Austin Riley: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Pirates – August 9, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 9, 2023

The upcoming contest between Austin Riley’s Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates (with Quinn Priester getting the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9 at 7:05 PM ET.

Looking to place a wager on Riley ahead of his matchup on Wednesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Riley

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -150
Runs 0.5 -123
RBI 0.5 -119
Strikeouts 1.5 +110

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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Priester (2-1) will take the mound for the Pirates, his fifth start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed four innings while giving up three earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • The 22-year-old has pitched in four games this season with an 8.69 ERA, 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .266.
  • The Pirates average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
  • The Pirates have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.58) in the majors this season.
  • The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.389 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
  • With just 124 homers allowed, the Pirates rank sixth in the league at preventing long balls.

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Austin Riley Stats vs. the Pirates

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/8/2023 Mitch Keller 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/1 0
8/7/2023 Osvaldo Bido 2-for-5 1 0 0 1 1/0 0
8/24/2022 Mitch Keller 1-for-5 0 0 2 1 1/0 0
8/23/2022 JT Brubaker 1-for-2 0 0 2 0 1/1 0
8/22/2022 Roansy Contreras 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
6/12/2022 José Quintana 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
6/11/2022 Zach Thompson 2-for-4 1 1 1 2 1/0 0
6/10/2022 Roansy Contreras 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
6/9/2022 JT Brubaker 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
7/7/2021 Wil Crowe 2-for-4 1 0 2 0 0/2 0

Riley Stats and Trends

  • In 70.3% of his games this season (78-of-111), Riley has recorded a hit. In 35 of those games (31.5%), he’s recorded at least two base hits.
  • He has hit a home run in 21.6% of his games in 2023 (24 of 111), which amounts to 5.3% of his trips to the dish.
  • He has scored at least a run in 58 out of 111 games this year (52.3%), which includes two or more runs scored in 16 of those contests (14.4%).
  • Riley has picked up an RBI in 41 of 111 games this season, including multiple RBI in 18 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
  • In 75 of 111 games this year (67.6%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 33 of those games (29.7%) included an effort that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
Home Away
57 GP 54
42 (73.7%) Games w/1+ Hit 36 (66.7%)
22 (38.6%) Games w/2+ Hits 13 (24.1%)
32 (56.1%) Games w/1+ Run 26 (48.1%)
12 (21.1%) Games w/1+ HR 12 (22.2%)
20 (35.1%) Games w/1+ RBI 21 (38.9%)

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