Chris Taylor’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending James Paxton to the hill, face off at Fenway Park on Saturday, August 26. The first pitch will be thrown at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Taylor
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -138 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -105 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Paxton (7-4) will take to the mound for the Red Sox and make his 18th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed four innings while giving up six earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Houston Astros.
- The 34-year-old has pitched to a 3.79 ERA this season with 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 2.6 walks per nine across 17 games.
- The Red Sox average the 13th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.9) in the league this season.
- Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.37 this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.320 as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in MLB.
- With 168 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Chris Taylor Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Taylor Stats and Trends
- Taylor has collected a base hit 46 times this year in 88 games played (52.3%), including multiple knocks on nine occasions (10.2%).
- In 12 of 88 games this season, he has homered (13.6%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 4.5% of his trips to the dish.
- In 34.1% of his games this year (30 of 88), he has scored at least a run. In seven of those games (8.0%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Taylor has tallied an RBI in 23 of 88 games this season, including multiple RBI in 10 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 69.3% of his contests this season (61 of 88), he has been set down on strikes at least once. In 25 of those games (28.4%), he registered two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | GP | 48 |
| 25 (62.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 21 (43.8%) |
| 5 (12.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (8.3%) |
| 17 (42.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 13 (27.1%) |
| 5 (12.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 7 (14.6%) |
| 11 (27.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (25.0%) |
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