At 7:40 PM ET on Tuesday, May 9, Alec Burleson and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field against the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Jameson Taillon at Wrigley Field, airing on MARQ.
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Player Prop Odds for Burleson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -112 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -127 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Taillon (0-2) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his fifth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Thursday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed three hits in three innings against the Washington Nationals.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in four games this season with a 5.29 ERA, 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .261.
- The Cubs average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.25 this year, second-best in baseball.
- The Cubs have a combined 1.131 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- With just 28 homers allowed, the Cubs rank third in the league at preventing long balls.
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Burleson Stats and Trends
- Burleson has collected a hit in 16 of 30 games this season (53.3%), with multiple base hits in two of them.
- He has gone yard in three of 30 games in 2023 (10.0%), which is 3.2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has touched home plate at least once nine times this season in 30 games played (30.0%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Burleson has driven in at least one run in six of 30 games played this season (20.0%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in nine of 30 games played this season (30.0%), fanning multiple times in two games.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 14 |
| 8 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (57.1%) |
| 1 (6.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (7.1%) |
| 4 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (35.7%) |
| 2 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.1%) |
| 4 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (14.3%) |
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