Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers will take the field at Comerica Park on Friday, August 25, where they will challenge the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Framber Valdez. The matchup will start at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Torkelson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -107 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros will send Valdez (9-9) to the mound for his 25th start this season.
- The left-hander gave up six earned runs and allowed 10 hits in five innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 29-year-old’s 3.55 ERA ranks 19th, 1.125 WHIP ranks 14th, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 26th.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- Astros pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.97 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.299 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Astros have given up 158 home runs so far this season (the 18th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Spencer Torkelson Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/5/2023 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/4/2023 | Framber Valdez | 3-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/3/2023 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Hunter Brown | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/12/2022 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/8/2022 | Jake Odorizzi | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/5/2022 | Jose Urquidy | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Torkelson Stats and Trends
- Torkelson has reached base with a base hit 73 times this season in 125 games played (58.4%), including multiple knocks in 24.0% of them (30 times).
- He has hit a home run in 15.2% of his games this season (125 contests), going yard in 4.3% of his chances at the plate.
- He has scored at least one run 54 times this season in 125 contests (43.2%), including scoring multiple runs in 8.8% of games (11 times).
- In 38.4% of his contests this season (48 of 125), Torkelson has driven in at least one run. In 14 of those games (11.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in four games.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 68.0% of his games this year (85 of 125), striking out multiple times in 33 of those games (26.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 64 |
| 32 (52.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 41 (64.1%) |
| 14 (23.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 16 (25.0%) |
| 24 (39.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 30 (46.9%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (20.3%) |
| 21 (34.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 27 (42.2%) |
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