Friday night baseball and we will see the Kansas City Royals travel to Comerica to take on the Detroit Tigers in game 1 of their 3 game series. Free Pick to follow. First pitch is scheduled for a 7:08 PM (Eastern) start time and the game will be televised locally.
Betting Odds
Royals +140
Tigers -150
Over/ Under: 7.5 -110
The Kansas City Royals have been rather inconsistent of late after their hot starts as they are just 6-5 in their last 11 games. The Detroit Tigers come in off a long 10 game road trip, in which they broke even, going 5-5 on it. The Royals come in at 18-11 overall and 7-5 on the road, while the Tigers are 18-11 overall and 8-5 at home. Kansas City ranks 3rd in the league in scoring (5.12 rpg), while on the mound they are 4th ERA (3.08). The Tigers come in ranked 10th in scoring (4.50 rpg), while on the mound they are 15th in ERA (3.95).
Trends of note for this game include: Kansas City has gone 14-3 in their last 17 games as a road underdog and 31-13 in their last 44 games with the total set at 7.0-8.5, but just 8-18 in their last 26 meetings in Detroit. The Tigers have gone 9-3 in their last 12 after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game and 7-0 in Price's last 7 starts vs. the AL Central, but just 2-5 in their last 7 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days.
Getting the ball today for Kansas City will be Yordano Ventura, who is 2-2 with a 4.94 ERA in 5 starts on the year. Ventura has pitched well on the road in his career, where his is 9-5 with a 3.51 ERA in 19 starts. He faced the Tigers once as a starter in his career and he won that game 11-4, allowing 3 ERs on 8 hits in 7 innings of work.
Getting the ball for the Tigers today will be David Price, who is 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA in 6 starts this year. Price has had good success in this park as he is 7-3 with a 3.49 ERA in 14 games (12 starts) at Comerica and he is 2-0 with a 1.16 ERA in 5 appearances (4 Starts) vs the Royals.
Pick: Good spot for the Royals here I feel. The Tigers are off a long road trip and part of the trip was to Kansas City, in which they took 2 of the 4 games, so I look for a little payback from the Royals in this one. KC has struggled in this park, but Detroit hasn't been great at home. I will take the Royals in what is a great spot for them.
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