At 7:10 PM ET on Wednesday, May 3, Whit Merrifield and the Toronto Blue Jays will take the field against the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher Nick Pivetta at Fenway Park, airing on MLBN.
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Player Prop Odds for Merrifield
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -151 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -113 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -104 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -124 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- Pivetta (1-2) will take the mound for the Red Sox, his sixth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed five hits in five innings pitched against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.
- The 30-year-old has an ERA of 5.11, a 2.55 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.378 in five games this season.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- The Red Sox have the 26th-ranked ERA (4.99) in the majors this season.
- The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.354 as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- The Red Sox have allowed 42 home runs this season, or 1.4 per game. That ranks 25th in MLB.
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Whit Merrifield Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2/2023 | Tanner Houck | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/1/2023 | Corey Kluber | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 10/2/2022 | Michael Wacha | 3-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 10/1/2022 | Brayan Bello | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 3-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Brayan Bello | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/1/2021 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/30/2021 | Martín Pérez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2021 | Nick Pivetta | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
Merrifield Stats and Trends
- In 19 of 29 games this year (65.5%), Merrifield has gotten a hit, and he collected more than one hit in six of those contests (20.7%).
- In the 29 games he’s appeared in this season, he has zero home runs.
- He has scored at least once nine times this year in 29 games played (31.0%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Merrifield has driven in a run in seven of 29 games this season, including multiple RBI in three of them.
- In 11 of 29 games this year (37.9%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, three of those games (10.3%) included an effort that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | GP | 17 |
| 8 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (64.7%) |
| 3 (25.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (17.6%) |
| 4 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (29.4%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 4 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (17.6%) |
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