Kauffman Stadium is where Drew Waters and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter Steven Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, August 12 at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +101 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -128 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -135 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will hand the ball to Matz (3-7) for 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 an ERA of 3.91, a 2.91 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.374.
- The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Cardinals have the 24th-ranked ERA (4.64) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.440 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Cardinals have given up the first-fewest long balls so far this season with only 114 home runs allowed.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/30/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has collected a base hit 32 times this season in 56 games played (57.1%), including multiple knocks on 12 occasions (21.4%).
- He has homered in 12.5% of his games in 2023 (seven of 56), which amounts to 3.3% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run in 19 out of 56 games this season (33.9%), which includes two or more runs scored in seven of those contests (12.5%).
- Waters has notched at least one RBI 16 times this year in 56 tries (28.6%), including plating more than one run in 8.9% of games (five times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 43 times this season in 56 games (76.8%), including 24 games with more than one strikeout (42.9%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | GP | 28 |
| 19 (67.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (46.4%) |
| 7 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (17.9%) |
| 15 (53.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (14.3%) |
| 4 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (10.7%) |
| 10 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (21.4%) |
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