Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers - 9/29/22 MLB Picks and Prediction

Detroit Tigers (62-92) vs Kansas City Royals (63-92)

Game Info: Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 1:10 pm (Comerica Park)

Eduardo Rodriguez (4-5) (4.37) vs Jonathan Heasley (4-8) (4.87)

Betting Odds: Detroit Tigers -135 / Kansas City Royals +110 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds

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The Kansas City Royals will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of their series at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon.

The Kansas City Royals are 63-92 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Kansas City has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 4-3 and 2-1. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and a .270 opponent batting average this season. The Royals offense has scored 612 runs with a .245 batting average and a .308 on base percentage. MJ Melendez is batting .218 with 18 home runs and 60 RBI’s for the Royals this season. The projected starter for Kansas City is Jonathan Heasley, who is 4-8 with a 4.87 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over 94.1 innings pitched this season.

The Detroit Tigers are 62-92 this season and have won five games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Detroit won all three of their games played against the White Sox. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 519 runs with a .230 batting average and a .286 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .239 with 15 home runs and 61 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Eduardo Rodriguez, who is 4-5 with a 4.37 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 78.1 innings pitched this season.

Kansas City is 5-3 in their last 8 games and 16-36 in their last 52 road games. The under is 9-3 in Kansas City’s last 12 game three’s of a series. Detroit is 5-0 in their last 5 games and 3-7 in their last 10 home games. The under is 10-2-4 in Detroit’s last 16 Thursday games. The under is 20-6-1 in these two teams last 27 head to head meetings in Detroit.

The Tigers are playing very good baseball right now and have won five games in a row. These two teams are battling for fourth spot in the AL Central, with Kansas City currently have 0.5 game lead. Kansas City is starting Jonathan Heasley, who has allowed one runs over his last 12.2 innings pitched. For Detroit, Eduardo Rodriguez has allowed 10 runs over his last 17.1 innings pitched. I like the Royals in this matchup.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.

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