Detroit Tigers (52-59) vs Kansas City Royals (62-49)
Game Info: Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 1:40 pm (Comerica Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: Detroit Tigers +134 / Kansas City Royals -159 — Over/Under:
The Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers meet Sunday in MLB action from Comerica Park. Here’s a Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers prediction. This will be the final installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The Kansas City Royals recent form and player performance
The Detroit Tigers recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Kansas City Royals
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Detroit Tigers
Recent betting trends in games played between the Royals and Tigers
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Royals vs Tigers game
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
In their last series the Royals played the Chicago White Sox. Kansas City added to Chicago’s losing streak with a trio of victories in that set. Following wins 7-1 and 9-2 over the Tigers, on Saturday the Royals took a 6-5 loss in 11 innings.
Michael Wacha will take the starter role for the Royals in the finale. In 2024 Wacha is 8-6 with a 3.58 ERA in 19 starts. Wacha is 96-60 with a 3.93 ERA in 268 career games (247 starts).
Detroit Tigers Betting Preview
Over on the Tigers’ side, they took on the Cleveland Guardians in a pair of games this week. Detroit struggled in those games with losses 8-4 and 5-0. Following their losses to the Royals, on Saturday Detroit was able to post five runs across the final three innings in the walk-off.
Alex Faedo will start for the Tigers on Sunday. Faedo is 5-3 with a 3.81 ERA and 49 strikeouts this year.
Royals vs Tigers Pick Injury Notes
Tigers SP Casey Mize (hamstring) threw a live batting practice session Saturday.
Total Runs Facts
- Five of the last six games between the Royals and Tigers have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Eight of the Royals’ last 10 day games against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Tigers’ last three day games against American League opponents.
Detroit Tigers Player Prop Facts
- Spencer Torkelson has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six Sunday day appearances.
- Kerry Carpenter has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances at Comerica Park against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Kerry Carpenter has scored at least one run in five of his last six appearances against AL opponents at Comerica Park.
- Kerry Carpenter has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances with the Tigers against AL opponents.
- Matt Vierling has recorded at least one hit in 16 of his last 17 home appearances against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- Matt Vierling has recorded at least one total base in 16 of his last 17 home appearances against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Michael Wacha has recorded a win in four of his last five appearances against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has hit at least one home run in three of the Royals’ last four games against AL Central opponents.
- Hunter Renfroe has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 11 games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Hunter Renfroe has recorded at least one total base in each of the Royals’ last 11 games against opponents that held a losing record.
- Maikel Garcia has scored at least one run in 10 of the Royals’ last 11 games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Royals’ last five road games against AL Central opponents.
- Michael Wacha has recorded five or more strikeouts in eight of his last nine appearances against AL opponents.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Royals’ last eight games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Salvador Perez has recorded a Double in three of the Royals’ last four games against opponents that held a losing record.
Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction
I’ll just stay with the Royals. Wacha had a spotty start in his July 24 outing versus the Diamondbacks, posting three earned in 4.2 innings. In the other two of his last three starts however, Wacha is 2-0 with just two earned in 14.0 innings total.
On Saturday the Royals blew a late lead and ultimately fell in a rough outcome. I like KC to bounce back Sunday, though.