The upcoming game between Taylor Ward’s Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals (with Brady Singer getting the start) is scheduled for Friday, June 16 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Ward
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +108 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -152 |
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Stats and Trends for the Kansas City Royals
- Singer (4-5) will take to the mound for the Royals and make his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed six hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
- The 26-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 6.58 ERA, 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .289.
- The Royals have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked ERA (5.18) in the majors this season.
- The Royals rank 25th in MLB with a combined 1.418 WHIP this season.
- The Royals have allowed 78 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 17th in MLB.
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Taylor Ward Stats vs. the Royals
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/23/2023 | Jordan Lyles | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/22/2023 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/21/2023 | Taylor Clarke | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/27/2022 | Brad Keller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Angel Zerpa | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 |
| 7/25/2022 | Zack Greinke | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/22/2022 | Daniel Lynch | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 6/21/2022 | Jon Heasley | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 6/20/2022 | Kris Bubic | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/9/2021 | Brad Keller | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
Ward Stats and Trends
- Ward has picked up a hit in 58.5% of his 65 games this year, with multiple hits in 24.6% of those games (16).
- He has homered in 12.3% of his games this season (65 contests), going yard in 2.9% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate in 50.8% of his 65 games this year. That includes more than one run scored in 9.2% of those games (six).
- Ward has notched at least one RBI 19 times this season in 65 tries (29.2%), including driving in more than one run in 6.2% of games (four times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- In 39 of 65 games this season (60.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 17 of those games (26.2%) included a performance that resulted in more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | GP | 35 |
| 15 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 23 (65.7%) |
| 3 (10.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (37.1%) |
| 15 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 18 (51.4%) |
| 3 (10.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (14.3%) |
| 7 (23.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 12 (34.3%) |
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