Ildemaro Vargas and the Washington Nationals take on starter Michael Lorenzen and the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:05 PM ET on Friday, August 18 at Nationals Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Vargas
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Lorenzen (7-7) will take to the mound for the Phillies and make his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Wednesday, Aug. 9, when he tossed nine innings without a run or hit allowed in a matchup with the Washington Nationals.
- The 31-year-old ranks 10th in ERA (3.23), fourth in WHIP (1.043), and 54th in K/9 (6.8) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Phillies average nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the league.
- The Phillies have the 10th-best ERA (3.95) in the majors this season.
- The Phillies have a combined 1.240 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Phillies have given up 138 home runs so far this season (the 13th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Ildemaro Vargas Stats vs. the Phillies
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | Aaron Nola | 2-for-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Ranger Suárez | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Zack Wheeler | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/2/2023 | Ranger Suárez | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/1/2023 | Zack Wheeler | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/4/2023 | Ranger Suárez | 2-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Zack Wheeler | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Noah Syndergaard | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Kyle Gibson | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Vargas Stats and Trends
- Vargas has picked up a hit in 30 of 52 games this year, with multiple hits in nine of them.
- In 7.7% of his games this season, he has homered (four of 52). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 2.3% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- In 18 of 52 games this year (34.6%), he has scored at least a run, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- In 26.9% of his contests this season (14 of 52), Vargas has driven in at least one run. In eight of those games (15.4%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two games.
- He has struck out 11 times this season in 52 games played (21.2%), including one game where he fanned multiple times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | GP | 32 |
| 12 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (56.3%) |
| 3 (15.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (18.8%) |
| 5 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (40.6%) |
| 3 (15.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.1%) |
| 5 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (28.1%) |
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