A pair of MLB’s top power hitters square off when the Detroit Tigers (67-50) and the Los Angeles Angels (55-61) play at 6:10 p.m. ET on Saturday at Comerica Park. Riley Greene has 26 homers (10th in the majors) for the favored Tigers (-136), and Taylor Ward ranks 10th in MLB play with 26 dingers this season for the Angels (+115). Charlie Morton starts for Detroit while Los Angeles will counter with Yusei Kikuchi.
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Moneyline
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Tigers to win vs Angels -136
Tigers vs. Angels betting lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-136)
- Underdog: Angels (+115)
- Over/under: 8.5
Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Tigers betting info
- The Tigers have been the moneyline favorite 80 total times this season. They’ve finished 51-29 in those games.
- Detroit has a 38-20 record (winning 65.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -136 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Tigers a 57.6% chance to win.
- In the 117 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Detroit, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 60 times (60-51-6).
- The Tigers have a 58-59-0 record against the spread this season (covering 49.6% of the time).
Tigers hitting info
- Gleyber Torres paces the Tigers with a team-high batting average of .271.
- Among all batters in baseball, Torres’ home run total ranks 106th and his RBI tally ranks 68th.
- Spencer Torkelson is batting .243 with 23 doubles, 25 home runs and 46 walks.
- Torkelson ranks 12th in home runs and 32nd in RBI this season.
- Torkelson has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with two home runs and two RBIs.
- Greene has a team-high 26 home runs and 84 runs batted in.
- Zach McKinstry is hitting .270 with 18 doubles, eight triples, 10 home runs and 39 walks.
- McKinstry brings a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .313 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and an RBI.
Tigers pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 11th in the majors.
- Detroit’s 3.82 team ERA ranks 10th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Tigers have the seventh-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.232).
- Tigers pitchers combine to allow the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (130 total, 1.1 per game).
- Detroit knocked off the Angels 6-5 in its last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.
Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Angels betting info
- This season, the Angels have been the underdog 85 times and won 39, or 45.9%, of those games.
- Los Angeles has entered 62 games this season as the underdog by +115 or more and is 28-34 in those contests.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 46.5% chance to win.
- Los Angeles’ games have gone over the total in 61 of its 116 chances.
- The Angels are 64-52-0 ATS in their 116 games with a spread this season.
Angels hitting info
- Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs (26) and runs batted in (84) this season while batting .230.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Ward is 10th in home runs and sixth in RBI.
- Nolan Schanuel’s batting average of .271 leads all Los Angeles hitters this season.
- Schanuel ranks 168th in home runs and 109th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
- Zach Neto is slashing .267/.319/.464 this season for the Angels.
- Jo Adell has 85 hits and an OBP of .300 to go with a slugging percentage of .471 this season.
Angels pitching rankings
- The Angels strike out eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
- Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.59 ERA this season, which ranks 26th in baseball.
- Angels pitchers have a 1.417 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
- The Angels have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 157, or 1.4 per game.
- Los Angeles pitchers struck out nine Tigers hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 6-5 loss its last time out.
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