Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending Chris Sale to the mound, square off at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday, September 3. The first pitch will be thrown at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +109 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Sale (5-3) will take the mound for the Red Sox, his 16th start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Monday, when he threw 4 2/3 innings against the Houston Astros, giving up three earned runs while allowing seven hits.
- The 34-year-old has an ERA of 4.75, 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .236 in 15 games this season.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.55 this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
- Red Sox pitchers have a 1.353 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have allowed 181 home runs this season, or 1.3 per game. That ranks 25th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/2/2023 | Tanner Houck | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/1/2023 | James Paxton | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 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
- In 70.0% of his games this year (70-of-100), Garcia has posted a hit. In 27 of those games (27.0%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- Out of the 100 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s hit a home run in four contests (4.0%), hitting a home run in 1% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate at least one time 39 times this season in 100 games played (39.0%), including six times when he tallied multiple runs (6.0%).
- Garcia has notched at least one RBI 38 times this year in 100 games played (38.0%), including seven games with more than one RBI (7.0%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- He has struck out one or more times in 56 of 100 games this year (56.0%), while fanning multiple times in 26 of those contests (26.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 49 |
| 36 (70.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (69.4%) |
| 18 (35.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (18.4%) |
| 23 (45.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 16 (32.7%) |
| 1 (2.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (6.1%) |
| 22 (43.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (32.7%) |
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