The upcoming matchup between Jake Alu’s Washington Nationals and the Oakland Athletics (with Paul Blackburn drawing the start) is scheduled for Friday, August 11 at 7:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Alu
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -146 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -140 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (2-2) for his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings without allowing a run on two hits in a matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
- The 29-year-old has pitched to a 4.35 ERA this season with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.2 walks per nine across 12 games.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.77 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.524 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 155 home runs allowed.
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Alu Stats and Trends
- Alu has recorded a hit in seven of 13 games this season (53.8%), with multiple base hits in two of them.
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 13 games.
- He has scored at least one run twice this year in 13 tries. However, he did not score multiple runs in either of those games.
- Alu has driven in at least one run four times so far this year in 13 games played (30.8%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has struck out in nine of 13 games this year, including multiple Ks in six of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | GP | 9 |
| 3 (75.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 4 (44.4%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (22.2%) |
| 1 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 1 (11.1%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (22.2%) |
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