Paul Goldschmidt’s St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, who will be sending Luis Ortiz to the mound, match up at PNC Park on Wednesday, August 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 12:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Goldschmidt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -130 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Ortiz (2-3) will take to the mound for the Pirates and make his 11th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, July 5, when he threw 3 1/3 innings, giving up six earned runs while allowing nine hits against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The 24-year-old has pitched in 11 games this season with a 4.86 ERA, 5.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .302.
- The Pirates average the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the league this season.
- The Pirates have pitched to a 4.59 this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
- Pirates pitchers have a 1.399 WHIP this season, 22nd in the majors.
- The Pirates have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 140, or 1.1 per game.
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Paul Goldschmidt Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/21/2023 | Thomas Hatch | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/4/2023 | Rich Hill | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/3/2023 | Luis Ortiz | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/2/2023 | Roansy Contreras | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/16/2023 | Mitch Keller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/15/2023 | Roansy Contreras | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 4/14/2023 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/13/2023 | Vince Velásquez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/4/2022 | JT Brubaker | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Goldschmidt Stats and Trends
- Goldschmidt has reached base with a base hit 81 times this season in 123 games played (65.9%), including multiple knocks in 34.1% of them (42 times).
- Out of the 123 games he has played in this season, he’s gone yard in 16 contests (13.0%), leaving the yard in 3.6% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 53 out of 123 games this year (43.1%), which includes two or more runs scored in 15 of those games (12.2%).
- Goldschmidt has tallied an RBI in 39 of 123 games this year, including multiple RBI in 20 of them. He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has struck out one or more times in 83 out of 123 games this season (67.5%), while fanning multiple times in 32 of those contests (26.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | GP | 59 |
| 41 (64.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (67.8%) |
| 22 (34.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 20 (33.9%) |
| 26 (40.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 27 (45.8%) |
| 9 (14.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (11.9%) |
| 21 (32.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (30.5%) |
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