Esteury Ruiz’s Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Matthew Liberatore to the hill, face off at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, August 16. The first pitch will be thrown at 6:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ruiz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -138 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals’ Liberatore (2-4) will make his 11th start of the season.
- The left-hander did not allow a run in eight innings pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The 23-year-old has pitched to a 5.72 ERA this season with 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.5 walks per nine across 11 games.
- The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Cardinals have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.60) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.430 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
- The Cardinals have allowed the first-fewest home runs this season at just 117, or one per game.
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Esteury Ruiz Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/15/2023 | Dakota Hudson | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 8/14/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Ruiz Stats and Trends
- In 66 of 94 games this year (70.2%), Ruiz has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 21 of those contests (22.3%).
- Despite logging a plate appearance in 94 games this season, he has swatted just two home runs.
- He has scored at least one run in 31 out of 94 games this season (33.0%), which includes two or more runs scored in three of them (3.2%).
- In 28.7% of his contests this season (27 of 94), Ruiz has tallied at least one RBI. In eight of those games (8.5%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.
- In 54.3% of his 94 games this season, he has been set down on strikes (51 times). He’s also had 22 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (23.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | GP | 46 |
| 34 (70.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 32 (69.6%) |
| 12 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (19.6%) |
| 13 (27.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (39.1%) |
| 1 (2.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.2%) |
| 16 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (23.9%) |
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