Taylor Ward and the Los Angeles Angels face off against starter Jack Flaherty and the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:15 PM ET on Thursday, May 4 at Busch Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Ward
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -126 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -120 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -152 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will send Flaherty (2-3) to the mound for his seventh start this season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The 27-year-old ranks 45th in ERA (3.94), 64th in WHIP (1.438), and 30th in K/9 (9.3) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
- The Cardinals average 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the league.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.63 this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.456 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- With 37 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Taylor Ward Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/3/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2023 | Steven Matz | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Ward Stats and Trends
- Ward has collected a hit in 16 of 31 games this year, with multiple hits in seven of them.
- Out of the 31 games he has appeared in this season, he’s homered in four contests (12.9%), leaving the yard in 3% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 17 of 31 games played this season (54.8%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Ward has picked up at least one RBI seven times this year in 31 tries (22.6%), including driving in more than one run in 9.7% of games (three times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- In 64.5% of his contests this season (20 of 31), he has been set down on strikes at least once. In eight of those games (25.8%), he registered two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | GP | 18 |
| 7 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (50.0%) |
| 2 (15.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (27.8%) |
| 7 (53.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (55.6%) |
| 1 (7.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (16.7%) |
| 2 (15.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (27.8%) |
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