Alejandro Kirk and the Toronto Blue Jays will take the field at PNC Park on Saturday, May 6, where they will match up with the Pittsburgh Pirates and starting pitcher Juan Carlos Oviedo. The contest will start at 6:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Kirk
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -110 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Oviedo (2-2) will take to the mound for the Pirates and make his seventh start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday, when he threw 2 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals, giving up seven earned runs while allowing nine hits.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in six games this season with an ERA of 4.78, a 2.5 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.469.
- The Pirates strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- The Pirates have the ninth-best ERA (3.65) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.313 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- The Pirates have given up the sixth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 30 home runs allowed.
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Alejandro Kirk Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/5/2023 | Rich Hill | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/4/2022 | JT Brubaker | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/2/2022 | Juan Carlos Oviedo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
Kirk Stats and Trends
- Kirk has reached base with a base hit 13 times this season in 31 games played (41.9%), including multiple knocks in 12.9% of them (four times).
- This season, he has homered in two of the 31 games, going deep in 2.1% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored eight times this season in 31 games played (25.8%). He does not, however, have a multi-run effort.
- In six of 31 games this year (19.4%), Kirk has knocked in at least one run, including two games with multiple RBI.
- In 11 of 31 games this year (35.5%), he has been set down on strikes at least once, including two games with multiple Ks.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GP | 20 |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (40.0%) |
| 4 (36.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 6 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 2 (10.0%) |
| 2 (18.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 (45.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (5.0%) |
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