Royals vs Tigers Baseball Odds

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers meet at Comerica Park. Bruce Chen will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Lefthander Chen is 7-6 this season with a 4.81 ERA. It'll be Jeremy Bonderman toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander Bonderman is 6-9 with a 5.41 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. The Royals defeated the White Sox 3-2 in extra innings as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7.5). Jason Kendall had a pair of RBI, including the game-winner in the bottom of the tenth inning for Kansas City and Wilson Betemit hit a solo home run in the win. The Tigers defeated Cleveland 8-1 as a -190 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Will Rhymes was 4-5 with an RBI and three runs scored for Detroit and Justin Verlander allowed one run on seven hits while striking out eight in eight innings. Current streak: Detroit has won 3 straight games. Team records: Kansas City: 53-71 SU Detroit: 61-63 SU Kansas City most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Detroit are 4-6 After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 Detroit most recently: When playing on Monday are 3-7 Before playing Kansas City are 6-4 After playing Cleveland are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games on the road Kansas City is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing Kansas City Next up: Detroit home to Kansas City, Tuesday, August 24 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.