Comerica Park is where Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers will take on starter Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros on Sunday, August 27 at 1:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Torkelson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -144 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -106 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -152 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Verlander (9-6) will take to the mound for the Astros and make his 21st start of the season.
- The right-hander allowed five hits in six scoreless innings pitched against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
- The 40-year-old has pitched in 20 games this season with an ERA of 3.19, a 2.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.183.
- The Astros strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
- The Astros have the ninth-best ERA (3.96) in the majors this season.
- Astros pitchers have a 1.297 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Astros have allowed 159 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 17th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/26/2023 | Hunter Brown | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/25/2023 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 a hit in 57.5% of his games this year (73 of 127), and he posted multiple base hits in 30 of those games (23.6%).
- He has hit a home run in 15.0% of his games in 2023 (19 of 127), which amounts to 4.2% of his trips to the dish.
- In 54 of 127 contests this season (42.5%), he has touched home plate, and 11 of those games (8.7%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 37.8% of his 127 games this season, Torkelson has driven in a run (48 times). Also, he’s notched 14 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (11.0%) and produced three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 68.5% of his games this season (87 of 127), striking out multiple times in 33 of those contests (26.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | GP | 64 |
| 32 (50.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 41 (64.1%) |
| 14 (22.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 16 (25.0%) |
| 24 (38.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 30 (46.9%) |
| 6 (9.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 13 (20.3%) |
| 21 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 27 (42.2%) |
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