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San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates
7.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -0.9 · 25 games
Published Tuesday, September 1, 2026
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates Home plate: Todd Tichenor. 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 25 games. League average is 8.5. That's 0.9 fewer strikeouts per nine than average — the 3rd tightest zone of 88 umpires with a full sample.
THE BET THIS ARGUED FOR
Paul Skenes Under 6.5 strikeouts
-148 at the time this was published
Logan Webb Under 4.5 strikeouts
+140 at the time this was published
THE NUMBERS
matchup
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates
ump name
Todd Tichenor
zone
Tight zone
direction
tight
k9
7.6
league k9
8.5
delta
-0.9
games
25
rank
3
qualified
88
line
7.6 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -0.9 · 25 games
angle
umpire_tight
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