At 2:15 PM ET on Sunday, August 20, Francisco Alvarez and the New York Mets will take the field against the St. Louis Cardinals and starting pitcher Dakota Hudson at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -147 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will send Hudson (4-0) to the mound for his fifth start this season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Tuesday, when he threw 6 2/3 innings against the Oakland Athletics, giving up two earned runs while allowing five hits.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in 10 games this season with a 4.03 ERA, 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .252.
- The Cardinals have a eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The Cardinals have the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.69) in the majors this season.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.439 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
- With just 125 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank first in the league at preventing long balls.
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Francisco Alvarez Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/19/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2023 | Zack Thompson | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/17/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/18/2023 | Matthew Liberatore | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/17/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- Alvarez has recorded a hit in 48 of 90 games this season, with multiple hits in 15 of them.
- He has hit a long ball in 20.0% of his games in 2023 (18 of 90), which amounts to 6.3% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run 37 times this season in 90 contests (41.1%), including scoring multiple runs in 6.7% of games (six times).
- Alvarez has picked up at least one RBI in 26 of 90 games this year (28.9%). He has collected two or more RBI in 12 of those contests (13.3%).
- He has fanned 54 times this year in 90 tries (60.0%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 23.3% of games (21 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 47 |
| 22 (51.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (55.3%) |
| 4 (9.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (23.4%) |
| 15 (34.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (46.8%) |
| 5 (11.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (27.7%) |
| 9 (20.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 17 (36.2%) |
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