Willson Contreras’ St. Louis Cardinals and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Paul Blackburn to the mound, square 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 Contreras
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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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’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw 5 2/3 innings against the Washington Nationals, giving up four earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 29-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 4.52 ERA, 9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .283.
- The Athletics average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.80 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.547 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 163, or 1.4 per game.
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Willson Contreras Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/2023 | JP Sears | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Contreras Stats and Trends
- In 59.2% of his games this year (58-of-98), Contreras has recorded a hit. In 26 of those games (26.5%), he’s recorded at least two base hits.
- In 11.2% of his games this season, he has gone yard (11 of 98). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 3.3% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least one run in 34 of 98 games this season (34.7%), which includes more than one run scored in eight of those contests (8.2%).
- Contreras has plated a run in 31.6% of his 98 games this year, with more than one RBI in 10.2% of those games (10). He has also knocked in three or more runs in three contests.
- He has fanned 63 times this season in 98 tries (64.3%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 25.5% of games (25 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | GP | 50 |
| 29 (60.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (58.0%) |
| 13 (27.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (26.0%) |
| 16 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (36.0%) |
| 3 (6.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 8 (16.0%) |
| 12 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 19 (38.0%) |
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