At 8:15 PM ET on Friday, July 28, Ian Happ and the Chicago Cubs will take the diamond against the St. Louis Cardinals and starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery at Busch Stadium, airing on BSMW.
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Player Prop Odds for Happ
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -129 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -104 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Montgomery (6-8) will take the mound for the Cardinals, his 21st start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up five earned runs and allowed six hits in six innings against the Chicago Cubs.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 30-year-old ranks 17th in ERA (3.37), 32nd in WHIP (1.226), and 35th in K/9 (8.2).
- The Cardinals have a 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the majors.
- The Cardinals have the 26th-ranked ERA (4.71) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined 1.472 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
- The Cardinals have given up the fewest long balls so far this season with only 100 home runs allowed.
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Ian Happ Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/27/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/23/2023 | Jordan Montgomery | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 7/21/2023 | Jack Flaherty | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Steven Matz | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2023 | Matthew Liberatore | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/3 | 0 |
| 6/24/2023 | Adam Wainwright | 2-for-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2023 | Jordan Montgomery | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/9/2023 | Jack Flaherty | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/3 | 0 |
| 5/8/2023 | Miles Mikolas | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
Happ Stats and Trends
- Happ has picked up a hit in 60 of 100 games this year, with multiple hits in 23 of them.
- He has hit a home run in eight games this season, going deep in 2.1% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least a run 34 times this year in 100 contests (34.0%), including scoring multiple runs in 10.0% of games (10 times).
- Happ has picked up at least one RBI 26 times this season in 100 games played (26.0%), including 13 games with more than one RBI (13.0%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- In 71 of 100 games this season (71.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 27 of those games (27.0%) included a performance that resulted in two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 49 |
| 31 (60.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (59.2%) |
| 10 (19.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (26.5%) |
| 18 (35.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (32.7%) |
| 4 (7.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (8.2%) |
| 15 (29.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (22.4%) |
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