Eduardo Escobar’s Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Ken Waldichuk to the hill, go head to head at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Friday, September 29. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:38 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Escobar
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Waldichuk (4-8) will take to the mound for the Athletics and make his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Detroit Tigers.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 5.49, 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .264 in 34 games this season.
- The Athletics average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.51 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.525 as a pitching staff, which is second-worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have given up 208 home runs so far this season (the 25th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Eduardo Escobar Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/3/2023 | Kyle Muller | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/2/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/16/2023 | JP Sears | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/14/2023 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/25/2022 | JP Sears | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/9/2021 | Sean Manaea | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/8/2021 | Chris Bassitt | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/13/2021 | Jesús Luzardo | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Escobar Stats and Trends
- Escobar has a hit in 52.6% of his games this season (50 of 95), and he posted multiple base hits in 13 of those games (13.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in six games this season, going deep in 2% of his chances at the plate.
- In 26 of 95 contests this year (27.4%), he has scored, and three of those games (3.2%) included an effort that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 24.2% of his contests this season (23 of 95), Escobar has notched at least one RBI. In seven of those games (7.4%) he recorded two or more RBI.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 55.8% of his games this season (53 of 95), striking out multiple times in 19 of those contests (20.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | GP | 49 |
| 17 (37.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 33 (67.3%) |
| 2 (4.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (22.4%) |
| 12 (26.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (28.6%) |
| 3 (6.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (6.1%) |
| 13 (28.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (20.4%) |
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