including driving in more than one run in 10.5% of games (11 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on five occasions.
- In 69.5% of his contests this season (73 of 105), he has struck out one or more times. In 25 of those games (23.8%), he registered two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 54 |
| 35 (68.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (61.1%) |
| 14 (27.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (22.2%) |
| 18 (35.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (33.3%) |
| 7 (13.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 10 (18.5%) |
| 16 (31.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (29.6%) |
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