Joshua Palacios and the Pittsburgh Pirates will take the field at PNC Park on Wednesday, August 23, where they will face off against the St. Louis Cardinals and starting pitcher Zack Thompson. The game will begin at 12:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Palacios
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -134 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will send Thompson to the mound for his third start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he threw five innings against the New York Mets, giving up two earned runs.
- The Cardinals strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have pitched to a 4.73 this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.443 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- The Cardinals have given up the first-fewest long balls so far this season with only 128 home runs allowed.
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Joshua Palacios Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2023 | Drew Rom | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/4/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/2/2023 | Jack Flaherty | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/5/2022 | Jack Flaherty | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Palacios Stats and Trends
- Palacios has picked up a hit in 44.6% of his 56 games this year, with multiple base hits in 10.7% of those contests (six).
- He has hit a home run in 8.9% of his games this season (56 contests), going yard in 3% of his plate appearances.
- In 14 of 56 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Palacios has picked up at least one RBI 14 times this season in 56 games played (25.0%), including five times plating multiple runs (8.9%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 21 times this season in 56 games played (37.5%), including six times punching out multiple times (10.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | GP | 27 |
| 16 (55.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (33.3%) |
| 5 (17.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.7%) |
| 9 (31.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (18.5%) |
| 4 (13.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.7%) |
| 12 (41.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (7.4%) |
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