Jake Cave’s Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Dakota Hudson to the hill, face off at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, August 26. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Cave
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -138 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -109 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Hudson (5-0) will take the mound for the Cardinals, his sixth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in 5 1/3 innings against the New York Mets.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in 11 games this season with a 3.95 ERA, 6.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .251.
- The Cardinals have a eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.75 this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.443 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
- With just 131 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank first in the league at preventing long balls.
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Jake Cave Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2021 | Jake Woodford | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/30/2021 | Wade LeBlanc | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Cave Stats and Trends
- Cave has a hit in 47.7% of his games this season (21 of 44), and he posted multiple base hits in nine of those games (20.5%).
- In five of 44 games this season, he has hit a long ball (11.4%). He’s gone deep in 3.4% of his trips to the plate.
- In nine of 44 games this season (20.5%), he has scored at least a run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Cave has driven in at least one run in 29.5% of his games this year (13 of 44), including two or more RBI in four of those contests (9.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 63.6% of his games this season (28 of 44), striking out multiple times in three of those contests (6.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | GP | 24 |
| 9 (45.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (50.0%) |
| 4 (20.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (20.8%) |
| 3 (15.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (25.0%) |
| 2 (10.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (12.5%) |
| 5 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (33.3%) |
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