At 8:15 PM ET on Friday, August 18, Luken Baker and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field against the New York Mets and starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for Baker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -110 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Mets
- The Mets will hand the ball to Lucchesi (1-0) for his sixth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, May 13, when he threw two innings against the Washington Nationals, giving up one earned run.
- The 30-year-old has an ERA of 4.43, a 2.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.343 in five games this season.
- The Mets strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- The Mets have the 20th-ranked ERA (4.53) in the majors this season.
- The Mets have a combined WHIP of 1.386 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Mets have given up 153 home runs so far this season (the 22nd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Baker Stats and Trends
- Baker has recorded a base knock in five of nine contests this year, with multiple hits on one occasion.
- In the nine games in which he’s logged a plate appearance this season, he has zero homers.
- He has scored at least one run twice this year in nine tries. However, he did not score multiple runs in either of those games.
- Baker hasn’t driven in a run in nine games so far this season.
- He has gone down on strikes in 77.8% of his nine games this season, while fanning more than once in 44.4% of those contests (four).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | GP | 5 |
| 2 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (60.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (20.0%) |
| 1 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 1 (20.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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