Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs at 2:20 PM ET on Sunday, August 20 at Wrigley Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Hendricks (4-6) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his 17th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in six innings pitched against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
- The 33-year-old has an ERA of 4.19, 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .243 in 16 games this season.
- The Cubs have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- The Cubs have the 17th-ranked ERA (4.28) in the majors this season.
- The Cubs rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.284 WHIP this season.
- With just 136 homers allowed, the Cubs rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
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Maikel Garcia Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Garcia Stats and Trends
- In 69.7% of his 89 games this season, Garcia has notched a base hit (62 times). He’s also registered 25 multi-hit games in 2023 (28.1%).
- Out of the 89 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in four contests (4.5%), going deep in 1.1% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 37 times this year in 89 games played (41.6%), including six times when he tallied multiple runs (6.7%).
- In 32 of 89 games this year (36.0%), Garcia has picked up an RBI, and in six of those games (6.7%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out in 49 of 89 games this season, including multiple Ks in 23 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | GP | 42 |
| 33 (70.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (69.0%) |
| 16 (34.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (21.4%) |
| 22 (46.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (35.7%) |
| 1 (2.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (7.1%) |
| 20 (42.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (28.6%) |
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