Michael A. Taylor’s Minnesota Twins and the St. Louis Cardinals, who will be sending Miles Mikolas to the mound, match up at Busch Stadium on Tuesday, August 1. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:45 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -103 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Mikolas (6-6) will take to the mound for the Cardinals and make his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in two-thirds of an inning pitched on Thursday in his last outing, a matchup with the Chicago Cubs.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 34-year-old’s 4.38 ERA ranks 43rd, 1.304 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.1 K/9 ranks 58th.
- The Cardinals have a 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.65 this year, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.462 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
- With just 103 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank first in the league at preventing long balls.
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Michael A. Taylor Stats vs. the Cardinals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/2022 | Adam Wainwright | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/2/2022 | Steven Matz | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/12/2022 | Dakota Hudson | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2021 | J.A. Happ | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/14/2021 | Jon Lester | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2021 | Jon Lester | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 8/7/2021 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has a hit in 49.4% of his games this season (43 of 87), and he posted multiple base hits in 10 of those contests (11.5%).
- In 12.6% of his games this season, he has homered (11 of 87). He’s hit a round-tripper in 4.5% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- He has touched home plate in 25 of 87 games this year, including multiple runs scored in four of them.
- Taylor has driven in at least one run in 23.0% of his games this season (20 of 87), including more than one RBI in eight of those contests (9.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out one or more times 64 times this year in 87 games (73.6%), including 23 games with more than one strikeout (26.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | GP | 42 |
| 22 (48.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (50.0%) |
| 8 (17.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (4.8%) |
| 13 (28.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (28.6%) |
| 7 (15.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 4 (9.5%) |
| 14 (31.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (14.3%) |
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