Matt Vierling Preview, Player Props: Tigers vs. Guardians
On Thursday, Matt Vierling (.273 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 54 points below season-long percentage) and the Detroit Tigers play the Cleveland Guardians, whose starting pitcher will be Xzavion Curry. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
He racked up two hits (going 2-for-5 with an RBI) in his last game against the Twins.
Matt Vierling Game Info & Props vs. the Guardians
- Game Day: Thursday, August 17, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Progressive Field
- Guardians Starter: Xzavion Curry
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +170)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +155)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
Discover More About This Game
Matt Vierling At The Plate
- Vierling leads Detroit in OBP (.327) this season, fueled by 94 hits.
- Among the qualifying hitters in MLB, his batting average ranks 43rd, his on-base percentage ranks 80th, and he is 110th in the league in slugging.
- In 59 of 95 games this season (62.1%) Vierling has picked up a hit, and in 25 of those games he had more than one (26.3%).
- In 6.3% of his games this season, he has hit a home run, and 1.9% of his trips to the plate.
- In 19 games this year (20.0%), Vierling has picked up an RBI, and in six of those games (6.3%) he had more than one. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- In 29.5% of his games this year (28 of 95), he has scored, and in eight of those games (8.4%) he has scored more than once.
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Guardians Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians pitching staff is 26th in MLB with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Guardians have the fourth-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.80).
- Guardians pitchers combine to surrender the second-fewest home runs in baseball (122 total, one per game).
- Curry (3-1) gets the starting nod for the Guardians in his sixth start of the season. He has a 3.39 ERA in 69 2/3 innings pitched, with 46 strikeouts.
- The righty last appeared on Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up six hits.
- In 30 games this season, the 25-year-old has a 3.39 ERA and 6 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .240 to opposing batters.
