Tigers vs Rangers Odds: AL West-Leading Rangers Welcome Struggling Tigers
Can Veteran Pitcher Matthew Boyd Win Third Consecutive for Tigers?
Rangers Look to Build on Lead in AL West
This is not exactly a matchup of teams playing their best baseball of the season. Detroit is just 7-15 in June – while Texas is 12-10 but hasn’t seen the lead in the American League West Division standings dwindle as their division rivals have also struggled to string wins together. The Tigers vs Rangers odds favor the Rangers.
One of the many differences between the teams is that Texas leads the majors with a .312 batting average with runners in scoring position while the Tigers are 28th with a .227 average.
Texas is 24-13 at home with the Tigers only 15-22 on the road this season. Texas leads the majors by covering 63.5% of the time against the run line.
Texas (+1000) is fifth in the odds to win the World Series. The Tigers are well back at +50000 in the championship odds.
Tigers vs Rangers
Date, time:
Location: Globe Life Field, Arlington, TX
Streaming: Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports South West
Probable Starting Pitchers
- Monday: Matthew Boyd (Tigers); Andrew Heaney (Rangers)
- Tuesday: To Be Determined (Tigers); Martin Perez (Rangers)
- Wednesday: Joey Wentz (Tigers); Dane Dunning (Tigers)
Tigers Coming Up Empty
When looking at recent baseball games, Detroit has been shut out twice over the last eight games and was held to one run in another game and as a result, only three American League teams have lower batting averages in the month of June. It is no surprise that the Tigers vs Rangers odds list the visiting Tigers as the underdogs.
The numbers could be even worse if not for the production from the unheralded trio of Matt Vierling, Kerry Carpenter and Andy Ibanez as they have combined for seven home runs in June and all are hitting over .300.
Javier Baez and Spencer Torkelson are hitting just .238 and .184 and have struck out once in every 3.1 at-bats during the month.
The total has gone over in 10 of Detroit’s last 14 games. The total comes in at 9 for Monday’s series opener.
Rangers Pitching In
The season-ending injury suffered by key offseason acquisition Jacob deGrom has forced some pitchers into larger-than-anticipated roles.
Andrew Heaney, pitching for his fourth team in the last three seasons, has allowed just three runs in his last two games. Dane Dunning began the season in the bullpen. However, he is 4-1 with a 3.16 ERA since the start of May and a lack of run support has kept that mark from being even better.
Both are slated to pitch in this series and they are part of the reason why the Tigers vs Rangers odds favor the home team.
The total has finished under in six of the last nine games played by the Rangers.
Who’s Hot
- Tyler Alexander, Detroit Tigers P: Alexander has allowed six hits and one run with 11 strikeouts in 11 innings in his last five appearances.
- Jonah Heim, Texas Rangers C: Heim is 6-for-12 with three runs, four RBIs, a double and two home runs in his last three games.
- Andy Ibanez, Detroit Tigers 3B: Ibanez is hitting .381 with three doubles in his last six contests.
- Josh Sborz, Texas Rangers P: Sborz has not allowed a run in his last 10 appearances. He has given up three hits and struck out 21 batters in 15.1 innings.
Who’s Not
- Grant Anderson, Texas Rangers P: Anderson has a 4.76 ERA in his eight games with two blown saves during that stretch.
- Robbie Grossman, Texas Rangers OF: Grossman has two hits in his last 22 at-bats as his batting average fell to .223.
- Alex Lange, Detroit Tigers P: Lange has surrendered eight hits and 10 runs with six walks in 6.1 innings in his last eight outings.
- Spencer Torkelson, Detroit Tigers 1B: Torkelson is 2-for-20 with nine strikeouts in his last five games.
Tigers vs Rangers Injury Update
The Tigers are without pitchers Beau Brieske, Alex Faedo, Matt Manning, Freddy Pacheco, Eduardo Rodriguez, Tarik Skubal and Trey Wingenter until early July.
For the Rangers, outfielder Travis Jankowski is questionable for the series opener with a hamstring issue. Designated hitter Brad Miller and pitcher Glenn Otto could return early next month.
Tigers vs Rangers Betting Preview
- The Texas Rangers have scored the most runs in the American League while only the Oakland Athletics have fewer runs than Detroit among American League squads.
- A bright spot for the Tigers is that Matthew Boyd, the probable starter in Monday’s series opener, has won his last two starts. However, the Tigers have won six of the last seven games that Game 3 starter Joey Wentz has pitched in.
- Detroit has won five of the last eight games against the Rangers with two of those wins coming by one run.
- Six of the last eight games in the series have finished over the total.
- Texas is 29-16 when listed as the favorite, while Detroit is 26-40 as the underdog. Texas is priced at -210 to win the series opener after opening at -185. Keep that in mind when making baseball picks today.
- The Rangers have covered in 24 of the 37 games at home with 22 of those contests finishing over the total. Detroit is 21-16 against the spread on the road.
