Tigers vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 6, 2024

The Oakland Athletics (61-80) will lean on Brent Rooker, following a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the Detroit Tigers (71-70) on Friday at 9:40 p.m. ET on BSDET. The Athletics are +145 underdogs for the contest, according to oddsmakers. Detroit’s Tarik Skubal gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Mitch Spence.

Here is our betting primer for this tilt, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Tigers vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-174)
• Underdog: Athletics (+145)
• Over/under: 7

Tigers vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Tigers have come away with 31 wins in the 55 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This year Detroit has won four of seven games when listed as at least -174 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 63.5% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have put together a 49-76 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 39.2% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +145 or longer, Oakland has an 18-34 record (winning just 34.6% of its games).
• The Athletics have a 40.8% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Tigers vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Riley Greene is batting .255 this season with a team-high 20 home runs and 58 RBI.
• Greene ranks 55th in Major League Baseball in home runs, and 87th in RBI.
• Matt Vierling is batting .259 to lead Detroit, while adding 16 homers and 51 runs batted in this season.
• Rooker paces the Athletics with 35 home runs and 97 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .298.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Rooker’s home run total puts him sixth, and his RBI total ranks eighth.
• JJ Bleday has 38 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 57 walks while batting .247.

Tigers vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Tigers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• The Tigers have pitched to a 3.75 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
• Tigers pitchers have a 1.188 WHIP this season, second-best in the majors.
• The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 7.9 K/9, the fourth-worst in the majors.
• Oakland has a 4.38 team ERA that ranks 25th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 25th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.323).