Busch Stadium is where Chris Taylor and the Los Angeles Dodgers will go up against starter Steven Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, May 19 at 8:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -132 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -108 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -104 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- The Cardinals will hand the ball to Matz (0-4) for his ninth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw 5 1/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox, giving up three earned runs while allowing eight hits.
- The 31-year-old has pitched in eight games this season with a 5.62 ERA, 8 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .302.
- The Cardinals average the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the league this season.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.45 this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.452 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-highest in MLB.
- The Cardinals have allowed 51 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 15th in MLB.
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Chris Taylor Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/30/2023 | Jake Woodford | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 4/29/2023 | Jordan Montgomery | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 4/28/2023 | Jack Flaherty | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Jordan Montgomery | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | José Quintana | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 10/6/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/9/2021 | Jake Woodford | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/8/2021 | Adam Wainwright | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/7/2021 | J.A. Happ | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/6/2021 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has reached base with a base hit 14 times this season in 33 games played (42.4%), including multiple knocks in 12.1% of them (four times).
- In 21.2% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball (seven of 33). He’s hit a round-tripper in 6.3% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least a run 12 times this season in 33 contests (36.4%), including scoring multiple runs in 12.1% of games (four times).
- In 33.3% of his 33 games this season, Taylor has tallied an RBI (11 times). Also, he’s put up five games with multiple RBI in 2023 (15.2%) and plated three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out one or more times in 72.7% of his games this year (24 of 33), striking out multiple times in 11 of those contests (33.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 17 |
| 7 (43.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 7 (41.2%) |
| 3 (18.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (5.9%) |
| 6 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (35.3%) |
| 3 (18.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (23.5%) |
| 6 (37.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (29.4%) |
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