Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers 07/29/2020 – Detroit Tigers will remain at home to host Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan as they enter their final game of a three-game series. Detroit Tigers enter this game with a 3-2 record and they are sitting at the third spot in the AL Central. Kansas City Royals are holding a 2-3 record and are now below the .500 mark. Detroit Tigers bounced back in their last game and defeated Kansas City. The Royals won the series opener and now both teams are battling to win their second series. The mlb baseball betting odds are up as the Tigers look forward to continuing their success.
Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers 07/29/2020
When: | Wednesday, July 29, 7:10 PM ET |
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Where: | Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan |
TV: | FSKC |
Stream: | SofaScore |
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals smashed 14 runs to success in their opening game against the Tigers. Their pitching squad restricted Detroit to just six. However, the second game was unsuccessful when they scored three and surrendered four runs. White Merrifield was the only player that smashed a three-run home run for the Royals. Surprisingly, Merrifield was also the only player to hit the ball. Tyler Zuber surrendered three runs in two home runs against the Tigers. Kansas will turn in their southpaw Danny Duffy as their starting pitcher in this game. Duff held a 7-6 record last season with 115 strikeouts.
Players to watch: A. Mondesi SS (GP5 AB21 R1 H2 2B1 3B0 HR0 RBI0 TB3 BB0 SO9 SB0 AVG0.095 OBP0.095 SLG0.143 OPS0.238 WAR0), S. Perez C (GP5 AB19 R3 H4 2B0 3B0 HR2 RBI3 TB10 BB1 SO6 SB0 AVG0.211 OBP0.25 SLG0.526 OPS0.776 WAR0).
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers are certainly not the same from last season. The Tigers have learned their mistakes as they seem to bounce back well. Detroit is maintaining their .500 mark in the AL Central. Rony Garcia did well from the plate while Detroit kept the Royals from scoring after Merrifield’s homer. Right after the fifth inning, the Tigers restricted the Royals from scoring. Two-run homers came off the plate from Jonathan Schoop and Christin Stewart. Detroit is all set to turn in Matthew Boyd as their starter in this game. Boyd held a 9-12 record last season with a 4.56.ERA.
Players to watch: N. Goodrum LF (GP5 AB19 R2 H5 2B0 3B1 HR1 RBI1 TB10 BB3 SO8 SB0 AVG0.263 OBP0.364 SLG0.526 OPS0.89 WAR0), J. Schoop 2B (GP5 AB19 R2 H5 2B0 3B0 HR1 RBI3 TB8 BB0 SO5 SB0 AVG0.263 OBP0.286 SLG0.421 OPS0.707 WAR0).
Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Betting Numbers
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Kansas City Royals
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 8 games.
Royals are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games.
Kansas City is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games against Detroit.
Kansas City is 3-8 SU in their last 11 games on the road.
Royals are 4-8 SU in their last 12 games when playing on the road against Detroit.
Detroit Tigers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit’s last 8 games.
Tigers are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games.
Detroit is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games at home.
Tigers are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games when playing at home against Kansas City.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games against an opponent in the American League.
Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Betting Picks
This is a hard call as both teams have shown equally decent skills on the field. However, the mlb betting lines are slanting towards the Kansas City Royals in this game to win and cover the spread.
Score Prediction: Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 3.