At 9:40 PM ET on Wednesday, June 28, Kyle Higashioka and the New York Yankees will suit up against the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher JP Sears at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Higashioka
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -135 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -152 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send Sears (1-5) to the mound for his 16th start this season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Thursday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed four hits in seven innings against the Cleveland Guardians.
- Among qualified pitchers this year, the 27-year-old’s 4.10 ERA ranks 41st, 1.032 WHIP ranks fourth, and 8.6 K/9 ranks 33rd.
- The Athletics strike out just eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 6.02 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.555 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
- With 119 homers allowed, the Athletics rank last in the league at preventing long balls.
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Kyle Higashioka Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/27/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2023 | Kyle Muller | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/28/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/27/2022 | Adam Oller | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/25/2022 | James Kaprielian | 1-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2022 | Cole Irvin | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/27/2021 | Sean Manaea | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/18/2021 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Higashioka Stats and Trends
- Higashioka has a hit in 52.6% of his games this season (20 of 38), and he posted at least two hits in four of them (10.5%).
- In three of 38 games this season, he has hit a home run (7.9%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2.4% of his trips to the dish.
- In 10 of 38 games this season, he has scored a run, with one game where he scored multiple runs.
- Higashioka has driven in a run in 36.8% of his 38 games this season, with two or more RBI in 10.5% of those contests (four).
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 65.8% of his games this season (25 of 38), striking out multiple times in 10 of those contests (26.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | GP | 18 |
| 9 (45.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (61.1%) |
| 2 (10.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (11.1%) |
| 7 (35.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 3 (16.7%) |
| 3 (15.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 7 (35.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (38.9%) |
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