Vinnie Pasquantino brings a five-game home run streak into the Kansas City Royals’ (66-63) matchup against the Detroit Tigers (77-53). The Tigers are favored (-149) in this matchup with the Royals (+125), which begins at 1:40 p.m. ET on Sunday at Comerica Park. Jack Flaherty starts for Detroit while Kansas City will counter with Seth Lugo.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-149)
• Underdog: Royals (+125)
• Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 91 total times this season. They’ve gone 59-32 in those games.
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -149 or shorter, Detroit has gone 40-14 (74.1%).
• The Tigers have a 59.8% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Detroit has played in 130 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 67 times (67-56-7).
• The Tigers have a 64-66-0 record ATS this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Gleyber Torres has 19 doubles, 13 home runs and 64 walks while hitting .261.
• Torres ranks 122nd in homers and 68th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Riley Greene has hit 30 home runs with 94 runs batted in. Both are team-highs.
• Greene ranks eighth in home runs among batters in MLB and fifth in RBI.
• Spencer Torkelson has 25 doubles, 26 home runs and 57 walks while hitting .242.
• Torkelson brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .188 with a double, four walks and an RBI.
• Zach McKinstry is hitting .265 to pace his team.
• McKinstry enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .353 with two triples, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.7 K/9, the ninth-best in the majors.
• Detroit has a 3.77 team ERA that ranks seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Tigers have the fourth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.219).
• Tigers pitchers combine to give up the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, 1.1 per game).
• Detroit defeated the Royals 7-5 in its last game with two strikeouts while allowing 11 hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 74 times and won 34, or 45.9%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered 26 games this season as the underdog by +125 or more and is 12-14 in those contests.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 44.4% chance to win.
• Games involving Kansas City have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 56 of 129 chances this season.
• The Royals are 68-61-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 147 hits, an OBP of .351 plus a slugging percentage of .498.
• Witt is 65th in home runs and 39th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Witt enters this game on an 11-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .405 with three doubles, a home run, five walks and five RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia’s batting average of .301 leads all Kansas City hitters this season.
• Garcia currently is 139th in homers and 83rd in RBI in the big leagues.
• Garcia has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .316 with a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with 27 and runs batted in with 89.
• Pasquantino enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double, five home runs, two walks and nine RBIs.
• Salvador Perez has collected 117 hits this season and has an OBP of .293. He’s slugging .450 on the year.
• Perez has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with a double, two walks and four RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.61 ERA this year, fourth-best in baseball.
• The Royals rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.248 WHIP this season.
• With just 130 homers allowed, the Royals rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City suffered a 7-5 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Tigers batters while allowing 12 hits.