At 8:10 PM ET on Friday, September 1, Matt Duffy and the Kansas City Royals will take the field against the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher James Paxton at Kauffman Stadium, airing on BSKC.
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Player Prop Odds for Duffy
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +100 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox’s Paxton (7-4) will make his 19th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed four hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The 34-year-old has pitched in 18 games this season with an ERA of 3.99, a 3.26 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.257.
- The Red Sox average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.8) in the league this season.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.48 this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
- The Red Sox rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.344 WHIP this season.
- The Red Sox have allowed 176 home runs this season, or 1.3 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB.
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Matt Duffy Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/7/2022 | Garrett Whitlock | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/6/2022 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Duffy Stats and Trends
- Duffy has collected a base hit 36 times this year in 70 games played (51.4%), including multiple knocks on five occasions (7.1%).
- He has gone yard in one of 70 games, leaving the ballpark in 0.5% of his plate appearances this season.
- He has scored at least once 13 times this season in 70 games played (18.6%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In 10 of 70 games this season (14.3%), Duffy has knocked in at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- He has struck out in 41.4% of his 70 games this year, while fanning more than once in 7.1% of those contests (five).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | GP | 35 |
| 22 (62.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (40.0%) |
| 4 (11.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (2.9%) |
| 8 (22.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (14.3%) |
| 1 (2.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (8.6%) |
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