Maikel Garcia’s Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox, who will be sending Michael Kopech to the mound, face off at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday, May 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Garcia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -109 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -111 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -139 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- The White Sox will hand the ball to Kopech (1-4) for his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs in 4 2/3 innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Houston Astros.
- The 27-year-old has an ERA of 5.74, a 1.46 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.559 in eight games this season.
- The White Sox average 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- The White Sox have the 29th-ranked ERA (5.32) in the majors this season.
- The White Sox have a combined 1.467 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
- The White Sox have allowed the second-most home runs this season with 67, or 1.5 per game.
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Maikel Garcia Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11/2023 | Mike Clevinger | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Gregory Santos | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Joe Kelly | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Reynaldo López | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/9/2023 | Lucas Giolito | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/8/2023 | Dylan Cease | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2022 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Garcia Stats and Trends
- Garcia has reached base with a base hit nine times this season in 14 games played (64.3%), including multiple knocks in 28.6% of them (four times).
- He has not yet hit a home run this season in 14 games.
- He has scored four times this year in 14 games played (28.6%). He does not, however, have a multi-run effort.
- Garcia has notched at least one RBI seven times so far this year in 14 games played (50%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- In six of 14 games this year (42.9%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, four of those games (28.6%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | GP | 5 |
| 7 (77.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 2 (40%) |
| 2 (22.2%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (40%) |
| 4 (44.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 0 (0%) |
| 0 (0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0%) |
| 6 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 1 (20%) |
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