Taylor Motter’s 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 Motter
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -132 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -108 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Blackburn (2-3) will take the mound for the Athletics, 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 an ERA of 4.52, a 2.64 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.553 in 13 games this season.
- The Athletics have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (5.80) in the majors this season.
- 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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Taylor Motter Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/15/2023 | Spenser Watkins | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
Motter Stats and Trends
- In nine of 19 games this year Motter has gotten a hit, with one multi-hit contest.
- In the 19 games he’s appeared in this season, he has zero home runs.
- He has scored a run in three of 19 contests this season.
- Motter has knocked in a run twice this year in 19 tries, but he did not drive in multiple runs in either of those games.
- He has fanned 14 times this year in 19 tries (73.7%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 36.8% of games (seven times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 8 |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 4 (50.0%) |
| 1 (9.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (18.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 1 (12.5%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (25.0%) |
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