The Kansas City Royals (8-11) visit the Detroit Tigers (10-8) on Friday at 6:40 p.m. ET in a matchup between a pair of teams on losing streaks. The favored Royals (-140) have dropped three straight, while the underdog Tigers (+118) are losers of their last two. Cole Ragans gets the starting nod for Kansas City, and Jackson Jobe is Detroit’s choice to start.

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Royals vs. Tigers betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-140)
• Underdog: Tigers (+118)
• Over/under: 7.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have put together a 6-3 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 66.7% of those games).
• Kansas City has played as moneyline favorites of -140 or shorter in only one game this season, which it lost.
• The Royals have a 58.3% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has played in 19 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total seven times (7-12-0).
• The Royals are 8-11-0 ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with two home runs and has racked up a team-high batting average of .310.
• Witt’s home runs rank 98th in MLB and he ranks 94th in RBI in MLB.
• Witt brings a nine-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .353 with four doubles, a home run, five walks and four RBI.
• Maikel Garcia’s two home runs pace his team.
• Garcia ranks 98th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 79th in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has racked up a team-high two home runs and 11 runs batted in.
• Jonathan India is batting .183 with three doubles and 10 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB.
• Kansas City has a 3.34 team ERA that ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average baseball’s 14th-ranked WHIP (1.239).
• Royals pitchers combine to give up the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (18 total, 0.9 per game).
• Kansas City its 4-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine Yankees batters while allowing eight hits.

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 11 times and won five, or 45.5%, of those games.
• Detroit has a record of 3-5 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +118 on the moneyline.
• The Tigers have a 45.9% 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 eight of its 18 games with a total.
• In 18 games with a spread this season, the Tigers are 10-8-0 ATS.

Tigers hitting info

• Spencer Torkelson leads Detroit in batting average (.273), home runs (six) and runs batted in (13) this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Torkelson ranks fourth in home runs and 22nd in RBI.
• Kerry Carpenter has 15 hits and an OBP of .300 to go with a slugging percentage of .571 this season.
• Carpenter ranks 15th in homers and 54th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Zach McKinstry has 14 hits this season and a slash line of .269/.381/.404.
• Dillon Dingler is batting .311 with an OBP of .326 and a slugging percentage of .533 this season.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers average the 19th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• Detroit pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.52 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.127 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• With 21 homers allowed, the Tigers rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Detroit suffered a 5-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 11 Brewers batters while allowing eight hits.