Busch Stadium is where Alec Burleson and the St. Louis Cardinals will challenge starter Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, August 16 at 6:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Burleson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -115 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (2-3) for his 13th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Friday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Washington Nationals.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 4.52, 9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .283 in 13 games this season.
- The Athletics average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.80 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.547 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- With 163 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Alec Burleson Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/15/2023 | Spenser Watkins | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Burleson Stats and Trends
- Burleson has picked up a hit in 53.6% of his 84 games this year, with at least two hits in 13.1% of those games (11).
- He has hit a long ball in eight of 84 games in 2023 (9.5%), which is 3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 24 of 84 contests this season (28.6%), he has scored, and three of those games (3.6%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- Burleson has tallied at least one RBI 23 times this season in 84 tries (27.4%), including driving in more than one run in 3.6% of games (three times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on one occasion.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 27 of 84 games played this season (32.1%), fanning multiple times in two games.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 41 |
| 24 (55.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (51.2%) |
| 6 (14.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (12.2%) |
| 14 (32.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (24.4%) |
| 5 (11.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.3%) |
| 12 (27.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (26.8%) |
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