Ian Happ and the Chicago Cubs will take the field at Wrigley Field on Thursday, June 15, where they will challenge the Pittsburgh Pirates and starting pitcher Juan Carlos Oviedo. The matchup will start at 8:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Happ
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -113 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +112 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- The Pirates will send Oviedo (3-5) to the mound for his 14th start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed 6 1/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the New York Mets.
- The 25-year-old ranks 44th in ERA (4.16), 58th in WHIP (1.430), and 42nd in K/9 (7.9) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Pirates strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- Pirates pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.32 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Pirates rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.387 WHIP this season.
- The Pirates have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 67, or one per game.
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Ian Happ Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/14/2023 | Osvaldo Bido | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 6/13/2023 | Luis Ortiz | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/25/2022 | Luis Ortiz | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 9/24/2022 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/22/2022 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Bryse Wilson | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/25/2022 | JT Brubaker | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/23/2022 | José Quintana | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/22/2022 | Jerad Eickhoff | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Happ Stats and Trends
- Happ has tallied a hit 42 times this year in 66 games played (63.6%), with 15 multi-hit efforts (22.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in five games this season, leaving the ballpark in 1.7% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 18 times this year in 66 contests (27.3%), including scoring multiple runs in 6.1% of games (four times).
- Happ has notched at least one RBI 17 times this season in 66 games played (25.8%), including seven times plating multiple runs (10.6%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has fanned 47 times this season in 66 tries (71.2%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 31.8% of games (21 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 34 |
| 22 (68.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 20 (58.8%) |
| 6 (18.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (26.5%) |
| 11 (34.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (20.6%) |
| 3 (9.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.9%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (20.6%) |
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