Nicky Lopez and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:40 PM ET on Friday, June 23 at Tropicana Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Lopez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -108 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +101 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -121 |
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Stats and Trends for the Tampa Bay Rays
- The Rays will send Eflin (8-3) to the mound for his 14th start this season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs in six innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the San Diego Padres.
- The 29-year-old has pitched to a 3.26 ERA this season with 9 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.5 walks per nine across 13 games.
- The Rays strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.57 this year, second-best in baseball.
- Rays pitchers have a 1.199 WHIP this season, third-best in the majors.
- The Rays have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 76 home runs allowed.
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Nicky Lopez Stats vs. the Rays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2022 | Ryan Yarbrough | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Shane McClanahan | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Luis Patiño | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Jeffrey Springs | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Luis Patiño | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 1 |
| 5/27/2021 | Shane McClanahan | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/26/2021 | Tyler Glasnow | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/25/2021 | Rich Hill | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Lopez Stats and Trends
- Lopez has collected a hit in 16 of 37 games this season, with multiple hits in three of them.
- He has not yet gone yard this season in 37 games.
- In 18.9% of his games this season (seven of 37), he has scored at least one run. In three of those games (8.1%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Lopez has driven in at least one run six times so far this season in 37 games played (16.2%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has gone down on strikes in 51.4% of his 37 games this season, while fanning more than once in 10.8% of those contests (four).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 21 |
| 7 (43.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (42.9%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (14.3%) |
| 3 (18.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (19.0%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (6.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (23.8%) |
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