On Sunday, May 14 at 4:07 PM ET, Josh Smith and the Texas Rangers will match up with starter Drew Rucinski and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Smith
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -136 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Rucinski (0-3) will take to the mound for the Athletics and make his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up five earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings pitched against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
- The 34-year-old has pitched in three games this season with an 8.16 ERA, 3.8 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .339.
- The Athletics average just 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the league.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 7.20 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.697 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 71, or 1.7 per game.
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Josh Smith Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/13/2023 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/13/2023 | Zach Neal | 1-for-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Richard Lovelady | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Shintaro Fujinami | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Spencer Patton | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Zach Jackson | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Austin Pruitt | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/12/2023 | Sam Moll | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Sam Long | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Smith Stats and Trends
- Smith has collected a hit in 11 of 26 games this year (42.3%), with multiple base hits in two of them.
- This season, he has homered in two of the 26 games, leaving the ballpark in 2.5% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 10 times this season in 26 games played (38.5%), including three games with more than one run (11.5%).
- Smith has driven in a run in two of 26 games this season, while knocking in multiple runs in one of them.
- In 16 of 26 games this season (61.5%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, seven of those games (26.9%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | GP | 16 |
| 2 (20.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (56.3%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (12.5%) |
| 3 (30.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (43.8%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (12.5%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 2 (12.5%) |
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