Bookmakers don’t expect the Athletics (41-50), at +118 on the moneyline, to end their four-game losing streak when they face the Detroit Tigers (41-50), at -143, on Thursday at 6:40 p.m. ET. Framber Valdez gets the starting nod for Detroit, and Jack Perkins is Sacramento’s choice to start.

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Tigers vs. Athletics betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-143)
• Underdog: Athletics (+118)
• Over/under: 9

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers are 24-24 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 50% of those games).
• When they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -143 or shorter, the Tigers have gone 7-8 (46.7%).
• The Tigers have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.8% in this game.
• The Tigers have combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total 41 times this season for a 41-47-3 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers have covered 52.7% of their games this season, going 48-43-0 ATS.

Tigers hitting info

• Kevin McGonigle is batting .287 with 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 58 walks.
• Among hitters in baseball, McGonigle ranks 159th in homers and 147th in RBI.
• McGonigle has safely hit in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Dillon Dingler has shown his power as he leads his team with 19 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
• Among all MLB batters, Dingler ranks 22nd in home runs and 12th in RBI.
• Riley Greene leads the Tigers with a team-high batting average of .289.
• Spencer Torkelson has 18 doubles, 14 home runs and 40 walks while hitting .214.
• Torkelson enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .158 with three walks and an RBI.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 18th in the majors.
• The Tigers have the sixth-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.74).
• Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.229).
• The Tigers surrender the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (94 total, one per game).
• In their 6-2 win last time out they struck out 12 Athletics batters while allowing seven hits.

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have been underdogs in 55 games this season and won 25 (45.5%) of those contests.
• This season, the Athletics have won 11 of their 26 games, or 42.3%, when they’re the underdog by at least +118 on the moneyline.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 45.9% chance of a victory for the Athletics.
• Games involving the Athletics have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 44 of 91 chances this season.
• In 91 games with a spread this season, the Athletics are 44-47-0 ATS.

Athletics hitting info

• Nick Kurtz leads Sacramento in batting average (.271), home runs (20) and runs batted in (66) this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Kurtz ranks 13th in home runs and third in RBI.
• Shea Langeliers leads Sacramento in home runs with 20 while driving in 45 runs and slugging .492.
• Langeliers currently ranks 13th in homers and 59th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Tyler Soderstrom has 70 hits this season and a slash line of .242/.343/.460.
• Zack Gelof has 62 hits and an OBP of .335 to go with a slugging percentage of .489 this season.
• Gelof heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with two doubles.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The Athletics average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have pitched to a 5.13 ERA this season, which ranks 29th in baseball.
• The Athletics have a combined 1.475 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
• The Athletics have given up the most long balls so far this season with 141 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, they fell to the Tigers, 6-2, with 11 strikeouts and eight hits allowed.