Nelson Cruz: Prop Bets vs. Dodgers
PETCO Park is where Nelson Cruz and the San Diego Padres will go up against starter Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, May 5 at 9:40 PM ET.
Looking to place a bet on Cruz ahead of his matchup on Friday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!
Player Prop Odds for Cruz
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Stats and Trends for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- The Dodgers will hand the ball to Kershaw (5-1) for his seventh start of the season.
- The left-hander allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
- The 35-year-old ranks seventh in ERA (1.89), third in WHIP (.763), and 22nd in K/9 (9.7) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Dodgers strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- The Dodgers have the 13th-ranked ERA (4.32) in the majors this season.
- The Dodgers have a combined WHIP of 1.263 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Dodgers have given up 32 home runs so far this season (the 12th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Nelson Cruz Stats vs. the Dodgers
Cruz Stats and Trends
- Cruz has collected a hit in 41.4% of his 29 games this year, with more than one hit in 13.8% of them (four).
- He has gone yard in three games this season, going deep in 4.1% of his trips to home plate.
- In six of 29 games this year, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Cruz has plated at least one run five times this season in 29 games played (17.2%), including four games with more than one RBI (13.8%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 14 of 29 games this year (48.3%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, six of those games (20.7%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
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