The Ka🍎nsas City Royals (82-68) will play the Detroit Tigers (77-73) on Monday at 7:40 p.m. ET. Bobby Witt Jr. will be looking for his 199th hit of the season for the fa🎉vored Royals (-151) when the game gets underway at Kauffman Stadium, live on BSDET.
Kansas City’s Seth Lugo and Detroit’s Casey Mize have been named the starters for this contest.
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Royals and Tigers Betting Trends
The Royalsꦕ have gone 47-26 in games they were listed as the moneylin🌺e favorite (winning 64.4% of those games).
Kansas City has gone 23-8 (winning 74.2% of its games) when pla꧃ying as moneyline favorites of -151 or shorter.
This season, the Tigers have won 42 out of the 91 games, or 46.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Detroit has entered ♓32 games this season as the underdog by +126 or more and♌ is 10-22 in those contests.
The Royals have played in 150 games with over/under set,𒁃 and have combined with opponents to go over the total 66 times (66-79-5).
Games ꦦinvolving 🍸the Tigers have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 74 of 149 chances this season.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals are the ninth-highest scoring 🌼team in baseball, averaging🦋 4.7 runs per game (709 total).
Kansas City averages 1.1 home runs per 🌊game to rank 17th in MLB action with 166 total home runs.
Theಞ Royals rank seventh in the majors with a .252 batting average.
Kansas Cꦐity strikes out 7 times per game, the second-best average in MLB.
Th♋e Royals pitching staff is 21st in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings✤.
Kansas City has the꧅ 10th-ranked teꦡam ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.85).
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have scored the 🦄17th-most runs in the league this season with 635 (4.2 per game).
Detroit ranks 22nd in Major League Baseball with 154 home ru🔥ns.
The Tigers’ .234 batting average ranks 24th in the league this season.
Detroit ranks 22nd in strikeouts per game (8.9💟) among MLB offenses.
The Tigers have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staffꦏ, which ranks 17th in the majors.
Detroit has the third-🍌best ERA (3.64) in the majors this sea🧔son.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Lugo (16-8) takes the mound for the Royals in his 31st start of the season. He has a 2.94 ERA in 193 2/3 innings pitched, with 169 strikeouts.👍
Witt is batting .331 with 31 home runs and 103 RBI. All three of 🌸those stats are tops among Kansas City hit𒁃ters this season.
Salvador Perez has 150 hits and an OBP of .336 to go with a slugg﷽ing percentage of .473 this season.
Maikel Garcia has 131 hits this season and a slash line of .23𝄹9/.285/.346.
Hunter Renfroe has collected 84 hits this season and has an OBP of .308. He’s slugging .397 on the year.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers will hand the ball to Mize ✃(2-6) for his 20th start of the season.
Riley Greene leads the Tigers in home runs (23), runs batted in (69) and has racked 🌳up 𒁃a team-best batting average of .265.
Matt Vierling has 26 doubles, five triples, 16 ho💟me runs and 32 walk🅰s while batting .258.
Colt Keith is hitting .263 with 15 doubles, three t🅠r🌳iples, 12 home runs and 34 walks.
Wenceel Perez is batt𒀰ing .239 with 13 doubles, five triples, nine home runs and 2🥀7 walks.
Royals and Tigers Injuries
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Lorenzen: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Chris Stratton: 15 Day IL (Foไrearm), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Should🍎er)
Tigers: Reese Olson: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Javier Báez: 60 Day IL (Hip), 🍰Brendan White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Faedo: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sawyer Gipson⛎-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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