The Kansas City Royals (70-66) will look to Bobby Witt Jr., who is riding an 18-game hitting streak, when they square off against the Detroit Tigers (79-58). The Tigers are favored (-175) for this matchup with the Royals (+145), which starts at 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. Tarik Skubal gets the starting nod for Detroit, and Michael Wacha is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Tigers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-175)
• Underdog: Royals (+145)
• Over/under: 7.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have been the moneyline favorite 97 total times this season. They’ve finished 60-37 in those games.
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -175 or shorter, Detroit has a 25-12 record (winning 67.6% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 63.6%.
• Detroit has combined with opponents to go over the total 70 times this season for a 70-60-7 record against the over/under.
• The Tigers have put together a 66-71-0 record against the spread this season (covering 48.2% of the time).

Tigers hitting info

• Riley Greene paces the Tigers with 32 home runs and 101 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .269.
• Greene’s home runs rank eighth in MLB and he ranks fifth in RBI in MLB.
• Greene brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .381 with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs.
• Gleyber Torres is hitting .262 with 19 doubles, 14 home runs and 70 walks.
• Torres ranks 123rd in home runs and 76th in RBI this season.
• Torres takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Spencer Torkelson is hitting .237 with 25 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 60 walks.
• Zach McKinstry is hitting .261 with 18 doubles, 10 triples, 11 home runs and 43 walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The Tigers pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Detroit has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.83).
• Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.230).
• Tigers pitchers combine to give up 155 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (15th-fewest in the majors).
• Detroit lost to the Royals 3-1 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been underdogs in 77 games this season and won 36 (46.8%) of those contests.
• Kansas City is 4-5 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +145 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 40.8% chance to win.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 59 of its 136 games with a total this season.
• The Royals are 71-65-0 ATS in their 136 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Witt leads Kansas City in batting average (.299) this season while adding 20 home runs and 76 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Witt is 61st in homers and 30th in RBI.
• Witt enters this game on an 18-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .386 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 148 hits this season and has an OBP of .360. He’s slugging .471 on the year.
• Garcia is 109th in home runs and 69th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Garcia enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with two home runs, two walks and six RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (28) and runs batted in (94) this season while batting .259.
• Salvador Perez is batting .242 with an OBP of .288 and a slugging percentage of .445 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.9) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.65 ERA this year, fourth-best in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.248 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• With just 140 homers allowed, the Royals rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Tigers, 3-1, with four strikeouts and seven hits allowed.