Justin Turner Preview, Player Props: Red Sox vs. Royals
On Friday, Justin Turner (.595 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including three home runs) and the Boston Red Sox play the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Astros.
Justin Turner Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, September 1, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +135)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
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Justin Turner At The Plate
- Turner is batting .287 with 27 doubles, 22 home runs and 44 walks.
- He ranks 15th in batting average, 28th in on base percentage, and 28th in slugging among the qualifying hitters in MLB.
- Turner has gotten at least one hit in 71.9% of his games this year (87 of 121), with at least two hits 40 times (33.1%).
- Looking at the 121 games he has played this year, he's hit a long ball in 21 of them (17.4%), and in 4.2% of his trips to the dish.
- Turner has picked up an RBI in 46.3% of his games this year, with more than one RBI in 18.2% of his games. He has also driven in three or more runs in five contests.
- He has scored a run in 61 games this season, with multiple runs 14 times.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.2 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.17).
- Royals pitchers combine to rank 23rd in baseball in home runs surrendered (175 total, 1.3 per game).
- Lyles gets the start for the Royals, his 26th of the season. He is 3-15 with a 6.32 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 142 1/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last appeared on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners, when he threw three innings, allowing seven earned runs while giving up six hits.
- The 32-year-old ranks 54th in ERA (6.32), 39th in WHIP (1.300), and 51st in K/9 (6.1) among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season.
