Bookmakers don’t expect the Kansas City Royals (8-12), at +101 on the moneyline, to stop their four-game losing streak when they square off against the Detroit Tigers (11-8), at -120, on Saturday at 1:10 p.m. ET. Detroit’s Casey Mize and Kansas City’s Seth Lugo pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-120)
• Underdog: Royals (+101)
• Over/under: 8

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline eight total times this season. They’ve finished 6-2 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Detroit has a 6-1 record (winning 85.7% of its games).
• The Tigers have a 54.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Detroit has combined with opponents to go over the total eight times this season for an 8-10-1 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers have covered 57.9% of their games this season, going 11-8-0 against the spread.

Tigers hitting info

• Spencer Torkelson has put up a team-high six home runs and 16 runs batted in.
• Among all batters in MLB action, Torkelson’s home run total ranks fourth and his RBI tally ranks 12th.
• Torkelson heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, two home runs, two walks and six RBI.
• Kerry Carpenter is batting .295 to pace his team.
• Carpenter ranks 18th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 57th in RBI.
• Carpenter has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .500 with two doubles, a home run and an RBI.
• Zach McKinstry has two triples, a home run and 12 walks while hitting .255.
• Trey Sweeney is batting .200 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and five walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 20th in the majors.
• Detroit has the fourth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.38).
• The Tigers have the sixth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.133).
• The Tigers surrender the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (21 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 6-1 win last time out, Detroit struck out seven Royals batters while allowing seven hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won two, or 18.2%, of the 11 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has not won as an underdog of +101 or more on the moneyline this season in eight such games.
• The Royals have a 49.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in seven of its 20 games with a total this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 8-12-0 in 20 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .307 this season with two home runs, both tops among Kansas City hitters.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Witt ranks 100th in homers and 100th in RBI.
• Witt enters this game on a 10-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .382 with five doubles, a home run, six walks and three RBI.
• Maikel Garcia’s two home runs are most among Kansas City batters. He’s driven in 10 runs this season while slugging .429.
• Garcia currently is 100th in home runs and 57th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with two and runs batted in with 11.
• Jonathan India has 12 hits and an OBP of .303 to go with a slugging percentage of .231 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the seventh-best ERA (3.50) in the majors this season.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.279 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• With just 18 homers allowed, the Royals rank ninth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out six Tigers hitters while allowing 12 base hits in a 6-1 loss its last time out.