Maikel Garcia Preview, Player Props: Royals vs. Mariners
The Kansas City Royals, including Maikel Garcia (hitting .333 in his past 10 games, with a double, three walks and four RBI), battle starter George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium, Thursday at 2:10 PM ET.
In his last appearance, he went 1-for-5 with a double against the Mariners.
Maikel Garcia Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Mariners Starter: George Kirby
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +150)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +900)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +230)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
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Maikel Garcia At The Plate
- Garcia is batting .289 with 16 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 25 walks.
- Garcia will look to extend his 18-game hitting streak. He's batting .450 over the course of his last outings.
- Garcia has picked up a hit in 71.3% of his 87 games this year, with multiple hits in 28.7% of them.
- He has homered in 4.6% of his games in 2023 (four of 87), and 1.1% of his trips to the plate.
- Garcia has picked up an RBI in 36.8% of his games this season, with two or more RBI in 6.9% of his games. He has also plated three or more runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 42.5% of his games this year (37 of 87), with two or more runs six times (6.9%).
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Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks seventh in the league.
- The Mariners have the second-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.75).
- Mariners pitchers combine to give up 130 home runs (1.1 per game), the sixth-fewest in baseball.
- Kirby (10-8) gets the starting nod for the Mariners in his 24th start of the season. He has a 3.11 ERA in 144 2/3 innings pitched, with 131 strikeouts.
- His last appearance came on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when the right-hander went nine scoreless innings while allowing three hits.
- This season, the 25-year-old ranks fifth in ERA (3.11), first in WHIP (1.002), and 41st in K/9 (8.1) among pitchers who qualify.
