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The Detroit Tigers (83-74) hope to avoid an upset as -145 favorites when they take on Brandon Lowe (with homers in two straight contests) and the Tampa Bay Rays (78-79). First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. ET Thursday, live from Comerica Park and airing on BSSUN. Tampa Bay has not named a starting pitcher for this contest, while Detroit is projected to send Reese Olson to the mound.
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Odds to Win
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Tigers to win vs Rays -145
Tigers vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-145)
- Underdog: Rays (+123)
- Over/under: 8
Tigers vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Tigers have won in 36, or 58.1%, of the 62 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This year Detroit has won 18 of 28 games when listed as at least -145 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 59.2% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Rays are 39-46 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 45.9% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has a 12-19 record (winning only 38.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +123 or longer.
- The Rays have a 44.8% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Tigers vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene is batting .262 with 24 home runs and 72 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Detroit hitters this season.
- Greene is 41st in homers and 60th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Matt Vierling is batting .257 with an OBP of .309 and a slugging percentage of .425 this season.
- Yandy Diaz has put up a team-high batting average of .282 and paces the Rays in runs batted in (65).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Diaz’s home run total puts him 137th, and his RBI total ranks 81st.
- Lowe has shown his power as he leads his team with 21 home runs.
Tigers vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 18th in MLB.
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.63 this year, fourth-best in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined 1.171 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.7 K/9, which ranks 11th in the majors.
- Tampa Bay has a 3.79 team ERA that ranks eighth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.206).