Marcus Semien Preview, Player Props: Rangers vs. Angels
On Wednesday, Marcus Semien (.438 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 84 points above season-long percentage) and the Texas Rangers play the Los Angeles Angels, whose starting pitcher will be Reid Detmers. First pitch is at 8:05 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his most recent game (1-for-4) against the Angels.
Marcus Semien Game Info & Props vs. the Angels
- Game Day: Wednesday, August 16, 2023
- Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Angels Starter: Reid Detmers
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +320)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -125)
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Marcus Semien At The Plate
- Semien leads Texas with a slugging percentage of .472, fueled by 52 extra-base hits.
- Among qualified batters in baseball, his batting average ranks 22nd, his on-base percentage ranks 33rd, and he is 36th in the league in slugging.
- Semien enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last outings, he's hitting .364 with one homer.
- In 75.0% of his 120 games this season, Semien has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 41 multi-hit games.
- In 15.8% of his games this season, he has gone deep, and 3.4% of his trips to the plate.
- In 52 games this year (43.3%), Semien has picked up an RBI, and in 17 of those games (14.2%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored in 59.2% of his games this season, with more than one run scored in 14.2%.
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Angels Pitching Rankings
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Angels pitching staff ranks fifth in the league.
- The Angels have the 24th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.63).
- Angels pitchers combine to rank 24th in baseball in home runs given up (153 total, 1.3 per game).
- Detmers gets the start for the Angels, his 22nd of the season. He is 2-9 with a 5.27 ERA and 131 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent time out was on Saturday against the Houston Astros, when the lefty threw 2 1/3 innings, surrendering seven earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- The 24-year-old has a 5.27 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings across 21 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .258 to opposing hitters.
