Marcus Semien and the Texas Rangers square off versus the Houston Astros, and starting pitcher Ronel Blanco, on July 14 at 2:10 PM ET at Minute Maid Park. Semien recorded a homer in his previous game (going 1-for-5).
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Marcus Semien player prop bets.
Semien paces the Rangers with 51 runs batted in (while hitting 13 home runs). Semien ranks 59th in homers and 38th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play. Semien enters this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .450 with a double, a home run, four walks and four RBI.
Semien is 2-for-10 with a double in his career versus Ronel Blanco.
When stepping into the box against Ronel Blanco this season, Semien is 0-for-6.
Last year against Ronel Blanco, Semien was 2-for-4 with a double at the plate.
Marcus Semien prop bet insights
In 60 of 93 games this year (64.5%) Semien has gotten a hit, and in 23 of those contests (24.7%) he posted more than one hit.
Out of the 93 games he has played in this season, he’s homered in 13 contests (14%), leaving the yard in 3.1% of his trips to home plate.
Semien has scored a run in 49.5% of his 93 games this season, with more than one run scored in 14% of them (13).
He has driven in at least one run in 33.3% of his games this year (31 of 93), with two or more RBI in 11 of those games (11.8%). He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
Semien has struck out at least once in 47.3% of his games this year (44 of 93), with more than one strikeout in 12 of those contests (12.9%).
Blanco will aim for his 10th win when he toes the rubber for the Astros in his 18th of the season. He is 9-3 with a 2.53 ERA and 95 Ks through 103 2/3 innings pitched.
When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the Miami Marlins, the right-hander tossed seven innings, giving up two earned runs while surrendering four hits.
Among qualifying pitchers this season, the 30-year-old currently ranks fifth in ERA (2.53), sixth in WHIP (.990), and 40th in K/9 (8.3).
