The Kansas City Royals will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of their series at Comerica Park on Friday night.
The Kansas City Royals are 53-79 this season and have lost four of their last six games. Kansas City is coming off of a series loss against the White Sox, where they lost two out of the three games played in the series. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.76 ERA, a 1.48 WHIP, and a .271 opponent batting average this season. The Royals offense has scored 516 runs with a .244 batting average and a .307 on base percentage. Bobby Witt is batting .251 with 19 home runs and 66 RBI’s for the Royals this season. The projected starter for Kansas City is Daniel Lynch, who is 4-9 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP over 103.1 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 50-81 this season and have lost three games in a row. Detroit is coming off of a series loss against Seattle, where they lost all three games played in the series. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.06 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 431 runs with a .228 batting average and a .284 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .223 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Drew Hutchison, who is 2-7 with a 4.01 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP over 76.1 innings pitched this season.
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