Masataka Yoshida and the Boston Red Sox take on starter Jose Urquidy and the Houston Astros at 8:10 PM ET on Wednesday, August 23 at Minute Maid Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Yoshida
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -124 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Urquidy (2-3) will take the mound for the Astros, his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners, throwing two scoreless innings of relief and allowing two hits.
- The 28-year-old has pitched to a 5.21 ERA this season with 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.1 walks per nine across nine games.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.85 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.282 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Astros have allowed 154 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 18th in MLB play.
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Masataka Yoshida Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Justin Verlander | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/21/2023 | Cristian Javier | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Yoshida Stats and Trends
- In 66.7% of his 111 games this season, Yoshida has notched a base hit (74 times). He’s also collected 43 multi-hit games in 2023 (38.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in 10.8% of his games in 2023 (12 of 111), which amounts to 2.7% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 49 out of 111 games this year (44.1%), which includes two or more runs scored in nine of those games (8.1%).
- Yoshida has picked up at least one RBI 34 times this season in 111 tries (30.6%), including driving in more than one run in 11.7% of games (13 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on seven occasions.
- In 45 of 111 games this season (40.5%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 11 of those games (9.9%) included an effort that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 57 |
| 37 (68.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 37 (64.9%) |
| 22 (40.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 21 (36.8%) |
| 29 (53.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 20 (35.1%) |
| 6 (11.1%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (10.5%) |
| 23 (42.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (19.3%) |
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