Zach McKinstry’s Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Jameson Taillon to the mound, square off at Comerica Park on Wednesday, August 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for McKinstry
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (7-8) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his 23rd start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed six hits in six innings pitched against the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in 22 games this season with an ERA of 5.56, a 2.94 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.364.
- The Cubs average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.32 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Cubs rank 18th in MLB with a combined 1.289 WHIP this season.
- With just 140 homers allowed, the Cubs rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Zach McKinstry Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Drew Smyly | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 8/21/2023 | Javier Assad | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/27/2021 | Adbert Alzolay | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2021 | Alec Mills | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2021 | Jake Arrieta | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
McKinstry Stats and Trends
- McKinstry has picked up a hit in 70 of 116 games this season, with multiple hits in 15 of them.
- Out of the 116 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in seven contests (6.0%), hitting a home run in 1.7% of his plate appearances.
- In 36.2% of his games this season (42 of 116), he has scored at least one run. In four of those games (3.4%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- McKinstry has notched at least one RBI in 19.0% of his games this season (22 of 116), including two or more RBI in six of those games (5.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 69 of 116 games this year (59.5%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 15 of those games (12.9%) included an effort that resulted in two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | GP | 60 |
| 34 (60.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (60.0%) |
| 9 (16.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (10.0%) |
| 22 (39.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 20 (33.3%) |
| 4 (7.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (5.0%) |
| 14 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (13.3%) |
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