Alika Williams and the Pittsburgh Pirates will take the field at PNC Park on Thursday, August 10, where they will face off against the Atlanta Braves and starting pitcher Bryce Elder. The matchup will begin at 12:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Williams
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -135 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -105 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -137 |
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Stats and Trends for the Atlanta Braves
- The Braves will send Elder (8-3) to the mound for his 23rd start this season.
- The right-hander gave up five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Chicago Cubs.
- The 24-year-old ranks 23rd in ERA (3.43), 32nd in WHIP (1.230), and 57th in K/9 (6.6) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Braves strike out 9.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
- Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.93 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Braves have a combined WHIP of 1.283 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- The Braves have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 124 home runs allowed.
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Alika Williams Stats vs. the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Max Fried | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Yonny Chirinos | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Spencer Strider | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Williams Stats and Trends
- This season, Williams has recorded at least one hit in six of 12 games played (50.0%), with two multi-hit games.
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 12 games.
- He has scored at least one run twice this year in 12 tries. However, he did not score multiple runs in either of those games.
- Williams has knocked in a run twice this season in 12 tries, but he did not drive in multiple runs in either of those games.
- In five of 12 games this year (41.7%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, four of those games (33.3%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | GP | 5 |
| 3 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 3 (60.0%) |
| 1 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (20.0%) |
| 1 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 1 (20.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (28.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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