At 8:10 PM ET on Monday, September 11, Kevin Smith and the Oakland Athletics will suit up against the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Framber Valdez at Minute Maid Park, airing on SNSW.
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Player Prop Odds for Smith
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -111 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Valdez (11-9) will take to the mound for the Astros and make his 28th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he gave up one earned run and allowed six hits in seven innings against the Texas Rangers.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 29-year-old’s 3.30 ERA ranks 10th, 1.111 WHIP ranks 12th, and 8.7 K/9 ranks 28th.
- The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.98 this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.297 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- With 181 homers allowed, the Astros rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
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Kevin Smith Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/1/2022 | Justin Verlander | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/30/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Smith Stats and Trends
- Smith has recorded a hit in 18 of 36 games this season, with multiple hits in four of them.
- He has hit a home run in 13.9% of his games this season (36 contests), going yard in 4.4% of his trips to the plate.
- In 12 of 36 games this season, he has touched home plate, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Smith has driven in at least one run in seven of 36 games played this season (19.4%), including two games with more than one run driven in.
- He has struck out at least once in 24 of 36 games this year (66.7%), while fanning multiple times in 13 of those games (36.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | GP | 22 |
| 7 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (50.0%) |
| 1 (7.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (13.6%) |
| 5 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (31.8%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (13.6%) |
| 2 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (22.7%) |
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