Toronto Blue Jays (8-4) vs Detroit Tigers (2-9)
Game Info: Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:07 pm (Rogers Centre)
Chris Bassitt (1-1) (10.61) vs Spencer Turnbull (0-2) (13.50)
Betting Odds: Toronto Blue Jays -225 / Detroit Tigers +190 --- Over/Under: 9 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Detroit Tigers will play the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of their series on Thursday night at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
Tigers Preview
The Detroit Tigers are 2-9 this season and they have lost six games in a row. Prior to losing the first two games in this series, Detroit lost all three games in their series against Boston. The Detroit pitching staff has a 6.73 ERA, a 1.48 WHIP, and a .273 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 33 runs with a .198 batting average and a .259 on base percentage. Nick Maton is batting .143 with two home runs and six RBI’s for the Tigers. The projected starting pitcher for Detroit is Spencer Turnbull, who is 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA and a 2.25 WHIP over 8.0 innings pitched this year.
Blue Jays Preview
The Toronto Blue Jays are 8-4 this season and they have won seven of their last eight games. Toronto has won Games 1 and 2 of this series by scores of 9-3 and 4-3. The Toronto pitching staff has a 4.84 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .251 opponent batting average. The Blue Jays offense has scored 67 runs with a .289 batting average and a .349 on base percentage this year. Matt Chapman is batting .489 with three home runs and 15 RBI’s for the Blue Jays. The projected starting pitcher for Toronto is Chris Bassitt, who is 1-1 with a 10.61 ERA and a 1.82 WHIP over 9.1 innings pitched this season.
Trends
Detroit is 19-46 in their last 65 Thursday games and 0-6 in their last 6 games. The over is 20-6-2 in Detroit’s last 28 road games. Toronto is 7-1 in their last 8 games and 6-2 in their last 8 Thursday games. The over is 7-0 in Toronto’s last 7 Thursday games. The under is 21-6 in these two teams last 27 head to head meetings.
Pick
Detroit thought they had snapped their losing streak on Wednesday, but they ended up blowing a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning. This Detroit team is not good and they are starting Spencer Turnbull, who has allowed 12 earned runs over 8 innings pitched this year. Toronto is playing great right now and will turn to Chris Bassitt, who has allowed 11 earned runs over 9.1 innings pitched this year. It is tough to take an over with this Detroit offense, but both of these pitchers have really struggled this year. Take the over here.
David’s Pick Over 9
AUTHOR: David Racey
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