The upcoming game between Will Benson’s Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Guardians (with Noah Syndergaard drawing the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 16 at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Benson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +100 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians will hand the ball to Syndergaard (2-5) for his 16th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Thursday, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on six hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 30-year-old has pitched to a 6.35 ERA this season with 5.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.6 walks per nine across 15 games.
- The Guardians have a 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.79 this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.276 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- The Guardians have allowed the second-fewest home runs this season at just 120, or one per game.
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Will Benson Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/15/2023 | Logan Allen | 1-for-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Benson Stats and Trends
- Benson has a hit in 51.5% of his games this season (35 of 68), and he posted at least two hits in 12 of those contests (17.6%).
- He has homered in seven games this season, going deep in 3.2% of his plate appearances.
- In 39.7% of his 68 games this season, he has scored a run (27 times). Also, he’s put up five games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.4%).
- Benson has tallied at least one RBI 13 times this season in 68 games played (19.1%), including six times plating multiple runs (8.8%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 43 out of 68 games this season (63.2%), while fanning multiple times in 15 of those games (22.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | GP | 36 |
| 14 (43.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (58.3%) |
| 3 (9.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (25.0%) |
| 10 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 17 (47.2%) |
| 5 (15.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (5.6%) |
| 7 (21.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (16.7%) |
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