Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros face off against starter JP Sears and the Oakland Athletics at 4:10 PM ET on Saturday, May 20 at Minute Maid Park.
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Player Prop Odds for Alvarez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -152 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -122 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -138 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -147 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send Sears (0-3) to the mound for his ninth start this season.
- The left-hander gave up two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Texas Rangers.
- The 27-year-old has an ERA of 5.27, 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .248 in eight games this season.
- The Athletics strike out just 7.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (7.08) in the majors this season.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.688 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 80 home runs allowed.
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Yordan Alvarez Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/19/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 2-for-5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 4-for-4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/15/2022 | James Kaprielian | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2022 | Zach Logue | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/12/2022 | Adam Oller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 7/27/2022 | Cole Irvin | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Frankie Montás | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Alvarez Stats and Trends
- In 81.6% of his 38 games this season, Alvarez has notched a base hit (31 times). He’s also registered eight multi-hit games in 2023 (21.1%).
- He has homered in nine of 38 games in 2023 (23.7%), which is 5.5% of his trips to the plate.
- In 22 of 38 games this season (57.9%), he has touched home plate at least one time, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Alvarez has driven in a run in 21 of 38 games this year, including multiple RBI in 11 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in five contests.
- He has struck out one or more times in 68.4% of his games this season (26 of 38), striking out multiple times in eight of those contests (21.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | GP | 17 |
| 17 (81.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 14 (82.4%) |
| 4 (19.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (23.5%) |
| 11 (52.4%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (64.7%) |
| 3 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (35.3%) |
| 9 (42.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (70.6%) |
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