Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers Odds

Power Ranking

Kansas City 2

Detroit 12

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KC
3.93
5.35
0.00
8.03
2.41
8.85
3.44

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

DET
3.93
4.87
0.00
7.86
3.00
8.47
2.95

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Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers will turn to Justin Verlander on Monday as they open up a series at home at Comerica Park against Jeremy Guthrie and the division-rival Kansas City Royals.

Verlander last faced the Royals back on July 13 in Kansas City, giving up four runs on six hits over 6 1-3 innings in a 5-2 Detroit loss; he's 12-12 with a 4.

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Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	79-63	5-5	30-30	64-58	15-5
Home	38-33	3-4	15-16	31-30	7-3
Away	41-30	2-1	15-14	33-28	8-2
Fave	51-32	4-4	21-18	41-29	10-3
Dog	27-30	1-1	9-12	22-28	5-2
O/U	61-74-7	2-8	30-29-1	53-63-6	8-11-1
vs LHP	21-20	1-2	6-7	14-17	7-3
vs RHP	58-43	4-3	24-23	50-41	8-2

Team Record

Detroit Tigers

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	78-65	5-5	31-26	66-57	12-8
Home	36-32	1-2	11-14	28-30	8-2
Away	42-33	4-3	20-12	38-27	4-6
Fave	58-47	3-3	24-20	46-41	12-6
Dog	19-18	2-2	7-6	19-16	0-2
O/U	73-65-5	5-4-1	31-23-3	63-55-5	10-10
vs LHP	25-22	0-3	9-9	19-20	6-2
vs RHP	53-43	5-2	22-17	47-37	6-6

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Kansas City Royals

Jeremy Guthrie (10-11) ERA: 4.49

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 2, 2014	TEX	W	2-1	U	7	65
Aug 28, 2014	MIN	L	5-11	O	6	-100
Aug 23, 2014	TEX	W	6-3	P	8	81

Detroit Tigers

Justin Verlander (13-12) ERA: 4.82 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 3, 2014	CLE	L	0-7	U	6.2	-100
Aug 29, 2014	CHW	W	7-1	U	7	68
Aug 23, 2014	MIN	W	8-6	O	5.2	68

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Kansas City Royals

Jeremy Guthrie (10-11) ERA: 4.49

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jul 10, 2014	16-4	DET	4	8	8	8	3	2	Loss
Jun 18, 2014	2-1	KC	6.2	4	1	1	1	9	Win
Sep 15, 2013	3-2	DET	8	13	3	3	1	4	Loss
Aug 15, 2013	4-1	DET	7	13	4	4	0	2	Loss
Jul 20, 2013	6-5	KC	6	10	5	5	2	6	Win

Detroit Tigers

Justin Verlander (13-12) ERA: 4.82

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jul 13, 2014	5-2	KC	6.1	6	4	4	1	3	Loss
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

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Jul 13, 2014	DET	2	125	8.5	Under	Justin Verlander (R)
Jul 13, 2014	KC	5	125	8.5	Under	Bruce Chen (L)
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)

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games
Kansas City is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing Detroit
Kansas City is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games when playing on the road against Detroit

Betting Odds Trends

Detroit Tigers

Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Detroit is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Kansas City

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
Michael Massey 2B 10-day IL (03/25), Back

Injuries

Detroit Tigers

Andy Ibanez 2B 10-day IL (04/08), Hamstring
Sawyer Gipson-Long SP 15-day IL (03/25), Undisclosed

Last 5 Games

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 7, 2014	NYY	2-0	W	-109	7.5	Yordano Ventura	6	A	Shane Greene
Sep 6, 2014	NYY	2-6	L	+111	7.5	Danny Duffy	0	A	Brandon McCarthy
Sep 5, 2014	NYY	1-0	W	+112	7.5	James Shields	8.1	A	Michael Pineda
Sep 3, 2014	TEX	4-1	W	-173	8	Jason Vargas	6.2	H	Nick Tepesch
Sep 2, 2014	TEX	2-1	W	-152	8	Jeremy Guthrie	7	H	Derek Holland

Detroit Tigers

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 7, 2014	SF	6-1	W	-118	8.5	Kyle Lobstein	5.2	H	Tim Hudson
Sep 6, 2014	SF	4-5	L	-137	7	David Price	8.2	H	Madison Bumgarner
Sep 5, 2014	SF	2-8	L	-136	8.5	Rick Porcello	3	H	Jake Peavy
Sep 4, 2014	CLE	11-4	W	-127	7.5	Max Scherzer	6	A	Trevor Bauer
Sep 3, 2014	CLE	0-7	L	+113	8	Justin Verlander	6.2	A	Danny Salazar

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers

Runs Scored

3.93 3.93

Runs Allowed

5.35 4.87

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

3.43 3.91

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

5.26 5.38

Starter ERA

4.49 4.82

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers

Offensive Hits

8.03 7.86

Hits Allowed

8.85 8.47

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

11.2 9.2

Offensive Walks

2.41 3.00

Defensive Walks

3.44 2.95

Wins Last 10 Games

5 5

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.93	29	4.87	22
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.43	30	5.38	27
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.93	28	5.35	28
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.91	27	5.26	29