The Kansas City Royals (43-60) carry a three-game winning streak into a home matchup against the Detroit Tigers (48-54) on Friday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Tigers are favored (-290) to stop the underdog Royals’ (+235) streak. Tarik Skubal takes the mound first for Detroit, and Noah Cameron is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-290)
• Underdog: Royals (+235)
• Over/under: 7.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers are 29-26 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 52.7% of those games).
• Detroit has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of -290 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Tigers’ implied win probability is 74.4%.
• Detroit has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 44 times this season for a 44-55-3 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers have covered 52.9% of their games this season, going 54-48-0 ATS.

Tigers hitting info

• Kevin McGonigle is hitting .282 with 20 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 63 walks.
• McGonigle ranks 144th in homers and 150th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• McGonigle has safely hit in five games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and an RBI.
• Dillon Dingler has hit 22 home runs with 65 runs batted in. Both are team-highs.
• Dingler currently ranks 12th in homers and 13th in RBI in the bigs.
• Dingler enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .421 with two doubles, three home runs, a walk and five RBIs.
• Riley Greene paces the Tigers with a team-high batting average of .285.
• Spencer Torkelson is hitting .209 with 18 doubles, 19 home runs and 43 walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
• Detroit has a 3.65 team ERA that ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Tigers have the seventh-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.226).
• Tigers pitchers combine to give up the first-fewest home runs in baseball (100 total, one per game).
• In its 5-1 win last time out, Detroit struck out 12 Cubs batters while allowing four hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been underdogs in 67 games this season and won 26 (38.8%) of those contests.
• Kansas City has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +235 odds on it winning this game.
• The Royals have a 29.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 103 games with a total.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 45-58-0 in 103 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 52 while batting .240.
• In all of MLB, Jensen ranks 74th in homers and 51st in RBI.
• Jac Caglianone is slugging .463 this season, with a team-best 16 homers while driving in 37 runs.
• Among all MLB hitters, Caglianone is 51st in home runs and 134th in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has collected 63 base hits, an OBP of .316 and a slugging percentage of .345 this season.
• Pasquantino heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .294 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• Michael Massey has collected 67 hits this season and has an OBP of .308. He’s slugging .427 on the year.
• Massey takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .313 with two doubles and a walk.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out just 7.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 4.94 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined 1.441 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
• With 139 homers allowed, the Royals rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out six Giants batters while allowing four hits in a 5-4 win last time out.