On Friday, August 11 at 7:05 PM ET, Alex Call and the Washington Nationals will square off against starter Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics at Nationals Park, airing on MASN.
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Player Prop Odds for Call
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +100 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -136 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics’ Blackburn (2-2) will make 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 an ERA of 4.35, 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .278 in 12 games this season.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.77 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.524 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 155 home runs allowed.
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Alex Call Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Call Stats and Trends
- In 48 of 93 games this season (51.6%), Call has recorded a hit, and he collected more than one hit in 13 of those contests (14.0%).
- He has gone yard in 6.5% of his games in 2023 (six of 93), which amounts to 1.6% of his trips to the plate.
- In 31.2% of his 93 games this season, he has scored (29 times). Also, he’s notched seven games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.5%).
- Call has plated at least one run 22 times this year in 93 tries (23.7%), including driving in more than one run in 9.7% of games (nine times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on one occasion.
- He has gone down on strikes in 55.9% of his 93 games this year, while fanning more than once in 14.0% of those contests (13).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 50 |
| 25 (58.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 23 (46.0%) |
| 7 (16.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (12.0%) |
| 14 (32.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (30.0%) |
| 3 (7.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (6.0%) |
| 14 (32.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (16.0%) |
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