Kevin Smith and the Oakland Athletics face off against starter Martin Perez and the Texas Rangers at 9:40 PM ET on Friday, May 12 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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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 Texas Rangers
- Perez (4-1) will take to the mound for the Rangers and make his eighth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed 3 2/3 innings while giving up seven earned runs on eight hits in a matchup with the Los Angeles Angels.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 32-year-old ranks 48th in ERA (3.86), 66th in WHIP (1.554), and 59th in K/9 (6.8).
- The Rangers strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- The Rangers have the seventh-best ERA (3.61) in the majors this season.
- The Rangers have a combined WHIP of just 1.162 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
- The Rangers have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 32 home runs allowed.
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Kevin Smith Stats vs. the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/23/2023 | Jacob deGrom | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/22/2023 | Andrew Heaney | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 4/21/2023 | Jon Gray | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2022 | Dane Dunning | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Taylor Hearn | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/26/2022 | Martín Pérez | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Smith Stats and Trends
- Smith has recorded a hit in 11 of 25 games this season (44.0%), with multiple base hits in two of them.
- Despite logging a plate appearance in 25 games this season, he has swatted two long balls.
- He has scored at least once six times this year in 25 games played (24.0%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Smith has driven in at least one run four times so far this season in 25 games played (16.0%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 68.0% of his games this season (17 of 25), striking out multiple times in nine of them (36.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | GP | 15 |
| 4 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 7 (46.7%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (13.3%) |
| 1 (10.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (33.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (13.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (26.7%) |
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