Jeremy Pena’s Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending Brayan Bello to the hill, match up at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, August 24. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Pena
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Bello (9-7) will take to the mound for the Red Sox and make his 22nd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw six innings against the New York Yankees, giving up one earned run while allowing six hits.
- The 24-year-old has an ERA of 3.70, 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .256 in 21 games this season.
- The Red Sox have a 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.37 this season, which ranks 18th in baseball.
- The Red Sox rank 19th in MLB with a combined 1.316 WHIP this season.
- The Red Sox have allowed 168 home runs this season, or 1.3 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB play.
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Jeremy Pena Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/23/2023 | Chris Sale | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/22/2023 | Tanner Houck | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/21/2023 | James Paxton | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/3/2022 | Rich Hill | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/18/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/17/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Pena Stats and Trends
- Pena has a hit in 64.3% of his games this year (74 of 115), and he posted multiple base hits in 32 of those games (27.8%).
- He has hit a long ball in 8.7% of his games in 2023 (10 of 115), which amounts to 2% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 48 times this season in 115 contests (41.7%), including scoring multiple runs in 10.4% of games (12 times).
- In 26.1% of his 115 games this season, Pena has tallied an RBI (30 times). Also, he’s notched 10 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (8.7%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 62.6% of his 115 games this season, he has struck out (72 times). He’s also had 24 games with multiple Ks in 2023 (20.9%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 54 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (63.0%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 16 (29.6%) |
| 27 (44.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (38.9%) |
| 5 (8.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (9.3%) |
| 15 (24.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (27.8%) |
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