The upcoming matchup between Rafael Ortega’s New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals (with Miles Mikolas drawing the start) is scheduled for Saturday, August 19 at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ortega
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -137 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals’ Mikolas (6-8) will make his 27th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed 6 1/3 innings while giving up four earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Oakland Athletics.
- The 34-year-old’s 4.27 ERA ranks 39th, 1.280 WHIP ranks 37th, and 6.3 K/9 ranks 54th among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The Cardinals have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.64) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.435 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- The Cardinals have given up the first-fewest long balls so far this season with only 122 home runs allowed.
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Rafael Ortega Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Zack Thompson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/17/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/4/2022 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/3/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Miles Mikolas | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Jake Woodford | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/4/2022 | Miles Mikolas | 3-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Ortega Stats and Trends
- In 52.9% of his games this year (nine-of-17), Ortega has recorded a hit. In four of those games (23.5%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- In the 17 games he’s appeared in this season, he has zero homers.
- He has scored at least one run in five out of 17 games this season (29.4%), which includes two or more runs scored in three of them (17.6%).
- Ortega has driven in a run in two of 17 games this season, while knocking in multiple runs in one of them.
- He has struck out 10 times this season in 17 games played (58.8%), including one game where he fanned multiple times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | GP | 7 |
| 6 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (42.9%) |
| 3 (30.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (14.3%) |
| 3 (30.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (28.6%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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