Marcus Semien will be targeting his 30th homer of the year against starter Cristian Javier when the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros square off on Wednesday, October 18 at 8:03 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Semien
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +101 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -128 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Javier (10-5) will take to the mound for the Astros and make his 32nd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Tuesday, Oct. 10, when he tossed five innings without allowing a run on one hit in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 26-year-old’s 4.56 ERA ranks 37th, 1.265 WHIP ranks 31st, and 8.8 K/9 ranks 27th.
- The Astros have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Astros have the eighth-best ERA (3.95) in the majors this season.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.281 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- The Astros have given up 201 home runs so far this season (the 22nd-ranked total in MLB play).
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Marcus Semien Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/16/2023 | Framber Valdez | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 10/15/2023 | Justin Verlander | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/6/2023 | Justin Verlander | 4-for-4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 9/5/2023 | Framber Valdez | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/4/2023 | J.P. France | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/26/2023 | Framber Valdez | 3-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/25/2023 | J.P. France | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/3/2023 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 7/2/2023 | Shawn Dubin | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Semien Stats and Trends
- Semien has recorded a hit in 123 of 169 games this season, with multiple hits in 55 of them.
- He has homered in 26 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 3.9% of his chances at the plate.
- In 56.2% of his 169 games this season, he has scored a run (95 times). Also, he’s put up 23 games with multiple runs in 2023 (13.6%).
- Semien has tallied at least one RBI in 40.8% of his games this season (69 of 169), including two or more RBI in 22 of those contests (13.0%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in eight contests.
- In 89 of 169 games this year (52.7%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 26 of those games (15.4%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 82 | GP | 87 |
| 58 (70.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 65 (74.7%) |
| 29 (35.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 26 (29.9%) |
| 49 (59.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 46 (52.9%) |
| 15 (18.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 11 (12.6%) |
| 34 (41.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 35 (40.2%) |
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