Two of MLB’s most productive sluggers square off when the Detroit Tigers (13-9) and the San Diego Padres (16-6) meet at 6:40 p.m. ET on Monday at Comerica Park. Spencer Torkelson has seven home runs (fifth in the league) for the favored Tigers (-130), and Fernando Tatis Jr. ranks third in MLB play with eight dingers this season for the Padres (+111). Detroit’s Keider Montero starts against San Diego’s Randy Vasquez.
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Tigers to win vs Padres -130
Tigers vs. Padres betting lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-130)
- Underdog: Padres (+111)
- Over/under: 8
Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Tigers betting info
- The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 10 total times this season. They’ve finished 7-3 in those games.
- When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -130 or shorter, Detroit has a 7-1 record (winning 87.5% of its games).
- The Tigers have a 56.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- Detroit has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 22 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in nine of those games (9-11-2).
- The Tigers are 13-9-0 against the spread this season.
Tigers hitting info
- Torkelson has accumulated a team-high seven home runs and 21 runs batted in.
- Among hitters in MLB play, Torkelson ranks fifth in home runs and sixth in RBI.
- Torkelson brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .353 with two doubles, two home runs, five walks and nine RBI.
- Kerry Carpenter’s .315 batting average leads his team.
- Carpenter ranks 24th in homers and 64th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
- Carpenter enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .474 with a double and an RBI.
- Zach McKinstry has a double, two triples, a home run and 13 walks while batting .288.
- McKinstry heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .357 with a double, four walks and three RBI.
- Trey Sweeney is hitting .222 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and six walks.
Tigers pitching rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has a 3.12 team ERA that ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.144).
- The Tigers give up the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (22 total, one per game).
- Detroit fell to the Royals 4-3 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing nine hits.
Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Padres betting info
- The Padres have been underdogs in nine games this season and won five (55.6%) of those contests.
- San Diego has a record of 3-3 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +111 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 47.4% chance to win.
- So far this season, San Diego and its opponents have hit the over in nine of its 22 games with a total.
- The Padres are 14-8-0 against the spread in their 22 chances this season.
Padres hitting info
- Tatis is batting .358 with eight home runs and 16 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among San Diego hitters this season.
- Tatis ranks third in homers and 18th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Tatis takes a nine-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with a triple, six home runs, six walks and nine RBI.
- Manny Machado is batting .305 with an OBP of .374 and a slugging percentage of .488 this season.
- Machado is 116th overall in homers and 84th in RBI this year.
- Machado heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBI.
- Luis Sangel (Reveron) Arraez is slashing .287/.330/.425 this season for the Padres.
- Xander Bogaerts is batting .267 with an OBP of .356 and a slugging percentage of .373 this season.
Padres pitching rankings
- The Padres have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the big leagues.
- San Diego has pitched to a 2.74 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.093 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The Padres have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 16 home runs allowed.
- San Diego pitchers struck out 11 Astros batters while allowing seven hits in a 3-2 win last time out.
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