Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers (Chen vs. Bonderman)
The Tigers are hitting collectively well, as shown in their last series outscoring (19-3) and sweeping the Cleveland Indians in 3-the 1st half of this 6 game home stand. I would suggest to you that they sweep the rest of this home stand-thus beating the Kansas City Royals tonight. I have no reason to believe that Kansas City starter Bruce Chen will produce 2 quality starts against the Detroit Tigers this season-and to his credit, he already has 1 over in Kauffman. After an "out-of-body" start to the season for Chen, his #'s have started to drift back to "normal", or closer to what they have been in years past} it is my assessment that this is a bad spot for him, and this Detroit lineup is liable to strike early and chase him. After various moves before the trade deadline and outfielder DeJesus' injury, this Kansas City team is basically playing their farm- Billy Butler and Alex Gordon the 2 prospects, and some b-list defects from other rosters. The splits raised my eyebrow a bit, as the KC hitters are hitting a collective .346 vs. Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman. He'll be looking to bounce back with a quality start vs. KC after getting shelled by the Yankees in his last outing. The added motivation leads me to pounce, and Bonderman is also looking to avenge a bad game against the Royals earlier in the year-this however, is against a more watered down Kansas City lineup than the 1 he previously faced. This is the furthest thing from a "pitchers' duel", but the Royals will not outscore Detroit.
Detroit Tigers (-156)
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