Matt Duffy’s Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Paul Blackburn to the mound, go head to head at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Monday, August 21. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Duffy
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -125 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics’ Blackburn (3-3) will make his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in seven innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The 29-year-old has pitched to a 4.09 ERA this season with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.2 walks per nine across 14 games.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.81 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.551 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 169 home runs allowed.
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Matt Duffy Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/5/2023 | Kyle Muller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 10/5/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 10/4/2022 | Cole Irvin | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/29/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/28/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/27/2022 | James Kaprielian | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/20/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/14/2022 | Adam Oller | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Duffy Stats and Trends
- In 53.8% of his games this year (35-of-65), Duffy has posted a hit. In five of those games (7.7%), he’s recorded more than one hit.
- He has homered in one of 65 games, going deep in 0.6% of his plate appearances this season.
- In 13 of 65 games this year, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- In 10 of 65 games this season (15.4%), Duffy has knocked in at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 27 times this season in 65 games (41.5%), including five games with more than one strikeout (7.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | GP | 31 |
| 22 (64.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (41.9%) |
| 4 (11.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (3.2%) |
| 8 (23.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (16.1%) |
| 1 (2.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 (20.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (9.7%) |
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