Wander Franco’s Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros, who will be sending Hunter Brown to the mound, square off at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, July 29. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:15 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Franco
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -119 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -118 |
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Stats and Trends for the Houston Astros
- Brown (6-7) will take to the mound for the Astros and make his 20th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up two earned runs and allowed six hits in six innings pitched against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 24-year-old’s 4.19 ERA ranks 45th, 1.320 WHIP ranks 49th, and 10.4 K/9 ranks 13th.
- The Astros average 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
- The Astros have the fifth-best ERA (3.83) in the majors this season.
- The Astros have a combined WHIP of 1.278 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Astros have allowed 122 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 16th in MLB play.
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Wander Franco Stats vs. the Astros
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/28/2023 | Cristian Javier | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 4/26/2023 | Hunter Brown | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 4/25/2023 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/24/2023 | Jose Urquidy | 4-for-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 10/1/2022 | Cristian Javier | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/30/2022 | Framber Valdez | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 9/21/2022 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/20/2022 | Cristian Javier | 2-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 9/19/2022 | Luis Garcia | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/30/2021 | Lance McCullers Jr. | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Franco Stats and Trends
- Franco has collected a base hit 65 times this season in 99 games played (65.7%), including multiple knocks on 30 occasions (30.3%).
- Out of the 99 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s homered in 11 contests (11.1%), homering in 2.5% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least a run in 40.4% of his contests this year (40 of 99), with more than one run scored in 11 of those contests (11.1%).
- Franco has driven in a run in 31.3% of his 99 games this season, with two or more RBI in 12.1% of those contests (12). He has also knocked in three or more runs in four contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 45 of 99 games this year, including multiple Ks in 15 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | GP | 45 |
| 36 (66.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 29 (64.4%) |
| 16 (29.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 14 (31.1%) |
| 25 (46.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (33.3%) |
| 8 (14.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 3 (6.7%) |
| 20 (37.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 11 (24.4%) |
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