The Kansas City Royals (69-66) and the Detroit Tigers (79-57) square off on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, starting at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Royals are moneyline favorites (-120), while the Tigers are +100 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +155 odds. Kansas City’s Stephen Kolek and Detroit’s Jack Flaherty will start this matchup.

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Royals vs. Tigers betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-120)
• Underdog: Tigers (+100)
• Over/under: 9

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 58.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-24).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Kansas City has gone 29-17 (63%).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.5% in this matchup.
• Kansas City has played in 135 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 59 times (59-75-1).
• The Royals are 70-65-0 ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has a team-best batting average of .297.
• Witt’s home runs rank 64th in MLB and he ranks 37th in RBI in MLB.
• Witt takes a 17-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .364 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has a club-high .297 batting average.
• Garcia ranks 121st in home runs and 72nd in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Garcia has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two home runs, three walks and six RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals in home runs (28) and runs batted in (94).
• Salvador Perez is batting .244 with 32 doubles, 23 home runs and 23 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 7.9 K/9, which ranks 25th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the fifth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.67).
• The Royals have the 11th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.251).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (140 total, one per game).
• Kansas City its 5-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out 11 Tigers batters while allowing 11 hits.

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 40 times and won 19, or 47.5%, of those games.
• This season, Detroit has won 10 of its 25 games, or 40%, when it’s the underdog by at least +100 on the moneyline.
• The Tigers have a 50% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 70 of its 136 games with a total.
• The Tigers are 66-70-0 against the spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

• Riley Greene leads Detroit in batting average (.269), home runs (32) and runs batted in (101) this season.
• Greene’s home run total ranks eighth in MLB, and he is fifth in RBI.
• Gleyber Torres has 115 hits and an OBP of .365 to go with a slugging percentage of .402 this season.
• Torres is 121st in home runs and 78th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Spencer Torkelson has collected 112 base hits, an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .475 this season.
• Zach McKinstry has collected 103 hits this season and has an OBP of .339. He’s slugging .442 on the year.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers average 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the big leagues.
• Detroit has the eighth-best ERA (3.84) in the majors this season.
• The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.231 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The Tigers have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 153, or 1.1 per game.
• Detroit earned a 5-3 win in its most recent game, striking out five Royals batters while allowing nine hits.