Luken Baker and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field at PNC Park on Monday, August 21, where they will play the Pittsburgh Pirates and starting pitcher Thomas Hatch. The contest will start at 7:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Baker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -112 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -141 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- The Pirates will send Hatch to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 28-year-old right-hander will make his first start after pitching in relief nine times this year.
- He has pitched in nine games this season with an ERA of 3.55, a batting average against of .288 and 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Pirates have a 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.63 this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.404 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
- With just 138 homers allowed, the Pirates rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Luken Baker Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/4/2023 | Rich Hill | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Baker Stats and Trends
- In six of 12 games this year Baker has recorded a hit, with one multi-hit contest.
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 12 games.
- He has scored at least a run twice this year in 12 tries. However, he did not score multiple runs in either of those games.
- Baker hasn’t tallied an RBI in 12 games so far this year.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 66.7% of his games this season (eight of 12), striking out multiple times in four of those contests (33.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | GP | 5 |
| 3 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (60.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (20.0%) |
| 1 (14.3%) | 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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