The Kansas City Royals (54-103) and Detroit Tigers (74-83) will meet on Thursday at Comerica Park, with first pitch at 1:10 PM ET. The scheduled starters are Tarik Skubal (7-3) for the Tigers, and Jonathan Bowlan for the Royals.
How to Live Stream Tigers vs. Royals
- Game Day: Thursday, September 28, 2023
- Game Time: 1:10 PM ET
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Stadium: Comerica Park
- TV: MLB.tv
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Tigers and Royals Stats
- The Tigers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.34 this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Tigers have hit just 158 homers this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
- Hitters for Detroit have combined to rank 29th in the majors with a .377 team slugging percentage.
- The Royals pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Kansas City has a 5.12 team ERA that ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals are fourth-worst in MLB play with 156 home runs.
- This season, Kansas City ranks 22nd in baseball, slugging .396.
Tigers vs. Royals Key Players
- Spencer Torkelson has a team-high 29 home runs and 91 runs batted in.
- Kerry Carpenter is batting .288 with 17 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs and 29 walks.
- Matt Vierling paces the Tigers with a team-high batting average of .259.
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads the lineup with a batting average of .277, while pacing the Royals in home runs, with 29 and runs batted in with 93.
- Salvador Perez has 20 doubles, 22 home runs and 18 walks while hitting .254.
- Maikel Garcia has 20 doubles, four triples, four home runs and 37 walks while hitting .275.
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Tigers vs. Royals Betting Odds and Trends
Tigers vs. Royals Moneyline and Over/Under
Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds |
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Tigers | -111 | -108 | 7.5 | -104 | -115 |
Tigers vs. Royals Betting Trends
- The Tigers have entered the game as favorites 39 times this season and won 24, or 61.5%, of those games.
- The Tigers are 24-15 this season when entering a game favored by -111 or more on the moneyline.
- The Tigers’ games have gone over the total in 74 of their 157 chances.
- The Royals have been chosen as underdogs in 134 games this year and have walked away with the win 46 times (34.3%) in those games.
- This season, the Royals have been victorious 46 times in 134 chances when named as an underdog of at least -108 or longer on the moneyline.
- The Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 76 of their 155 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.