Citizens Bank Park is where MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will face off against starter Taijuan Walker and the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, August 6 at 1:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +101 |
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Stats and Trends for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Walker (12-4) will take to the mound for the Phillies and make his 23rd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Monday, when he threw 6 2/3 innings against the Miami Marlins, giving up two earned runs while allowing six hits.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 3.99 ERA ranks 36th, 1.270 WHIP ranks 41st, and 7.7 K/9 ranks 50th.
- The Phillies have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
- Phillies pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.99 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Phillies pitchers have a 1.242 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
- The Phillies have given up the 10th-fewest long balls so far this season with only 124 home runs allowed.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Phillies
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/5/2023 | Cristopher Sanchez | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/4/2023 | Aaron Nola | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has reached base with a base hit 64 times this season in 104 games played (61.5%), including multiple knocks in 14.4% of them (15 times).
- He has homered in 7.7% of his games in 2023 (eight of 104), which amounts to 1.9% of his trips to the dish.
- In 35 of 104 contests this season (33.7%), he has touched home plate, and eight of those games (7.7%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- Melendez has plated at least one run 23 times this year in 104 games played (22.1%), including 10 times driving in multiple runs (9.6%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 76.0% of his contests this year (79 of 104), he has been set down on strikes at least once. In 36 of those games (34.6%), he registered more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | GP | 49 |
| 35 (63.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (59.2%) |
| 6 (10.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (18.4%) |
| 19 (34.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (32.7%) |
| 6 (10.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (4.1%) |
| 13 (23.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (20.4%) |
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