The upcoming contest between Zack Short’s Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians (with Xzavion Curry getting the start) is scheduled for Thursday, August 17 at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Short
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -128 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -105 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cleveland Guardians
- The Guardians will send Curry (3-1) to the mound for his sixth start this season.
- The right-hander gave up five earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings pitched against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 30 games this season with an ERA of 3.39, a 2.42 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.188.
- The Guardians strike out just 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.80 this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.281 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- With just 122 homers allowed, the Guardians rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
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Zack Short Stats vs. the Guardians
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/2021 | Sam Hentges | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2021 | Zach Plesac | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2021 | Eli Morgan | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/30/2021 | Logan Allen | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/30/2021 | Cal Quantrill | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
Short Stats and Trends
- Short has a hit in 42.3% of his games this year (30 of 71), and he posted multiple base hits in seven of them (9.9%).
- He has homered in five games this season, leaving the ballpark in 2.7% of his trips to home plate.
- In 12 of 71 games this year, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In 21.1% of his contests this season (15 of 71), Short has produced at least one run. In 10 of those games (14.1%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- He has struck out at least once 34 times this season in 71 games (47.9%), including 10 games with more than one strikeout (14.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 29 |
| 19 (45.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (37.9%) |
| 5 (11.9%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (6.9%) |
| 8 (19.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (13.8%) |
| 4 (9.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.4%) |
| 10 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (17.2%) |
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