Currently sitting at 29 homers, Kyle Tucker will be looking to belt his 30th bomb of the year against starter Pablo Lopez on Sunday, October 8, when the Houston Astros take on the Minnesota Twins at Minute Maid Park. First pitch is set for 8:03 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Tucker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -123 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- Lopez (11-8) will take to the mound for the Twins and make his 33rd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, when he tossed 5 2/3 innings while giving up one earned run on five hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The 27-year-old ranks 23rd in ERA (3.71), 16th in WHIP (1.155), and fifth in K/9 (10.9) among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Twins average 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the league.
- The Twins have pitched to a 3.87 this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Twins have a combined 1.198 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The Twins have allowed 194 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 15th in MLB.
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Kyle Tucker Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/7/2023 | Bailey Ober | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2023 | Louie Varland | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2023 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/29/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/9/2023 | Tyler Mahle | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| 4/8/2023 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/7/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | Aarón Sánchez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2022 | Josh Winder | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 1 |
Tucker Stats and Trends
- Tucker has a hit in 70.3% of his games this season (111 of 158), and he posted at least two hits in 41 of those contests (25.9%).
- In 17.1% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (27 of 158). He’s left the yard in 4.3% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- In 44.9% of his games this season (71 of 158), he has scored at least a run. In 19 of those games (12.0%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Tucker has notched at least one RBI 66 times this year in 158 games played (41.8%), including 30 times driving in multiple runs (19.0%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in nine contests.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once 75 times this season in 158 games (47.5%), including 18 games with more than one strikeout (11.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 79 | GP | 79 |
| 49 (62.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 62 (78.5%) |
| 18 (22.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 23 (29.1%) |
| 29 (36.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 42 (53.2%) |
| 10 (12.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 17 (21.5%) |
| 32 (40.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 34 (43.0%) |
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