Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Philadelphia Phillies, who will be sending Aaron Nola to the mound, go head to head at Citizens Bank Park on Friday, August 4. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Waters
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -105 |
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Stats and Trends for the Philadelphia Phillies
- The Phillies’ Nola (9-7) will make his 23rd start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up five earned runs and allowed nine hits in 4 2/3 innings pitched against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 4.43 ERA ranks 50th, 1.123 WHIP ranks 19th, and 9.1 K/9 ranks 27th.
- The Phillies average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) in the league this season.
- The Phillies have pitched to a 3.95 this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
- The Phillies have a combined 1.241 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Phillies have allowed the 10th-fewest home runs this season at just 120, or 1.1 per game.
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Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has picked up a hit in 58.8% of his 51 games this season, with at least two hits in 21.6% of those games (11).
- Out of the 51 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s homered in six contests (11.8%), hitting a home run in 3.2% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 17 times this season in 51 games played (33.3%), including six times when he tallied multiple runs (11.8%).
- Waters has picked up an RBI in 27.5% of his 51 games this season, with two or more RBI in 7.8% of those games (four). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 39 times this year in 51 tries (76.5%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 41.2% of games (21 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | GP | 23 |
| 19 (67.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (47.8%) |
| 7 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (17.4%) |
| 15 (53.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (8.7%) |
| 4 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (8.7%) |
| 10 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (17.4%) |
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