Taylor Ward’s Los Angeles Angels and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Miles Mikolas to the mound, go head to head at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 3. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ward
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -150 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Mikolas (1-1) will take the mound for the Cardinals, his seventh start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in 6 1/3 innings pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 34-year-old’s 5.97 ERA ranks 74th, 1.705 WHIP ranks 82nd, and 8.2 K/9 ranks 45th.
- The Cardinals average 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the league.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.59 this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.448 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
- The Cardinals have allowed 34 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 16th in MLB play.
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Taylor Ward Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2/2023 | Steven Matz | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Ward Stats and Trends
- Ward has collected a base hit 15 times this season in 30 games played (50.0%), including multiple knocks on six occasions (20.0%).
- He has hit a long ball in 13.3% of his games this season (30 contests), going yard in 3.1% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run in 17 of 30 games played this season (56.7%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Ward has produced at least one run seven times this year in 30 games played (23.3%), including three games with more than one RBI (10.0%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 19 of 30 games this year (63.3%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, eight of those games (26.7%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | GP | 17 |
| 7 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (47.1%) |
| 2 (15.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (23.5%) |
| 7 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (58.8%) |
| 1 (7.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (17.6%) |
| 2 (15.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (29.4%) |
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