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The Detroit Tigers (24-27) are favored on the moneyline (-115) in Saturday’s contest with the Toronto Blue Jays (23-27). First pitch is at 1:10 PM ET on MLB Network. The Blue Jays, with +157 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5).
Detroit’s Reese Olson gets the start, and he’ll go against Toronto’s Jose Berrios.
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The Tigers have won 12 of the 24 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (50%).
Detroit has gone 11-10 (winning 52.4% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -115 or shorter.
The Blue Jays have been underdogs in 19 games this season and won six (31.6%) of those contests.
Toronto has a record of 5-11 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -104 on the moneyline.
The Tigers have combined with opponents to go over the total 27 times this season for a 27-22-2 record against the over/under.
So far this season, the Blue Jays and their opponents have hit the over in 21 of their 50 games with a total.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers rank 20th in runs scored with 209, 4.1 per game.
Detroit has hit the third-fewest home runs in baseball this season (41).
The Tigers are 22nd in MLB with a .231 batting average.
Detroit strikes out 8.9 times per game, the No. 23 mark in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.6 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
Detroit has a 3.71 team ERA that ranks 10th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking 27th with just 193 total runs (3.9 per game) this season.
Toronto has hit 43 homers this season, which ranks 23rd in the majors.
The Blue Jays have a team batting average of .233 this season, which ranks 19th among MLB teams.
Toronto is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking third with an average of 7.2 strikeouts per game.
The Blue Jays have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
Toronto has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.23) in the majors this season.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers will send Olson (0-5) to make his 10th start of the season. He is 0-5 with a 2.16 ERA and 43 strikeouts through 50 2/3 innings pitched.
Riley Greene is batting .235 this season with a team-high nine home runs.
Kerry Carpenter leads Detroit in batting average (.277) and runs batted in (27) this season while also slugging seven homers.
Mark Canha is slashing .226/.349/.384 this season for the Tigers.
Wenceel Perez is batting .284 with an OBP of .352 and a slugging percentage of .477 this season.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
The Blue Jays’ Berrios (5-3) will make his 11th start of the season.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has put up a team-high batting average of .288.
Daulton Varsho’s nine home runs and 27 RBI both pace his team.
Bo Bichette is hitting .249 with nine doubles, a triple, three home runs and 11 walks.
Justin Turner is batting .231 with nine doubles, four home runs and 15 walks.
Tigers and Blue Jays Injuries
Tigers: Shelby Miller: 15 Day IL (Ulnar nerve inflammation), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin), Reese Olson: day-to-day (Hip)
Blue Jays: Chad Green: 15 Day IL (Teres major), Bowden Francis: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Yariel Rodriguez: 15 Day IL (Spine)
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