Kauffman Stadium is where Maikel Garcia and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox on Friday, September 1 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox will hand the ball to Paxton (7-4) for his 19th start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed four hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
- The 34-year-old has pitched in 18 games this season with a 3.99 ERA, 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .237.
- 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.
- Red Sox pitchers have a 1.344 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have given up 176 home runs so far this season (the 25th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Maikel Garcia Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | James Paxton | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Nick Pivetta | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/1 | 1 |
| 8/7/2023 | Brayan Bello | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Garcia Stats and Trends
- Garcia has recorded a hit 68 times this year in 98 games played (69.4%), with 25 multi-hit efforts (25.5%).
- In 4.1% of his games this season, he has gone yard (four of 98). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 1% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- In 38.8% of his games this season (38 of 98), he has scored at least one run. In six of those games (6.1%), he tallied two or more runs scored.
- Garcia has produced at least one run 36 times this year in 98 games played (36.7%), including six games with more than one RBI (6.1%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out one or more times in 56.1% of his games this season (55 of 98), striking out multiple times in 25 of them (25.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | GP | 49 |
| 34 (69.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (69.4%) |
| 16 (32.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (18.4%) |
| 22 (44.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (32.7%) |
| 1 (2.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (6.1%) |
| 20 (40.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (32.7%) |
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