Jeremy Pena and the Houston Astros take on starter Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs at 8:10 PM ET on Monday, May 15 at Minute Maid Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Pena
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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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 sixth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The 31-year-old has an ERA of 6.41, a 4.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.475 in five games this season.
- The Cubs have a 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in the majors.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.94 this year, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Cubs have a combined WHIP of just 1.199 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
- The Cubs have given up the eighth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 39 home runs allowed.
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Pena Stats and Trends
- In 25 of 39 games this year (64.1%), Pena has gotten a hit, and he collected at least two hits in 11 of those contests (28.2%).
- He has gone yard in six games this season, going deep in 3.6% of his plate appearances.
- In 20 of 39 games this season (51.3%), he has touched home plate at least one time, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- In 38.5% of his 39 games this season, Pena has tallied an RBI (15 times). Also, he’s put up five games with multiple RBI in 2023 (12.8%) and plated three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 25 out of 39 games this season (64.1%), while fanning multiple times in eight of those games (20.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | GP | 20 |
| 11 (57.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (70.0%) |
| 4 (21.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (35.0%) |
| 12 (63.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (40.0%) |
| 4 (21.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (10.0%) |
| 8 (42.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (35.0%) |
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