The Kansas City Royals (43-60) carry a three-game win streak into a home matchup against the Detroit Tigers (48-54) on Thursday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Tigers are favored (-208) to stop the underdog Royals’ (+168) streak. Troy Melton gets the starting nod for Detroit, and Randy Dobnak is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-208)
• Underdog: Royals (+168)
• Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 55 total times this season. They’ve gone 29-26 in those games.
• Detroit has played in four games as moneyline favorites with odds of -208 or shorter and won them all.
• The Tigers have an implied moneyline win probability of 67.5% in this contest.
• Detroit has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 102 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 44 of those games (44-55-3).
• The Tigers are 54-48-0 against the spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Kevin McGonigle is hitting .282 with 20 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 63 walks.
• Among hitters in baseball, McGonigle ranks 144th in homers and 150th in RBI.
• McGonigle brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and an RBI.
• Dillon Dingler’s 22 home runs and 65 runs batted in both pace his team.
• Dingler ranks 12th in home runs and 13th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Dingler takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. 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 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 15th in the majors.
• Detroit’s 3.65 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Tigers pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in the majors (1.226).
• Tigers pitchers combine to allow the fewest home runs in baseball (100 total, 1.0 per game).
• Detroit took down the Cubs 5-1 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 67 times and won 26, or 38.8%, of those games.
• Kansas City has played as an underdog of +168 or more once this season and won that game.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 37.3% chance to win.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 50 of its 103 chances.
• In 103 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 45-58-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Carter Jensen is batting .240 for Kansas City with a team-high 52 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Jensen is 74th in homers and 51st in RBI.
• Jac Caglianone leads Kansas City in home runs with 16 while driving in 37 runs and slugging .463.
• Caglianone ranks 51st in homers and 132nd in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• 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. In his last five games he is hitting .294 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• Michael Massey is batting .270 with an OBP of .308 and a slugging percentage of .427 this season.
• Massey takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .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 the 28th-ranked ERA (4.94) in the majors this season.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.441 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
• With 139 homers allowed, the Royals rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City earned a 5-4 win in its most recent game, striking out six Giants batters while allowing four hits.