MLB Handicapping: Tigers vs Royals

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium. The Tigers will give the ball to ace starter Justin Verlander in this one. Righthander Verlander is 5-4 this season with a 3.75 ERA. It'll be Luke Hochevar toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Hochevar is 5-3 with a 5.10 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Jason Kendall went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs to lead the Royals over the Tigers 7-3 on Friday, as +120 underdogs. That game's 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9) set by sportsbooks. Bruce Chen improved to 2-0 with the win, allowing two earned runs on four hits over his five innings. Max Scherzer gave up five runs off nine hits over five innings in the Tigers loss. Team records: Detroit: 28-26 SU Kansas City: 23-33 SU Detroit most recently: When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Kansas City are 6-4 After playing Kansas City are 4-6 After a loss are 5-5 Kansas City most recently: When playing on Saturday are 2-8 Before playing Detroit are 5-5 After playing Detroit are 6-4 After a win are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Kansas City The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City Detroit is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing Detroit The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit Kansas City is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games when playing Detroit Kansas City is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit Next up: Kansas City home to Detroit, Sunday, June 6 Stevie Vincent is the former Executive Editor of the scorephone Tailgate Parties, which were the reports every gambler flocked to in the pre-Internet days. A pro gambler since 1993, his picks went public in 2007. He is the founder of groundbreaking forensic sports handicapping.