On Saturday, April 15 at 4:10 PM ET, Taylor Ward and the Los Angeles Angels will square off against starter Nick Pivetta and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, airing on NESN.
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Player Prop Odds for Ward
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +104 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -129 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -120 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -151 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox will send Pivetta to the mound for his third start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Friday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Los Angeles Angels.
- The Red Sox strike out 9.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- The Red Sox have the 27th-ranked ERA (5.43) in the majors this season.
- Red Sox pitchers have a 1.479 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
- The Red Sox have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 22, or 1.6 per game.
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Taylor Ward Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/14/2023 | Tanner Houck | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/5/2022 | Rich Hill | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 5/4/2022 | Garrett Whitlock | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/3/2022 | Michael Wacha | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/7/2021 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/6/2021 | Nathan Eovaldi | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/5/2021 | Martín Pérez | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/16/2021 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/15/2021 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 5/14/2021 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Ward Stats and Trends
- Ward has a hit in 69.2% of his games this season (nine of 13), and he posted multiple base hits in four of those games (30.8%).
- This season, he has homered in two of the 13 games, leaving the ballpark in 3.3% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 10 times this season in 13 games played (76.9%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In two of 13 games this year, Ward has driven in at least one run. He knocked in multiple runs both times.
- He has fanned nine times this season in 13 games played (69.2%), including three times punching out multiple times (23.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | GP | 7 |
| 3 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 6 (85.7%) |
| 1 (16.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (42.9%) |
| 4 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (85.7%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (28.6%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (28.6%) |
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