Tigers vs Royals Game Breakdown

Get ready to roar, sports fans! Tonight, the Detroit Tigers, clawing at a respectable 79-73 record, pounce into Kauffman Stadium to face the Kansas City Royals, who sit royally at 82-70. This showdown kicks off at 07:40 PM EST, under a sunny sky with a breeze that might just carry a few homers. The stakes? Just a few notches on the American League ladder, with the Tigers growling 8 games back and the Royals sitting a throne’s step closer at 5. With the over/under teasing at 8.0 and the odds tipping slightly in Detroit’s favor, it’s anyone’s game, especially after Detroit’s recent triumph over Kansas City. So, as these two teams prepare to clash again, will the Tigers continue their prowl, or will the Royals mount a regal comeback? Either way, expect a majestic battle in the jungle of the AL standings!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: September 18, 2024 07:40PM EST

Location: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Weather: Sunny with winds from the S at 11.2 mph. Temperature is at 80.1° with 62% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	DET ML	KC ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	-150	+126	8.0	-1.5/1.5
Recent	-134	+112	7.5	-1.5/1.5
Difference	+16	-14	-0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

8W-2L

AWAY

145W-168L

57.3% Win Probability

LAST 10

5W-5L

HOME

150W-163L

42.7% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
04/26/24	Kansas City Royals KC	8	Push	-0.0
04/26/24	Detroit Tigers DET	0	Push	-0.0
04/27/24	Kansas City Royals KC	5	Over	+3.0
04/27/24	Detroit Tigers DET	6	Over	+3.0
04/28/24	Kansas City Royals KC	1	Under	-3.0
04/28/24	Detroit Tigers DET	4	Under	-3.0
05/20/24	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Over	+3.0
05/20/24	Kansas City Royals KC	8	Over	+3.0
05/21/24	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Over	+5.0
05/21/24	Kansas City Royals KC	10	Over	+5.0
05/22/24	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Over	+3.0
05/22/24	Kansas City Royals KC	8	Over	+3.0
08/01/24	Kansas City Royals KC	7	Push	-0.0
08/01/24	Detroit Tigers DET	1	Push	-0.0
08/02/24	Kansas City Royals KC	9	Over	+3.0
08/02/24	Detroit Tigers DET	2	Over	+3.0
08/03/24	Kansas City Royals KC	5	Over	+3.0
08/03/24	Detroit Tigers DET	6	Over	+3.0
08/04/24	Kansas City Royals KC	3	Under	-3.0
08/04/24	Detroit Tigers DET	2	Under	-3.0
09/16/24	Detroit Tigers DET	7	Over	+5.0
09/16/24	Kansas City Royals KC	6	Over	+5.0
09/17/24	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Under	-4.0
09/17/24	Kansas City Royals KC	1	Under	-4.0
05/22/23	Detroit Tigers DET	8	Over	+5.0
05/22/23	Kansas City Royals KC	5	Over	+5.0
05/23/23	Detroit Tigers DET	1	Under	-3.0
05/23/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Under	-3.0
05/24/23	Detroit Tigers DET	6	Over	+2.0
05/24/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Over	+2.0
06/19/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Over	+2.0
06/19/23	Detroit Tigers DET	6	Over	+2.0
06/20/23	Kansas City Royals KC	1	Under	-7.0
06/20/23	Detroit Tigers DET	0	Under	-7.0
06/21/23	Kansas City Royals KC	4	Over	+5.0
06/21/23	Detroit Tigers DET	9	Over	+5.0
07/17/23	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Under	-3.0
07/17/23	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-3.0
07/18/23	Detroit Tigers DET	10	Over	+13.0
07/18/23	Kansas City Royals KC	11	Over	+13.0
07/19/23	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Under	-3.0
07/19/23	Kansas City Royals KC	2	Under	-3.0
07/20/23	Detroit Tigers DET	3	Under	-5.0
07/20/23	Kansas City Royals KC	0	Under	-5.0
09/26/23	Kansas City Royals KC	3	Over	+1.0
09/26/23	Detroit Tigers DET	6	Over	+1.0
09/28/23	Kansas City Royals KC	0	Push	-0.0
09/28/23	Detroit Tigers DET	8	Push	-0.0
09/28/23	Kansas City Royals KC	3	Over	+2.0
09/28/23	Detroit Tigers DET	7	Over	+2.0

Tigers Vs Over/Under

Royals Vs Over/Under

Tarik Skubal

ERA 2.5 | IP 180.0 | 16.0W-4.0L | KO 214.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
09-12-24	vsCOL	4-2L	6.0	4	1	6	Under
09-06-24	@OAK	6-7L	5.7	9	2	7	Over
08-31-24	vsBOS	1-2W	8.0	4	1	8	Under
08-24-24	@CWS	13-4W	5.0	8	3	8	Over
08-18-24	vsNYY	2-3W	6.0	3	1	5	Under
08-13-24	vsSEA	1-15W	6.0	3	1	9	Over
08-07-24	@SEA	6-2W	7.0	3	2	9	Over
08-02-24	vsKC	9-2L	6.3	7	5	8	Over
07-27-24	vsMIN	2-7W	7.0	5	2	8	Over
07-22-24	@CLE	8-2W	7.0	10	1	6	Over

Will Smith

ERA 6.471 | IP 40.3 | 0.0W-4.0L | KO 27.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
09-13-24	@PIT	8-3W	5.3	5	1	11	Over
09-07-24	vsMIN	2-4W	5.0	4	2	5	Under
09-01-24	@HOU	2-7L	5.0	4	3	5	Over
08-26-24	@CLE	9-4W	4.7	5	4	2	Over
07-29-24	@CWS	8-5W	4.7	6	2	3	Over
07-23-24	vsARI	6-2L	5.0	5	5	6	Over
07-19-24	vsCWS	1-7W	1.0	2	0	1	Over
07-10-24	@STL	6-4W	6.0	3	3	8	Over
07-04-24	vsTB	10-8L	3.0	6	5	1	Over
06-28-24	vsCLE	3-10W	6.0	4	1	5	Over
08-25-24	vsPHI	11-3L	1.0	4	5	1	Over
08-24-24	vsPHI	11-2L	1.0	3	2	2	Over
08-20-24	vsLAA	9-5L	1.0	1	2	1	Over
08-13-24	@MIN	3-13L	1.3	3	3	1	Over
08-09-24	vsSTL	8-5L	0.3	1	2	0	Over
08-07-24	vsBOS	4-8W	1.0	0	0	0	Over
08-06-24	vsBOS	6-5L	1.0	0	0	1	Over
08-04-24	@DET	3-2W	1.0	1	0	1	Under
08-01-24	@DET	7-1W	1.0	0	0	2	Over
07-29-24	@CWS	8-5W	1.0	0	0	0	Over

Tigers Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
09/19	vs KC	3-1W	7	0	Under
09/18	vs KC	7-6W	14	1	Over
09/17	@ BAL	4-2W	5	2	Under
09/16	@ BAL	2-4L	7	1	Under
09/15	@ BAL	1-0W	6	1	Under
09/14	@ COL	2-4L	4	0	Under
09/13	@ COL	7-4W	14	2	Over
09/12	@ COL	11-0W	10	1	Over
09/10	vs OAK	9-1W	16	1	Over
09/09	vs OAK	2-1W	5	0	Under
09/08	vs OAK	6-7L	12	0	Over
09/07	vs SD	4-3W	8	1	Under
09/06	vs SD	5-6L	7	2	Over
09/04	vs SD	0-3L	6	0	Under
09/03	@ BOS	4-1W	3	2	Under

Royals Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
09/19	@ DET	1-3L	7	0	Under
09/18	@ DET	6-7L	11	1	Over
09/17	vs PIT	3-4L	8	0	Under
09/16	vs PIT	5-1W	7	1	Under
09/15	vs PIT	8-3W	8	3	Over
09/13	vs NYY	3-4L	8	1	Under
09/12	vs NYY	5-0W	11	1	Under
09/11	vs NYY	4-10L	7	2	Over
09/10	@ MIN	2-0W	6	0	Under
09/09	@ MIN	4-2W	6	0	Under
09/08	@ MIN	5-0W	10	1	Under
09/06	@ CLE	4-1W	10	1	Under
09/05	@ CLE	1-7L	4	0	Over
09/04	@ CLE	2-4L	2	0	Under
09/03	vs HOU	2-7L	7	1	Over

Team’s Batting Order

Detroit Tigers	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Parker Meadows	9.5	12.3	0.242	0.446	0.342	0.788	0.320	0.035
#2 Kerry Carpenter	8.6	11.4	0.283	0.575	0.379	0.954	0.385	0.062
#3 Matt Vierling	8.8	11.4	0.263	0.435	0.337	0.771	0.317	0.033
#4 Riley Greene	8.7	11.5	0.262	0.488	0.403	0.891	0.356	0.049
#5 Zach McKinstry	7.4	9.4	0.224	0.347	0.310	0.657	0.272	0.014
#6 Spencer Torkelson	7.8	10.3	0.223	0.369	0.315	0.685	0.284	0.025
#7 Jace Jung	6.0	8.0	0.214	0.257	0.400	0.657	0.269	0.000
#8 Trey Sweeney	6.0	7.9	0.224	0.408	0.303	0.711	0.294	0.053
#9 Jake Rogers	5.5	7.4	0.191	0.354	0.271	0.625	0.261	0.035

Kansas City Royals	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Tommy Pham	7.4	9.5	0.255	0.385	0.347	0.732	0.301	0.022
#2 Bobby Witt Jr.	8.7	11.4	0.332	0.602	0.430	1.032	0.413	0.053
#3 Salvador Perez	7.4	9.7	0.275	0.466	0.373	0.840	0.342	0.047
#4 Hunter Renfroe	6.5	8.6	0.232	0.391	0.338	0.729	0.299	0.036
#5 Freddy Fermin	6.6	8.4	0.282	0.383	0.358	0.741	0.305	0.019
#5 Will Smith	4.7	11.6	nan	nan	nan	nan	0.000	nan
#6 Yuli Gurriel	6.3	8.4	0.348	0.435	0.522	0.957	0.375	0.000
#7 Paul DeJong	5.3	7.0	0.234	0.440	0.306	0.745	0.308	0.056
#8 Maikel Garcia	5.7	7.4	0.240	0.345	0.307	0.653	0.271	0.013
#9 Garrett Hampson	4.8	6.0	0.231	0.307	0.286	0.593	0.249	0.000

Tigers Notable Injuries

Javier Baez OUT (SS): Avg: 0.184 SLG:0.294 Last game: 08/24/24. Impact: 2.5
Alex Faedo OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/22/24. Impact: 1.3

Royals Notable Injuries

Michael Lorenzen OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/29/24. Impact: 4.5
Vinnie Pasquantino OUT (1B): Avg: 0.262 SLG:0.447 Last game: 08/31/24. Impact: 2.9
James McArthur OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 09/18/24. Impact: 0.7
Chris Stratton OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 09/15/24. Impact: -0.3
Will Smith OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 08/27/24. Impact: -0.2