Blake Rutherford: MLB Player Prop Bets for Nationals Vs Phillies – August 20, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 19, 2023

Blake Rutherford and the Washington Nationals meet starter Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies at 7:10 PM ET on Sunday, August 20 at Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

Looking to place a wager on Rutherford ahead of his matchup on Sunday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Rutherford

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -145
Runs 0.5 -112
RBI 0.5 -110
Strikeouts 0.5 -139

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Stats and Trends for the Philadelphia Phillies

  • Wheeler (9-5) will take to the mound for the Phillies and make his 25th start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed seven innings while giving up one earned run on three hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 33-year-old’s 3.56 ERA ranks 24th, 1.097 WHIP ranks 13th, and 10 K/9 ranks 14th.
  • The Phillies strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
  • The Phillies have the 10th-best ERA (3.96) in the majors this season.
  • The Phillies have a combined WHIP of just 1.242 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
  • The Phillies have given up 139 home runs so far this season (the 11th-ranked total in MLB play).

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Blake Rutherford Stats vs. the Phillies

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/18/2023 Michael Lorenzen 3-for-4 0 0 2 2 0/0 0
8/10/2023 Aaron Nola 0-for-2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
8/9/2023 Michael Lorenzen 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
8/8/2023 Zack Wheeler 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0

Rutherford Stats and Trends

  • In three of eight contests this year (37.5%), Rutherford has reached via hit, including two games with multiple base knocks.
  • In the eight games he’s appeared in this season, he has no homers.
  • He has scored in two of eight games this year, including multiple runs scored in one of those contests.
  • In one of eight games this year, Rutherford has picked up at least one RBI. He tallied multiple RBI in that contest.
  • He has struck out at least once in five of eight games this season (62.5%), while fanning multiple times in three of those games (37.5%).
Home Away
3 GP 5
3 (100.0%) Games w/1+ Hit 0 (0.0%)
2 (66.7%) Games w/2+ Hits 0 (0.0%)
2 (66.7%) Games w/1+ Run 0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%) Games w/1+ HR 0 (0.0%)
1 (33.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 0 (0.0%)

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