Kevin Smith’s Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds, who will be sending Luis Cessa to the hill, face off at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Friday, April 28. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Smith
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -107 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +109 |
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Stats and Trends for the Cincinnati Reds
- The Reds’ Cessa (0-3) will make his fifth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed 4 2/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- The 31-year-old has pitched to a 10.80 ERA this season with 3.8 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.3 walks per nine across four games.
- The Reds strike out 9.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
- Reds pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.02 this year, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Reds have a combined WHIP of 1.507 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
- With 27 homers allowed, the Reds rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Smith Stats and Trends
- In nine of 17 contests this season (52.9%), Smith has reached base via hit, including two games with multiple base knocks.
- This season, he has hit a long ball in two of the 17 games, going deep in 3.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least once five times this year in 17 games played (29.4%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In four of 17 games this season, Smith has notched an RBI. He has one game with multiple RBI.
- He has fanned 10 times this year in 17 tries (58.8%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 35.3% of games (six times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | GP | 11 |
| 3 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 6 (54.5%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (18.2%) |
| 1 (16.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (36.4%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (18.2%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (36.4%) |
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