Brent Rooker and the Oakland Athletics will take the field at Minute Maid Park on Friday, May 19, where they will match up with the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Brandon Bielak. The contest will start at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Rooker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -151 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -120 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Bielak will make his third start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox, throwing five innings and giving up one earned run.
- The Astros average 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the league.
- The Astros have the lowest ERA in baseball at 3.39.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of just 1.233 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- With just 46 homers allowed, the Astros rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Brent Rooker Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/8/2021 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2021 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2021 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/5/2021 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Rooker Stats and Trends
- In 63.2% of his games this season (24-of-38), Rooker has posted a hit. In 12 of those games (31.6%), he’s recorded at least two base hits.
- He has hit a long ball in nine games this season, leaving the ballpark in 7% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 15 of 38 games this season, including multiple runs scored in six of them.
- Rooker has picked up at least one RBI 13 times this year in 38 games played (34.2%), including nine times plating multiple runs (23.7%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
- He has fanned 22 times this season in 38 tries (57.9%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 31.6% of games (12 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | GP | 17 |
| 10 (47.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (82.4%) |
| 6 (28.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (35.3%) |
| 5 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (58.8%) |
| 4 (19.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (29.4%) |
| 5 (23.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (47.1%) |
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