Edward Olivares’ Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Steven Matz to the hill, square off at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, August 12. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Olivares
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -137 |
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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 strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.64 this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- 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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Edward Olivares Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/11/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 4-for-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2022 | Steven Matz | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2021 | Jon Lester | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2021 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Olivares Stats and Trends
- Olivares has picked up a hit in 49 out of 82 games this season (59.8%), with multiple base knocks in 16 of those contests (19.5%).
- In six of 82 games this season, he has hit a long ball (7.3%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run in 32.9% of his contests this year (27 of 82), with two or more runs scored in seven of those games (8.5%).
- Olivares has driven in a run in 20.7% of his 82 games this season, with two or more RBI in 3.7% of those contests (three).
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 41 times this year in 82 games (50.0%), including nine games with more than one strikeout (11.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | GP | 43 |
| 25 (64.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 24 (55.8%) |
| 7 (17.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (20.9%) |
| 13 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (32.6%) |
| 4 (10.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (4.7%) |
| 10 (25.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (16.3%) |
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