Esteury Ruiz and the Oakland Athletics will take the field at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Wednesday, April 19, where they will match up with the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Justin Steele. The matchup will start at 3:37 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ruiz
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -120 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -134 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Steele (2-0) will take the mound for the Cubs, his fourth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Wednesday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Oakland Athletics.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 27-year-old’s 1.42 ERA ranks sixth, .842 WHIP ranks seventh, and 9 K/9 ranks 30th.
- The Cubs average 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 3.21 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.168 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
- The Cubs have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 12, or 0.8 per game.
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Esteury Ruiz Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/18/2023 | Marcus Stroman | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/17/2023 | Hayden Wesneski | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Ruiz Stats and Trends
- Ruiz has a hit in 72.2% of his games this season (13 of 18), and he posted more than one hit in four of them (22.2%).
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 18 games.
- In six of 18 games this season, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In six of 18 games this season (33.3%), Ruiz has knocked in at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- He has struck out one or more times in nine of 18 games played this season (50.0%), fanning multiple times in two games.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 7 |
| 7 (63.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 6 (85.7%) |
| 3 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (14.3%) |
| 3 (27.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (42.9%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (28.6%) |
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