The upcoming matchup between Masataka Yoshida’s Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros (with Justin Verlander getting the start) is scheduled for Tuesday, August 22 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Yoshida
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -124 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros will hand the ball to Verlander (8-6) for his 20th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs in five innings pitched on Wednesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Miami Marlins.
- The 40-year-old has pitched in 19 games this season with a 3.36 ERA, 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .229.
- The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.86 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- Astros pitchers have a 1.282 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
- With 153 homers allowed, the Astros rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Masataka Yoshida Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | Cristian Javier | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Yoshida Stats and Trends
- Yoshida has collected a hit in 73 of 110 games this year (66.4%), with multiple hits in 43 of those games (39.1%).
- In 12 of 110 games this season, he has homered (10.9%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2.8% of his trips to the plate.
- In 49 of 110 contests this season (44.5%), he has touched home plate, and nine of those games (8.2%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- In 30.9% of his contests this year (34 of 110), Yoshida has tallied at least one RBI. In 13 of those games (11.8%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in seven games.
- He has fanned 45 times this year in 110 games played (40.9%), including 11 times striking out multiple times (10.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 56 |
| 37 (68.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (64.3%) |
| 22 (40.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 21 (37.5%) |
| 29 (53.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 20 (35.7%) |
| 6 (11.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (10.7%) |
| 23 (42.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (19.6%) |
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