When the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates match up at PNC Park on Friday, August 11 at 7:05 PM ET, Will Benson will be back in the lineup (against starter Juan Carlos Oviedo).
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Player Prop Odds for Benson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -150 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Oviedo (6-11) will take to the mound for the Pirates and make his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed seven innings without allowing a run on two hits in a matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 25-year-old’s 4.18 ERA ranks 38th, 1.302 WHIP ranks 48th, and 8 K/9 ranks 47th.
- The Pirates strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
- The Pirates have pitched to a 4.59 this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
- The Pirates rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.398 WHIP this season.
- With just 126 homers allowed, the Pirates rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
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Will Benson Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/2/2023 | Vince Velásquez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 3/30/2023 | Mitch Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
Benson Stats and Trends
- Benson has recorded a hit in 31 of 64 games this season, with multiple hits in 11 of them.
- He has homered in 10.9% of his games this season (64 contests), going yard in 3.4% of his trips to the plate.
- In 24 of 64 contests this season (37.5%), he has scored a run, and four of those games (6.3%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- Benson has tallied at least one RBI 13 times this season in 64 tries (20.3%), including driving in more than one run in 9.4% of games (six times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on one occasion.
- He has fanned 41 times this season in 64 games played (64.1%), including 15 times punching out multiple times (23.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | GP | 33 |
| 13 (41.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (54.5%) |
| 3 (9.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 8 (24.2%) |
| 10 (32.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (42.4%) |
| 5 (16.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (6.1%) |
| 7 (22.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (18.2%) |
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