Max Kepler and the Minnesota Twins meet starter Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros at 4:45 PM ET on Saturday, October 7 at Minute Maid Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Kepler
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +102 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -131 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -145 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Verlander (13-8) will make his 28th start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in five innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- The 40-year-old ranks eighth in ERA (3.22), 14th in WHIP (1.133), and 34th in K/9 (8) among qualified pitchers in the majors this season.
- The Astros average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.94 this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
- The Astros rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.283 WHIP this season.
- With 201 homers allowed, the Astros rank 22nd in the league at preventing long balls.
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Max Kepler Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/31/2023 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | J.P. France | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2022 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Justin Verlander | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2022 | Luis Garcia | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/11/2022 | Jose Urquidy | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2022 | Justin Verlander | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2021 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 3-for-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
Kepler Stats and Trends
- Kepler has a hit in 60.5% of his games this year (78 of 129), and he posted more than one hit in 33 of those contests (25.6%).
- In 24 of 129 games this season, he has hit a home run (18.6%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 4.9% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least one run 57 times this season in 129 games played (44.2%), including 14 times when he tallied multiple runs (10.9%).
- Kepler has driven in a run in 46 of 129 games this season, including multiple RBI in 14 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 85 times this year in 129 games (65.9%), including 23 games with more than one strikeout (17.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 68 |
| 39 (63.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 39 (57.4%) |
| 18 (29.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 15 (22.1%) |
| 27 (44.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 30 (44.1%) |
| 12 (19.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 12 (17.6%) |
| 25 (41.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 21 (30.9%) |
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