Andrew Knizner Preview, Player Props: Cardinals vs. Athletics
On Wednesday, Andrew Knizner (batting .424 in his past 10 games) and the St. Louis Cardinals face the Oakland Athletics, whose starting pitcher will be Paul Blackburn. First pitch is at 6:45 PM ET.
He strung together two hits (going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI) in his last appearance against the Athletics.
Andrew Knizner Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Wednesday, August 16, 2023
- Game Time: 6:45 PM ET
- Stadium: Busch Stadium
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: BSMW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +625)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
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Andrew Knizner At The Plate
- Knizner has seven doubles, nine home runs and seven walks while batting .261.
- Knizner has picked up a hit in 62.5% of his 48 games this year, with more than one hit in 20.8% of those games.
- In 16.7% of his games this year, he has hit a long ball, and 5.6% of his trips to the plate.
- Knizner has driven in a run in 17 games this year (35.4%), including six games with more than one RBI (12.5%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- In 37.5% of his games this year, he has scored at least once. And he's had six games with multiple runs (12.5%).
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.79).
- Athletics pitchers combine to give up the fifth-most home runs in baseball (163 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn (2-3 with a 4.52 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 65 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Athletics, his 13th of the season.
- In his most recent appearance on Friday, the righty tossed 5 2/3 innings against the Washington Nationals, giving up four earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- In 13 games this season, the 29-year-old has a 4.52 ERA and 9 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .294 to opposing batters.
