The upcoming contest between MJ Melendez’s Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals (with Steven Matz drawing the start) is scheduled for Saturday, August 12 at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -102 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Matz (3-7) will take to the mound for the Cardinals and 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 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 1.440 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- No team has allowed fewer than the 114 homers the Cardinals have given up so far this year.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has collected a base hit 70 times this season in 110 games played (63.6%), including multiple knocks on 17 occasions (15.5%).
- He has hit a home run in 10.0% of his games this season (110 contests), going yard in 2.7% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 39 times this year in 110 games played (35.5%), including nine games with more than one run (8.2%).
- Melendez has notched at least one RBI 27 times this year in 110 games played (24.5%), including 12 times plating multiple runs (10.9%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out at least once 84 times this season in 110 games (76.4%), including 36 games with more than one strikeout (32.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | GP | 54 |
| 36 (64.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (63.0%) |
| 6 (10.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (20.4%) |
| 20 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (35.2%) |
| 6 (10.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (9.3%) |
| 14 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (24.1%) |
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