Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Odds

Power Ranking

Detroit 10

Kansas City 9

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DET
3.95
4.74
0.00
7.94
2.97
8.38
2.89

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

KC
4.01
5.33
0.00
8.21
2.39
8.85
3.46

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Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

Justin Verlander will take the hill for the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon as they face off against Bruce Chen and the Kansas City Royals in baseball betting action.

Verlander is just 8-7 with a 4.84 ERA, but in his 32 career outings against the Royals he's 17-6 with a 3.10 ERA in 215 innings of work. Chen is 1-2 with a 7.

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Team Record

Detroit Tigers

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	53-37	7-3	22-15	49-34	4-3
Home	25-22	4-3	9-9	23-22	2-0
Away	28-15	3-0	13-6	26-12	2-3
Fave	40-31	5-2	17-14	36-29	4-2
Dog	12-6	2-1	5-1	12-5	0-1
O/U	48-38-4	7-3	20-15-2	45-34-4	3-4
vs LHP	20-9	3-1	9-3	19-9	1-0
vs RHP	33-28	4-2	13-12	30-25	3-3

Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	47-46	4-6	17-22	39-42	8-4
Home	21-25	0-3	7-10	17-22	4-3
Away	26-21	4-3	10-12	22-20	4-1
Fave	25-22	1-2	10-11	22-20	3-2
Dog	21-23	3-3	7-11	16-21	5-2
O/U	44-44-5	4-5-1	22-16-1	39-38-4	5-6-1
vs LHP	12-13	0-2	4-4	9-11	3-2
vs RHP	35-33	4-4	13-18	30-31	5-2

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Detroit Tigers

Justin Verlander (8-8) ERA: 4.88 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Jul 8, 2014	LA	W	14-5	O	6	80
Jul 2, 2014	OAK	W	9-3	O	6	80
Jun 27, 2014	HOU	L	3-4	U	6	-100

Kansas City Royals

Bruce Chen (1-2) ERA: 6.46

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Apr 24, 2014	CLE	L	1-5	U	4.1	-100
Apr 19, 2014	MIN	W	5-4	O	5	71
Apr 11, 2014	MIN	L	1-10	O	3.2	-100

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Detroit Tigers

Justin Verlander (8-8) ERA: 4.88

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jun 16, 2014	11-8	KC	6	12	7	7	2	2	Loss
May 4, 2014	9-4	DET	7	4	3	3	4	7	Win
Mar 31, 2014	4-3	DET	6	6	3	2	3	2	No Decision
Sep 13, 2013	6-3	DET	6.2	9	3	3	0	7	Win
Sep 7, 2013	4-3	KC	7	8	4	4	1	7	Loss

Kansas City Royals

Bruce Chen (1-2) ERA: 6.46

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Sep 13, 2013	6-3	DET	4.1	7	6	6	2	3	Loss
Sep 8, 2013	5-2	KC	7	5	2	2	0	4	Win
Aug 18, 2013	6-3	DET	5.1	8	6	6	1	1	Loss
Oct 1, 2012	6-3	DET	5.2	10	6	2	1	3	Loss
Sep 25, 2012	2-0	DET	6.2	10	2	2	3	5	Loss

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Jul 12, 2014	DET	5	-125	8	Under	Rick Porcello (R)
Jul 12, 2014	KC	1	-125	8	Under	James Shields (R)
Jul 11, 2014	DET	2	117	8.5	Under	Anibal Sanchez (R)
Jul 11, 2014	KC	1	117	8.5	Under	Danny Duffy (L)
Jul 10, 2014	DET	16	-112	8	Over	Drew Smyly (L)
Jul 10, 2014	KC	4	-112	8	Over	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Jun 19, 2014	KC	1	-156	8	Under	Danny Duffy (L)
Jun 19, 2014	DET	2	-156	8	Under	Anibal Sanchez (R)
Jun 18, 2014	KC	2	-133	8.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Jun 18, 2014	DET	1	-133	8.5	Under	Drew Smyly (L)
Jun 17, 2014	KC	11	-147	8	Over	Yordano Ventura (R)
Jun 17, 2014	DET	4	-147	8	Over	Max Scherzer (R)
Jun 16, 2014	KC	11	-140	8.5	Over	Jason Vargas (L)
Jun 16, 2014	DET	8	-140	8.5	Over	Justin Verlander (R)
May 4, 2014	DET	9	116	8.5	Over	Justin Verlander (R)
May 4, 2014	KC	4	116	8.5	Over	Jason Vargas (L)
May 3, 2014	DET	9	100	8.5	Over	Drew Smyly (L)
May 3, 2014	KC	2	100	8.5	Over	Danny Duffy (L)
May 2, 2014	DET	8	-135	7.5	Over	Rick Porcello (R)
May 2, 2014	KC	2	-135	7.5	Over	James Shields (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Detroit Tigers

Detroit is 10-2-1 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Detroit is 5-0-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 1-3-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing Detroit

Injuries

Detroit Tigers

Gio Urshela 3B 10-day IL (04/20), Hamstring
Sawyer Gipson-Long SP 15-day IL (03/25); is out for season, Elbow

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring
Alec Marsh SP 15-day IL (04/25), Elbow

Last 5 Games

Detroit Tigers

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jul 12, 2014	KC	5-1	W	+115	8	Rick Porcello	7	A	James Shields
Jul 11, 2014	KC	2-1	W	-127	8.5	Anibal Sanchez	7	A	Danny Duffy
Jul 10, 2014	KC	16-4	W	+102	8	Drew Smyly	6.2	A	Jeremy Guthrie
Jul 9, 2014	LA	4-1	W	-110	7	Max Scherzer	7	H	Zack Greinke
Jul 8, 2014	LA	14-5	W	-124	8.5	Justin Verlander	6	H	Hyun-Jin Ryu

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Jul 12, 2014	DET	1-5	L	-125	8	James Shields	7	H	Rick Porcello
Jul 11, 2014	DET	1-2	L	+117	8.5	Danny Duffy	6	H	Anibal Sanchez
Jul 10, 2014	DET	4-16	L	-112	8	Jeremy Guthrie	4	H	Drew Smyly
Jul 9, 2014	TB	5-4	W	+111	6.5	Yordano Ventura	5	A	Alex Cobb
Jul 8, 2014	TB	3-4	L	-105	7	Jason Vargas	5.2	A	Jeremy Hellickson

Stats Comparison

Detroit Tigers

Kansas City Royals

Runs Scored

3.95 4.01

Runs Allowed

4.74 5.33

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

3.95 4.59

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.34 5.46

Starter ERA

4.88 6.46

Stats Comparison

Detroit Tigers

Kansas City Royals

Offensive Hits

7.94 8.21

Hits Allowed

8.38 8.85

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

6.1 10

Offensive Walks

2.97 2.39

Defensive Walks

2.89 3.46

Wins Last 10 Games

7 4

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.95	29	5.33	28
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.95	27	5.46	28
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.01	27	4.74	20
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.59	12	4.34	13