The Detroit Tigers (50-55) will look to Hao-Yu Lee, who is on a 10-game hitting streak, when they take on the Kansas City Royals (44-62). The Tigers are favored (-184) for this contest against the Royals (+154), which begins at 1:40 p.m. ET on Sunday at Comerica Park. Detroit has Framber Valdez starting things off, while Kansas City counters with Luinder Avila.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-184)
• Underdog: Royals (+154)
• Over/under: 9.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have won 31 of the 58 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (53.4%).
• Detroit has played in six games as moneyline favorites with odds of -184 or shorter and won them all.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Tigers a 64.8% chance to win.
• Detroit has played in 105 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 44 times (44-58-3).
• The Tigers have put together a 54-51-0 record ATS this season (covering 51.4% of the time).

Tigers hitting info

• Kevin McGonigle is batting .278 with 20 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 63 walks.
• In MLB play, McGonigle ranks 146th in home runs and 157th in RBI.
• Dillon Dingler has hit 22 home runs with 66 runs batted in. Both pace his team.
• Dingler ranks 13th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 10th in RBI.
• Riley Greene leads the Tigers with a .285 batting average.
• Spencer Torkelson is hitting .204 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 14th in the majors.
• Detroit has the fifth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.61).
• The Tigers have the sixth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.220).
• Tigers pitchers combine to allow the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (103 total, one per game).
• Detroit fell to the Royals 3-2 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 27, or 38.6%, of the 70 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has a record of 3-4 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +154 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 39.4% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 106 games with a total.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 48-58-0 in 106 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 52 and has a batting average of .241.
• Jensen ranks 76th in home runs and 53rd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Jac Caglianone leads Kansas City in home runs with 16 while driving in 37 runs and slugging .456.
• Among all major league hitters, Caglianone ranks 51st in home runs and 139th in RBI.
• Salvador Perez is slashing .210/.257/.367 this season for the Royals.
• Perez has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .158 with a double, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has 68 hits and an OBP of .321 to go with a slugging percentage of .348 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average just 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the big leagues.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 4.88 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.434 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
• The Royals have given up the 25th-fewest long balls so far this season with 141 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Tigers, 3-2, with five strikeouts and eight hits allowed.