Kauffman Stadium is where Dairon Blanco and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, August 17 at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Blanco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -142 |
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Stats and Trends for the Seattle Mariners
- The Mariners’ Kirby (10-8) will make his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he allowed three hits in nine scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 25-year-old’s 3.11 ERA ranks seventh, 1.002 WHIP ranks first, and 8.1 K/9 ranks 41st.
- The Mariners have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- Mariners pitchers have the lowest combined ERA in the majors at 3.73.
- The Mariners have a combined 1.181 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-lowest in MLB.
- The Mariners have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 130, or 1.1 per game.
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Dairon Blanco Stats vs. the Mariners
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/2023 | Logan Gilbert | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Blanco Stats and Trends
- This year, Blanco has recorded at least one hit in 17 of 28 games played (60.7%), with two multi-hit games.
- He has not yet hit a home run this season in 28 games.
- In six of 28 games this season (21.4%), he has scored at least one run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- In nine of 28 games this year (32.1%), Blanco has knocked in at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- In 14 of 28 games this season (50.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, seven of those games (25.0%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 14 |
| 8 (57.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (64.3%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (28.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (14.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (28.6%) |
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