The Detroit Tigers (45-25) and the Cincinnati Reds (35-34) square off on Friday to start a three-game series, with the first pitch at 7:10 p.m. ET at Comerica Park. Keider Montero starts for Detroit, and Nick Martinez is Cincinnati’s pick to start.

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Tigers vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-135)
• Underdog: Reds (+114)
• Over/under: 8

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have put together a 31-13 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 70.5% of those games).
• Detroit has a 25-8 record (winning 75.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -135 or shorter.
• The Tigers have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.4% in this contest.
• Detroit has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 31 times this season for a 31-35-4 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers have a 39-31-0 record against the spread this season (covering 55.7% of the time).

Tigers hitting info

• Spencer Torkelson leads the Tigers with 16 home runs and 47 runs batted in.
• In MLB play, Torkelson ranks 11th in homers and ninth in RBI.
• Gleyber Torres has nine doubles, five home runs and 33 walks while batting .267.
• Torres ranks 168th in homers and 91st in RBI this season.
• Riley Greene has 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 21 walks while batting .277.
• Kerry Carpenter is hitting .263 with 10 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and seven walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 12th in the majors.
• Detroit’s 3.23 team ERA ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Tigers have the third-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.167).
• Tigers pitchers combine to give up 67 home runs (one per game), the eighth-fewest in MLB.
• Detroit defeated the Orioles 4-1 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• This season, the Reds have been the underdog 38 times and won 20, or 52.6%, of those games.
• Cincinnati is 5-9 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +114 or more on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Reds, based on the moneyline, is 46.7%.
• Cincinnati’s games have gone over the total in 28 of its 68 chances.
• The Reds are 36-32-0 against the spread in their 68 chances this season.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in home runs with 13 and runs batted in with 44.
• De La Cruz’s home run total ranks 21st in the big leagues, and he is 16th in RBI.
• De La Cruz takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .316 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and an RBI.
• TJ Friedl is batting .294 to lead Cincinnati, while adding seven homers and 25 runs batted in this season.
• Friedl ranks 112th in homers and 130th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Friedl has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .222 with two home runs, three walks and three RBIs.
• Gavin Lux has collected 56 base hits, an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .390 this season.
• Lux has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a home run and five RBIs.
• Jose Trevino has 38 hits and an OBP of .328 to go with a slugging percentage of .496 this season.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• Cincinnati has the 12th-ranked ERA (3.78) in the majors this season.
• The Reds have a combined WHIP of just 1.193 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The Reds have allowed the 20th-fewest home runs this season with 78, or 1.1 per game.
• Cincinnati suffered an 11-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 12 Guardians batters while allowing 13 hits.