Minute Maid Park is where Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros will challenge starter James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox on Monday, August 21 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -145 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -133 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -143 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Paxton (7-3) will take to the mound for the Red Sox and make his 17th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in six innings against the Washington Nationals.
- The 34-year-old has an ERA of 3.34, a 4.04 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.135 in 16 games this season.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.35 this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Red Sox rank 19th in MLB with a combined 1.303 WHIP this season.
- The Red Sox have allowed 163 home runs this season, or 1.3 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB play.
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Yordan Alvarez Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/3/2022 | Rich Hill | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/18/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/17/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/16/2022 | Garrett Whitlock | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 10/22/2021 | Nathan Eovaldi | 4-for-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/20/2021 | Chris Sale | 3-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/19/2021 | Nick Pivetta | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 10/18/2021 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- In 57 of 79 games this season (72.2%), Alvarez has recorded a hit, and he collected more than one hit in 17 of those contests (21.5%).
- He has homered in 24.1% of his games this season (79 contests), going yard in 6.2% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least a run 45 times this year in 79 contests (57.0%), including scoring multiple runs in 11.4% of games (nine times).
- In 44.3% of his contests this year (35 of 79), Alvarez has plated at least one run. In 20 of those games (25.3%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in seven games.
- In 52 of 79 games this year (65.8%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 15 of those games (19.0%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | GP | 37 |
| 31 (73.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (70.3%) |
| 8 (19.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (24.3%) |
| 22 (52.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (62.2%) |
| 7 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 12 (32.4%) |
| 17 (40.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (48.6%) |
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