Astros vs. Rangers Player Props Today: Kyle Tucker – ALCS Game 3
Kyle Tucker will look to bounce back after a hitless performance in his last game (src-for-4). His Houston Astros face Max Scherzer and the Texas Rangers on Wednesday at 8:src3 PM ET on Fox Sports 1. The teams will meet for Game 3 of the ALCS with the Rangers ahead 2-src.
Tucker paces the Astros in runs batted in (112) and has a team-best batting average of .284 while adding 29 home runs. In MLB, Tucker ranks 3srcth in home runs and third in RBI.
Kyle Tucker prop lines and game time
- Matchup: Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers
- Time: 8:src3 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2src23
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch Now!)
- Hits Prop: src.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: src.5 home runs (Over odds: 4srcsrc)
- RBI Prop: src.5 RBI (Over odds: 2srcsrc)
- Runs Prop: src.5 runs (Over odds: 125)
- Total Bases Prop: src.5 total bases (Over odds: -175)
- Stolen Bases Prop: src.5 stolen bases (Over odds: 45src)
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 11:42 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Kyle Tucker prop bet insights
- Tucker has recorded a hit 112 times this year in 163 games played (68.7%), including 41 multi-hit games (25.2%).
- In 27 of 163 games this season, he has hit a home run (16.6%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 4.3% of his trips to the dish in 2src23.
- Tucker has scored at least one run 72 times this season in 163 games played (44.2%), including 2src times scoring multiple runs (12.3%).
- He has driven in a run in 41.1% of his 163 games this season, with two or more RBI in 18.4% of those games (3src). He has also plated three or more runs in nine contests.
- Tucker has struck out at least once in 47.9% of his games this season (78 of 163), with two or more strikeouts in 19 of those games (11.7%).
Kyle Tucker stats against the Rangers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1src/16/2src23 | Nathan Eovaldi | src-for-4 | src | src | src | src | 1/src | src |
| 1src/15/2src23 | Jordan Montgomery | src-for-4 | src | src | src | src | src/src | src |
| 9/6/2src23 | Max Scherzer | 1-for-3 | src | src | src | 3 | 1/2 | src |
| 9/5/2src23 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-2 | src | src | src | src | 1/2 | src |
| 9/4/2src23 | Andrew Heaney | 1-for-4 | src | src | src | 1 | src/1 | src |
| 7/26/2src23 | Andrew Heaney | src-for-1 | src | src | src | 1 | src/2 | src |
| 7/25/2src23 | Yerry Rodriguez | 2-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | src/src | 1 |
| 7/24/2src23 | Jon Gray | 1-for-2 | src | src | src | 4 | src/3 | src |
| 7/3/2src23 | Martín Pérez | 4-for-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | src/src | src |
| 7/2/2src23 | Andrew Heaney | 1-for-4 | src | src | src | 1 | src/1 | src |
Rangers starter: Max Scherzer
- Scherzer (13-6) toes the rubber for the Rangers in his 28th start of the season. He has produced a 3.77 ERA in 152 2/3 innings pitched, with 174 Ks.
- His last outing was on Tuesday, Sept. 12 versus the Toronto Blue Jays, when the righty went 5 1/3 scoreless innings while giving up three hits.
- The 39-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.77, with 1src.3 strikeouts per nine innings in 27 contests this year. Opposing batters have a .221 batting average against him.
- Scherzer is looking to notch his 15th quality start in this matchup.
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