Maikel Garcia will try to bounce back following a hitless showing in his previous game (0-for-2). His Kansas City Royals face Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs on Sunday at 2:20 PM ET on MARQ.
Garcia is hitting .284 with 16 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 25 walks.
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Maikel Garcia Prop Bet Insights
In 69.7% of his 89 games this season, Garcia has notched a base hit (62 times). He’s also put up 25 multi-hit games in 2023 (28.1%).
In four of 89 games this season, he has hit a home run (4.5%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 1.1% of his trips to the dish in 2023.
Garcia has scored a run in 37 of 89 games this year, with multiple runs scored in six of them.
He has driven in a run in 32 of 89 games this year, with multiple RBI in six of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
In 55.1% of his games this year (49 of 89), Garcia has gone down on strikes one or more times, and in 23 of those games (25.8%) he registered two or more strikeouts.
Maikel Garcia Stats Against the Cubs
Date
Opp. SP
H/AB
XBH
HR
RBI
R
K/BB
SB
8/18/2023
Jameson Taillon
0-for-2
0
0
0
0
0/0
0
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Cubs Starter: Kyle Hendricks
The Cubs will call on Hendricks (4-6) to make his 17th start of the season. He is 4-6 with a 4.19 ERA and 61 Ks in 92 1/3 innings pitched.
When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the Chicago White Sox, the righty threw six innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
The 33-year-old has amassed an ERA of 4.19, with 5.9 strikeouts per nine innings in 16 contests this year. Opposing hitters have a .253 batting average against him.
Hendricks is looking to notch his ninth quality start of the season.
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