At 8:40 PM ET on Wednesday, July 5, Taylor Ward and the Los Angeles Angels will take the field against the San Diego Padres and starting pitcher Seth Lugo at PETCO Park, airing on BSSD.
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Player Prop Odds for Ward
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -148 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- Lugo (3-4) will take to the mound for the Padres and make his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up no earned runs and allowed five hits in six innings pitched against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
- The 33-year-old has an ERA of 3.59, 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .264 in 11 games this season.
- The Padres strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.85 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.260 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
- The Padres have allowed 95 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 14th in MLB.
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Taylor Ward Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/4/2023 | Joe Musgrove | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 7/3/2023 | Blake Snell | 2-for-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Ward Stats and Trends
- Ward has picked up a hit in 58.0% of his 81 games this year, with more than one hit in 25.9% of those contests (21).
- He has homered in nine games this season, leaving the ballpark in 2.6% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 46.9% of his 81 games this year. That includes two or more runs scored in 9.9% of those games (eight).
- In 27.2% of his contests this year (22 of 81), Ward has tallied at least one RBI. In five of those games (6.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- In 45 of 81 games this season (55.6%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 19 of those games (23.5%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 39 | GP | 42 |
| 17 (43.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 30 (71.4%) |
| 3 (7.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 18 (42.9%) |
| 15 (38.5%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (54.8%) |
| 3 (7.7%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (14.3%) |
| 7 (17.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (35.7%) |
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