Alejandro Kirk and the Toronto Blue Jays meet starter Ken Waldichuk and the Oakland Athletics at 9:40 PM ET on Tuesday, September 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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Player Prop Odds for Kirk
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -152 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send Waldichuk (2-7) to the mound for his 21st start this season.
- The left-hander gave up one earned run and allowed one hit in four innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 5.92, a 1.78 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.667 in 30 games this season.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- The Athletics have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.64) in the majors this season.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.532 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- With 186 homers allowed, the Athletics rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Alejandro Kirk Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/4/2023 | Luis Medina | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/6/2022 | James Kaprielian | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/5/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/4/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/17/2022 | Adam Oller | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 4/16/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/15/2022 | Daulton Jefferies | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/5/2021 | Cole Irvin | 3-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/3/2021 | Sean Manaea | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Kirk Stats and Trends
- Kirk has reached base with a base hit 51 times this season in 99 games played (51.5%), including multiple knocks in 17.2% of them (17 times).
- He has homered in five games this season, leaving the ballpark in 1.7% of his trips to home plate.
- In 24.2% of his 99 games this season, he has touched home plate (24 times). Also, he’s put up three games with multiple runs in 2023 (3.0%).
- Kirk has produced at least one run 22 times this season in 99 games played (22.2%), including eight games with more than one RBI (8.1%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 31.3% of his 99 games this year, while fanning more than once in 6.1% of those games (six).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | GP | 55 |
| 25 (56.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 26 (47.3%) |
| 12 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (9.1%) |
| 13 (29.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (20.0%) |
| 5 (11.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 13 (29.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (16.4%) |
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