Drew Waters’ Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending Nick Pivetta to the mound, match up at Fenway Park on Wednesday, August 9. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 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 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox’s Pivetta (7-6) will make his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Saturday, when he threw four innings, giving up three earned runs while allowing six hits to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 30-year-old has pitched in 27 games this season with a 4.19 ERA, 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .205.
- The Red Sox have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.41 this season, which ranks 18th in baseball.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.325 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- With 145 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 23rd in the league at preventing long balls.
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Drew Waters Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/8/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 3-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2/0 | 1 |
| 8/7/2023 | Brayan Bello | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 9/18/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Waters Stats and Trends
- Waters has picked up a hit in 58.2% of his 55 games this season, with multiple base knocks in 21.8% of those contests (12).
- He has homered in seven games this season, leaving the ballpark in 3.4% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least one run 19 times this year in 55 contests (34.5%), including scoring multiple runs in 12.7% of games (seven times).
- Waters has picked up at least one RBI 16 times this year in 55 games played (29.1%), including five times plating multiple runs (9.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 42 of 55 games this season (76.4%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 23 of those games (41.8%) included a performance that resulted in two or more punchouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | GP | 27 |
| 19 (67.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (48.1%) |
| 7 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (18.5%) |
| 15 (53.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (14.8%) |
| 4 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (11.1%) |
| 10 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (22.2%) |
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