Francisco Mejia’s Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox, who will be sending Corey Kluber to the mound, match up at Tropicana Field on Thursday, April 13. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Mejia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -139 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -135 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox will send Kluber to the mound for his third start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Wednesday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Tampa Bay Rays.
- The Red Sox have a 9.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 5.28 this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.462 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- The Red Sox have allowed 20 home runs this season, or 1.7 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB.
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Francisco Mejía Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/12/2023 | Chris Sale | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/11/2023 | Garrett Whitlock | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/10/2023 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/3/2022 | Rich Hill | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/7/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/6/2022 | Rich Hill | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/28/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/26/2022 | Michael Wacha | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/14/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/13/2022 | Josh Winckowski | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Mejia Stats and Trends
- Mejia has collected a hit in two of 12 games this year, with multiple base knocks in one of them.
- In the 12 games in which he’s logged a plate appearance this season, he has zero homers.
- In two of 12 games this season, he has scored at least a run. He scored multiple runs each time.
- Mejia has knocked in a run twice this year in 12 tries, but he did not drive in multiple runs in either of those games.
- He has gone down on strikes four times this year in 12 games played (33.3%), including one game where he fanned multiple times.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP | 3 |
| 2 (22.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (11.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 (22.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (11.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (33.3%) |
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