Yordan Alvarez’s Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending Chris Sale to the mound, go head to head at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, August 23. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -135 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -145 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox will hand the ball to Sale (5-3) for his 14th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Thursday, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on two hits in a matchup with the Washington Nationals.
- The 34-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 4.50 ERA, 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .225.
- The Red Sox have a 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
- Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.38 this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.314 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have given up 167 home runs so far this season (the 25th-ranked total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | James Paxton | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- Alvarez has picked up a hit in 58 of 80 games this season, with multiple hits in 17 of them.
- He has hit a home run in 19 games this season, going deep in 6.1% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 46 of 80 games this year (57.5%), which includes two or more runs scored in nine of them (11.3%).
- Alvarez has picked up at least one RBI in 36 out of 80 games this season (45.0%). He has collected more than one RBI in 21 of those contests (26.3%).
- He has fanned 52 times this season in 80 games played (65.0%), including 15 times striking out multiple times (18.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | GP | 37 |
| 32 (74.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (70.3%) |
| 8 (18.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (24.3%) |
| 23 (53.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (62.2%) |
| 7 (16.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 12 (32.4%) |
| 18 (41.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 18 (48.6%) |
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