At 3:15 PM ET on Sunday, October 1, Elly De La Cruz and the Cincinnati Reds will take the diamond against the St. Louis Cardinals and starting pitcher Miles Mikolas at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for De La Cruz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will hand the ball to Mikolas (8-13) for his 35th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed five hits in seven innings pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday.
- The 35-year-old ranks 40th in ERA (4.82), 39th in WHIP (1.328), and 44th in K/9 (5.9) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Cardinals average just 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the league.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.86 this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.462 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- With just 178 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank sixth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Elly De La Cruz Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/30/2023 | Drew Rom | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/29/2023 | Jake Woodford | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/10/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/9/2023 | Zack Thompson | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 9/8/2023 | Drew Rom | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/11/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/2 | 1 |
| 6/10/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 6/9/2023 | Jordan Montgomery | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
De La Cruz Stats and Trends
- De La Cruz has a hit in 58.3% of his games this year (56 of 96), and he posted more than one hit in 24 of those contests (25.0%).
- Out of the 96 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s gone yard in 12 contests (12.5%), taking the pitcher deep in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
- In 50 of 96 contests this year (52.1%), he has scored a run, and 14 of those games (14.6%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
- In 28.1% of his contests this year (27 of 96), De La Cruz has picked up at least one RBI. In seven of those games (7.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in four games.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 78.1% of his games this season (75 of 96), striking out multiple times in 43 of those games (44.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | GP | 49 |
| 23 (48.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (67.3%) |
| 9 (19.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 15 (30.6%) |
| 20 (42.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 30 (61.2%) |
| 5 (10.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (14.3%) |
| 9 (19.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (36.7%) |
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