LAD @ STL Strikeouts matchups · Friday, May 1, 2026

LAD

Los Angeles Dodgers

2–7

Final

STL

St. Louis Cardinals

◆ Busch StadiumElevation 460 ftCenter Field 400 ft☀ 60°F ClearWind 5 mph, L To R

Emmet Sheehan · RHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate25.9% K/BF

vs LHB25.1%

vs RHB24.9%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)16.4%

How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.6 BF

Expected batters faced22.6

From recent starts5

How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.

Projection5.8 K

Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.

STL lineup · K rate vs RHPExp PA

1JJ Wetherholt (L)18.9%3.0 PA

2Iván Herrera (R)19.4%3.0 PA

3Alec Burleson (L)17.3%3.0 PA

4Jordan Walker (R)28.9%3.0 PA

5Nolan Gorman (L)27.6%2.6 PA

6Masyn Winn (R)22.8%2.0 PA

7Nathan Church (L)23.2%2.0 PA

8Pedro Pagés (R)21.8%2.0 PA

9Victor Scott II (L)27.0%2.0 PA

Matthew Liberatore · LHP

Pitcher Strikeout Rate18.1% K/BF

vs LHB23.0%

vs RHB16.7%

K-BB% (command-adj. skill)8.5%

How often he strikes out the batters he faces, by hand.

Workload22.8 BF

Expected batters faced22.8

From recent starts6

How deep he tends to go — the strikeout-count multiplier.

Projection4.5 K

Expected strikeouts — each lineup spot's strikeout probability (his rate × the hitter's rate, combined via log5) summed across his projected plate appearances.

LAD lineup · K rate vs LHPExp PA

1Shohei Ohtani (L)20.4%3.0 PA

2Freddie Freeman (L)19.4%3.0 PA

3Will Smith (R)21.7%3.0 PA

4Teoscar Hernández (R)20.7%3.0 PA

5Kyle Tucker (L)22.0%2.8 PA

6Andy Pages (R)23.3%2.0 PA

7Max Muncy (L)24.1%2.0 PA

8Miguel Rojas (R)18.7%2.0 PA

9Hyeseong Kim (L)24.9%2.0 PA