The Kansas City Royals (65-62) will look to Vinnie Pasquantino, who is on a three-game home run streak, when they face the Detroit Tigers (76-53). The Tigers are the moneyline favorite (-161) for this matchup with the Royals (+134), which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday at Comerica Park. Detroit’s Casey Mize and Kansas City’s Ryan Bergert pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-161)
• Underdog: Royals (+134)
• Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have a 58-32 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 64.4% of those games).
• Detroit has a 32-12 record (winning 72.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -161 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Tigers’ implied win probability is 61.7%.
• Detroit has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 66 times this season for a 66-56-7 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers are 63-66-0 ATS this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Gleyber Torres is hitting .260 with 18 doubles, 13 home runs and 64 walks.
• Among batters in MLB play, Torres ranks 117th in homers and 71st in RBI.
• Spencer Torkelson is hitting .241 with 25 doubles, 26 home runs and 56 walks.
• Torkelson ranks 16th in home runs and 44th in RBI this year.
• Riley Greene paces the Tigers with 29 home runs and 92 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .263.
• Zach McKinstry is hitting .259 with 18 doubles, nine triples, 10 home runs and 41 walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
• Detroit’s 3.76 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.215).
• Tigers pitchers combine to allow 142 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (16th-fewest in the majors).
• In its 7-2 win last time out, Detroit struck out 10 Astros batters while allowing five hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 34, or 46.6%, of the 73 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has entered 18 games this season as the underdog by +134 or more and is 9-9 in those contests.
• The Royals have a 42.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 54 of its 127 games with a total this season.
• The Royals are 67-60-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 144 hits, an OBP of .352 plus a slugging percentage of .500.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Witt’s home run total is 61st, and his RBI total is 39th.
• Witt takes a nine-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is batting .389 with two doubles, a home run, five walks and four RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .300 average while slugging 12 homers and driving in 56 runs.
• Garcia is 138th among batters in the big leagues in home runs, and 85th in RBI.
• Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (25) and runs batted in (86) this season while batting .262.
• Pasquantino takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, three home runs, two walks and six RBIs.
• Salvador Perez has collected 114 hits this season and has an OBP of .290. He’s slugging .448 on the year.
• Perez takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.59 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.245 WHIP this season, 11th in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 128, or 1.0 per game.
• Kansas City suffered a 6-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Rangers batters while allowing 12 hits.