Martin Maldonado’s Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Paul Blackburn to the hill, square off at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Saturday, July 22. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Maldonado
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -132 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -106 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -105 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Blackburn (1-2) will take the mound for the Athletics, his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up six earned runs and allowed nine hits in 5 2/3 innings pitched against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.
- The 29-year-old has pitched in nine games this season with a 5.48 ERA, 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .294.
- The Athletics average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.97 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.535 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- The Athletics have allowed the most home runs this season with 141, or 1.4 per game.
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Martín Maldonado Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/27/2023 | Austin Pruitt | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 5/26/2023 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/21/2023 | James Kaprielian | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/20/2023 | JP Sears | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/19/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 4-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/16/2022 | Adrian Martinez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/13/2022 | Zach Logue | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/26/2022 | Frankie Montás | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Maldonado Stats and Trends
- Maldonado has a hit in 43.1% of his games this year (31 of 72), and he posted multiple hits in six of them (8.3%).
- He has gone yard in seven of 72 games in 2023 (9.7%), which is 2.8% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run in 16 of 72 games played this season (22.2%), including two games where he scored more than one run.
- Maldonado has picked up at least one RBI 14 times this season in 72 games played (19.4%), including three times driving in multiple runs (4.2%).
- He has fanned 52 times this season in 72 games played (72.2%), including 23 times punching out multiple times (31.9%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | GP | 35 |
| 19 (51.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (34.3%) |
| 4 (10.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (5.7%) |
| 8 (21.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (22.9%) |
| 4 (10.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (8.6%) |
| 7 (18.9%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 7 (20.0%) |
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