Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals will take the field at Busch Stadium on Thursday, May 18, where they will play the Los Angeles Dodgers and starting pitcher Julio Urias. The contest will begin at 7:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Goldschmidt
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -131 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -147 |
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Stats and Trends for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Urias (5-3) will take the mound for the Dodgers, his 10th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed three hits in seven innings pitched against the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 26-year-old ranks 37th in ERA (3.61), 20th in WHIP (1.070), and 31st in K/9 (8.9).
- The Dodgers average the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- Dodgers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.91 this year, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Dodgers have a combined WHIP of just 1.220 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
- With just 46 homers allowed, the Dodgers rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Paul Goldschmidt Stats vs. the Dodgers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/30/2023 | Noah Syndergaard | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/29/2023 | Clayton Kershaw | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/28/2023 | Dustin May | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 9/25/2022 | Michael Grove | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Clayton Kershaw | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Andrew Heaney | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/14/2022 | Tyler Anderson | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/13/2022 | Tony Gonsolin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/12/2022 | Mitchell White | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/6/2021 | Max Scherzer | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
Goldschmidt Stats and Trends
- Goldschmidt has recorded a hit in 69.8% of his 43 games this season, with at least two hits in 37.2% of those contests (16).
- Out of the 43 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s hit a long ball in four contests (9.3%), leaving the yard in 3.6% of his plate appearances.
- In 46.5% of his 43 games this season, he has scored (20 times). Also, he’s notched six games with multiple runs in 2023 (14.0%).
- Goldschmidt has driven in at least one run 14 times this season in 43 games played (32.6%), including seven times plating multiple runs (16.3%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has gone down on strikes in 26 of 43 games this season, including multiple Ks in 11 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | GP | 22 |
| 14 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (72.7%) |
| 9 (42.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (31.8%) |
| 9 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (50.0%) |
| 3 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (4.5%) |
| 7 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (31.8%) |
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