At 4:07 PM ET on Saturday, May 27, Brent Rooker and the Oakland Athletics will take the diamond against the Houston Astros and starting pitcher Framber Valdez at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Rooker
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | -105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -139 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -140 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -131 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- The Astros’ Valdez (4-4) will make his 11th start of the season.
- The left-hander did not allow a run in nine innings pitched on Sunday in his last outing, a matchup with the Oakland Athletics.
- The 29-year-old’s 2.45 ERA ranks seventh, 1.030 WHIP ranks 12th, and 9.8 K/9 ranks 20th among qualified pitchers in the majors this year.
- The Astros strike out 9.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-best in MLB.
- Astros pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.23 this year, first-best in baseball.
- The Astros have a combined 1.187 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
- With just 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/26/2023 | Hunter Brown | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/21/2023 | Framber Valdez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/20/2023 | Hunter Brown | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/19/2023 | Brandon Bielak | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/0 | 0 |
| 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
- Rooker has reached base with a base hit 27 times this season in 46 games played (58.7%), including multiple knocks in 28.3% of them (13 times).
- Out of the 46 games he has appeared in this season, he’s hit a long ball in nine contests (19.6%), leaving the yard in 5.9% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored a run in 34.8% of his 46 games this season. That includes more than one run scored in 13.0% of those contests (six).
- Rooker has picked up at least one RBI 15 times this year in 46 tries (32.6%), including plating more than one run in 19.6% of games (nine times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on six occasions.
- In 28 of 46 games this season (60.9%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 17 of those games (37.0%) included an effort that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 24 |
| 11 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (66.7%) |
| 6 (27.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (29.2%) |
| 6 (27.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (41.7%) |
| 4 (18.2%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (20.8%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (41.7%) |
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