Martin Maldonado’s Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Ken Waldichuk to the hill, face off at Minute Maid Park on Friday, May 19. The first pitch will be thrown at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Maldonado
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -131 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -105 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -107 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Waldichuk (1-2) will take to the mound for the Athletics and make his ninth start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed seven hits in five innings against the Texas Rangers.
- The 25-year-old has pitched to a 7.02 ERA this season with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 5 walks per nine across eight games.
- The Athletics average just 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the league.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (7.13) in the majors this season.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.679 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 79 home runs allowed.
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Martín Maldonado Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/18/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 4-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2022 | Zach Logue | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Frankie Montás | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/17/2022 | Adam Oller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/16/2022 | Jared Koenig | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/9/2022 | Zach Logue | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/8/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/1/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/30/2022 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Maldonado Stats and Trends
- Maldonado has picked up a hit in 15 of 31 games this season (48.4%), with multiple base hits in two of them.
- Despite logging a plate appearance in 31 games this season, he has swatted two homers.
- He has touched home plate at least once seven times this season in 31 games played (22.6%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- In six of 31 games this season, Maldonado has tallied an RBI. He has one game with multiple RBI.
- He has fanned 22 times this season in 31 games played (71.0%), including 11 times punching out multiple times (35.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | GP | 14 |
| 8 (47.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 7 (50.0%) |
| 2 (11.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 (17.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (28.6%) |
| 1 (5.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.1%) |
| 3 (17.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 3 (21.4%) |
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