The Detroit Tigers (78-73) and Kansas City Royals (82-69) meet on Tuesday to continue a 3-game AL Central series in Missouri. Opening pitching from Kaufman Stadium is scheduled for 7:40 p.m. ET. Let’s check out BetMGM Sportsbook’s MLB odds around the Tigers vs Royals Opportunities and place your best bets with our expert MLB tips and predictions.

Season series: Royals lead 7-4

Detroit won Monday’s decisive game 7-6 and has won three of its last four games and seven of its last nine. Thanks to their recent good performance, the Tigers are in the thick of the fight to move into October. Entering Tuesday, they are 1 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the third and final AL Wild Card spot.

Kansas City’s loss was the third straight one-point game between the two AL Central opponents. The Royals gave up an early 4-0 lead, ending their four-game home winning streak.

Expected starters for Tigers at Royals

RHP Casey Mize against LHP Cole Ragan’s

Mize (2-6, 4.47 ERA) is making his 20th start. He has a 1.40 WHIP, 2.2 BB/9 and 6.8 K/9 in 94 2/3 IP.

• Last appearance: No decision, 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 7 K in the 7-4 win over Colorado Rockies on Wednesday
• Career against Royals: 2-2, 5.65 ERA (43 IP, 27 ER), 49 H, 10 BB, 29 K in 9 starts
• Fourth time off the injured list (hamstring strain); has a 5.63 ERA in 16 IP since his return on August 30

Ragans (11-9, 3.32 ERA) is scheduled to make his 31st start. He has a 1.15 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9 and 11.0 K/9 in 173 1/3 IP.

• Last appearance: No decision, 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 7 K in a 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday
• Career vs. Tigers: 2-1, 2.89 ERA (18 2/3 IP, 6 ER), 8 H, 11 BB, 27 K in 4 appearances (3 starts)

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Tigers at Royals odds

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• Money line: Tigers +145 (bet $100 to win $145) | Royals -175 (bet $175 to win $100)
• Run Line (RL)/Against the Spread (ATS): Tigers +1.5 (-150) | Royals -1.5 (+125)
• Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -105 | U: -115)

Tips and predictions for the Tigers at the Royals

forecast

Royals 4, Tigers 3

Money line

The Royals have won their last 8 games against Detroit 6-2. KC has a solid 45-31 record at home.

Mize has allowed a lot of contact lately, and Ragans is in top form. Ragans has pitched against a strong slate of opponents and has posted a 3.20 ERA since August 2. In that time, the Royals backsider has shown excellent analysis on mishits and contact quality. According to ESPN, current Detroit batters have a .517 overall OPS against him.

The back end of Kansas City’s bullpen is in much better shape for this game.

TAKE KANSAS CITY (-175).

Running Line/Against the Spread

Kansas City has a good ATS mark, but this contest leans more toward the over and both sides have found their way into a lot of close games this month.

hands off.

Over/Under

The under has scored in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games and in 8 of Kansas City’s last 11 games. The under has also won four consecutive games played by the Ragans.

Mize suffered a .324 batting average (.425 BABIP in inning lead-off situations) on balls in play, and there is definitely some difference between his surface numbers and expected ERA numbers.

Call this a solid matchup of all pitchers. BET UNDER 8 (-115).

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