Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals and the San Diego Padres, who will be sending Yu Darvish to the mound, face off at PETCO Park on Wednesday, May 17. The first pitch will be thrown at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +107 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -126 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -144 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- Darvish (2-2) will take the mound for the Padres, his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Thursday, when he threw six innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up two earned runs while allowing four hits.
- The 36-year-old has pitched to a 3.16 ERA this season with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3 walks per nine across seven games.
- The Padres average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- The Padres have pitched to a 3.97 this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.265 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- The Padres have given up 49 home runs so far this season (the 15th-ranked total in MLB play).
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Maikel Garcia Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/16/2023 | Seth Lugo | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2023 | Michael Wacha | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Garcia Stats and Trends
- In 61.5% of his games this season (eight-of-13), Garcia has recorded a hit. In three of those games (23.1%), he’s recorded more than one hit.
- In the 13 games he’s appeared in this season, he has no home runs.
- He has scored four times this season in 13 games played (30.8%). He does not, however, have a multi-run effort.
- In six of 13 games this year, Garcia has produced a run. He has one game with multiple RBI.
- He has gone down on strikes in six of 13 games this season, including multiple Ks in four of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP | 4 |
| 7 (77.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 1 (25.0%) |
| 2 (22.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 1 (25.0%) |
| 4 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 0 (0.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 6 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 0 (0.0%) |
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