Tigers-Royals Odds Preview

The Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium. Ace Justin Verlander will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers on this day. Righthander Verlander is 4-2 this season with a 3.99 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be ace Gil Meche who starts for the Royals. Righthander Meche is 2-4 with a 4.42 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Tigers lost to Colorado 3-1 as a -155 favorite on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10). Magglio Ordonez was 2-3 with a run scored for Detroit and Dontrelle Willis allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 2-3 innings. The Royals defeated St. Louis 3-2 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5). Mike Jacobs drove in the winning run in the seventh inning for Kansas City, while Brian Bannister earned the win City after allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings. Current streak: Detroit has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Detroit: 24-18 SU Kansas City: 22-22 SU Detroit most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Kansas City are 3-7 After playing Colorado are 5-5 After a loss are 5-5 Kansas City most recently: When playing on Monday are 4-6 Before playing Detroit are 4-6 After playing St. Louis are 4-6 After a win are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit's last 8 games when playing on the road against Kansas City The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit's last 14 games when playing Kansas City Detroit is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Kansas City's last 14 games when playing Detroit Kansas City is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home Next up: Kansas City home to Detroit, Tuesday, May 26